Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-01-17
EFFECTS OF THE LATE
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EFFECTS OF THE LATE.
STORM.
sHIPWRRCIxs ANDsHOss OF LIFE.
From the New York IrIhnne.l
FfRE IslAsD, Thursday, Jan 10, 1855.
The pilot-boat H. X. Collins No. IL, of New
York, came ashore on thesDryl Shoal, .iu Fire Is
land Inlet, at 8 o'clock this morning. 4 boat
put off from her for the shore, with four men in
1T; but, as it neared the beacha heavy sea struck
and capsized it, throwing the men into the water.
Robert b. Mitchell one Of the Pilots, was drown
ed; the other three-,James Murphey and Will
liam Roach, Pilots, md James Sullivan, an ap-s
prentice, managed to reach the shore alive, but
much exhausted Mitchell's body was recoYer-
cd and taken to the Lighthouse When the
boat left the i. X Collins sho was full of water,
and every sea making q clear breach over her.
There remained on board the piIot-boat five 9TH
Ter persons who undoubtedly frozen to Death
as no human beings could long survive such ex-
posure, and no assistance from the shore could
I be rendered to them. The men who came off
from her are suffering from frost-bites and chills.
but viii no doubt recover.
Ar. Mitchell, the Pilot who was drowned, was.
as / understand, the Presidentof the Pilots Be
neyolent Association, an institution for the re-
iiefof widows and orphans of Pilots. The names
Of the dead are
DROWNED. 4
RcbertEB. Mitchell, pilot, and President ofthe
Pilots Benevolent Association. @ ,si
FRozEs 10 DEATH. g. 80
Morris Ellwood, boat-keeper; Joseph Rush,
seaman; John Logan, seaman; William Viii
Hams, boy; The Cook (colored) :. 400
James Murphy, pilot; William Roagh, pilot;
James Sullivan, apprentice. psHti
think the pilot-boat can be got of, if timely
assistance is sent her. 81
P.S.-We have been informed, since the a.
boye came to hand, that the boy Logan was saa
we'd after being thirty-two hours in the water,
having only his head above the waves. He is
very badly frozen, and it is hardly probable that
he will survive. tNGi =
From the same source We learn that only four
lives in all were lost 80.
the SCHOONER PACIFIC AsnoRE.-T1vE LIVES
LOST.
Thesehooner Pacific Capt. PharroW. from
Washington, n. C., bound to New York, went
ashore during the gale of the 5th, at IL P. ",
between Barnegat and Little Egg Harbor. al.
though every effort was made to get the-vesscl
into Sandy Hook, it was found impossible to do
so, and having lost her sail she was hove to
under three-reefed mains1il. Her deck load
was thrown overheard, and subsequently, it was
decided to beach her After She had struck, the
crew, six IN number, got into the rigging, where
they remained for more than an hour and tintl-
ing that the cold was so intense that they could
not otherwise live through the night, they de-
scendcd and tookgrefugc in the cabin; but while
there heavy sea struck the vessel tore open
the cabin doors, and washed the captain over
board. However, through the exertions of the
mate--Air. Chas. Pickett-he rcgained the YES
sci. A little boy, brother-in-law to the captain,
was drowned in.the cabin. The crew then took
on by the rigging until, one by one, 8 of them
were swept OIL The captain and mate held on
until daybreak, when they made every effort to,
tget on shore, but the mate only succeeded The
captains clothes having become entangled about
his legs and feet frozen stiiy that it was I'M
possible for him to extricate himself he called to
the mate for assistance, whichwas promptly rem
dered, and as hewas dragging the almost sense
less captain on shore q sea caught them and car
RED Capt. P. beyond his reach He was, how
ever, again caught by Mr. Pickett and pulled on
shore. Here young man named Vim. Webb,
and Mr. Jennings, wreck master, came to the as
sistance of the sufferers, but the captain died
shortly after, while being conveyed to the Gov,
ernment, Life Saving Station. The mate suffered
dreadRllly from the intense cold, but happily
| through the efforts of Mr.. Jennings, recovered.
and arriyedi in this city on Saturday night last.
bringing the body of Capt. p, which was taken
to the residence of Mr. Bateman conSignec of the
vessel. fThe following named persons persisted
lby this calamity: - a
Capt. Tilman Pharrow of Washington, N. c..
where his wife now resides.
! Warren Spencer, ofOcracoke, N. G.
/ Bryan Cadet of Newbern, N. C. (Colered)
| A man called jim, believed to belongo on Long
Island.
| A boy, brother-in-law of Capt. Pharrow.
The vessel was loaded with naval stores con-
signed to Barnes, Bateman 4 Rudderow, a nor
ton of which is insured. Both the vessel and
cargo may be saved Mr.. Pickett desires to re-
turn his grateful thanks to Mr. Jennings and his.
wife for their kindness to him after being brought
to their house. from the wrech. = y IS t-~4
! "a BisIG AND BARK ASHORE SExR BARsRGAr
| -4H Hands Perisbe During thGgale of the
night of the 5thnst, a brig and a bark went a
I Shore near Barnegat, and were entirely broken
up. Not yestiage has been regained to tell
what they were, where they came from orwhith-
er they were bound. These vessels would have
required at least thirty men toman them. The
crews have undoubtedly persisted The bark is
supposed to have been Spanish vessel
| HE STTS6RAY, ASHORE on FIRE IsLAND.-The
Stngray took apilot on 1.-THE Sth inst, off Little
Egg Harbor, aud on the night of the 18th, while
under his charge, she went ashore. Capt. Kirby.
has been very unwell with dysentery for the last
forty days, and was confined to his State-room at
the time the disaster occurred The ship laws
easy, in twelve feet of water and it was expected
she would by got off if the weather was fayora-
ble-the steam-tug Titan with the wrecking-
schooner ii. w. johnson having been dispatched
to her assistance on Friday afternoon at o'clock
She lays with her head to the southeast The
captain is at SayyiIle, small village near the
scene of the disaster. and the crew are lodged in
the Government House near the light.
The ship was built at Greenpoint, eighteen