The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-08
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to for the purpose of cutting away the hurrican
deck on which, II possible. to save our lives and a
many others a5 we could get ON. had just com
pleted cutting away the last piece Of rope wbicl
held ii down. when upon rising aud looking arouBs
me, | sa~ that the vessel had gone down urd q
US and left US fioatng top of the deck. Nothin;
was to be seen Of her but her passengers they
rose one after another to the surface OF the water
and few pieces Of the wreck which were iloa.ins
about as they arose from the decks of the steamer
| We could not see nian in the water over one bun
dred yards. bat heard cries for help all around
uS up to daylight on Sunday.
| 'sat'@tay Aofatag-At daylight that morning
saw abont ton or twelve persons floating around
US bat they were all too fa- on, except Mr. Daw
son, tor Us to give any assistance MIR Dawson was
Gu plank. and swan to us and climbed up on the
hurricane deck with as
THE FIRST DEATH.
! About Ii o'clock IN sunday morning. John Bank
one Of the coal passers, who was with US at the
| time the vessel sunk from uader us. died from ex
haustion aud swallowing salt water After death
| we threw him overheard
MORE DgArBs
Before night three more died whose names Dc
| Dot know. Two OF them we're passengers and one
q coal passer They died from exhaustion ard
swallowing salt water. These we also threw over
| hoard
ANOTHER MAN PICKED Up.
That evening, just before dark. we picked uu
another passenger wh SO nane do not know lie
was supporting himself IN the water hy piece oi
| board alid was very much exhausted.
| FOUR soRE DEATHS
During sunday night there were four more If
our number died, of Xha,lstion and swallowing To-,
mnch salt water. The name of one Of these / do
not know. lie belonged 10 the stewards depart
iheht, ana was colored man. The names of the
| others were
George Burlington third en- incer; Patrick
| Evans, coal p.sser; Patrick karr, fireman.
| h"'day-ou Monday we saw nothing of any
| More OF the passengers of the wreckl nothing
transpired on that day worthy of note; there were
| thrn f'ur oi Us out of twelve alive.
4"eS@"g-Ne saw another passenger short
! distance from Us, who was part Of the cap
/ t"Ih room. aud a great dea} better off than he
w"uii have been on the hurricane deck with us;
| We spoke with him and he wanted t. know how
we were getting along. aud sai he did not wish 10
e&eHahSe his raft or support for a chanGe oars.
lie told me his name, hut ! cannot recollect it,
/ We parted with him when night camo On in conse-
1aehce vi The wind beginning To blow pretty
! strongly from the eastward an1 raising d hedty v
sea We never saw him after that.
| @ORE pEATHs
Some hours prior To- night coming on Kennatby
one Of the coal passers. became deranged and was
| wholly unconscious of his condition, and during
tt night both he and one of the survivors of The
'"' ''Aile tieck 4 passenger, whose name DO not
| Nhu", uied from exhaustion and SWALLOWING saIr
| water. There were now but tw.-nysalf and Da,v-
rHh-lrt out of the twelve persons who were at one
! time ON the hurricane deck with NJ. hring the
o'y survivor "i the ten who had started from the
"fech On the deck when the shin went down We
Thre both very much exhausted hut resolved to do
| the best could TO save our lives > ~ ''
| 'eRtat'@-Ihe sea- was not quite go rough as
~ i"' p'el' although there wasa pretty good swell
the day ''~'' 'i ""' ''iis
i'"%tay' the iiilh day saw a baat about tbras
h'ies 'u hn1 Could not tell whether there was any
one IN II or not but Thought tbsr. wos raso! vi
n"Ae'er 10 reach II II possible aud accordingIy I
,iiVesteu myself of all but nay unaereIofhes ond
"5 " me preSerVer around me. jumped into the
'''tI am%in p"alis TIE boat with all might
.ahi,'' say now long 1t was before finally reached
TIE boat, but before gUt 10 her d;s,ov,roI n -
StltsilS uo"h aud tryln-, to scul the boat towards
me- o reaching lie side of the boat The man who
piD'eu 10 he hr. Ilcel helped in. The boat
"hiGii, when secured by Mr. rice was fnu of u,,t-
led been batled out by him through the ail of y
bnrhet and tin pan which he had found In il in
addition to three oars in good order which had ra
""'iou III 'ue '';'t der being swamped. The hole
M the bottom of the boat for allowing Tho ,,tar t
dram out, on being discovered isy Nr Tic ha 4
"eeh plugged mp by him with thole min so thar
when Sot into her she was in fine trim, NJ Tic.
ana ~ yse'i immediately pulled the boat as fast ns
f"s7ipIe 10 the hurricane deck ana took MIR n4,g
son ill., lie was as strougas either of as A. ,go hal
all been without food from II o'clock AT noon of ~
'"turuay bciorer ma were imPictely eyhau, d. as
we had been iiiUessantty at work i,r sou,, 49,,
six hours before the ship went down in irving j.
save her, and none of us had cared to eat hut sry
itt'e during the whole ni that time After takin5
Dawson on board we allowed the boat To drift viii
the wind b seawari, not being oI,la Ia ~,
ourselves II We had wished, ana not knowing vl;,t
WY [" pniL Before the wreck | never tboup,lt !
t"nld begun to go through with one half what
have, aud do not think could ever do il AGAIN.
Ffiday a't2 SdEyttfy-Wind lipbt and nIe,san,
weather; nothing of note occurred
| SAhclay. EiGth Bay-We still continued 20
drht To Reward with the wind, being perk,ctly re-
| si5nei to Whatever fate awaited u.s. In the af,er-
uoua we discovered "A brigantiue 10 the l..,vnrJ r
| ns considerable distance We made ev.ry -;
bic eliort to attract ths attention of some one nj,
bGafa OF hef' but 10 no purpose, as she too far
on The wind was blowing pretty stiff at the time
aud she was under short sails, with recfed topsaiIs
She passed Oh her course, and was ont of our sibt
| in about two hours.
h"tdag, Ninth Day.--On Monday, about four
O'clock, we saw another sail. to which we made all
The signals of distress in our power which, vere
fortunately seen 10y those on board AMI the vas.J
stood directly down for uI. We also pulled alI we
were abie 10 pr the vessel which proved 10 Ice the
| NARY, Oh 1fcenock' Scotland, from Cardcnas Cuba
with moIasses, bound 70 Cork. We saw the vessel
| sometime before she as, think and made sig-
| mails to her shortly after five o'clock We wsrs
picked up by the vessel, where we were received
| by ali fasds with the utmost tkinlHess. Everything
was done Tor us that could be. The boat in yhirh
| We were saved was also taken on board of The
| Nary with us When We got on board the weasel
we were 50 much exhausted that we could not stand
alone, and were obliged to get hold of sofnetbios,
to support ourselves.
We remained on board of the Mary until the FIJI
! lowing Monday, when the captain fell in with the
| bark laura from Bremen with load of passep-
| S'Ee IVI NC" ipFh, anu asked tie captain If lie
H0n!t take Us on board which he readily consent
| ed - do and mfdiatcy sent his boat off for us
Here We were also received with the utmost kind.
ness and attention. aud nothing was left under hy
| the captain, passengers crew for our comfort /
prefer h"t saying ANYTHING about the vessel or the
| condition OF her machinery, or make a0y state
neHt whatever about the disaster previous 70 tho
going down Of the ship.
WHAT HE sAVs OF Mp. AsHBY
| will say, however, that. in nv j.,!gnant SIR
| Ashby has been very wrongly cea.ured, as un.
dcrstand il. | donnt think, from all [ know OF
the circumstances of his leaving ths vessel that he
| is at all Ia blame iu The matter. .rn pretty Ger.
tain that ne leit tho ship By the captains orders
| F0uB TINES wEECEED
This is the fourth time that | have been shin
| wrecked. The first time was when was about
sixteen years OF age, the brig Atlas, Of Windsor
| bound 10 Pan River with a load II coal She fjun.
| derej at sea, about hundred miles from Bo.
| ton. was then taken from the wrecked vessel be-
bre she wen down by th- Amazon Of Holland.and
! taken 20 New BrGnswics. The second time was an
board Of the steamship Arctic, when was in tho
Na;er fifty-two hours. / then picked up bs
| the Cambria. The third time was on the Crescent
| City aud the fourth and last time on tho Central
| America
| We suffered very much from the water being 80
| warm, the heat being ahent seventy degree,
which. with the heat of the sun, made IL ya v op-
| pressive When taken on board of the
| Mary We were covered with saltwater bols sew
| erai of them being on nay nose. These have now
all disappeared, with the exception OF those on my
| lips.
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MAN KuIRD.-0n Thursday night last road-re-