Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-01-25
Another Dreadful Marine Disaster


loss of the packetship St. Dennis, with 30 lives
The first and third mates and nine seamen only were
saved The New York Express of Thursday last
says that it appears when the ST. Dennis was out
from New York two days, on her passage TO Havre,
she foundered in the great storm that prevailed the
first of the month. Great exertions were made by
the captain TO save his ship and passengers, but alas
he, with most of the crew. found a watery grave
The mate states 10 messenger that the suerlngs
of all were intense. A bite: cold wind, with an en-
tire derivation of all comforts made the situation
of all on board most amentaD.e.
The mate as we saw him at UHe assgnees office,
! boyd & Hlncken) was the picture of despair. His
haggard countenance and melancholy appearance In
dictate strongly what he has suffered.
Among the passengers were young couple who
were married only two DAYS before the packet left this
port, both of whom, locked in each others arms,
down into the great depths of the sea together
The St. Dennis was seven years DID, 1000 tons
burthen, considered good ship, valued at $50 OOO
and insured for only $28 900. She had valuable
cargo, consisting chiefly of breadstufs, cotton and
tobacco pretty we'll insured. The St. D. had hither-
10 been very fortunate in her voyages, having made
large of money for her owners. Capt. Follans-
: bee, who commanded her, old salt, having
followed the steadily since his thirteenth year.
He leaves wife and six children living in New York.
The St. Dennis two-decked ship, and was
very handsomely fitted up, being planned internally
=, like our frst-cass steamships. She provided
throughout with over tWentyn lnOa-ruDOeF peas
designed to be used life preservers, case Of &c
cident each capable of sustaining three persons in
the water. But the cabin, those rescued state filled
so soon that it was impossible TO get al them.
q The chief Mate states that the 18th took gale
- from S. E., which hauled to n w. and blew per
feet hurricane, during which the ship sprung aIeaE
a and the decks became full of water. We could no
o get 10 the pumps to work them.
Il We then cut away the main and mizen masts t.
case the vessel when discovered her fast settling
- down forward, and at II NJ, 9th inst, left the ship
e when she Immediately foundered, and the captain
the second mate, three cabin passengers, and the
mainder Of the crew remained on board in all abou
thirty souls
e. Mi Tufts also reports that he was twenty min
H. hours in the boat which had the starboard side
10 in, and it kept five of them continually bailing
= keep her free. They had but one barrel Of brea
VI and water subsst on during the time they wei
he in the boat.
No TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF CoNICAL BALLS.-An Ept
fish surgeon-Dlr Langamore-writing to the Lol
Of don Daily News, says:
vo c. The experience of French practice, we'll
w our own, is that patients scarcely ever recover vii
compound fractures of the thigh caused BY rife sho
the in the upper part of the limb, whether amputato
wn be performed not This has led both the Frenc
1 and ourselves to make some periments in cutir
y out some portions of the bone broken and killed
ad- the injury, leaving the limb hoping that viii
70 one source OF irritation thus removed, and lie
severe shock to the frame is caused than by loppiI
y' off the whole limb near the hip nature may in tin
- restore the continually of the detached ends
bo throwing out bones. There have not been 81
fcent cases to warrant conclusions on the propric
CAL of this proceeding in the thigh In no previous
nc has the human frame heen shattered by missiles n,
-; jected with such force in this, and the comic
w form of the balls has caused considerable diferen
add in the kind of assuring and splnterinr m Of
bones"