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Po p the Seeue q he eE.ns passengers q de ship
ttafe~ nrf 1lalg ! aully eoufimed The p.ricuiurs
q tAeir rs4rre are Eiyea N he sabjoined extracts
copied iron the SaF.>a.h Repshli-.k Il Tuesday last
~ sP Pttliln and Msry.-l II Willie rrstifyfa< b
or .e.aen q ear hat The usfrinaaie one
1912 -. ~ ssety n a.nbsr. q sh afafsd ship
s9asassOr9s e q. ne ne lO.sbo.. were dio.asi
aes ncro,. sna hr9,ne cuadact q the two seanen,
~. ~ .ra .Ta ssDss Harris who refused 20
9a and ae.ndoa The pazsckrsrs % hepiesness
and Npspe. = neble coatrast with the eoEaraiv and
rsPshsnssle conduit e the Captain lai hs Oficers,
80 $3.50 eense.sss 2, the hEst ePposenisy q de-
and hnn ans spirits of Ward and Harris will el,c;t The
----..s az iJpl s-.se. a Aankind For their he
roiza and hrnanily they viii feeev. = they
The egortsaf Captain Sands, Il ne vreef - sss
Oracle. N Saving the ses and relieving the distress o
the Passeng Of The tillian and Mary are worthy of
the highest summendation. His basiness Va fh,f ~
wreeker ad his iisres. was 70 save ne carro "A, =
noby sacrificed his Interest and rsked his lie 10 rrSe
his fellow btings from The imninent peril to which thcv
had been abaRdcned-
A gentles an from Nassau (Afr. John r. R,eo., {.
forms that the Wiilian and Mary could easily have
been run ashore u safe place for hours with tho
wind n ,hf SireetsGn i shsa prevailed The Pa.sea
al the cargo might have been saved thongh perha = IL
damaged eoaditIon. The statement that the William
and Mary aesai dU,cn Is false She found sfloat
three days afterwards =; least twenty miles from the
place she struck and il the passengers had beea
tAken or they doubtess. BY working the pumps could
have kept her ailpat longer.
taken charge Of the passengers saved from the William
and Mary, Ind they viii Be warded TO New Orleans
the point 81 their destination. Mr. Bacon informs US
that fund had been raised by private sub
scrptoa among The good citizens Of to purchase
supplies for the needy Of the unfortunate sufferers
Mr. b. also Informs thai the British passenger Of
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the entire cost Of maintaining these passengers although
borne in the first instance By the British Government
becomes BIZ section Of that act Grown debt and Is
recoverable from the "owners, ageat aad char
tcrcrs Of the shipa boad being givcn al the port from
whence the ship sas any such contingencies
The cost of maintaining the passengers at Nassau and
transporting them New Orleans will be about 3 900.
We aPPfnd the following particulars, which we find
in the Bahama lat Nassua) Herald Of the 18th II
The American ship JYilisaa and Mary, Of Bath,
Maine, StHson, master from Liverpool for New Orleans
erockery and one hundred and eighty emgrant passe-
gers, struck small rock tnne feet under watef)
the Great Isaac, Tuesday evening May ID, At
20 minutes past eight o'clock. The ship was ashore
bout three hours Three Of the crew. who have arrived
this port that after the ship struck they let 70
anchor parted the chain and then lei 60 the other
anchor. The boats were got out, two Of which were
stove. Alto A. NJ. the captain ,cifh the mates and q
part Of the Tec left in Of the boats and four seamen
and passengers, filling the long boat, also lett Two
passengers endeavOrng to get in the long boat were
Harris refused to quit the ship and abandoa the helpless
and unfortunate passengers Discerning the land about
eight miles ahead they shipped the chain and tried 10
get the ship under order fpossible to reach the
LAID and run the ship ashore but the passengers could
render bat little assistance working the ship, and
they therefore unable 10 do Had not the cap
taia and clc deserted the ship. il is the conviction 81
the seanch referred that the ship might have been
run ashore. Being unable TO manage her for want Of
proper tance, she drifted the northeast the pas
sengers themselves the al the pumps
During the evening, RATS were constructed from spars
&c but Were launched uhtii the following moraing
Early the morning Of the 9th the land about
ten miles distant, aud after schooner hove in
sight The eolors set half mast, when the scoon-
unntsdidiy bore down TO the ship The passengers
redoubed their exertiohs at the pumps and
relieved By the wrcckng schooner Oracle Robert Sands
master. coming along side to their assistance. The
WOMAN and children first taken off and landed af-
he Schooner returned and saved the remainder
Of the Passengers, two being the deck when the
ship down, (on Friday but saved themselves by
jumping into the wrecking schooners boat When the
ship went down the end bf Grand Bahama bore
bout east northeast twenty miles distant Capt Sands
has doubtless been instrumental in saving the lives of all
beard, and, with the who renamed with the
paSsengers ;desergcsihc appreciation Of the hui
mane and generous reward from the British and
American Governments. :,
"a portion Of the cmigrants thus rescued consists 81
party bf Germans, eighty four in number, of whom
twenty FIVE were infants and children under the age
twelve years, leaving sixty.hinc adults They were
all engaged BY q German named Bohnema, who ha.
brought ihtn out his cost exclusively with the
intention Of purchasing farming lands and making set
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