The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-06-29
f'om me Hoi'oa .Alm
Particular, Of Che Loss Of fl.
STEAMER GRIFFITH

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SAD DETAILS
d. William Mnrouchy orWscl.,.
isinoo, ia rho following letter .e-rrit '.'.
bclnreudigg events otllis most l,.c,
la.lrophe, Tho Steamer Griffith va. ,'
three miles Gom che shore whenllc f,.
discovered, She was Immediate, l..
tor ltc lnd, aud rn uulil rhe grounl.l
bar WHOM about twenty rods from fl.
between which aud the shore lhore wa .
waller, The scene ol' the di,asrcr w,,.lp
twenty piles Ilis side orClryeland ,...'
OIL Chngriu, Dr. NJ, had gone down ,or,
on Saturday, aud fortunately lc6bs w,l.
tie Weddcll House, in Cleveland.
tITyELANn, o., June I.
DIAN slH-Ahoul o'clock SUNDAY '',,
ing rot on hnnrd the Glllitk,sg M ~ w.
we're on board great number Of ds,t'
siccpPo passengers, emigrnHlA ah,oL
2jG. Ia the cabin were about IN ot A. ~
these, perhaps about ~ were ladies m.
crew, 80 he clerk told me, consisted orsl,',
80 persons. Ihir morning tho boat took 10.
hhnul llls Ginning. - IL l.....,
llHle "rlie MAS ll4 iiii- ~ l!.s Ili'es,H WI
asleep, hul was uWoke by the rushing On.
hands overhead ou thc hurricane dee.
Tnrf"-e they we're ondeayoring TO euiogu5
tlu illmcs,
A gentleman Who slept IN the henb uol.,,
me, jumped up, aud said there wa. some.
thing wrong. told him no, that We NINA
be near Cleveland, and the noise was oWiup
30 the men preparing 20 land, My friend
ran ont on ihc guard aud INSTANTLY returned
telling me "ihc boat whs on fire. 60, OUT
prcily rapidly, pulled on nay pants Aud took
% riuull yulisc ! had IN ny hand, with the "a. .
p,ria,iou 81 getting into some ofihe lo,,.
indeed, nc the time we were ~ near hull
had hul very little apprehension 81 danget-
r-t-ruiIt -rtrTuTr NJ tiTTg-tTUr We Wfrc overs
mite from land, perhaps not 20 much Qf
COURSE there Wng much coulusiou-men Niu o.
bad Wiyos aud children wcyr in on awful
state. There was 40 one on hoard | knew,
or indeed dat | bad ever seen hriorr, cor.
scqucmiy Gll lc,y. cubarrn-scd llnu other.
~ zee Noglh.- A. have su'd,l dit 90, aI ir,
perceive the terrible danger which was 20
rapidly approaching
tnw ll,c mate on tie slHlb0aul guard
throwing the lead, aud directing Me plot
how 10 hold her. The mnic looecl 50 per
G'rily rool thought wc must hc pretty 'a.c.
Tho engine wus still working, and We tp.
pcarcd to T.. nearing The shore rapidly !
asked him what wac lo done be- told ~
-U0I11Hy. 'f'tU CGFiUU- mon NoPped, hn''
tirr lioai had fgud deal 81 way on her 'Hs
continued To- approach the shore Inns tA
occurred IN / should think from lhrcc TO f,e
minutes. TIN flames woro uow tagging 90
al the mdship part Of the vessel av.
now the Thing was ont; no boats were to r.
seen, having as l'a0erwards learned lcfi
nll burnt M ! lookfd about me for 600 90.
slant mud tried to make mp my mind etAS
was test To hc douc, | determined 60 ct
ont on tho how or stem ulongsido oftlc hov.
sprit. did 50. aud held on hy tho irons nri
chuins nhou, tlut part, by l-l- i.s4-..t, good
many Ind, iWprulcnlIy ne ILuugNE Jumped
.cvt-riluHrr
The Iuat'wns ttill making considerable
Gtadwny, aud of cour,ie all Who went over
and could nor strike oW vigorously mu't
have missed uudcr tie wheels. rrt ON,
hopiug size would strike IN shvaI WWor i
ticu thought sho did not draw over siN feet
water, / understood afterwards size drew
ahou, seven pud lalf) ! hip, ny eye o.-
tEcHpplr ns The water hrokc me srln,
saw Sin s,as lasing p.nti"t-, iVrclt, tHd st
hone Of her striking lo'art tie lan'7 s"''
iulcl ~ .up -M-s UnM gone Ns lA's !''!.
ihCrc was any rumlcr of people o,',"'.,"
II FiNNf
l,tr mo TO attempt "a CONVEY any idea Of it,
Tic DAGGER Mas so immirtutso orcENHrln,
mr. rrrrrry thinks were t;r'tiy s!ufe~e
with terror.
Il certainly appeared tC me that The pas
scurrr- we're more Quiet,or at least that ihct'
was not such horrible uproar as nnsE
hive ,,rru expected, |; tray be, io"e'ei'i
WINS too much occupied with thoughts Tor w!
own cscnps-ta ridge ycll ofwhat u.s. gong
on so near me: remember, however, a!n '"
scrihinr, or rather attempting to describe ~
event, all Of which truuspirCdin trw,a Wy
few minutes In faci, from the Tune Nv
ont of my bed till ! took the water doh'
think that over seven or eight minutes eiep''
Oh We'll. | now, with the view of leitllS
myself mo the water MS easily as possible
on, down 10 the lower deck, still keeping on
The outside of the steamer. directly under lS
l...t.st4sil- aaniaiaed there iaE-s niiis lhle-
ncrhnps n minute or morc,stlll vanly hoping
che would strike.
The water nrouHd the bows was. now
mass of human beings, men, women nu0
children, hopelessly struggling for lie. ~,
boat was moving, but barely moving toNaf"
land. ns had no hope of being nblc TO swh
more thnn a faw rods, determined 10 let he'
carry me ms far NJ possible SHE --rrrr troTr'
--v--r-TF77f7iIt.1I er NJ lcust tho motion was
scsrcely pcrccpiihle On the forward part
or bows of the lower deck tile mass OF Pe3-
mic WINS immense; nit crowded chose tvt"at'',
some madly plunging over. others lpr I,';Iss
over their wives and children and raI'uME
following them to almost certain DEATH s"E
huiri ON, uurt tried to form SONIC cst''t'ao g
the distance to lnnd,nnd conJectured II in.sm
Inc nhout three or four hundred yards NJ"
felt that my chance of escape was eN'e'''"
slight -. :, rho
la the multitude wildly struggling III u" Nv
Waterfall around, | did not see now e.,, ,co.
sxncrt swimmer could escape, and then poo
plc were dashing overheard in every u"u Wv