Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-05-26
TERMs or ApvRpTf1fRo
ANOTHER TERRIBLE cArGSrRoPEE
RnARLT TWO muNpRED LIVES Lo,r.

One Ut the most dsasleTouS shpwYeeL,
which II has ever been our painful duty 10 70.
cord, occurred on the 3d.insll, at stirFup Kew.
among tho Bahama Islands. The news Of tile
fearful calamity was brought 10 this port yes.
terday BY the brig Reuben Carver, from Ssgun
10 GrAnde, which had on board tho captain frat
and second mates and six Of the crew Of tho IN.
fctsd vessel William and Mary. We publish.
edthe particulars IN yesterdays evsninp edi.
ton, but we have since obtained conSiJersbl.
additional information which We present 10 our
readers.
This bark William and Mary, commanded by
Captain Slinson, left Liverpool about two
months ago, with two hundred and eight pass.
enger', principally emigrunts, and a cargo of
Ynilroad iron, Tor New Orleans. On the 81 Of
May, they entered the dangerous channels OF
the Bahamas, with the most un[avorable wealth.
err the sky was clouded, the wind blowing
strongly from the southeast, with n heavy sea-
About seven o'clock in the morning the bnrk
passed the "Tlolr In the Wall" the nest south.
arm point Of the Island Of Abaco, 90 called from
one OF The most prominent rocks on the oo0st
being perforated with largo hole, which il
visible at n considerable distance at sea. Pass.
ing this IN safety, Capt. Stiuson steered for
SnrFup hcy, which ut re NJ was ten miles dis.
tan', the weather becoming moro clouded and
'tN A"NA'NelIk' Alll Nlt afternoon, the
vessel kept on her course without accident of
any kind, but at half pust eight o'clock abe
"trock on sunken rock Oh which she remain.
"a Tor about fifteen minutes, during which time
che received extensive damage. The Captain,
NanpearS, had NJ sunset lost sight Of the Kew,
And supposed that IL lay to the south, a. he had
ateered northwest from IL o'clock, A few
minutes before the accident however, he chang.
I'D his course, steering west By south, and ala
not discover his mistake until the moment IN,
bark struck The scene presented on board
The doomed vessel At this moment was terribl,
IN the extreme. About fifteen minute. el0ns,d
before she wore OIL but she had scarcely Os,
eloar Of this rock when she struck on another,
and began to Ill with water 80 rapidly a, 10
render al labor OF the nurn, u,tssIr 80.
less
A. midnight the water had gained 90 ,,nd,,
on the sinking vessel tina, II was four feet n
the hold, aud at 4 A. NJ, eight feet. Scsrcoiv
had the day dawned, Whsn Il WAS ,nnonrcs3
that there were ten feet Of water in IN. hold
and the pumps wcro abandoned In despair, :.
Ihe boats, the lust resort " the terror stricken
PssHenger'' were un'hipped from the davits,
OUT OF FOUR or five, all except two were
swamped. The Captain and his crow, and
about thirty passengers, got into these, the -.
rnaIndcr, numbering u little less than two hun.
dred souls, being lett, from terrible necessity.
TO their fate. There they stood on the dec[
vninly calling for that assistance which Il wS,
impossible to render without riskinU the livs.
nj the few who had got into the boats, N a s,r
minutes after they lch tie vessel ,ntni dorm, and
all on board numbering about one hundred and
Sersnty hundn beings persisted. Finding II i'm.
possible 10 keep the boats together, thew were
compelled to separate, and after tossing about
some hours, the crew and passengers IN thSm
were picked up. It would appear that one If
,hs boats was manned entirely BY the ercw--,ll
vac passengers being crowded into the olher.-
W this, however, we are not certain, but snp.
posed that there were three or four Of The ore !,
IN the boat containing the passengers.
After beating about for some hours, a. ,vs
have said, thr Captain, fret and second mates
and crew were taken up BY Capt Edward
Cobb o. tho brig Reuben Carver, bound from
H1gnS LA Grande to this port. The haste in
which they were compelled to leave the vessel
wondered Il impossible for them TO save an, ,ro'
rerty, and some were glad to Cscaps only b.Ir
dressed. Capt. Cobb informed us that he 'O"
the passengers taken up BY vessel, which no
'urPc'sdtOb be English, so that no apprehensionS
need be entertained Of the passengers who nd
their escape in il, = N. Y, Herald. ''1'