Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-12-01


gives ofthe burning wreck is aws1lly ters
rlhc. The hull was complete bed Of
flame, which, bursting from. her sides at
times, streamed far put upon the waters,
and then curled aloft. till flame meeting
fame, the combined current rushed madfy
upwards till it seemed lost in the clouds:
The shronds and rigging were covered
with living beings, who sought safety there
rather than in the water. Their terror.
marked features were lighted BY the ghast.
ly glare Of the flames, and as the fire reach-
ed them in their retreat, one snfter another
fell and was either burned to death or
drowned.~--0ne man reached theaoross-
trees where he lashed himself There he
remained after his companions had all fall
en-, and then he died; and when finally the
mast went by the board he-went with il.
Mr.. West, Of Racine, e,succeeded in throw.
ing overheard materials enough to fisass
himself, wife and child. He requested his
wife to leap into the water with the child,
and place herself upon door This with
true hearted devotedness she refused. to de,
unless her husband accompanied her.a--
They joined arms, and plunging into. tho
yielding flood, sank together to rise no
more in life. "a.
Mr.. Long, Of ofMilwankie, saw his wife
| and child drown almost within his reach,
| without the power to save. He afterwards
| got hold of the wheel under the stern, ard
was one Of the three who were saved alive
/ from the WATER sseszsssszssssssas ~ ss.sssg
| The body Of young TIsDALE, the cabin
boy, was found fioating upon a ladder.i-
He was laying on his side, with his head
resting upon his hand He was evidently
not drowned but died from cold.
When the passengers became aware Of
the imminent danger which surrounded
them, and that almost certain death await
ed them, scene was presented which beg.
gars description. Some betook themselves
to quiet prayer, others ho,gled for help,
whilst others still bowed in meek submiss-
ion to the fiat Of ruling power. As the
fire progressed, one after another Of the
voices was hushed in death, and stiffness
awful and profound succeeded. =
The small boats, with their freights mads
| for the shore with q view Of returning to
rescue others. One of them did return
before the Delaware left the scene Of the.
disaster. On her way down on Sunday at
ternoon the Delaware passed through
field of dead bodies, some thirty in number,
but they were left to be taken up by boats,
to Sheboygan for burial. :.
There could not have been less than two
| hundred human Leings swept into eternity
| by this disaster, and fully three .fourths Of
| that number were strangers from far oft
country. They had torn themselves from
tho soil that gave them birth, and bidding
adieu to their father land, through tolls,
hardships and privations, had pressed for.
ward towards the land of promise. AZ
most within sight Of that haven Of peace
and rest for which they had so long hoped
and faithfully labored, they were over.
whelmed in common destruction. There
ended their hopes and their prospects,
Male and female, infancy, youth, exulting
manhood, and feeble old age sank together
| in q watery grave. All! long will the true
hearted, away in the homes these unfortu-
mates have left, look for. intelligence, Of
their friends safe arrival in the, land
whereunto they went out, with. hopes thai
made the heart glad The news Of thsir
terrible end may never reach that old
home. Then will hearts grow sad, and
tears will flow over the imagined forget.
fulness of the loved ones. =. -.
In justice to Mr.. House, ii is proper to
state that at the time the vessel took 6rS,hs
was asleep, and the engine was in charge
of his second. Inregard to the manner iu
which the fire was commune lted, there ia
nothing more than surmises. The mos,
reasonable suppostion is, tha, it was either
by the falling down Of door in the fuo,
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