The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-04-17

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sinking AT this time he was about 800
yards astern, and by the time he go
alongside Of the Swallow her hurricane
deck was under water. Capt Crutten
den Immediately attempted to round to il
the Athens Channel, but could not ellcc
it until he had dropped an anchor, ant
when the Rochester swung round, hi
weighed anchor'and ran up alongside il
time to take off about $50 passengers.
The pilot of the Swallow, William
Burnett, is ono of the oldes, most expert
encc0 and faithful pilots on the River
Captain Squircs was with him at the
wheel, when the boat struck, and sucl
was tho rapidity with which the water
rose, that before lie could reach tho la
dies saloon he was knee deep in water.
According to lis estimate. there were
from two hundred to two hundred and fiji:
ty passengers on board, and he fears tina
theae mast have been loss Of scvera
lives. As the lists and books of the boa
however, all went down with the stern
it is impossible at present to speak witt
certainty as to the number. The extreme
thickness ofthc fog is assigned as the
cause Of the accident, the pilot having
been misled, and loosing the right chan
nell
The passengers taken of by the Roch.
ester, held a meeting on that boat, Of
which the following are the proceedings:
At meeting Of those passengers who
were on board the steamboat Swallow, on
her passage down the River, 18th of April
1915. held on the same evening, on board
the steamboat Rochester, the Hon. Glide.
on Hard, of Albion, was appointed Char
man, and the Hon. James Jarvis, Of New
York, secretary, John Paine, james
Jarvis, Gideon Hard, Day O. Kellogg and
Samuel Cary, were appointed Commit
tee to recommend suitable resolutions for
the consideration Of the meeting.
The Committee reported the following
resolutions which were unanimously a.
dopted,
Rcsolrcd, That the steamboat SwaI,
low, at the time ofthe happening melan-
choly accident this cvcning,in the Athens
channel, was running considerably below
her usual speed, it being at the time very
dark and the snow falling in such guam
titles as to render it very difficult for the
Pilot to discover the shores.
Resolrcd, That Captain SQuiros Of the
Swallow, during the continuance Of the
danger to which the passengers were cx-
posed, conducted himself with GOODNESS
and self-posscssion worthy Of all praise,
and by so doing contributed essentially 10
the passengers,
Resolved, That the thanks of this meet.
ing are eminentIy due to the Captains Of
the Steamboats, Express and Rochester,
as well as to the citizens of Athens and
Hudson, for the very prowpt relief by
which we are rescued.
RcsoIDcd, That the proceedings Of this
meeting be signed by the Chairman and
Secretary, and such ofthc passengers as
arc present, and published.
GIDEON HARD, Chairman.
JAMES JARVIS, Secretary,
The Correspondent Of G. Livington,
who was on the Rochester, writes
"There was much excitement on board
the Rochester,, and the hundred ready, to
advise, and the many obstacles in the way
of getting the boat about, rendered it a
time of peculiar embarrassment to her
commander. The moment when it was
that the Swallow was on fire
wos indeed one of trial to Captain Cut
tcndcn, yet he was cool, calm and collec-
ted, and commanded his vessel in such a
as showed that he is man to be
depended upon in any emergency"
1t is not yet certain than any lives are
lost, though We can hardly hope that all
were so fortunate as to escape.
PARTICULARS OF THE
LOSS OF THE STEAMER SWAL.
LOW-BODlES TAKEN FIR 0 NJ
THE WRECK.
On Tuesday 18th, J we despatched e re-
porter TO the scene Of the late melancholy
disaster, who left the wreck the same
evening at o'clock. On his return yes
erday morning VIC issued, in an Extra
Tribune, the following additional partlc-
Ilars:
The steamer John Mason had been
sent down to the Swallow to render any
necessary or practicable assistance, and
boats were constantly plying to and from
Ter, from both Hudson and Athens.
Tuesday was devoted to the sad duty
IF probing the sunken wreck for the bo-
lies of the dead, and with too fatal result.
When our reporter left, seven bodies had
,ecn rccovercd-six being females. A.
nong the latter had been already recog-
lized Mrs Briggs. Miss or Mrs Wood,
md Mrs Cotton, of Troy, whose husband
,ame down on hearing the news Of the
disaster, and was present when the body
If his wife was discovered.
A gentleman from Albany, whose name
We could not learn, had just arrived in
search of his two sisters, who were dis
covered in the wreck.
Mr. Gibson, who was on board with his |
wife, escaped, but can find nothing other
20 far 1t is possible, however, that she
vas taken up by the Rochester or EX-
,rees.