The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-12-02

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j s43od hslp the poOr snassnes. 'Esaqtse expree-
lpien whtch ua1ea a.shousand - = shis xacina.
4 sy On Tkasn1ay 6oeninE tA1kS - tAey Gs1ed
acroaD the hke, and eAW tn aAec1e - she gale
in all its lssy on 10 sasisg wstem q Old Mich
a ieaa, wifh shs ishesuomseer q sases There was
lnse sympaaAy ssoueh n 40 hnnen heart ~
meet shslr cass--ana uorde could sef sxmess
even that @aAlt day Friday sbe sseAmen N the
haslor lsisssensulous Of the news that they nAsE-
rally expected after su6h 4 stOr@. D"Asisr Af-
i Ter disaster was tecordsd--bus ~ they Incurred
4 only taaa of property. sheys we're Eassed over
With but little c0mmsut, unleas il vAs . tatering
i expsessiam of hops-- which few bciievea possible
/ --shas they had heard the worst. 4os asa5u a
On Saturday aftern0on howeserlAass ominous
locks fouI.d TOO truthful ful6ninentsstefA sail-
Or arrived in the city with the sad intelligence
thar he uas oAe Of the two only survivors Of the
| schooner Fiying Cloud which. left this port on
Wednesday last Fer Cleveland with = cargo Of
heat. Hs maine is Frank F01. We give be-
| Low che sntstance Of his moarnful tale fasi4 "A
| The scl,ooner Fiying Cloud, Capt SherwoOd,a
left shis oet on Wednesday, the l0sh inst, with
a cargo Of los ssslo bushels wheat for Cleveland.
When abe Rot outside the Wind was soatla-sess,
| with moderate weather. About ten o'clock q
nighs however, 10 hauled Fennd 70 thesaofth and
increased steAdily till twelve o'clock 10 perfect
hurricane, accompanied with snow, when the |
boat was carried away from the davits. and the |
captain ordered the vessel By the wind. About |
two o'clock ON Thursday morning whae the ves- |
sci was under clOse.reefed canvass the fore-gan
was carried away, and the foresail split 70 rib
bons. The wind about this time veeFed around
to the northwest, and the decks ana rigging |
were completely covered With ice. AZ The cold
increased it was deemed tie only safe course to |
let the vessel run before the wind, the sesmen I
being completely paralyxed with cold, for the |,
sea made clean bfceches over her, carrying
away everything movable on deck. About ten
o'clock the vessel struck about one mile east OF
Grand Calumet Creek, and almost Immediately
s'oroke her back" and filled with water. the
captsin and crew Immediately took to tine rig
ging-where they remained AL day-and at night
they came down and spent the night on the
quarter deck lashed to the spars. And what
night that was to these poor mariners! Every
one wet to the skin-and their clothes frozen
stiff as jointless coat Of mail-wifliout food,
fire or nOurishment Of any kind-and the sea
constantly breaking over them-was It 70 oe ex-
pected that hesh and blood could stanc that
Friday morning two OF the crew were fOund
dead-frozen stif, and the Captain and sea-
man all but perished. About . o'clock. the
mate, Geo. Gardner, determined 70 do al in his
power to get q boat to take the crew on the yes
tance OF twenty rods-and made for shanty
about mile and half in the woods from the
shore but when within . short distance OF it
he fell exhausted and perished. Another sailor,
Wat Bayne, jumped next on the same GRAND. \.
No5ly and manfuly did he struggle against the ,
angry waters and gained the shore, but it was /,
only 70 lie down on the beach, within sight Of |,
the crew, in the cold embrace of death. At this
juncture all hope seemed to be lost and the cap
tain attempted to rise and also make an effort !.
to get ashore, but he was SO enfeebled that he !.
only rose and Immediately fell back and ejacu- : :
lated, "Boys, I'm DINGHY and save your !.
|ives-Ten INV wife that I've done my duty" 8
These were the last words he spoke. Frank Fox.
our informant, was the next to jump overheard
which was about half past twelve o'clock, and
he was no sooner in the water than he saw two !.
men coming along the beach with small boat.
Fhis gave him additional courage, and after !
severe struggle he reached the shore. The two !. /.
men then launched their boat, and one went on
board and another remained on shore with
rope. They made one trip to the boat success Z :.
fully, and brought one man ashore, Henry Cole !.
mar; but three successive times 1t was swamped
and the last survivor left on board was drowned.
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