The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-30

semblAnce OF their inward grief. Some who
had faced death in the hour Of their peril with
cheeks unblanched, could not speak Of the catas.
trophe and the loss Of loved one without tears.
In looking at the condition Of those saved from
the unfortunate ship one could more fully real
i've the greatness Of the calamity. ALI the pas
sengers male and female, spoke in the highest
terms Of their treatment on board the Empire
City.
THE MIGHT ON THE wAvES-THRILLING SCENE.
Not the least interesting feature in the mar
rative of this terrible catastrophe, is the de-
scription the night passed on the bosom of the
waves by those who were ultimately rescued by
the bark Ellen. Mr.. George, most intelligent
passenger, has given Us u thrilling account of
the fearful scene. He was one of he hundreds
WHO supplied themselves with life preseryers,
pieces OF plank. &C.; and preferred to await the
ships going down 70 leaping overheard in an
stern foremost, after giving three lurchcs that
made every timber culver, and which we're to
every quaking heart ~ the throes that instant.
" preceded her dissolution, he was dragged
with the rest on board Of her some twenty or
twenty five feet below the surface. He heard
no shriek, nothing bat the seething rush and
hiss Of waters that closed above her a. she
hurried, almost with the speed Of AN arrow, TO
her ocean bed. Night had closed in before the
vessel sank, and he was sucked in by the whirl.
pool caused by her swift descent, to depth that's
in its seeming was uniathomable, and into q
darkness that he never dreamed Of. Compared
with it, the blacklist night without moon or
star, was as the broad MONDAY. He was rather
stunned than stiAed, and his sensations ON
coming to the surface were almost - painful,
from their reaction, - those which be endured
at the greatest depth 70 which be sank. When
he BECAME conscious, after the lapse Of min.
ute or two, he could distinguish every object
around him to . considerable distance. The
waves 90 they rose and fell, revealed crowd Of
human heads. Those unfortunstes who had
Lost their ife-pfeservers or planks while under
water, owing TO the foece Of the whirlpool,
were frantically snatching ct the pieces Of the
wreck, which, breaking from the ship ~ she
continued to descend, leaps above the surface,
and fell back with heavy splash. Their cries
arose, then mingled iate one inarticulate vail,
and then the lnstieP and lees tersiasd ahouted
foe assistance 70 the bark Narise, which Vas
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