New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-10
rComuunics,ed for The Tribune BY an Bye witnessl


ArrA 1852
Icomuuncsei for The Tribune By an Bye wtnesal
The bark Josepha, of Gloucester. Eng
land, Captain Cawsey left Bristol the 10Th March,
1852 with cargo OF railroad iron white lead SKINS &c,
bound for Boston. Her crew, all told, consisted of
eighteen persons and all young Up to the day Of
her wreck she had short and prosperous voyage and
made Cape Ann Light at II o'clock on Monday n-hV
April 49, The night being thick and osgy and east.
ery gale blowing the Captain sood OH southc
y course and when he judged himself far enough ou,
tackled and In, intending to make Cape Cod and so
up the bay. The fog extremely lex. The vessel
had approached the coast nearly that in lacking AZ
sounding and finding Is isthons the ship the
edge of the breakers and struck the outer bar about
half mile the northward of the Highland Light Cape
Cod This at about o'clock in the afternoon of
Tuesday, April 90 She 'obaby struck her bows frs.
then hesled oil and lay her bean ends and after few
struck her, which, after long eastery storm, run
with fearful violence the outer bar, her starboard
quarter broke off. In the mean time the pnnace had
been 9, cut and 10 yercd from the starboard side but
this boat, wei the long boat instantly stove
and sweep, of by the violence of the Her decks
now gave way from the stem the oremast her main
and mzz went overheard and her larboari side
fell in on the railroad iron with which she fre GIFTED
She was six years old of about GOO burden, bull.
chiefly of larch and other North Country wood, in
heavy and substantial mode, and roned with heavy
brsces iron knees and other iron astenngs, which, adj
ded to the weight of the railroad iron in her.
made her almost complete anchor in herself, yet, such
the terrible cree Of the that on the outer
bar she was carried over this aud brought up the
Inner Bar.
In this situation she lay, thick the fog without
any her seeing the shore or being seen from H.
though only about three hundred yards distant until
about O'clock the making breach over her. when
three boys who were walking the beach, the fog
lifting little, her, and proceeded TO the Highland
Light and informed Mr. Hamilton, the keeper of the
Light of the fact The cries of persons were also heard
from the wreck.
The keeper of the Light got out the articles belonging
to the Humane Society. such lifepreseevers India
rubber coats caps and OF the rockets deposited ut
the Light for the purpose of throwing rope from the
shore 10 the vessel and down the beach opposite
the bark, where the people from the Pond village in
Truro about mile from the beach, were soon as
sembled The men could be plainly seen ciDgng to the
board side Of the ship and their cries for assistance
are described being heartrendng beyond all i'm
aginahon the spray flying the toremast which was
still standing
The people of Truro are distinguished for their hos
ptality strangers and their sympathy with those In
distress and the only feeling render assistance TO
the persons board But il was plain that not only
must be speedy, but could be of no ordinary
kind The lifeboat of the Humane Society for this town
Is kept in boathouse about mile from the spot
where the ship struck, and preparations were now
made TO bring this up TO the spot and also TO fire the
rocket
In the meantime, at about O'clock two men from
the Pond village, in Truro-Jonathan Collins I'd, and
d. H. Classify, both young the latter twentythee years
of age, and the former about thirtyfve--procured
fsherman's dory so-called, belonging to the Light
House. and avowed their intention to peril their own
lives attempt the unfortunate men exposed
before their eyes TO immediate death The resolve was
O nost hazardous one, and the experienced persons
present entreated them not 10 go. When heavy sea
is running the outer bar the in-shore surf Is little
diminished, and there little doubt every Cape
Goldman is a master of his boat, that thoir frai dory
could be successfully launched AMI carried over the
fhorewavs but, alter an easterly storm, iongcon-
nued the at this point sweeps with Irresistible
violence to the NORTH and the sea was making breach
over the vessel II considered certain death to APP
prosch the eddy the chip. In spite OF all re-
monstrance there heroic young men went OF through
the surf and within about fifteen yards OF
the bark enough to speak to those on board when
the dory cspsized instantly, like BASIN to use the
expression of a bystander, and nothing more was seen
Of the two men In her.
The rocket for throwing rope over the vessel was
now got ready the iebost had been brought down,
the plan being in such TO get line 70 the ship
possible then ply between the shore and the vessel
in the lfe-boar The rocket has a much larger stick
than the common rocket, to which line Is attached
and heavy charge to carry it sufficient distance
WIS now fred by Samuel Small, Jr, and g. T. Lewis
Wien the charge exploded and burst the chamber IN
stead of carrying the rope to the ship thus endangerns
theliyes of those who fired it, as well 81 the bysanders
the stick going over the bank to the leeward 1t was al
most miracle that no lives los. by the explosion
of the iron chamber when the amount OF the ehar.eB
considered and the immediate contact Of the persons
hwas evident now that nothing more could be done
from the shore unless the hie-boat could be got off,
But i, was evident after the experiment with the doy
which had ended fatally that the attempt would be In
every probability perfectly unsuccessiuthe only hope
of safely carrying of hfe-boat being By the aid OF
rope from the vessel The lifeboat North Truro Is
large and heavy boat and difficult 10 manage in the in
shore surf where facility Of execution Indispensable
and one-hsll moments delay may sweep OF boat and
crew and as T. was now dark and breezing up, no fur
Their attempts could be msde 20 communicate win INC
vessel
Fires were buit on tie shore show the unioHuA',
uersons on board that they were nos I'' -
corr panies formed to walk the beach ih' A"'
- Cor al ard the cracking OF the large um
:. .h,n snanv broke up, we're heard AZ mouse
IN. from the beach, in spite oil the terrible
a'os- ..h.d Ike the heaviest thunder on inc