The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-26
DREADFUL sHIPwRECk.

Ho.S. VI THE BARK JoHs RUTLEDaE.-The tel
sspa yesterday announced the wreck of the
'eun nafledge, and the probable loss of her
p.ssoutefs and crew, numbering las souls. The
sup uel"sniA, which sailed from Havre On the
ss'n 'anuary, brought the sad new, The 81,
lowing IL An extract from the accoun, oiv., hr
'ne captain Of the Germania:
on tne 18th ut observed a shin, bo.. .ha.s.
noae 70 ana despatched boat in auest Of Il H.
~; tne strange boat It was for,nd to cor
ori,, a,,ss thomas w. Nye, of New Bedford tha
having nartol OF thirteen persons. the remainder
LAW asang pe.ished of starvation and cold Tbsn h.d q
sesn IN tue boat nine days. Nve,s hsnd. asa aaa
.os' we're very much frozen The hoat .Iso a. @
.alneo Ihe bodies Of Mrs. Atkinson .rd ,sear
Tahn nanss unknown, all belonging Ia the shio
The John Rn,Isds. LAP, nelly; Ne. Of New York.
nne lolh OF January; fell in with Ice ON the s.h
OF fenruary, in latitude IS 81 N lonstJ AZ va
~, ~. ih.o neid Ice next day, but succeeded IN
~, Hs IN. eear OF IT, She subsequently howeyer
run into an iceoerg, stove hole In her how .nS
was aoandoned at o'clock the same even;nn
Five boats, filed with passengers and crasr ,se.
the ship. 1t was the Intention of Mr. S,L;ral ael'
the mate 70 nave left the vessel in the boat which
was picked up, but she broke adrift, and hs and
several others went down with the wreck A
1t is conjectured that the other boats uh;o,
were well manned and furnished with comnasses
would pull for the Gulf Stream. as the yyeatbor
was severely colu- iney may, therefore, be nick.
ed up by passing vessels. The COMPASS of the
rescued boat was accidentally broken: and it being
cloudy, her crew could not shape their course.
After picking up the boat tho Germania stood IN
the Northwest until dark, and then Law to durino
the night, in hopes of discovering some of the
missing boats; but nothing could be seen OF
them, she bore away to the Southwest keeping a
strict lookout all the time. During the forenoon A
very thick snow storm prevailed, but the weather
cleared towards noon. bark came out of the
Ice a: the same time as the Germania. She stood
to the westward and perhaps fell in with the boats
of the John Rutledge.
The John Rutled5e was owned by Messrs Hol
land & RdFeway of New York, and was insured
for $75 00O
The New York Courier, says: On the 10Th she
entered field of ice. but cleared it. Soon after
wards, however, on the same day. she encounter
ed an iceberg which stove hole in her bow, and
damaged her to such an extent that at six o'clock
in the evening she was a complete wreck and evi.
IDENTIFY sinking. Nothing remained but for those
on board to abandon the wreck as best they could.
Five boats were lowered, four of which took their
loads and left. In the fifth boat which was the
one found by the Germania the mate of the John
Rutledge, Mr.. Atkinson and several others were
just about entering, when it broke adrft with the
thirteen already in it, leaving the mate and those
with him to 60 down with the wreck. Those
in the boat now pulled it through the water and
ice as well as they were able but soon their com.
pass was broken, and amid the snowy and cloudy
weather which followed, they knew not which way
they went Days passed on, and one by one of the
thirteen in the boat sank i'll death, from the com.
bined effects of cold and starvation, and were
thrown overheard until the 26th of February Mr
Nye, with the four latest dead, among whom was
Mrs. Atkinson, the wife of the mate, were picked
up by the Germania.