The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-12-10

The morning boat ron Bniun bHngs
fulI ar d hesII-Iendrng particulars Of lhs lass
81 Ihs noble steamer AIlsnl,c. Nth about
lo.iy hse.l
She l. 4 Allyn's Poini Tor this eily Al
.sou, hai past ~ o'rlork on Thuud.y
morning. Nth between 90 aud so persons
on board. 40 o, aIly a. can be ssrsTIained.
including passsngsrs, crew, servants. &c.
and had jusi g.txsll under usy when The
steam chest exploded aud The sind 81 The
same tine shified 10 The northwest and
blsw almost hnIieans. Mary persons
acre sealdsd and The air TesOunded wmh
their cries. Captain Dusisn immediately
called all hsnds 10 The forward derk aud
ordered ihsm % hesse over lbsI anchor.
bal the violence Of The gle and the sea.
shieh broke constantly over the bows.
rendered IL the labor Of an h0ur 10 GET Ill
Ihrss nu'. The steamer worked hrssy.
pluneing her bows under 81 every lp'ch
aud dragging Ter anchors. Between the
time Of snrhoripg and daylight size had
dragged her snchors about eleTGn milss.
The Tres were put out al da, light. the
passengers and erew suffered greatly from
The intensity Of lie cold, IS The only
means 'fksepiug warm Was bv wrapping
themselves IN blankets aud walking brisk
~ about the boat.
All bsgsn 10 look 10 their own personal
safety, put on the l,is.p e.srers aud pre-.
pred themselves for any emergency. The
doors, shu tiers. seiiees, Sc. Sc. we're de.
iaches and rUI away, for r.lIs 10 duff ssho'e
upon. whenever she should strike. The
g.le increasing in violence. Capt. D.s an
"Idered about forty iois Of sUal q be
thrown overload, 10 order 10 tighten Tie
vessel.
About noon on Thursday, the smoke
piprs, which were very large aud heavy,
were ordered 10 be thrown overheard.
This was done, the Captain assisting.
and the steamer Vas eAsed f"r a shuI,
time, az there was less suriscs offered 10
the iorre Of the Wind. TIE steamer con.
,inued 10 drifi. however, and everything
looked hopeless.
The danger increased 90 rapidly, ihs;
between 2 and 8 o'clork Captain Dos an
ordered the decks to be cleared Of all
me,chsndiz,--of every thing that was in
The way. Cases OF boots. shines. barrels
Of aour. stoves, &c.. &C., including enc
package said 10 contain $1,000 worth o!
plate. were thrown owe, board. There
were sir 10 eight thousand dollars worth
Of lace on board, belonging TO one Of ,hr
passeneers-~ho mad previously said that
he would gi-e the ~h"le TO any one ~lo
would put him safely ashore. Thus lace
was afterwards seen Al ewn along the
beach.
All 'hfss efforts, however. 10 save the
steamer were UnsyaIllng. No person
work,d harder Than Captain Dustan. aud
his passengers aud crew. After their re-.
peaied and united efforts had failed. all
hopes Of safely were over, and all hll
desuoUs and anxious that the s.e.mtr
should strike tie beach.
About miduigh. she parted one OF her
cables. there beng four out. one attached
TO 5000 weight Of furnare bars. and The
others To anchors. After this the gale
continued TO increase and blew a perfect
hurricane. She was driven sull nearer
The shore, bu, passed point that all ex.
pecied she would strike upon. She then
dr'lted about | miles iuriher, making ~
all % miles, which occupied l5 hours, of
terrible uncertainty and suffering. She
! then struck, sern first. on ledge Of rocks
on Fishers l,land. A tremendous sea
threw her up on TO the very top Of The
ledge; so FAR up indeed. as almost To throw
her over on to the other aide. This as
the erlsis in the disaster. I, was terrible.
aud heari-reDJing ip The extems. Ia
five minutes alter she struck. she vas in
riscss. lD these 6te minutes Al least one.
bali Of those on board the A 'lantrc were la
Ken from time into eternity. The scream..
the crush. The roar Of the sea WAS dreadful.
There were six females. -four child,en and
two infants among the passengers, Alt the
females were drowned or crushed 10 death.
Only one OF The children was saved, and
he was The only one Of the lsm,ly &C
which he was member. H.. father.
mother. married sister, and younger els.
ter. and two young brothers. were on
board. The poor little orphan thus saved.
and thus thrown alone on TO the void,
10 only IL year. OF age. The two infant.
we're drowned, frozen or crushed to death.
All this occurred at half past four O'CLOCK
on Friday morning. ,... g.;
IL is not known with certainly how
many lives were lost by this disaster.
Among them, however. j. Capt. Doe,
tan, The commander Of the boat. and une
oil The mos. accomplished captains upon
our inland waters. lie was last seen by
Mr.. Ste,son when The latter received or.
ders from him 10 60 forward and q, TIE
proper .nomen. 10 let 60 the chains. A,