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appalling Disasler on The Coast Of SCOT
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Wreck Ct the BIZ Ship Annie Jane -Fhsee Hun
dred and Forty Flight Lives Lost Terrible

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Wreck Ct the Br Ship Annie Jane Three Hun
drcd and Forty Flight Lives Lost Terrible
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Cd. English files. hy the Niagara mounce one
Of tie Hi5-t terrible eatastropbes on recordi--the
tota To- # the rbip Annie Jane, Mason qih-
mandfr. belonging 10 Liverpool, which was Div
en ashore on the IRON bound coast OF Barra 5ind
during The recent gales, on the night of Neheo-
day, the 18TH ut, ,vlfcn no fewer than three IN
ifed and fofty ftght passengers-m ppen
AID etildren-- mel @itl waterY grave. J
NeeiYp below portions Of the fearful narrdlyc:
At the time the ship struck, all the
officers and crew we're below, but there werq al
~ on deck large numgcr If male passcn!ers
who held On by ropes and rigging, and with tcei-
iuf- 81 despair contemplated their fate. Afali-
gmle, lie great majority of the pa-sengers iclu-
ding all the women q children, were below nlheir
befihs, but the striking Of the ship gave thI n
fearful Weakening. Mnny rushed on deck IN
sfate of nakedness; wives chung to their husbands
and children clung 70 both some mute from. ter
rar, aud others uttering appalling screams and
eaFerly snrieklng, rs there hoPe! The f"nc
l. described by the survivors rs the most h9,niz-
ing which it could enter into the heart of mSn to
conceive. After the first shock was over, TIM pas
sepgers rushed 10 the boats, three of which were
placed between the mizenmart and the pool and
the fourth lay on the to- OF the cooking louise
forward. The liteboat had already been list
Int the bouts we're OF no earthly use, Tor they
were all fixed down and secured, or lay b,ttom
up. While the passengers were thus cluiered
round the bouts, and within very few mhutes
after the ship had grounded she was strucl by
"a d irghttnl potency, which instantly cfT1ed
away the densenass Of human beings init the
watefy te,and boats aud bulwarks wentRlong
with them. IT least Loo Of our fellow crciturcs
persisted b. this fell 5woop. The wild wallDi The
sufferers was heard for moment and thsl all
wa still.
The gfcat majority Of the women and chdrcn
as well IL some of the male passenger, ranani-
II he.5w, either paralY wed by terror or afraid that
they would be washed away in ihc event 4 their
coming upon deck. But tneir time alp had
COME. The lrightiul humping of the great ship,
taI<en in connection with her cargo of rilwuy
ron, must have minediatel y beaten the ottom
out OF herr and while her fabric was in thiSyea!s-
ened state, another dreadful sea broke on board
AID literally crushed that part OF the dccl stu
ated between the manmast and the mzNmast
down upon the berths below, which were 'ccupi-
edby terror stricken women and sleping 81 dren.
They were .illed rather than drowned, = was
fully evidenced by the naked, mutiatel and
gashed bodies which were Afterwards cast on
shore. The main and mizenmasts went 81 the
saIne moment. This second branch of tho catas
trophe took pace within very few minutes af.
Ter the passengers and part the crew had been
twept away from the deck along with the boats.
The most Of the remaining -camen and lassen-
GERS now took refuge on the poop, which was
very high one, and each succeeding assault Of
lie sea carried away its victim or victims IN
short, within one hour after the Amr Jane
struck, the remaining stumps OF her mast went
by the board and she broke into three peces:-
IN additional number persisted at this disruption,
and I'll the survivors remained en- Tia" po,p, with
The exception OF seven men, who had sccurcd
themselves on the topgallant forccastp. The
poop fortunately hoated well, and as it was about
high Watef, the wreck was drrtod inwards by
the wind ana each heaye Of the sea, Uhcl it fl
ually grounded about 4 o clock II. m. Tie fore
castle with The seven men came ashort much
about the slime time.
The N.aek had been observed from the island
almost rs die day broke; and, nthe first
instance, seven or eight of the Barra mdn came
down 10 Gender such aid as might he in their
power. The remains of the mizcnmast ,orC still
attached ny the shaoads 10 the wreck Of he poop,
ana by he help of the islandersit was placed SO
n 10 form u sort Of BRIDGE on ladder between the
poop and The shallow wa=er, id, us thc tide had
now TALL chbed. all the survivors got IN shore
without, much difficulty by Z in die marning.-
" hen mustered the survivors were found to num-
nj. total ol lo2 "a WON one was a child, IL
Wsfc women, and - belonged to the ciaw,
elusive of the captain. who was also saved
" hen the poop WIS drifting ashore he secured
alnsef upon its skyiehi. But the departed
friend OF the survivors were ashore hcbrc Them
tor the beach WIS literally lined by l. cir dead
bodies, well as by mnumerablc Fragments of
the broken ship aud the light part ofhd cargo.
None OF the survivors estimate the loss Of life at
less than 350,and consider ii close upoa 100 S0uis
The latter would be the case if 500 Individuals
including children, were ON board as isEenpray
believed. s8Almost all the cabin posson fer per
ished nlelelue Captain Muro, OF QoFbcc
Such - were saved remained by nta the tide
ebbed when they waited ashore, the wafer taking
thein nearly to The armpits, At,aylght the bay
was streWn with dead bodie, 10 inc numlrroineur-
" 300. greatly Gi.figured many ri then without
limbs and ,eads, nearly all naked, thereby show
ing how instant must have been their death, and
the fearful strength ofthe waters which IN so short
Il time made such havoc.
only one child was saved. Itbelongcdto nun
BILE lrishwonan who, with her two children, was
about to ioinher husband in America She srug-
glcd hard 10 preserve them both, one on her back
and grasping the other in her arms; but when the
ship parted the latter was dashed INFO III, seaand
the other remained.
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