New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-16
Particulars OF he Wreck OF the Propeller Nom
ticello, on Lake Superior.

On the 18th ult the Monticello left her
deck, Ontonagon River, about 5 o'clock, with 100
passengers, and freight Of copper and some fish.
on leaving the harbor one of her wheels struck
floating log but the accident was not deemed OF any
moment. and even after 1t was discovered she had
sprung leak no account was taken of It until the
Captain saw she water was gaining on the pump.
Even then it was hoped sic could make Eagle Har-
Dor about CO miles of Barrels, buckets. &c. were
pu, requisi'ion, and crew and passengers worked
hard tie vessel making great way under heavy sail,
with a fresh breeze.
After about three hours OF desperate exerton, the
wind and water rising continually, the attempt to
reach Eagle Har5or was abandoned as hopeless.
But It was then night, the winds and waves ragged
and roaIed, and the coast presented of sharp
steep rocks. To face them would be certain de-
structioD they determined to wear out the night
III deaih.srugele with the rising water. The an
chors cast and NTH broken energy and blasted
hope tie and passengers stood out the struggle
until cay dawIed and with the light the anchors
were weighed, and as last dread chance the vessel
was allowed to roll heavily toward the shelving
shore, mid the roar of the elements. She wallowed
on helpessly toward land, the water rising I'M
checked, until meeting rock she struck, and sud-
denly her bulwarks were swept away and the angry
surge had her at its mercy This the mo-
ment Of stornest trial nor would they perhaps
have been equal to it, had not the exhaustion of the
previous night chilled the spirit that would have
been fatal TO them in the first temptation. As
1t was, they waited the first experiment of the
mate In making line fast to the shore. lThe
men who Effected this perilous service we're, w. +.
Wes,brook, ESQ, Lewis Lucas, first, and William
Bearing, second mate. Those who awaited their
destiny on board watched that experiment with an
intensity OF anxiety which nothing but the presence
of death could awaken. More than once their little
boat disappeared, and with 1t those in whom they
had trust disappeared also. the last hopes OF
those who were swung to and fro as if in the last
shuffes Of mortality However, the boat succeeded
and one by one cargoes of men, half dead with long
terror were landed the rocks, until the last Of
them were snatched from that terrible agony of four
teen hours duration But even here death presented
itself in on aspect equally formidable. They were
thniy-fye miles from Eagle Hubor and cedar
swamps, Amos, impossible, interviewed. With the
Cany remains of provisions that could be obtained
from The vessel, now in imminent danger Of going
every moment 10 pieces twenty-five ofthe entire par
ty started with tie design OF hewing trailing their
way 20 that place This party started at noon, andav
cling slowly, on logs and under, through brush wood
and through swamp, they spen. the entire forenoon
in getting over five miles At nghtall they byouac-
cd and with d couple Of miserable fires beside them,
ani as much food divided among them would suffice
for one man. they shiyeTed away as wTetched night
AS ever tested human endurance. Next day they
proceeded with the return Of light, and after Jour
ney unexampled for suffering, twelve Of the twenty
~ 20 reached Eagle River, az o'clock. Immediate
ly the Nsssrs Mcknight! and Chamberlain dispatched
a boat With provisions. Thus food has been sup
Piled to those who Jagged behind on that perllous
march Just time for their preservation, and not one
of crew OF passengers were lost. An incident Of that
journey was the discovery of skeleton, the clothes
and bones Of a wanderer who had lost his life In a
similar enterprise 10 that IN which they were then
engaged
We abri6ee tie above from report made out by
Committee OF the passengers, who testified 10 the
brayeIy, prudence and energy of Capt Wilson and
HIS officers, Mr Westbrook the engineer, and some
Of the passeneers who distinguished themselves
th.oue hout that fearful scene.