The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-05-06
NO. 26


the shriel>ing Of the women and children
were hushed all lay IN the deep num-
bored with ;he dead wuile the wind wall.
ed loud and mourntuly, adding still more
horror 10 the awIul catastrophe, All had
sunk ->aptajn. officers, crew and pas
senEers, OF two hundred and fifty per-
sons not It soa Was left TO tell the tale.
No all came from the Government house
that night, and Cap, Jennings was com.
PEELED to remain there by himself,
/ lonely watcher o, the dead.
On Monday morning four men ar
rived from the station house, bu, their
help came too late. The storm it seems,
was so severe that while on their way
back TO the wreck on Sunday, with the
life car and mortar, two OF them fell
.doTn exhausted, and tie whole party
were oDAsed 10 return nearly frozen TO
death. THIS party Of men, under COM
mand OF tapt. Jennings, set immediately
about finding and gathering together
those bodies tnat mad been washed ashore
In the short space oi an hour nearly
twenty women and children were found,
! almost naked, scattered along the beach,
some OF them dreadtully bruised and cut.
One man was found about fifty yards
I from tae beach, upon the sand hills, with
] a child IN his arms and from his con-
dition 1t is supposed that he alone oil all
. on board reached the shore alive, aud
D crawling out oil reach OF the waves In or.
Q der To save his own life and that OF the
{ infant III his arms, fell down exhausted
Y on the sand, and was frozen to death
i during the night. The child was firmly
" locked III his arms, quite dead, and ap-
: paared ss Il it had also died from expo
e sure.
- Ine whole oi this day was spent in
d searching FOR the bodies oil the unfortunate
- people. But one man was found among
d the number, all the rest being women
- and children. They appeared to have
y been iii exec eat health, wl. rosy cheeks
&c and snlhngS faces, looking as If they
,e were asleep rather than dead. They
ID were all laid side by side, until boat
c could be got 10 carry them ashore.
,e On Thursday twenty-five bodies were
50 removed IRON the beach to the village OF
at Nanhawkln. these consisted OF one
D. mau and twenty one children. all appar-
emily, by their features, appearing TO be
n Germans, the women wno had any
Il, Clothes Oh being dressed in coarse mate.
0. rials, with heavy shoes, some Of them
n wooden ones.
rs, THE WRECK or THE MANHATTAN
no The schooner Mammalian, OF Bangor
ne Maine, Capt, Fields came ashore abou
he a mile below the Powhatan, Oh Sunda'
'Se night. After considerable thumping Oh
On the bar she was driven over and wa
ia driven up on the shore. The sea ra
as very tlga and drove her up within fit
ter yards Of the beach. Captain Jenning
d, repaired 10 the spot and endeayored I
'he persuade the captain and crew, seven /
fh- number, To let themselves down by rop
eo' from the end OF the lb BOOM which whe
I'VE the surf ran out, was hanging over ,h
the land, and they could have easily have 9,
o' ashore. Instead OF following the advi,
eu' OF Capt, jennings, the Captain and ere
ees Shut themselves up IN the after CABIN
ing thinking mos probably, that the vess
rm' would outllge the gale, and be high al
nei dry the next morning. The waves, hoy
'h's ever. soon made quick work OF the Ma,
nattal, anu Ill dl hOai or SO she went
Hs 10 pieces.
ana Five OF the men endeavored to &
was ashore Oh spar, bat only one OF them
aao a man named George Grifiths. of b
va" gor, Maine succeeded Ia getting
''a' snore
'I. lie was found the mex. day, in an i
's'n sensible condition, lying among j,
; - bushes, and VAS quickly conveyed TO ,
nearest habia.lon where every thi
,eM Vas done teudiug TO relieve his eon
uon.
VIVA lie continued raylng for many hou
, ,'''e an1 was under lie Impression that III
navy a.Jand hlm were about taxing his i
a. he begged them not 10 kill him.
Y" When IL returned % his proper SCI
''ie hr stated tlar the schooner was bot
y ifom Philadelphia, wtth stone coal
'ne belonged 10 the captain and mate, |
,''a' ol whom were lost.
tNo TIE rescued man is uow dolag "
teHe aud vii t. able u be removed 10
IN r resilaee III lew days. He states
'Aa, there vas one passenger on board
aila I4naattaa s.lJ 1as no do4bt net 4
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