Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-10-14
Awful Collision at Sea-TWenty-TwS
Lives Lost @a -5.9 gafiiiF'

lie SteatnSniP OoukHefUsI, WHICH 0e.
rived here las, night from Ci arlesion, ram
into lhe bark Isaac Mead, fom this port
bound TO Savannah, yesterday moRning at
Two o'clock. Tho latter sank immedide-
ly, AMI twsnty t,0o souls were lost. We
give The account of this terrible Disaster
from the log book Of the Southsrner:: "a
On Friday, at IA. NJ. hat. SO deg. SO
min. sounded in 20 fnthoms Of water; re-
lieysd The wheel. In ten minutes after we
made sail OH the larbosvd bow, pat the
helm hard aport; stopped the engine and
backed strong, when We came in contact;
we backed clear ana stopped the engine
when the vesse. went down under our bow,
which was in less Than Ave minutes fro n
the time of the c llisfon. Hearing the
cries oil distress in the sea, through the et.
srtions Of the crew and passengers, we wsrs
able to man three Of Frarcfs's life boats
and saved seven Of the crew and two pas-.;
sengers, Out Of thirsy.t,ree in all, Sh0
proved TO be the bark Isaac Mead from
New York for Savannah, with valuable
cargo. Shs mastering SSW, wo NNE;
the wind TO the North, blowing strong with
q sharp sea; they unfortunately put lhe:r
helm TO starb,ard to cross vs. as they saw
US Rrst, and took US for vessel standing
in shore We remained until every ves-
lage Of her disappeared and nothing was'
heard but the moaning Of the sea. r.
Too much CANNOT be said in favor Of
Francis's life bont; had it not been for
them we could not have saved one soul Of
oil on board; wooden one would have
been stove to pieces in lowering or coming
alongside, the sea was so bad. To show,
with what facility they were got ready, id
45 minutes from the time the first boat
was lowered, manned by the second officer
and iwoof the crew, she returned with sew
en-; the second manned by the first officer
and two Of the crew, Capt. Lubbock and
Capt. J. C. Berry, who nobly volunteered
their servises, The third manned by Thos.
Vail and the balance Of the crew. When
we gave up all hopes Of finding any morer
we turned our attention TO our own damage,
found that we had carried away our cutwa.!
( r, bobstay and flying jib boom, with the
head rails and some scratches on the
bow. ..a-.-,s, .,-,s .,...-. 80.
The following are tho Name, Of Pas
ssngers ,,oho ,osre saved.-E. A. Bradley,
w. H. Stanton .. *, ....t s....i
!. Names ofMs Passengers Lost Mrs.
Cath. Bradley of Conn; Miss Harriet
Grannis, Mrs. Amerin Barnes Of Macon,
Gn; Mrs Barnard Of WILMINGTON, Island,
Ga; Miss c., Barnard, do; Master John
do; D, Mnginnis, lady and child, Of
H. Grannis, Conn Nj, .Cornis,
Conn; two Messrs. Adams, of London;
Captains son, J. II. Brown f,a"s,5y
officers and Cfeo Sarsd. Captain B.,
T. Brown, J.. D.. Hildrelh, 1st Mate; G.,
Smith, ID do; j. Franklin, Steward; A.,
Nc MINI, II. Bailey, J. Brown, seanen, ,.ss
,Crsw Lost John Smith, Mnss; Fran
lis Butler, Savannah Ga; jas. Draper,
ireland; Robert Moore, Eng.
and; Cook, name unknswn; Jas Nc.
ilowen, I'd do, New York; Mrs. Bradley.
, sr sal sis,,s-' -, -.
The Captain, J. C. Berry, named above.
s the one whose vessel (the brig Oregon,
If Sommerset Mass. feundered at SEQ in
at. 80 Is N. and long. 70 Z w. on the
7th. of last month.-N. Y. .Iaibans.