The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-10-18

chief engineer said could not be doro d,
,ne snip was fast sinking In about
thirty minutes all the lower fires woro
5 out, and there were at least six feet Of
= water in this ship. fore and aft.
J by TINS time the confusion amongst
.ne passengers was very great, but thew
, useu all efforts to assist the crew in
;heoping me pumps going, and in Tighten.
9 Jug the ship forward, for the purpose of.
ehde;avorlng to get at the leaks from, The
inside, which efforts were fopnd 70 ho
, uSeiI I and numbers of them going into
the boats, which wero still hanging to
'ne davits. In forty.fve minutes after
,he collision, | came up from tho fore
mold, aud informed Capt Luce that flo
water was on level with tho lowor
deck beams, aud that it was imnoss;bIo
togct at the leak. and then asked him
what he thought would be likely to bo
the fate of the ship, when he stated Lilo
belief to me, that there was no bono 80
saving her. lie then told me to sec 10
my boats ~
On going to those on the port side
fonnd them completely filed with men
and women and no possibility of getting
near them Immediately went TO the
Starhoard side and ordered two Of tLe
crew to lower the guard boat and asked
me captain what his instructions were
who replied That the ships fate should
be his " then asked hin, if bo wnniJ
not allow his son to 90 with us. as I in.
tended TO take boat, but he returned
me the answer that " he should share his
fate" '"' "'S
1t was soon discovered. however That
there wac little hope Of saving the Arc.
ne, ard the lady. daughter and son re
Mr.. II X. Collins. with several ladies'
were put on board boat. in tho ac, 81
lowering which one Of the tackles povs
way, and all except one lady. who cInno
to sailor holding fast to the boat wnro
prccipitated into the sea and lost
l then jumped into a boat, and wa,
ordered 10y the captain to cut away the
tackle falls and drop under the stern T
did so. at which time about 20 persons
as l supposed, jumped overheard. of
whom II or Is were picked up Fell
in with another boat, which had been
lowered from The other side. and tighten
cd her of part of her complement. lcay.
ing 10 in her and 20 in my own boat.
The last sight We had of the ship, her
guards were level with the water, and
the surface Of the sea strcwn with human
beings, who had jumped or fallen over.
board to whom. however, it was impos-
sible to render any assistance, and VIC
soon lost sight of all, as tho fog continued
very dense.
then asked the boats crew whether
they were willing to be governed by me,
and they unanimously assentcd to- and
| was put in complete command of both
boats. We were then about GO miles
S. j. fCape Race. Deeming it my
duty, for the safety of all to take tho
nearest course for tho land and after
pulling at the oars for AZ hours, with
nothing to guide US but the run of the
sea, which took to be hcaving from tho
Southwark. and in the thick fog which
lasted all the time, we reached Broad
Cove, some IL miles north of Cape Race.
We then proceeded by land to Reviews
where We reached on Friday last.
| there obtained and took charge Of
schooner, which was hired By the pur.
ser and myself, aud proceeded immcdi-
atcly in search Of the wreck or her boats
We cruiscd round in strong gale Of
vino from the northeast. but could find
no trace of the ship or boats.
| sent word to Capt Leitch. Of tho
City Of Philadelphia, acluainting him
with the catastrophe, and he. am in
formed, sent off two vessels which he
had employed about his own ship as she
lay stranded Mr.. Allen Gpodridgc. of
Rencws, also sent away vessel on Sat-
urdoy evening, but She has not yet re-
turned.