The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-03-29
TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA!
Lose Of ibr John KuiIcd.c. md probn
bic loss Of 49, lives.

Nsw York, March %. - Ship Germania.
which arrived here yesterday from IIavrc.
reports. that on 18th Feb tell in with boat.
containing, alive. Thomas W. I'VE, of New
Bedford. seaman o: ship John RutIedre, from
Liverpool for this rort toundereI at sea-
The John Rurird.e lett Liverpool Jan. lG:
fell in with lee 18th Of Feb. in LAT. A. : 81
\, lon. As So W. Got into field ice next
DAY, bnt succeeded in working clear of it
She subsequently, however, ran into an ice
berg, stove a hole in her bow. and was aban-
foned at SIX O'Clock same evening: five boats
hei with the passengers and crew, left the
ship.
It vas the intention of Mr. Atkinson. the
mate. 70 have left the ship in the boat which
VS. packed up brt she broke alritt, and he
anl several other, went down with the wreck
II Is conjectured that tn" other boats, which
we're well manned and furnished with com
Ias,es, would pull for the Gulf Stream. as
the weather WAS severely cold; they may
therefore. be picked up by passing vessels
he compass of the rescued boat was acci-
!entallv broken, and it being cloudy, the
crew could not shape their course.
lie boat picked up by the Gcrmani. orr
.lna!!y contained - persons, OF whom Mr.
"" was the only survivor. the rcnaindc,
LAy:n1 persisted w siarv;ion am. coli They
al bten IN their boat nine days. Nve's
ants and feet were very much frozen. The
=. alro contained the LU,.i,s G. Mrs a.
-inson AMI three others. names unknown.
Aiter pIcH!ng ~ the boat, the t.ermania
C',rI ~, -, L. -,
y 70 during the nieht, in hopes Of discover.
= some of the missing boats; but as nothing
could be seen of them. She bore away 10 til,
'o'.,hwr>t. kcepn- strict lockout all IT,
:alc. barring ths forenoon very thick
nowStorm prevailed, but the weather clear
Il towards noon. y baruuc came out q The
"a i; the same time with he Gernania size
stood to the westward. and perhaps fell in
".,h the boats Of the John Ru;ied.e
The Ert!edge had l2o passengers and a
crew Of %
he Courier 4 Enquirer says
he reader will not fail TO notice that the
YAK where the Germania encountered the
lie on the 2>h of February ard where the
John kut!ed.c was lest upon j, on the 18th
Ut the same month, Is abJ;, the same where
The AraLo encountered it On the S,h Of Jan.
Larv, the Atlan,ic on the oh o.. February
'Ae Arago on the 22d. the Baltic on the 2.,
o. The same month, the Persia on the 3lst OF
January. the Africa on the ID of March. and
about the same As that where the Edinburgh
on the 2'th OF March saw what has been sup
posed ny some to C the wreck OF the Pacific
a'd the position OF which ice in the ocean We
drs9nated on chart which we published on
Saturday morning last. An additional hope
10 that faint one which our ardent wishes still
Keep alive within Us. that the Pacific has not
been lost upon the same icy track, may pos.
'lb!y be derived from the fact, that neither
ne 'ermania nor the survivor from the John
hntledCe, brings any report of having seen
ah! 'es;ige OF wreck in nearly that part Of
'he ocean in which We expressed our fear, on
saturday last, that the Pacific had met fear
iu' tate. We confess, however. that this fact
u OF character not to give that hope much
iounda,ion on which to build its pleasant in.
da'sence.