Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-01-19

The schooner Echo Captain Mason Conckln from Bal.
,mor- for New York, with cargo Of coal driven A.
bore Long Branch la the late gale and the cantan aud
crew after terrible suffering rescued by Capt Jeu-
ning- and others ou the Beach.
The narrator says:
'Whcu the schooner struck, the sprang into the
rsgilg-the last re-o, for ieand calmly awaited the
moment when the vessels breaking up would give them
opportunity Of being ied ashore the spars timber.
Of the wreck Ilonr after hour passed away and even DAY
light With prospect Of -uccor. The cold intense
and al the sclmen Or lcs- bcnumbed with tie
cold. At day light it discovered that Of their
number, the cook, was missing He could not be seen
anywhere and il BE- presumed bee must have fallen of the
rigging have been swept overheard when tue vessel
struck the bar Seven eight niae, ten and eleven o.
clock arrived but signs of--stancc could be discover
el 10y tie uuortuuatc- hours spent in hanging
to the rigging with the times making clean
breach over them.
Nout eleven o'clock Captain Jennings discovered m.
position Of the unfortunate they still hung cugng
I, the rigging. lie at started posse Of men iur
their rrci who arrived nj the Of disaster distance
tx miles, about III O'Clock 7. y. The wreck then y
loo yards from the shore, and ia"
running very high tie time, the wrrckers nomsnaiily
expected 70 some OF the poor fellows washed of be-
fore the c1yng apparatus could be- procured for their
relief. The mortar wrs procured from station house No
o. and the line being attached 20 the ball the piece Of
ordnance was fired of toward the schooner but alas
the fIsicd -o badly that t snapped IN two like
reed aud the ball m into tle water short distance be-
tween the wreck aud the shore.
Another attempt was made to shoot the line 10 the
schooner which resulted to the entire satisfaction Of all
concerned The bal thrown across the bows Of the
vessel and the line aighung deck eagerly graspoI
by those on board aid made iist To the rigging haw
then attached to the line by those shore and
after a great deal o labor il dragged through the
surf aud properly secured board the schooner twas
then fastened % stake shore, and being made
circumstances would permit small lilc-boat uug
10 aud dragged % the wreck by those board Into
t- the ckcd sailors crawlcd aud they succeeded
by one reaching the boat The situation Of these
had been viewed by tic residents Of thc shore for
miles above and below the scene Of the incident Who
with telescopes witnessed the suerng- Of the mariners
they hung in the struggle Of DEATH 90 the ial rigging
Of tee iil-ilteI vessel.
Captain Coukln had hi- fractured in the crash that
en-ucd the ye-4cs striking the beach, aud also
severely irostbcn. Several Of the of which there
six Ire uumLetJ much affected from the cold
that they had DE- carried ~ the station Ousc and there
restored 10 their former activity and life. Captain Coukn
to helm when the -chpou"r heacicd aud in the
shock the yawl boat ec hung ~ the stern dayits
thrown ,io, n1y upon the wheel, breaking the eeuuans
arm in two places and producing fearful wound. The
Echo went ashore opposite the house ~ W. Henry Ste
vcns from whence asi.1uce rendered o those who
had met With dire misfortune. TIE vessel lies buried
boo Ie siud tho bar, aud will prove total loss
The cargo bc saved. u b. Understood here that
there is Bu Insurance OH the cargo.