The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-10-12
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TERRIBLE COLLISION AT SEA.

TERRIBLE COLLISION AT SEA.
Th, United States mail steamship South .
-.r. arrived yesterday anrrnn0u from
CHARLESTON =. g., brings sal intelligence ni I
disastrous collision a. sea, with hc lapur
la.tr Mead resulting in the loss Of that yrs-
b.. With fourteen a. her pas-cngrr and light
.f Hrr rrrw. Tho collision occurred yrstrr-
.I,, morning at two 0clDrk iu latltldr.Jh
4. ,6undlngs 0A. b01ri the Htrafrr having
..., showed twenty-five tath0ms depth uf wa
u.r Ahrr sounding, the man Al tllT wheel
"a. relieved. At ten minutes past two o sail
,-,- ,l,-..4. pri-d IN the larLuaul INV .teernG
- - W-IAr steamers course hriug r. y. J.,
tt... artlrr Wa g,rn 10 pat the helm a-p0rt,
rrr engine VIA stopped and Immediately re-
,ar.aI under a fan head of steam The col
...1u. nryerbrlr-- tpok place with great VI
I,u.s. the Southrrurr rrhnuuding from the
l.s. Mead. whit latter vessel was struck on
r.. L1w.urt and her stem, 10 b believed, uas
-ad open by the force If the blow, BE- she
wont down in less than five minutes after the
~, -ullculy Indeed did the harIuc sink,
t.lt tlir second mate, who Wa iufHnrf 10 the
t.rur. ON Tee look out, aud Immediately ran
,u barely kent in advance Of the water, ~
+, ,nmlphcd hr vessel stem foremost and
a1. dragged down tv tho suction a. he leap
al from The stern. Tho SDuihornor was rul
slightly Injured, the collision being scarcely
ala iy her passengers, many ~ whom Wrr'
,ot even awak encd D., a. The steamer carri'
"A tp,. u.ual light. required by law. We ar
MOI informed whether the h1rIuc carried
rsbt, also. Itis understood, from one Of The
.Irti,nrs nf the crew, that the Nouthrrurl
y,,4 Mistaken for vessel standing ~ rhorr
an thesr matters, however, will hr invest
.atrl. Capt Berry, Of the Nouthcrnrr d
VOL known a. an experienced '1ltur Hr,l vh
my, high reputation for skill ai'hiuln"r
ANA caution,
The Suuih-fH-r'- thFov liG..Laats wcrc im
mcdiairly lowrrul and manned, and succeed
al iu saving two IT the passrugvgs. thr cap
tain aud six of the cr,w The names Of th
ln.t aud saved will be- found below. LA,
the -outhrrurr hrrn wIthrui ti,'-'-stI-, fo
nnr on board the unfortunate lark would hay
Lrrn saved, a. the SEA was tou rough for a
ordinary boat to live in. The boat was man
ned IN the second officer and two ~ the crr'
and forty.6ye minutes after she was launrl
,.l was agaiu alongside with seven Of the rr
,u,d. The second VA manned by the hr
uHirrr, two Of tho cisw, aud Captains u,
heck and j. &. Berry, late Of the brig Or
o,u. who nohly volunteered Tho third va
manned hy Thomas Vail and the rest o. oh
remainder Of the crew, Capt Brrry's hri
ON the Itb of last month.
Mr. stanton, one Of the passengers save,
wa, on deck whom the collision took place
lie climbed the mizzcn .hroul-, but the vi
ter overlook him before lac reached the to
hr,l compelled him 10 LET go his bold, y
and Mr.. Bradley occupied q cabin on doc
Mr. Bradley. aroused hy the noise of the q
der. overhead had gone on deck, and ~ d
instant OF tho crash. rushed 20 the cabin,
reused his wife, and scizing her drrss, pa~s'
uut hy the a1cu entrance "a the cabin, 10
wa. there I,kru'oiI'hi- feet hy the water, a.
-A-- gr.fa-lsas sWclt trum him.
The |. NJ had a yaluablc assorted car.
M the time Of the collision. She was 10
mcrlya brig, unduY-Nht same commandcr,ai
cmpioy,d in the Daricn, Ga trade, but "
changed to q haruur, about six years back.
She was $50 tons hurthcn, wns a good ,c-s'
Unfit in lsllH The foii0WlugarC tho nam
of those ON loard
Pd,.ng,r, mr,H-E 4. Bradley, W.
Stanton.
Paueuqrrs laV-Cathcrinc Bradley,
CtsNfi,, Harriet Grannis:Alr. Amcrit Barn
rf Mnr,,t,, 60 Mrs. BARNARD, at AAilnlinGtl
Island, Ga; Mis- C. BARNARD, do; Mast
John iarstow, do; Dr. Naguui,;, lady Al
child, ct Savannah III. Gmuuis OF c.; y
Corni-, do; two Mr-sr- adams, OF Lundc
II. Il IrnMu. The Cauiain,s SEN.
Omr,r, and c,,,c sat,f.-tapt II I Tf1V
j. ID. IIildrcth, 1T mate; J. Franklin, strwat
G. Smith. 2d mate; \ McNHn, scamau;ll H.
IS, do; j Brown. do.
tr.,r iost-John Smith Mass; Franz
Butter. Savannah, Ga; Jas. Draper. l)ua-
RAN ireland. Robert Moore. ENGLAND. RE
arl ---, do; cook name unknown; Jas. VI
Glowcu, I'd do, New York; Mrs Brad,
,tcwardrss,