The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-08-22
Terrible Steamboat Accident.
SIXTrEN LIVES Lost.

under 1ul! NrauWaN. cutting her III twain amid
ships. and causing her to sink Immediately
! Twelve Of Il" passengers and crew were pick
ed up. and tlc rcinainGGr. sixteen persons.
were lost.
/ Captain Brown. fist pilot ofthc Metropolis,
gives tie following statement as tot!ic coils
ion =
! "About tiyc minutes before two o'clocl, Sat
urday morning. between Falkland Island AID
! New Haven. the pilot saw 4 vessel about 4
point and 4 ha.t OF the Starboarl bow. which
I he suppose! to be schooner: Sic showed q
very little light aft. but no head light Wlatcy-
cr: she was heading cast half southeast. and
we were going west nall south. WhcG Steam
crs meet head 10 head the rule IS ior both -
put their helms to port and pass TO the r;-ht.
but sailing vessels We must give their coarse
50 surprising this to be schooner on free
wind, our plot kept oil to the ltj. tryiing 10
pass Oh the south side: but Sic seeing that
We were 4 STEAMER. and irving to pass her t.
the left. and >le continuing on her rcmu!ar
course, It IS L matter Of fact brought Us into
collision.
The bell of tie Metropolis was r3:n- to stc!,
the engines, hu: il about minute we struck
between h"r Ila>tS. / had get out Of nv berth
ard 20; to tie window when s:lc struck. The
foremost OF the propeller went on o;,r la~hoar,l
bow. and her n.a;n:naSt on The >tarbo&rl bow.
We were probably at the tine running at
thc rate OF twelve miles ~ hour. | do not
think 40 we've ,ronr At !; --rg,,ter rate q speed
than that, and must have cUt hole through
the side OF the propeller. 1t was bright
starlight nj yht. with light haze Oil the wa
ter but # there had been headlights on the
propeller, we could easily have seen he. !
think eur engines were reversed at lie tine
OF the collision. hut an Hot positive IS to that.
The collision did not shake orr boat much.
and persons sleeping aft might not have been
awakened by ii. The only damage done 70
the Metropolis X tie collision i the less Of
her cutu;,lcr aa,, flagstaff on her bow.
Captan Smith sustained We loss. SIX
OF his chil,gyl had died previously. IL has
wife and enc chi.l now living in New Lon
dom The three nov Io>t were returning from
an excursion they had been making during
their school vacation. He says the bow II
his wife viii be ovvrpowcring. in addition
ii circumstance, in his atf,iction Is the loss Cf
Miss Gordon. who wa~ placed undo: his care
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