The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-04-21
WRECK or A CAPE MAY VESSEL.
n HeaTt-rending Circum-
stance.


ly lhr arrival 80 rls port, yesterday, Of
Mr. J, A, Mmuu, y Baltimore ldlnl, $50 have
been made acquainted with uu adventure,
mrlnuchOly iu In results. On the Jlsi Of
/ March, Tho Baltimore pilot hoht Coquette,
I Captain Joseph B Sable, with Meffrs J. 4,
. AlilVu, Jobu lluufy Thomns II. Bolt,
I lhumHs w. Wnus, mud Robert NJ. Ling pilots
uU board, Willie cruising IN mlilIle 80 IT.,
ahaut sikly aiilez fran. Cape Henry, ami NJ
bou lliuy-0vo micS from land, Zen in win
lle wreck Ot what they supposed 10 he q
hlppp, bOltOm upWurtlr, Tho WHter-wns here
about twenty lnllons deep. The smul boat
wns launched aud srurT0 wreck, when IL wus
discovered llm sho bore tho unmG Of the
"ihotitrs RrrHrii, Of GHpn hiHy.I Some OF
llem got on The bottom, for NJ his limo the
Htfrr VVrt WINS fidMiug we'll OIL Of water,
while the iHrwHgd parI was down, her head
belnR under Mr. Ling Wus Ou llle bOilOm,
Md bringing lis head close ~ tie plnnks he
thought ile heard n niao inside. Listening
Hgnin,he was INSURED llinl there were persons
alive within, Win these gFlnnl men Il re-
CURED hut moment TO nct. Rups were Civ
cu on the bottom, 10 Inform those inside Iini
they were hrurd. Axes mud sulys were in
simuly brought aud all hands weufto WORT
10 cut hole through the hOltOu, 10 rescue
those inside. Ia u short lime they could be
hrurd spcHking. 4 hoie .hriug mndc, the
confined ar escaped very ins1, cnusiug the
vessel 10 frllleluurc aud more. They CON
,ersed with those inside, md learned thhi
lllcre were ihc Of them Time being pro-
cious, lhcy continued cutting ms fact rs they
could, having tie assistance, ulso of u stout
S"lorcd man, The cook of the pilot boat. Tie
hole bong CIT one ftirti cHnG tail, but could
not get oar. From bin they learned lhni
IhelWmo Of the cnpthiu Of llie vessel wns
irIdy-ul least, 30 IL was UNDERSTOOD. EE
tetls ~ - stt+l II1t1is u VI q larger it.tl,t.
allow them cgrcss The vessel continued
settling. Al this time three hndl,sen drowned.
The man who mad his head ont dropped hnck
md NJ he went in, lac looked upon the bright
sun aud remarked, "'Ehs is the last sun
shall ever see" The efforts oflhe pilots were
rrdoullcd. bat without anvil, the whole az
those inside perishing SO inst did the vessel
settle before hole large enough to get them
ont could he uiude. Every conceivable ef
fort wns made 10y The pilots. which wns urg-
etton hy hearing Tie efforts of The drowning
men TO breathe and sustain themselves unit
relief could bc afforded
They MI persisted together in few min.
utcs after the hole wOs cut which allowed
the mir 10 escape; & the lnst heard from Them
were suplllcnious TO the Great Arbiler ofc-
WINS w HhNc mercy OF lhrH nlld thVo them
While The men were al Wor!. Tho sea wis
breaking over lheiu, which greatly retarded
their operations. II is supposed Toy tho pilots
lint Tho vessel was cnpsized on The 9th or
Eslh oi March, and Ihat tho lost persons had
been confined about three dn,s. There ,was
. severe gallo NJ the time The opportunity
Tor convcrsnIionNyilh tie lost men was so
hrcl lhht lhcir names, or the cause Of The
disaster, was not nscrrininpd. Indeed, so in.
tent were the pilots in their efforts for res
cue, lhnl lhry dld not TAKE llnlG 10 make N
quiries Mr. Mburn informs US tLar in the
course oflIs experience he never saw sim
liar circumstance, and the events he wiiuess.
ed, inllc few brief moments which, passed
between the discovery of the wreck aud Tho
perishlng ofihe crew can never be eaaced
from his memory. An that men could do
was done, mud with hearty good will, Int
all effort waTNnayniline. We may add here,
that the vessel appeared to hG AT nnchor, ms
she was slendr, with the tirlt, running ty her
II rs supposed That when she cnpsi2ed h6r
anchor and Chains must have run out. and
brought her TO her present POSITION BALI /.
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