The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-01-13
ShipWreck aud Daring Rescue.

.'he Cleveland papcrs contain thrilling accounts Of
the hpwreck Of scaoone. at the mouth Of the har-
Dor q Monday hast. ant the daring rescue of The
crew. The following particulars will be found ot
interest:
Ohe Of the most cx ting incilents Of the season
occurred tn lake IN s-lt # tA1S city, this no.n-
ing. The night had beel black, and toward IN M
int stormy and hlNl.as. The hke WAS in terrible
conn,o, i1n--,hc breakers ran high and were dash
ing their i high over light house pier ant k~cat-
eling ln,!>n..n who ycn'u,ed acar, NJ h a wa
terry grave. Abort 10 o'clock \. NJ, ii Was an
noun-ei that vessel, N tirs l. make the hubor,
had capsi1ci 81 otocaie>'s pier, and All hands were
ia the wate
Thi- st.rtI.n. annouaceme9t 'ron ht hundreds AMI
sooa thousand p'uY or more to the baak To -
;vc-vltnc, ot AZ catastrophe. Sure enou5h, the
sIars al 4 ye>s | ab,ut haf 4 nile Eom shore wcic
seen rc,lily to aat iO with the waves, and cE1ginI
bthe r'g5i,g were 'ix miserable human 'ius> ha'g
ing on fn dear iiie. it bI,ming a gale, and tht
p. o fellows vould g. down and up with then r;l
hold Of thc rim Quite ont of oht even from
the high baok which oyel looked the scene. II il
ANXIOUS tine To- those on shore, what mus,
il have been f,r the poor wet, chilled AMI beuu.ii-
"a fellows hanging to INC rig-Il5. Thc occasion
called iDr heroes. and tn tn credit oi oar Cleveland
ana Ohio city -si'r>, IN y ,,e,e nj waiting
Cap. Wn. Watt, IT ta' steamer NJ ton. Capt.
ID axe, Capt. +. Map, of ihe schooner Ram g..
CaIt. Gibson, ot thu sch onr tonf..t Ann, LOST no
tine IL mining thtoe = a.N bots, sui with such
ssiiuus fellows as /, m Caycrn.,o. n;tu iobiusou,
James lIc,rns, WA. Csnnovan, Eotc,t G,auam and
ChJ.lc " Christian, all Volunteers, ac the
breakers and ruj on. Calt. hsop, DE- mel Rob
.n>on and Th,mas C2ycinan were tn fist t. reach
thc wreck
Nothing could have ben more ,hrln,, y { Nct,u.
than to witness tn du ing .ot these tIdNS s-piAe-
times they would sink til deep oughs of the
50 that not ve,tsa ot them could be for some
moments, and thea t,Ie, would be thrown up the
CREST of high that t>ee.ned a. II caps,zc
WIS inevitable. Sometine> 'hesr could moi
r'ach the water, and the next nonlcut immersed 10
the 4unWa!e.
Al length the wreck Nas reached and one by ont
! the crew Ma- picked of and ihr boats stated oi
shore. They wcre watched With anN;ons eyes IRON
bank aud rie,. The gth increase and the head
WAY of the a,gc>t boat, with nast OF tl,e crew, wa.
STOW, AMI tears were entrrtalncd that she woulc
swamp, when sllc reached the biz brclke,, at III,
u,auth ot tn pier To provide for such calnnil,
Cart etanuard, 4 ne steamer Cleveland, nannc,
hi SNAIL boat and ,ith flesh hands, met the wreck
cIs 80 tn md,, ot ti breakers, aud them "a
safe over III. surg. Il wa shouting Iine on iAna
when thc ani the rescued cached still wa
ter in The hnbpr. Al had been saved by tn darirI
and intro, idy OF a few rou1h-c"acd bat nohl:
hearted i,ws, whose na.nos deserve "a niche IN ti'
temple oi iame.
The vessel proved t. I've the schooner Gazette
CAT. NJ. Basset., OF hI'a1 She icii HnIaio Tins
dly nieh, with about ,, ton. of coal, oalum an,
stoves i,> clppeh f,r ballast. She had had suu
the weather bclur cold and top most oi the tic
The Ga, tliu had been at the helm succ oar o'cloVl
this lnoyalng, and II cadcavo; .ng l. make this ha
hor broke his centre board, struck against the las
pcr and stove II hoic m her bow. She then swuns
aiound with The aad was carried down the ah,
some 50 rods, cap ned and sunk. She hes O.
her side in aLou 20 feet of water, the tips of he
>rarS visible.
The crew consisted of NJ. Eassctt, Capt; J. "
Pasish, mat; John Dunbi, K. Lauubc,t, james
Bioun and I. Par,niter, hands.
The Cleveland Hcral! adds:
"Mr Tha,ursoa, of the Railroad Hotel, Offered
the crew q. the Gazette free quarters until they cal
recover their siuunage' from the wreck.
| We shall not attempt ~ words = do justice Z
the noble hearted who manned the boats AMI "A
imminent peril t. thcl- own lives, rescued tn ship
wrecked from certain death unless they received ha'p
For a far less noble deed, hundreds OF men hav
been worshipped as heroes"