The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-11-02
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THE DAILY DISPATCH.
WEDNESDAY n oRhiho. NoN tA.I : ;.
.pp.Tf,yc DisAsrER ON .THG COAST or
- SCOTLAND.
w..cr or rns Bsrrrsn surr asNtE JAsx--

SCOTLAND.
xs,n.cr ar rug BRTTTsH SIffr ANNIE JAsR,--
-,,,.r1s 4rNpsgp AND FoRTy RIGHT LIVES Josr.
-TrsHlRlr sscr SRs.--1be English Eles by the Ma
.ra announce one OF the most terrible cataetrcphee
on reeora-tte total Ices Of the ship Annie lane,
MaAsp Commander, belonging to Liverpool. whish
was driven Ashore en- the ifoa-bound cGat OF BsIt
Islssi curing the recent gales on te night OF Wea'
nesday, eeps etth, when no fewer than isrcs aAs
dred asa fasfseisAs passcngere-men women asiu
children -~aict with watery grave Inc aun,'
Jane Sas large vessel and sailed from L,'e1l,ov
for QasSec and Montreal, on the IN Oh 'ss. ,ie INV.
with soalc $50 euli rants, most OF them if'sh 'i't'
Eee
We give below portions o. the tear'ni narIa''. We,
Attae time the chip struck, all tue
officers ans, crew we're below. but there were also
on deck a LARGE uunlbcr OF male passengers VINO
held o, nv Fppes and rigging, ana Win iesiioes OF
despair cosieiupls,ei ;heir tate mesnwhi'er me
great tsaayily Of the passengers, inciudlng AZ ihe
gaal. n and children, were beloS IN TIER tertns,
hut ~, ssr,sirg Of the ship gave them fearful
wskcufav May rushed on deck ia "a state ot ma
kcaucts; wives chung to their husbands, ard chh,
drco tfgap TO both, saH9e mule from tcrroF, a'ld
Others u,tsrirg appalling ecreaEns aud eagerly
s1riesi4s "ls,here hopcYT Thcsceae Is scsoribed
by The sagvvoss the laost agoniziaS wal'h II
could ca:er into The heart of maa to conceive
Afler Tie ARE. h0ck wac over the pas sSnSeFs rushed
tbtAe i,sats tsree Of which were placed hetNe n
the Eli.enuss ara the poop. aud tc loaTl.l lay on
the ;&5ypf the cooklne-ACu.s forward. The tight
boat he / already been lost but tue boats were oil
no earthly use, fer they were all fixed down and
socafel ~ hay bottom up. Nhlle the pass DggTs
were rs cluaeTGNi round the boats. and within IA
very f.w minutes aGcr tic slip had grounded SIZE
was :: ck by sea Of irisagiul potency, which in,
staac,y carried away the dCuse mass of human be-
incs me the wStTy waste ana beats and huivs Rrks
wcat along wihihen At leas. 100 Of our fellow
crea.lt's persisted y this ioli sgoop. The wild
wall .. tic sufferers was heard .or t. moment and
tael al was still
Tac great majority Of the women ard children,
aCQ some OF tue male raaeost reEiaiEed
below, citlter pa-alyzaa by terror or afraid that
they uould be washed away in the event OF their
coming upon deck. Buttheir ti,ae also came. The
tfishtfh humping Of tar great chip, taken II con
n2xson with her cRrsa Of railway iron, must have
inlue4Ss'eiy beaten the bottom cut Of her; and
while her fabric IN his weakened state another
dreadful ses broke on board and literally cruahed
that pxy5 OF the deck 81 uated between the maiu-
IuRst aaI the n!izeRnGst, down upon the herihs
below wli,h wl.e occupied by terror stricken wo-
men and sleeping children. They were killed
rather taan drowned, as was fully eyinced bv the
naked, lnuated, and gashed bodies which were
Afterwards cas-, on shore This second branch of
the catastrophe tosk place within very few min
utcs aFr passengers aud part OF tie cre,p had been
swep; away from the deck along with tie boats
The Df9~t OF the remaining seanen and passengers
now t0oh refuge on tqe poop, which was very
high oue, aEd each succeediag assault of the sea
carri away its victim victims In short within
one hour atter the Annie Jane struck the rema.ning
etstSiS'l hti i1"rss "tl!s Oy D0ArQ, she
broke iA.o three pieces. An additional number
per>ncd az this disruption; and all the survivors
rena;':G OF the poop, with Jhe exception Of scvsn
rnel. NqGo had secured themselves ca the TOD cal
lart * 'ce@s;ie. TIE poop for;un ately 5oated well
ana. ~ ! ah /. high water the yyretk u.o.
dyhtaa in~ards ty the wind and cash heavc Of tie
sea, when II finally grounded about o'clock A. NJ
Inc t9' seaside, VIA tie seven n}aa, came ashore
a. put &c sumo time
Tee ~rock had hcen observed from, the island
g. sFr,.ry f1ag ,syb
instance, seven or sight OF the FnrrA men came
duYs:s tcfsuder sach AID might D. il rcir power
The remains Of tie ulZenrlas, were sin attacked
by re sirouds to tne wreck 0! the poop, ANA by
the tie NJ the FLANDERS was placed 50 as 20 form
sorsG brig or ladder between the poop and TIE
shallow "htar; AMI, a. tie tide had low fully cabed
all the .ugvivoTs got Oh shore without mach din
Guilty ~ IL the morning. When mustered the
survivors were found To number q tds..i Of I0s Of
~hoin 9Ie was 4 child, IL were women, ali D be
Ioagca 10 the crew, ex usive OF tic Captain WI 0
vs. Lsao saved. When the poop WAS drifting
aeuo-e he secured himself upon is Skyistl. Bay
the * pared lrleads of the Survivors we're ashore
bei5F2 t-enJ, Tor tne bea n was literally liued by
their dead oodiss. wsl as by ilnurnarafie fra.-
neHts ct the broken siip tie light part Of her
c6rT1. None OF the Survivors estimate, the loss OF
life q: fes than $50, and consider it ctoSc up9a 400
SOUS. Ice latter would be the case if SOD iua!yii-
nals, Including children were on board as is rene
rally believed. Almost ali the cabin pssssG GERS
persisted, iaciu1ing Captain Munro, OF Quebec.
Sucs- as were saved remained by until the tide
eobet, when they wsded ashore tie water taking
them nea-ly to tae arnlpis. At daylight the BAY
was sre"n with dead bodies TO the nuui5e. of near-
~ so, greatly cisfgured many OF them wihou,
limbs All heads, and nearly ali naked, thereby
showing bow meant must have been their death
and u's fearful strength Of the waters which in &C
short time made euch havoc
Only one child WAS saved. Itbelou gea 70 a huu,
oie iffh woman woo, "Ih her two children, va
about TO Join her husband in America she struo
gicd hard to preserve them both, one on he, bsc;
and arasping the other in her arms; but when th
tho o:aef remained a."