Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-04-12


had been recovered at the last accounts six being females
Among the latter had been already recognised Mrs BRIGGs
Miss Mrs. WooD and Mrs CoLros of Troy, whose hus-
band down hearing the Of the disaster and
present when the body of his wife discovered Mr. CIR
SON. who was on board with his wife, escaped but find
nothing of her SO far is possible however, that she was
taken up by the Rochester or Express
The escape of Mr. j. G. Carl, of New York, miacu-
lous He that fifteen minutes before nine o'clock,
the Swallow struck three times in quick succession At first
general rush made but the captain called out that there
DANGER she had only struck raft This restored
confidence in measure but lost to many, as Mr. z.
thinks, the opportunity of Jumping from the bow where
the water was shallow. Mr.. c. Immediately aft where
he found the already up the guards and the boat rapid
y sinking He Immediately went deck, where the water
in moment made its way and up TO his arms.
Selling bottom settee about six feet long, he pushed
into the water and swan for shore. After swimming and
struggling with the storm and darkness for about half mile,
he picked up by boat within fifty feet of the ferry house
at Athens In state Of utter exhaustion and nsensby Tic
did not his consciousness until five hours after his
rescue.
As he in the act Of eapng into the water he heard
womans voice, of agony, shekng " For Gods sake
me, !" and while swimming, long he can
recoec the noise Of the estugge, mingled with cries and
groans around him every side The boat that picked
him up saved also five others One man. being seized by
the hair and his head lifted out of water exclaimed, saye
her they found and succeeded in rescung the lady, who
appeared only acquaintance who had been placed in
his charge.
A Mr. HuREsT Of Detroit, had likewise narrow escape
He had IN his possession bag containing 500 in god
and, he felt the boat parting jumped overheard and he
did So grasped strip Of board He had scarcely
done when another claimed it. and with and
mprecatons, struggled to get possession of it. but he
SUNK and, he going down. seized Mr. Huress foot
but he with great difficulty shook him off and was thus saved
II is supposed that there board the Swallow nearly
three hundred persons Ninetyour rescued by the
Rochester, about forty by the Express and number others
chow many could not leam went up to Albany the
Utica and Robert l.. Stephens.
The boat is total wreck and is doubtful whether her
engines will be saved She lies high rock close the
Athens side of the channel and between which and the
shore boat has gone The pilot, Mr.. Burnett is
accounted of the best the river although fatality
seems to have attended his connexon with the Swallow, hav-
ing, we learn her shore previous
occasions.
The passengers all speak in the highest of the cool
ness and courage of Captain Sques and his officers The
Swallow not insured.
1t rumored that young lady, niece Of Joseph G..
Heart Esq, Of Troy, had died from fright after having
reached the shore in safety We could not ascertain the
truth Of this report.
1t is of present impossible determine the
Der of persons lost, but is tie general opinion that to
not fall short Of thirty, and may be as high as fifty.
The Knckerbocker, which left Albany yesterday
afternoon, brings extra from the Albany Knckerbocker,
from which we take the following:
Captain Squres mustered all hands for the stern Of the
boat, and commenced cutting away passage through the
deck below by this several passengers
| rescued by being pulled up.
Mrs Stabuck and her daughter rescued in the last
agonies of death The daughter was with childs strength
and affections cngng to her almost dying mother and bear
ing herr up. Both were rescued.
There great many lives lost doubt, but il i'm
possible TO learn how many last night 1t known that
Mrs. French and old lady named Mrs. Lambert
drowned
How many more it is impossible to say. The portion o
the passengers who the forward part of the boat
saved Of they could make their escape the shore
but many of the passengers the stern must have bee
drowned.
The Albany Journal mentions the death Of Mrs. SrARBucK
Of Troy after she carried the shore. The fright
exposure proved too much for her eneebed frame, and
though she received every attention. she survived but ho
time.