The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-05-03
Particulars Of the wreck Of the
shin POwhattan.

ship POWhattan.
The wreck Of the ship Powhsttan is the
most anentable mat has Seearrrd for a
n Tine. Three hunired and twelve pas
.engrrs ani 4 crew OF rWenty-six men on
ha,arl AH save one p'ushed. We copy
the fUllowing heart rcnding account from
that published ia the \ \. Herald of S'tur-
lay. The passengers we're chiefly German
bound Ir,u How're to New York:
.ayhen lrst discovered by Capt. Jennings
Of Loag Beach, which was on "Wednesday
morning, the PowhaJtan lay with her head, i,
a. The south, the desks were crowded with
ptssen gers, and the sea was making aclean
hsarh over her. The win Blowing y per
lpct ,s,,le from the northeast, the waves ran
Iaountan high, twisting the ship about IN
=, lhs. sand as it she wA. merely = cork boat
sS.eins tile con Iijoa OF the vessel, Capt. len
.,4sisl.s., who ia sialioned as a week master
.n ~. hescl. sens I'll tie ia N that were
.-.t his command, though She snow storm
WAS raging yiJ'sRJy, ~ the Government
House, in order to bring the life car aud
"tlur wrcckIns apparatus. anil stood on
shp5s hiIuSif Watching the effects Of the.
bji'c'ys upJa the iil-tJed vessel Hour al
- asar sllppsd by, bat the u,en did not re.
I4ra wItL tue lie car. TIE vessel bgcxme
rts'cT, Au1 many Of ~. unfortunate people
were sgept OFF by the hesy surf About 5
O'clock P. NJ. immsnsa wave washed
fully one hundred persons overbo. .rd who
we've carried away down the beach by the
undertOw. Some Of them came ashore and
were picked up liieless By Mr.. Jennings,
who searched in vain for u survivor amongst
the number, but all had Dreathed their last
hcfOIe they had reached the beach, being
awiul!y mangled bg the force Of The waves
pushing them against the hull Of the yes
sci and throwing them With violent force up.
IN the beach.
Attliis imc Capt, Myers. who was on the
deck of the l'nwhattan all this while, called
.,ut in loud voice to Mr. Jennings. rntreat.
ing hilU to try and save some OF those who
tnIght be washed ashore. Capt. Jennings
rep,i-d that all those who came ashore
vetrr lend. and that it was no use looking
f.r them As they were all billed before they
got out Of the water.
About seven O'Clock, the ships mast went
by the board, and almost Immediately af-
forwards the hull burs!ed in too, and every
sJul on board Was launched into eternity
The sea presented one biak mass of human
heads and floating pieces Of the wreck, but
in $ few moments all had sunk to rise no
more. The beach was strewn with the dead
bodies Of women and children, pieces of the
wr"ck baggage OF the passengers and empty
casks. Nothing remained to mark the spot
where the ill-fated ship had gone ashore,
except surging waves beating upon frag-
ment Of the hull which lay upon the beach
The crying Of the drowning men and the
shrieking Of the women and children was
hushed--all lay in the deep, numbered with
the dead while the wind walled loud and
!nournfully adding still more horror to the
awful catastrophe. All had Sunk--captain
officers, crew and passengers Of TWO hundred
and fifty persons not a soul was left to tell
The tale. No aid came from the Govern
inent House that night, and Captain Jen-
iInss WAS compelled TO remain there by
himself lonely watcher Of The dead.
On Monday morning four men arrived
from the station house but their help came
TOO late. The storm, it seems, WAS SO Sc.
veEe, that while on their way back to the
wreck on Sunday. with the lifecar and NOR
tar two Of them fell down exhausted, and
the whole party we've obliged to return near.
ly frozen to death. This party OF men, un.
der command OF Capt. Jennings, set imme'
diauly about finding and gathering toSeth
er those bodies that had been washed a
shore. Ia the short space OF an hour near
y twenty women an! children were found
almost naked, scattered along the beach
some Of them dreadfully bruised and cut.
One man was found about fifty yarps
from the beach upon the sand hills With A
4 IL -
il is supposed that he alone, Of all on board
reached the shore alive, and crawling ou
ot reach of the waves, in order to save his
own life, and that Of the infant in his arms,
fell down exhausted on the sand, and WAS
frozen TO death during the. night. The
child was firmly locked in his arms. quite
dead, and appeared as if it had also died on
the shore from exposurc.
All along the shore for ten miles were
scattered the remnants of the chests and
trunks OF the passengers, many Of then,
having Ratnes inscribed on the lids and
sides. Feather beds. cooking utensils
empty casks and pieces Of the vessel were
10 oe seen on every side. Letter. of The
dead We're scattered here and there, and
bibles and er-books lay glistening in
ths sun, the whole desolation presenting q
melancholy an hclrt.re ndiug scene.
The latest accounts from the wreck, re-
ceived at Philadelphia, state the total mum
Der Of bodies recovered was one hundred
and twenty.
The inhabitants in the vicinity were tim
id about toching the bodies, and but few
were found to asss. in the melancholy duty
OF preparing them for grave in the lanC
ot strongers although some human hyena!
were found base enough to rob them.
Further by the Arabia.