Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-12
APPALLING DISASTER AT SEA-!
wprcrs; n. BRITISH SHIP 4NNiE JANE
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10 l4iverpoNl wNlch WAS ullFe" asuoio
m The iron bound coast Of Bura Island,
,luring the recent gales, on the night of
The 2Sth ult, When no fewer than three
Ausi+el and t0rtysisd. Tassngrs--
men, women and chiidtcn, met with a
wetery grave. Tho Annie Janc was
largo. vessel, and sailed from Liverpool
tor2aebcc and Montreal on The 9th OF
last month with some $50 emigrants,
moot of lhcn Irish families The crew
of twelve persons. with MIR. Bell, the
chief officer and l02 passcngcrs were
saved We annex iew particulars OF
the dreadful disaster:
At the time the ship struck, all the
officers aud crew were below, but there
were also on deck large number OF
male passengers, WIN held on by ropes
md rigging, and with feelings Of des'
pair contemplated their fate. Mean
while, the grea, majority OF, the passen'
gers including all the wpmsp9ant chill
,ircu, were below ii their besths, but
the striking Of the ship5sase them a
fearful waGca;ng. Many rushed on
|eck IN n state uf ndkrsness wives
clunE to their husbands, aud children TO
both, same ma,e from terror, aud others
uuering appalling screams aud eagerly
s!r;ekiag. t'ls there hope :" The scene
is Observation-Disclosures survivors asthe most
agonizins which it could enter into the
heart Of tisitto conceive. After the
first shuci: was uyct the passeagersrosh.
odiu the bua,sihrec 0. which were pla-
Ted between tho iniGen-mast and the
pnnp, aud the fourth lay on the top OF
The clearinghouse forward. Tho light
,,,ost had already been lost. But the
boats were Of no earthly use, for they
were all Fixed down ard secured. or Joy
bottom up. While the passengers weis
thus clustered around the b"ats, and
within very few minutes after the ship
had grounded, she was struck by sea
offr;eh,Enl potency, whichinstuntIy car.
RED away the dense mass Of human be-
ings into the wate,yswaste, and b'sts
and bulwarks went along with lhen'--
tleast ono huudled ofuar fellow crea.
torres persisted by this fsIlswoop.5 The
wild wall of the sufferers wus.hcald for
amomont, and then all was still.3
The great majority ofthe womsaland
children, as well as some Of the male
passengers, remained below. eitherpar.
alysea by terror or afraid that they
would be washed away in tho event OF
their coming upon deck. But their time
alsol,ad come, The ftishtful humping
of the great ship, taken in conneciilpn
with her cargo Of railway iron, must
have Immediately healen the bottom gu,
=, - .l,..1.,a .,.i,iIa hee S.hric was in
this weakened stale, another Dreadful
sea broke on board aud literally crushed
that paitof,he deck situated betwes,
the gtnainmast and the nizen mast, dow,
lponiSe berths below, which were oc.
cupied by I,erlorsgIcken9 women and
sleeping children. They were killed
/ rather Than drowned, as was fully CYL
,ience,l by the naked, mutilated,s and
eashed bodies which were afterwards
cast on shore. The main aud inizen
rpasls went at tho same moment. This
SECOND branch of the catastrophe took
place within very Eew minutes after
me passengers aud part of tho crew
had been swept away from the deck a.
long with The boats. The most Of the
,eniai,liiing sedlncn and passengers now
,ook feiugo On the poop which was a
very high one, aud each succeeding as.
aauIt of4te sea carried away its victim
or victims. In short, within one hour
utter tIicsAauie Jane struck tic remain-
lag stamps Of her imasts went by the
hoard, and she broke into three pieces
An additional number persisted III Ibis
,lisrapl;oni and all the survivors remain.
cd on the poop, with the exception Of
seven men, who had scored themselves
on the the top gallant folccasile. The
poop Fortunately fna,ed well, and, as
it was about high water, the wreck was
Iritcd in@ards by the wind and each
l,eaYc ufGrhe sea. wienit finally gronn'
died about O'Clock, a. NJ. The fore
castle, withthe seven men, came ashore
much about the same time. as7a
Such as were saved remained by IN
Ill the tilo ebbed. when they waded
asl,qgo tho wafer taking them nearly IL
the grnpits. Al daylight the bay was
s;re%S9 with dead bodies TO The humber
Of lientiythree bundled, greatly tlisfg
supc.!. m;agHof them without limbs aud
,Lends, and nearly all nakpd, thereby
showing how Instant mus, have been
,her death, and the fearful strength Q
the wat4yswhich ii 80 shorta time made
sach havoc 'f3H' @
Only one clila wassavcd. lrbelnng
aa 10 an humble Irish woman. wh"
with her Two children was about L
io;n her husband in America. Sh'
struggled hard TO preserve them both
one on her back, and Graspiug the 9th
or in her urmsS but when the ship par
ted; the latter was dashed into tho sea
aud the olhcrromaiued. g...l
None os the survivors, estimate The
loss of lfu at less than three hnpdreo