The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-02-28
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Asa fAysosis plot end has resided u The South Pas.
for seysn q eight Tie wind was \. n Il. tl6nk
he nx she burnt. about e i n as III n ave s s g.
ing q the no.said and eastward; she had been about
ne es Off We thought i ss WAS !. ssS sS
sr Ssus s 5 han T nes. s ~ Hs9 T & @ @ & e
seen her we were within three miles under her et e Iear
iue o The riser Ts % IL. ot SHs ts Wy WV vi % ~
light went w on tbe look and
whale bost Within quarter Of mule, when ops Or
. nigh her, there Fas great deal Il powder on
board We @fted them the eouEe to lie shove, and said
captain and mate erhsl Il Wa s eay;.s n nv ' i s' M
went within forty or fifty yards Of herr the anes were
got through the deck y hot don knee thias tlfss
poses. TO DO bat of he nel ware unwilling 70 - os
account 9f te powder Captain Wilson, in presence of the
powder On board NJ io saa ss N wes ts Sss
o,Fisg va o. tns priek N ls ss eEssed With ai
eleseH 2 eock a night hour and half afef she cas
aying lie ship The wind w = mi r =, eoss s1lF ~
when the Russia went outs about clock died
river dols ~ faa Sa ss wy assss { s "a sss wss 81 ss M
a ssp nile III 20 On ESa Sss eoa se q % e R o Ave- sS
sSs daSwR sb p % fgTa si e aa been gene two es s
wind T. s B. and Eelnain i've or II g md getrFs ~ bsf e
Captain went Out ie nosai ad lie sp disd
an The last TINS he saw the sp she burnt 70 The
LrkE hIeolss plot and has rssasIsts w Psss to,
years L9ok the kgssa ont 20 sea left her mile o. mt.
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topgaliant breeze wind nodeased about 10 E O'Clock
next day. She ough been about distant th.
next day, according to what he has learned ng ua
Iues u she had the same wind The next he ot her
on Thursday evening, about fort eight hours she
he corrobofaied generally. the testimony Capt pay
witness was ~ boat the iook for ships when he
saw me ire, looked ike barrel Wewefe to The s0a
ward and thought station, but when discovers
was ship we three four hundred yards
the main and nzen nas both bnEnt when 90
we got 20 hers no aboard OF hers heari explosion
the ship was aground.
Cross exdmlHea.-The wind was TO the y . Tiutlal
and hauled 70 east when she returned. The Russia eeud
saved
ALLEN ID. ALLEN-ls,a pilot and was IN Charge Of boa
en- Thursday evening the wind n g; saw lgi
which increased and said TO the pilots that It tar barrel
increased and we all thought the Soufhwess las
the then followed the Anglo Saxon 10 sea as
fan Tor the Russia; three of the pilots went out srlal
bOat, and went aboard but found aboard she burn
very last thai night but Very slow aer; Sunday. aben
noon, she sunk il about midnight sent the
ABOARD her mlzen-mast down and the
tctteg; the took lire while the pilots
on board the wind was blowing from the east; the tot9i
ganansaii was up as think sail was furled up sh
ban foresall TOP sail iop-nas siaysal and 5b sci t
lying Jb fuFed the boom thought she was an easy
aF when first saw her did not hear any explosion sheT
Isaac It. HEATHl Is pilot and resides al the South
west Pass was the boat with Capt Payson and
ms statement had conversation with the captain; IOnes
said there barrels OF powder the fore Jack Think
tue ire could have been put il we had had plenty Of
buckets; were afraid OF the powder
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