Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-06-05
! Whole No. 79l.
The l;rea, Gale Of I)cccmber.

count Of the wrcckIng OF that ship quite
as eNcllIcg as any of the haW-bfeHaih
.oscsp on record THIS terrible gale
WIS lhe ronst destructive which has
been experienced tor meoy wears -
Ahou. rno hundred vessels, ,l has been
ascrrlaued, ~e,, iost ~ II and, o. a
large number %. them, which had on
board several hundred souls, no t'dlngs
have been, or ever viii be received.
The Dorchester sailed from Liverpool
one day after the packet ship United
| States, and two days before The packet
ship England, Tor Ncw-York neither
/ Iof which have ever been heard from.
Fhey made the norihfrp passage, as IL
/ customary with the New-York packets.
which sail with strong crews for this
purpose, and, no doubt, went to the
bottom with their crews ard nearly one
hundred passongers.-Bunkr UiH .ft.-
roro.
I The Dorchester left Liverpool oD the
I93lh OF November, about noon w e
had e"od weather III ihe coa"ne' anu
cleared The land m about slS'y YOURS
irom port. lhe w'nd pre'alh"s west
lerly and sohthwesieI'y after 'ha'' Keep
ing us To The norih, bn' allowing us I"
make pretty good progress to the west
ward. On Wednesday Deccmbcr /,
ionnd nyse'i ny observation ., "no"'
~ lat. % n. and Ioa. ~ 3p VI II"
wlnd was men southwest, WIN ues',
ofeeZes, ana I'VE snip ""u'r u""o'o
fee'ed toP$ai's' we were ina"''1
good course ana good progress 'o"ar"s
nome we were u'eo !" o'ne wafer
ana rough Wealhef, ana 'h"ught h"' "
danger We dreaned not how s""'
some oi us were To be calico from the
scenes oi tlls world 10 lhe solemn re-
aiities 81 eiern''y' ne barometer
was standing ~ noon al - ~ wos
h"i ataio observer unlh ''t''e aver
- T. W "n'h u hau '",'en 10 20 -, "'
/ lhrce 'our'hS OF dN h'n ~ "o""' '""'
n"nrs, As ms was an Hnnsuh''y fnP'G
'""' az h"nuS were 'n'''o'"'ey '"''"
! !" ,"Au !" S",' """ l''"P"'' ''' '""''
|, win ine "'eh'y e'Fhic"'S' - S'"i"'
was eF,"s"''y ~ mana our '"PS"''s
were close fer'ed' courses 'sP"""or'
!. &C, "ero wen 'n''c"' '"' '"e ""'''"'
,er 'o'u US P'"'"y .""' ,no e"'o m""'
oe hcaVy one ny nav P'S' W
we VA" '"''c" t'e'y "''e Wv Wv ,''"
Ie''ed lore ana 'na'n,i"Ps"" az" '''e
'alieh 10 20 'o' a"" c""',''"'' ''''G
ana 'he STORM mao ai'ea"y N"'"'"'"''u'
I AZ " ~ NJ tue gaze was very navy
altehued WIN lhc's'ah' i"S"'s VI "E"'
ning ~ The cas'efh-bnalo aho RAINING w
torrents. ihe w'nd had Veer'" u"
D y " ny compass, or aoon' D by l..
'ru" c"Hi>f'
i Al ~ i. NJ. the '"fe '"P-sh'' anu 'ote
.iop-mast siay sal were 'aktn ih' anu
very soon a'ef the wind rh"net" TO
ana the gaze was :" lef'lhc 'hat ! o."
40, ""fe 10 ,"'' ""y fH"saSH 10 "on'
/ sup nv p"r"''e'e' n'" '"''" W. -
-, brIng quarter "' az inc" '""e'
! than ! had ever seen II before al sea -
! The watch were al me lime employed
! dNrng lhe nlght securing 'he sa'is Y"
the yards by putting on extra g"sNe's.
/ II was blowing so h"rd mat was VIZ"
The greatest dIIhcul,y me men c"o'd 4"
alolt or h"'d on wh'n mere anu I"
took tour or ave 10 Il" wha' one cou'o
easily have done ~ ,n"aera'e "ea'hef
/ iGprsd3Y, Dec. l@th, at last oawh'o
upon us, ana The ocean pfesehl'o one
ut the InoSl grand hhu "w'ui sPec.aCi'7
that The eye ol man ever ooho'u' vas"
cd INTO 'n'y by the 're,"e"H"Ns '1''e "'
! lhe WIND 1t was one clear nr"oa S"'ri
OF angry loan as TAR dS '"e Fye c"u",
reach AT one moment y" were "a,'e''
IN between TWO immense "e"PS ~ "d'''
whIcn ser'"'d r'''' !" erep'P" Us "
the bo"e's OF 'he G'e.' u'op " '"'
next we were "Po"'"o =" ''o wy e"
III" "' "hr "' ,''eSe SUI WI! III"
tahs' ana lo".''e """N ','' ''' t",'l :
"n e''her S'pe' r'Nc'y mug "'o"' W.,
was made - snug as p''SS'o'e wv"
lash'nes "cro pu' uPo" sP"'3' ''"' ''"' :
Sc' ana every Pr'C""''HP 'pE'" ~ ~
'en' da'na Se' "n' VIC "''" wo''r""''"