Washington telegraph., 1849-08-15
LOSS OF THE SHIP CHARLES BART1r@.!

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The Caledonia for Boston, brought 10
of the AZ survivors of the ill-fa;ed h, - -
Charles Bartlett, Of Plymouth, Mas
William Bartlett, master, which ~
Wednesday, the 9th ult., at about ~ ~
p. NJ, when 700 miles to the westw.,S
of Cape Clear. was run down bv tba
steamer Europa. and sunk in tbreo
minutes, with 134 passengers and crew
The catastrophe occurred during densa
fog, and although the boats of the Eurons
were lowered, and every possible assist
ance rendered, only AZ out of the l7s
souls were saved. The Captain, second
mate, and zen of the crew Were amons
the survivors.
The Europa is acquitted of all blanc
not only by the survivors, but by the
unanimous voice of the British press ana
the public. A subscription of 1852 Was
promptly raised by the passengers of tho
Europa, to which the proprietors have
added 920.. They likewise offered IA
carry the whole of the survivors from
Boston to New York free Of all expenss
The Charles Bartlett was bound from
London to New York with emigrapts
and had on board 450 tons of merchap.
disc, consisting chiefly of lead and chalk
K. B. Forbes, Esq, passenger in the
Europa, behaved with surprising gaDan,
try upon the occasion, and has ,pen
presented with the gold medal of tta
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Socio,
ty. The Europa sustained no materi,,
damage by the collision,
Capt. Bartlett gives the following mar.
ticulars Of the collision with the Enron.
At 2 80 P. NJ, being Oh the weatbe,
side of the poop deck, heard rumbljpr
to winward, like distant thunder. TurneJ
my ear to windward and my eve to tho
horizon The man at the wheel, notio
ing that was listening, looked to wind,
ward and cried out "Sail-ho"' Lat opco
saw what | supposed to be ship, abmt
one point forward of our beam, abort
400 yards distant. l ordered the helm
up, thinking she did not discover us
that we should have time to clear her be.
fore she could come in contact. All
hands shouted at the same time to alarm
the ship, and ordered the bell to be
rung, and called to the ship 10 port her
helm, as Saw that was the only cbapco
of escape. There were nearly one hun
dred passengers Oh board of the ship at
the time. All was of 10 avail, for in one
minute from the time we saw the shin
she was upon us, going at the rate Of !
twelve knots an hour, striking us abress, |
of the after main shrouds. The crash
and the terrible scene that enSned I IN,
not adequate to describe l was knocked
to leeward with the man a. the wheel
[ recovered myself in moment, shouting
for every person TO cling to the steamer
as their only hope. | caught hold Of a |
broken chain on the bow and hauled N.Y. !
self up, shouting at the same time to the |
crew and passengers to follow. had |
barely time to get on the steamers bow;
aud while getting up | noticed that he,
bow was into the ship, within a foot OF
the after hatch, that she was stove clear
to leeward, and that full 20 feet of her
| side was stOve III. There must have
been nearly so persons killed by the
collision. Every exertion was made by
Capt. Lott, his officers and crew, and the |
passengers on board the steamer. The |
boats were lowered as soon as possible |
Unfortunately, only about 10 were saved |
by the boats; the balance, numbering So |
more or less, saved themselves by hang |
ing to the bow. The steamer lay by the |
scene of disaster as long as there was
any hope of saving amy of the sufferers |