Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-10-22
From the New York Evening Post.
Loss of the Jerome Knight.


The brig Jerome Knight. Captain Hiram Per
kins, was wrecked on the 23d ultimo of the
coast Of North Carolina. The vessel belongs 10
Messrs. Whitcomb. Brown g. Wbeelrighf. in
! Boston; left Wilmington n. c., September 2 I
loaded with lumber, for Marselles. She was !
staunch built vessel, only a year and a half old
and already rode out two or three violent gales
There were eleven persons on the vessel when
she was wrecked-the captain. mate steward,
i've seamen and the captains wife and two chill.
dren, one of them an infant but nine weeks old
Five Gays after the bark was wrecked the par
ties were picked off by the brig Atevela, from
Rio Janeiro, bound to New York. and brought
safely to this city Captain Perkins has gone
on TO boston to report TO the owners of the lost
Oark, ana The crew Immediately upon their arri-
val here. hurried TO their homes. most of them
living in Boston and its vicinity. The wife Of
Captain Perkins still remains in this CITY with
her two children.
NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTAINS WIFE.
The following is the statement Of Mrs Per-
kinS, who has made ten voyages with her hus-
band, published in the Times of this morning
The first intimaton she had that the vessel
was IN danger, was shortly after daylight, when
she heard the order given to heave the deck.
load overheard Soon after heavy sea board
ed the bark, filing the cabin, and CARRYING the
deck-load overheard, starting the stanchions
and causing the vessel to leak badly Seizinp
her infant, which was sleeping beside her, in
one arm and her boy eight years Of age, who oc-
cnpied an upper berth, in the other arm, Mrs.
Perkins sprang out, and instantly found herself
mp TO her waist in water, Everything had been
washed clean out of the cabin including all their
chests and trunks, containing her own, her hus-
bands and children's clothing, and every other
movable article. Reaching the companion-way,
she called out to her husband, 'are we going
DOWN. The seamen were cutting away the
ioremast, which in a moment more went over
the side with all the sails AMI spars attached TO
1t. This was done to ease the vessel, and pre-
vent her from capslzing. The next order was
to secure the small boat which was turned over
on top OF the house but before it could be done a
sea stove and swept it overheard.
The pumps were manned and efforts made to
free the vessel, but she was nearly full of water.
All efforts TO get her before the wind were una
valilng, as she was too much water logged to
obey her helm, and so lay helpless in the trough
OF the sea, the swell combing and breaking over
her. Mrs. Perkins and children were placed on
top of the hsuse, and dashed firmly TO keep them
from beng swept away by the sea. The crew
also lashed themselves in the main rigging. Sig
nails OF distress were hoisted to attract the no.
tice OF any vessel that might be passing, but all
further attempt to get the vessel under control
and head her TO the westward were abandoned.
Their only hope was to be fallen in with aud les.
cued by some friendly sail
The gale continued undated throughout the
day Our lady sailor found it as much as she
could do TO protect her infant from being smoth-
cred by the spray Her husband held the little
boy The children had nothing on them but
their night garments. They were hungry, but
as it was impossible for either parent to leave
and procure food, they passed the day without
it and water
As night approached it was necessary to dis
play two lights, one below the other, as a signal
of distress. One of the men being made fast to
The end OF piece of running rigging, es sayed to
lind the lamps in the cabin, and, if possible,
some provisions, also One lamp was found in
order, but the other was without oil, and the oil
can was un0er water. In this dilemma, bot
tie of castor oil was fortunately found, with
which the lamp was filled, but then there was
no matches to light them with. One of the crew
worked two hours trying to ignite two sticks by
rubbing them together, but when the effort
PrvfSd "De'es s--ssaettaF search discovered
some matches, and the lamps were both lighted
and placed in the rigging. Two hams and four
cans of preserved meats were all the food that
could be found.
The gale continued through the night, and
such was the violence Of the sea, that they were
IN constant fear that the vessel would go 10 pec
es TWAS a dismal night. The children, utter
Is exhausted, slept it out, however In his
dreams the boy cried for water but there was
no fresh water to be had.
Toward daylight of the 25th the gale modera-
ted, and hope once more revived that sail
would appear They were only about seventy
five miles from land, and in the dirAct track of
vessels bound northward. They watched with
longing eyes, one man being stationed in the
Inalntopgallant cross trees all day, but no sail
appeared, and night again closed around them.
They passed it as they did the previous one, only
with less Inconvenience from the sea. The lit
tie boy cried continually for water. The moth
er thought he would perish from thirst In the
agony OF the child, both mother and father forgot
their own sorrows. The infant had a better
time oft. He was Giving in clover" His sup
ply did Tot fail, and in their misery the little fell
lows smile was all the comfort left, except
--hope. Fortunately it was not cold The
water OF the Gulf was tepid, though while the
wind struck them they were chilly.
Day d9wned once more upon them, the 26th,)
and every eye was strained to catch glimpse of
some sail They We're doomed however, to pass
he whole day without seeing one. Heaven
sent them one relief, however, in a generous
shower of rain They caught barrel Of water
from it, which fully satisfied their thirst They
passed the night of the 26th. and the day and
night of the 9th, with no material variation of
their experience. On the morning of the fifth
day, they saw a sail 70 Ieeward, ut 4 long dis
lance, but it passed on without observing them.
In the afternoon another sail was discovered to
windward. 1t bore down to them, and proved
to be the brig Atevela, from Rio Jeneiro,
bound TO Now York, which took the wrecked
company on board treated them in the most hos
pitable manner, and landed them safely in New
York on the ID instant.
They were all destitute, and most of them
had sore limbs and boils, caused by the hard
ships to which they had been exposed, but all
very thankful to the merciful Providence which
had saved them. They all express great graft
tude to the kind attention shown them on board
that vessel.
The Jerome Knight was valued at Sll 900
and was fully insured in Boston. Captain Per-
tain, never having been wrecked before, except
in one case, when he put into Bermuda in dis
tTess.
AN EXTRAORDINARY GAME OF CHEss.-A
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