Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-02

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powhastan sailed from Hsvrs On the lsl
of March lost, destined f6r New. York, !,
having .on.bosrd $50 passengers. SShs'
is an old ship Of about 0oo:lons burden,
and could not easily 10 nj ahagsd 10 such
q st orm as that in which she was lost.
No aid could bc rendered her Rassen.
gers, and they cohI not leave the ship
without meeting with certain death.
The sea washed over them constantly:
and on Sunday, at 4 p. NJ, near 100 OF
them were washed o,erboard--a portion
Of them being thrown lifeless and man.
glel upon the beach by the fury Of the
waves. The sea ran (earfully high, and
a boat could not have lived in it FIVE
minutes.
Capt. Jennings, the wreck master,
kept watch over the ship from Sunday
morning. The Government House was
six miles of, and for soma reason he
failed 10 got the wfeckius apparatus on
the ground until utter tho ship had COMO
to pieces.
At the time The wave swept the one
hundred persons overheard, Captain
Meyers, on board Of the Powhatta n,
spoke with LOUD voice from the deck
through his speaking trumpe!,beseeching
Captain Jennings 10 save some OF those
who might be landed on The beach; but
those were dead who came ashore, which
lact Capt. jennings communicated to
Capt. Meyers, Not a survivor could bo
found among thom. The violence Of the
waves, the blows which they had receiv.
ed by being thrown against the ship, and
the forco with which they were tosse d
upon tho beach, had killed all Of them
and shockinsly mansled many Of the
bodies.
AT o'clck an immense wave-not
less than 100 feet high-struck the
wreck. The masts fell and the ship
crumblel before it. Cries of dispair
were distinctly hearI above the roaring
winds and dashng. waters and all was
over. Not one person was saved alive
from the wreck. and scarcely vestage
Of the ship remained. The waves bore
on their surface bodies, bales, boxes and
fra ,mcnts Of the ship. During the nigh
the storm increased. and in the morn
ing the beach was found to be strewn
with the bodies Of the lost, fragments o
the i'll ia ted ship, cases and boxes, an,
other baggage of,he passengers.
The search for bodies was continued
during Monday. In an hours tine the
bodies of about twenty women and chill
drcn had been found. Only one man
had been found during the day. He wa:
discovered upon tho san hills nearly
fifty yards from the beach. 1t is sup.
posed that he reached the shore alive,
and succeeded in getting out Of reach o.
tho waves, but perished during the night
He was about 80 years Of age, and we'll
dressed. He held in his arms an infant.
which hal evidently perishel after
reaching the shore.
About l4O bodies have been washei
ashore.-Most Of the wRmea and chill.
dren were in their night clothes. A
large number oil tho bodies were inferred
at Smi,hville.
Some Of the bodies are so bruised that
they cannot be recognized.
A little girl had her eye knocked out
and her face much discolored; beside
her lay boy with his face swollen one
dlshgured.
One of the officers Of tho ship. though
to be mate. and sailor wit, his skull
broken, lay side by side.
A young woman about IS years o
age, with beautiful fealur s, and Ame,i.
can to ell appearance. was found a
mons them.
There was another victim whose dres.
signifed that she belonged to the wealth.
ier class ia Germany. She was appar
emily about 20 years Of age, and had
two rings on her 6nser-one Of whicf
had heart upon it. The marks upor
tho rings were "P. S.""B. S,"1s54.
Some bodies, it is stated, have beer
picked up about 10 miles below Abse
com.
|. is generally believed that all the
bodies that have washed ashore were on
board OF the Powhctan.
A trunk was found marked Mr.
Galveston.