Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-04-18
WRECK OF A CAPE MAY VESSEL
A tiEARTRENDlNG CiRCUM-
AN('E-FIVE LIVES LOST

a fftsA " M NJ NtNCOm-
STANCE-FlvE LIVES LOST.
By the arrival al this port, yesterday, Of
M J. A. Mllburh a Baltimore pilot, ws
have been made acquainted with an adven,
ture. melancholy IN ne tcsuhs. On the sld
OF March, the Baltimore ptlC, boat Coqueus
c ,p,aln Joseph II. Sable. with Mossfs, j A
Miltutn, John Hanfy, Thomas Il Bolt,
Thomas NJ. Wous, and Robert NJ. Log,
pilots on board, while cruising IN latitude
SO ID, about sixty mile, from Cape Henry,
aud about thluy-6ve miles from laoJ, fell
~ with the wreck Of what they supposed
10 be q sloop bottom upwards The water
WAS here about twenty fathpms deep The
small boat was launched aud sea- 10 the
wreck, when 1t was discovered that she bore
the name oitho "1'homns Russell OF Cape
Msy" Some Of them 60, on the bottom,
ios Rl this Time the after pni was floating
wei. out OF water, While the forward part
wa, down, her head beng under, Mr. Ling
was on the bottom, aud bringing he head
close TO the pnnks he thought he b ssrd a
noise inside. Listening again he was as
sured thu, there we're persons alive within.
Wuh these gallant ncn II required bots
moment TO act Raps were given on The
bottom, 10 inform those inside that they
were heard Axes aud saws were instant.
liz brought, and all hands went 10 work to
cut hole through the bottom, 10 rescue
those inside. Ia a short lime they could
be- heard speaking a hole being made.
the confined air escaped very faa, sAs.ing
the vessel to settle more and more They
convcrSed with those inside, and learned
that there were five ofthem. Time beng
precious, they continued cuung as hN as
they could having the assistance also, ola
stout coorcd man. the cook Of he pllo, boat
The hole being cut, one man came 10 n,
but could not get out. From hIm they
learned that The name OF the captain OF tho
vessel was Brady--al least, so 1t was un~
derstood Efforts were sill made TO cuta
larger hole, to allow them cgress The
vessel continued settling. Atthis Time three
had been drowned The man who had
his hend out, dropped back, and rs he went
IN, he looked upon Tho bright sun and re-
marked, This IS the last sun | shall ever
seq The efforts VI Tho pilots were redoub-
led, but without avail, the whole Of those
inside pcrshng, so fast did The vessel seItls
before hole large enough 10 get thom out
could be made. Every conceivable effort
was made by The pilots, which was urged
on by hearing tho efforts OF The drowning
men 10 breathe and sustain themselves until
relief could be afforded.
They all perlshed together in few min.
ules after the hole wos cut which allowed
he Dir TO escape and The last heard from
hem were suppicaions 10 the Great Arbi-
Ter Of events 10 have mercy on them aud
save them. While the men were OF work
The sea was breaking over them, which
greatly retarded their operations. 1t is sup.
posed by The pilots that tho vessel was cap
sized on The 9th or 28lh Of March, and
hal the lost persons had been confined about
eedays. There was severe gale at Tho
ime. The opportunity for conversation
with the lost men was so brief thai lheir
names, or the cause Of the disaster. was not
lscerlained Indeed 50 intent were the ri.
ols IN their elIods for rescue, that they
I'D not lake time 10 make inquiries. Mr..
NlilbuTn informs US that in the course ofhis
experience he never saw similar circum-
stance, and hat The events he Witnessed in
he few bret moments which passed between
he discovery ofihe wreck and The perishing
Of the crew, can never be cflaccd from his
memory. All that men could do was done
md with hearty good will, but all effort
was unavail,ng We may add here, that
The vessel appeared 10 be OF anchor, Bs she
vas steady, with the lde running BY her.
II IS supposed that when she copsized her
anchor and chains must have run out, and
brought her to her present position Bal
.morc Sun, Of wednesday.