The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-07-28
From Ilo European Tiucr.
ONT HUNDRED AND @TIIIRTY.FOUR
Loss Of Barquc Charles Bartlett.

The Europa reached Liverpool Sunday
morning, uller short passage oflO days, Ia
houTs--nyng on bonfd SO persons, the sur.
yyors Of the passengers md crew Of the A.
moricah harque Charles Bartlett, which yes
sci the Europa ran down NJ sen on the 25th
nli., ia laI. ~ - ton. az 30, ubuut eco Hs,laa
90 tllu westward OF Cape Clear. cnUsing the
loss Of 1871 Lives. The Charles Bartlett, was
mn American ship ofiOO toos burthcn, chiefly
loaded with lead aud chnlk, aud having l62
slccrnge passengers, one cabin passenger, and
n crew nj IL men, outward bound for Now
York, md at lilo time OF the collision WIS
gong nj the rate ot about fiye kuots an hour,
chose hauled on the wind. The Europa was
smiling at tho rate Of II 10 or 10 knots per
hour. ~ Ito tiHts uf the collision, both yeS-
sells were cnvcloprd in dense fog, which
prevented those ou bonrd of either vessel
seeing beyond few yards, At about halt.
pus, three o'clock, llG look out oi'thc Europa
suddenly perceived lhr ship through the mist
and had Just rtmc 10 announce the discovery
when u dreadful collision took placo,iho iu-
ropa striking the Charles Bartlett unidships
aud cuiting nv awful clusm IN her side, Kill
ing several persons on hoard. The harquo
Immediately began to settle down, aud in
few minutes sunk The scene during those
few minutes was appalling in the extreme
\ crowd Of suffering wrotchcs, manned and
broken 10y the collision, lay dead ar dying nj
the spo, where the bows of lhc Europa had
entered. Somc ofihe individuals who crowd
cal the decks appeared pHHic-s,rickGn others
ran shricking to aud fro in. despair, while
some rushed forward nud'Gugerly seized up
on the opportunities which were presented
Tor giving Them chance of safety. Tie
most strenuous eXcrliohs were mado on the
iustnuI by all on board the Europa, for res
al, ,.kini,
ru TTru tir-rrr ~ ,I.++r4.laala- ppss
bic. Hand buoys and ropes were thrown
over, honIs were lowered, aud every mum WINS
busted ia lhose few fnhrtkl minutes in rescn-
ing the struggling suidfFts from the waves.
Yet, with all lhc CXcrilons that could he used,
only 13 individuals were sHred ont at Ia,
who had recently been nlive on board the
unfortunate ship. Amongst those preserved
were the captain oi'ihe Charles Bartlett, the
second mate, aud seven scamen. OF toiy
women who were on board only one WINS res
cued It's n remarkable circumstance tint
the second mate Of the Charles Bnrllell. aud
alf Tho men ofhis wutcf, who were below Ut
the time ofthe collision, were saved, whilst
the whole of the witch on deck, with Two ox-
cnpIions. perishcd. The boats of the Euro
pa, which had been lowered Immediately on
tie collision taking place, md which had
been actively engaged in picking up the un-
fortunate sufferers were near heing'engulpl-
ed in the vortex which the sinking of the
barQue created. No blame whatever can bc
imputed to those in charge of tho Europa
The collision was purely accidental; no hui
man foresight or prudence could have pre-
vented il aud on The unfortunate circun-
sinuce taking place, every cXcr,loH was made
to savethe ciew md passengers of the sunk
en- vessel The dnmnge sustained by me
Europa was very triilng. She has sustained
The loss of few feet Of the cuI-walcr above
he water line. and small portion OF the
woodwork below tbs figure head,bul on iha |
who,er ilo damage wns sorsliRhl Tint The
vessel made no additional WdIUr. ire meet
ierveut sympathy aud the greatest exerlions
we're used by Captain Lott, all his officers
md crew, the Admiralty ngrnl, lLieulennnt
Read, and all the passengers ofthe Europa
Immediately after the accidental commits
&c war formed, eleciing Mr. Bates ms It's chair
nan, aud Mr. Peabody Egcrcthry ,ioF the pnr-
rose of giving n iuugblo form TO TIE bcnevo-
ence Of the gentlemen and ladies on hnard.
subscriptions 10 tlie amount of E;}52 5s were
collected on 4Ae irstHuT. ~