Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-11-24
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WRECK - ttv rciooaer Caroline. iof Sa
rol Cap'. William SAITH, bonnd iron
Wilmington, " G., fot Bath, with .
rhrso Of lumber. The following mar
Iunve of the almost unrntnlled suffcr
iugs II The CREW ri ihis vessel are from
fhc i,ps II Capiniu smiiL, who arrived
en- this city ihfs forenoon
Tho Caroline lch Tyboc, nj the
inonth Of the Savannah river, the 2i,h
of October. On The Goth, on the edge
o( tic Gulf Stream, IN lai ~ az lou
II, icok gale from the ME-, aud
inid 10 ~ the, day. Az O'Clock that
",cniDg. The vessel sptnng leak aud
m tea niintrs nilef, she was on her
lsam cuds, full 81 water. One OF the
scancn named John Lcclwood, who
Nas SICK IA the iofccostIc. WINS drown.
al. Captain tmHh 4muedatciy cut
s,rv th' v,n'lcr hnlynif, when tic
,r e. rs full It watcr. Tho 100 @
continued with unabtr! violence nc
urI rnitd uIlh u heavy s,n which
n.Etc n complete wreck OF The trunk
cnlu. leaving tut ono berth which
Cou'c tlud shelter and sweeping
Dwcy all tie cabin stores, wnicrnud IA
f1ct everything movable from he deck.
The gale continued Tor eight days On
the Sd day, (x9ih) Henry Huahcs, one
Of the seanIcn, came on deck, aud was
nun, diateiy fwcpt overheard.
Five DAYS aicr the vessel was capsized
ION the 3lsD spoke the borque Isaac
Mead, Capt. Brown bound from Sa-
vrnuah to New York Captain Brown
laid by tic wreck fiom o'clock in
the morning until o'clock IN the nf-
tcrnoon, bu, could render no aSSlsiacc,
owing to The violence OF The gale, aud
The heavy SEQ, md Gnally the vessels
were separated IThc Isaac Mead had
her deck swept, whilst tying by the
wreck, by heavy sea, which broke
the second officers arm she lost sight
Of the wreck, owing to the violence of
the galc,l
On tho seventh day after lid vessel
vas cnr>ivo1. I'd irst) The survivors
'.t4h. a it,, wut,G g.. iilo
the top o. The cabin. This was the
first rcfrcshment which had passed
Jh"ir bps since the vessel capSlzcd.
The water which they caught howcv.
or, lasted them but twenty-four hours,
nj the end of which time their suffer
iugs were again renewed.
On the l0ill instant, having been hf-
teen days without food and eight days
without watcr,lhe sufferers were near
~ exhausted, and determined, rs n
last resort 10 adopt the dreadful alter !
native Of drawing lots "to see who F.,
should die 10 feed the remnindcr"- +
The 10, was finally drawn, aud fell on
an IriShman, who called himself Cha's :
Brown Brown, who was the Sloulcst
man on board the vessel, was OF vio.
lont disposition, and was, withal, INC :
only man who had weapon. He ini- |
mcdniely drew his sheath knife, aud
sworc that if my ore laid houds on
him, he would kill two Of them. He
was deaf to all appeals to hls reason
as TO the fairness Of tho lot, md as
sorted That the Youngest Oh board, a
Wc'ch loy,uamcd lIcwcy Rose, should
fri.' h.- l.Ic.
Cant ~mfh inmcdinlc'l Turned his
hack 10 he COMPANIONS, an requested
them to take his life, il they thought
proper This, however, they refused
10 do lie then crawIcd into the cabin
hcnrtsicly MS well rs sick in body, and
throw himself into the terih. Whilst
lying there rejecting upon the MUS
ice of which the lrishmun was guilty.
IN looming to death n person who had
escaped the lo,,he saw The handle Of All
adzc partially under water. lIo called
tho Nolch boy from the deck, being too
weak 10 move himself, and directed
him 60 pack II mp, which the did
Feeling ms strength somewhat revi- 2
we'd, Capt. Smith took the weapon and
followed the Toy on deck
When they reached the deck, the l.
rishmon, Brown, approached the boy
for the purpose OF tnking his life, but
had hardly touched the hoy when he
fcll dcnd upon The deck by n blow
from The adzc in The hands OF Capt.
Smith, who thus frustrated The net If
gross injustice which tire irl.hman was
abou, TO commit. The survivors pro.
crcded 10 bleed tie body, and with the
blood quenched their thirst. They
f.eu CIT tho tcdy into s'rirs for the
~ pose e dy ing.
Tie survivors Suhsisted Oh The blood
for three days, when il spotted, and
they were again rcducedto thclnst OK
irtmlly of distress, when Fortunately
they were discovered and taken oh,
completely exhausted, on the i3th,by
the 5rg Tempico, bound from New
Haven 10 the West Indies. Two Of
the survivors were sat soqnenily trans