The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-05-18
From the Evening Post.
From the Evening Post
Terrible Disaster at Sea.-Loss OF nearly Two
Hundred Lives.

We have 10 record to-day another fearful calamity
the laundering OF vessel with the probable loss
of nearly Two hundred lives
Captain Forbes of the brig Reuben Carver, from
Sagua la Grande brought into port this morning the cap
tain, mate and six OF the crew of the ship William and
Mary of Bath, Maine, who picked up from boat
sea, lat 81 30 and long 10 90 having been wrecked
near Siunp Key among the Bahama islands, on the Sd
of May
nshed the following particulars Of The loss of his
vessel, which was on The passage from Liverpool TO
New Orleans with cargo Of railroad iron and two hun
bred and eight passengers. chiefly emlgran's Al seven
o'clock. m. the Sd of May, during cloudy weather
and strong breezes blowing from the southeast, they
passed the Hole 10 the WALL which is the southern part
OF the little island OF Abaco of the Bahamas nearly
north oil Nassau. AT they made StirTup Key, and
then bore Oh about ten miles in southerly direction
The weather grew thicker all The while and the wind
stronger, while the began to roll at fearful rate AT
sunset nothing could be OF the Key, and The captain
supposed that he was well 10 the north OF it, baving
steered west by north since meridian Ats M, when
he judged himself sufficiently 10 The north and west Of
the Great lsaacs he put the ship west by south and
menced heaving the lead. but found bottom in twenty
fathome
About half past eight. p m. the vessel struck upon
sunken rock, where she hung for some tme with ten
fathoms water all around: Alter pounding heavily for
fifteen minutes she got of, but Immediately struck an
other rock, Within few rods of the FIRST, where she
again pounded for some time, and again went Off Ii
was then thought expedeoi 10 lei the anchor and pre-
pare the boats for launching The ship taking in
water very fast and though the passengers worked for
life at the pumps, they found impossible 10 keep her
Az thefe iOur feet wafer tDe hOid
and at A. a. with both pumps going eight feet The
weather was very black and squally and the ire
mendousy high. Shortly after day break, they found
ten feet water in, and the vessel apparently going down
The CONSERVATION OF the crowded decks this period
may be imagined but cannot be described.
All the boats, i've in number, then made ready
and launched but two of them stove on touching
the wafer, leaving only small boat and one long and
one boat These manned by the captain, his
mates, and the crew. together with many passengers
could be crowded into them. The remainder OF the
passengers left on board, and in few minutes
after-i .. about eight O'Clock. a. invent down with
the vessel How many persisted il Is impossible 10
certain but from this account Of the captain, infer
that not less than hundred and fifty persons men,
women. and children AT the time the Great lsaacs
bearing east by southeast, about seven miles
ne several boats were separated after leaving the
snip, onl the captain from the boat in which he was
aparque apparently bound 10 Europe hove 100 in the di
ecuon o. The long and life boats, and he surmses tina,
s peope N 'hem were picked up. But there is no GER
s@any ~ ms aud, sopposing them also 10 have been
iost me tosai number OF deaths will be over two hun.
area Inc COOK and steward OF the William and M.rv
toEeher with two oil the seanen, were among ,hoss IN
behind, when the small boats put off Cao,sr S,.n.on
has no memorandum OF the names OF the ~, h;sh ~,
are consequently unable TO give "''S" VIC
This ID one OF the most dreadful wreck. thu, 49,. 49,
had occasion 70 record for many years and eor law
soon after the late railroad caames, fills VA with -
lions OF horror and gloom.