M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-27
Loss Of the ship John RutIedgc
Twcnty-ave Lives Lost.
NEw YORK, March "a.

LlVerpOOl lOr NEW lork, on Ine loCu,
of January, ran into an iceburg on the
18th of February. She was damn
aged and abandoned. The passen-
gers and crew took the boats. One,
which contained 13 souls, was pick
ed up on the eighteenth Of February
by the ship Germania, which arrived
at New York on Sunday. One sailor
was alive on board all the rest having
died Of starvation. The four other
boats had pulled for Gulf Steam
The John Rutledge had 120 passen-
gers and % crew. She is insured for
$4,000. She had a cargo of 800
tons Of merchandise, probably insured
II Captain Wood Oithe ship Germauia
arrived at this port yesterday from
Havre, and furnishes the following
as toloss of the ship John Rhtledge,
by running into an icebnrg, and the
rescue Of one Of tho ships company.
On'the 2Sth ult. he observed q ship's
boat ahead, and dispatched a boat in
qtestofft. In approaching the boat
twas found to contain alive Thomas
w. Nye, Of New Bedford, the only
survivor of 13 persons, the remainder
having fperished Of starvation and
cod, they lad been in the boat nine
days, q Nye's hands and feet were
much frozen. The boat also con-
tained the bodies of a Mrs, Stinson
and three others, names unknown,
all belonging to the ship John Ruled
'ge, and Capt. Kelley ON, Y, -,,s
4 The ship John Rutledge left Liver
pool for this port January 10th, and
fell in with ice on February 18th, in
Lat. 40 deg. S4 min.- south, lon. AZ
deg. So west; they got into q fold Of
ice the next day but succeeded in
working clear. She subsequently, ran
into an iceberg and stove a hole in
her bows, and was abandoned at six
O'Clock, z. M, Five boats with pas
sengers and crew left the ship. II
was the. intention of Mr.. Atkinson,
the mate, to have left the vessel in
this boat, but, she broke adrift 'and be
and several othors went down with
the, wreck. 1t was coniectured that
the other boats, which were we'll man
ned and furnished with comp4sses,
would pull for the Gulf Stream,as the
weather was severely cold; they may
possibly be picked up, The compass
of the rescued boat was accidentally
broken, and it being cloudy her crew
Could not shape their course.
After picking mp the boat, the Ger
mania sstood to the northward, until
dark, and then lay to during the night
in hopes OF discovering some of the
missing boats, but as nothing could
be seen Of them, she bore away to the
southwest, keeping q look out all the
ume. Io5l9np0i9 20 ,sGr5 q gG sG ,o6s
sfDnring the forenoon d very thick
snowstorm mprevaiIed, but the wealth
er cleared up towardsnoon.i A bark
came ont ofthe ice at the same time
assGermania.TShe stood to the west
ward1 and probalyilfell gin with the
boats or the j John Z Dutledge. lajT The
John Rutledge belonged to Howland
u .Ridgeway of this city, and had
about $50 passengers. She left Liv-
erpooR with ascrew lof. 26. fAs yet
is known to hayeibeen saved.
Twenty-Five perished; they were on
board when the boat broke loose, and
astbeforer the ship vent down. i9Fi2d| :
The police Of commissioners IN the
case Of the Cllief,' of Police Matsll,
have unanimously decided that he
was born in England, but as his father
was naturalized during the sons mi
nority, the Chief is an American citi-
zen; the ease was dismissed. 9H4
"A stable belonging to the Brook
lyn City Railroad Company, was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday morning, to,
gether With is hofseSs. An adjoining
stable occHpiGd BY the Knickerbockerl
Ice Company, was also destroyed; but
the horses were got out safely. The
City Mills also Sustained |
some damage. 99lGl aia 9i9fle ,noit
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