The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-08

disaster, taken from the lips of the |
survivors Our space is so limited that
We can give only very few extracts from
these statements The following is !
copied from a statement made by Mr..
George and may serve as a specimen Of
the others:
He was one Of the hundred who had
supplied themselves with lifc-prcscrvcrs,
pieces of plank, &C., and preferred to
await the ships going down to leap
ing overheard in anticipation of her
fate. When she went down stern fore
most, after giving three lurches that
made every timber quivor, and which
were to every quaking heart as the
throos that instantly preceded her dis
/ solution, he was dragged with the rest
/ on board Of her some twenty or twenty
/ five IT, beneath the surface He heard no
shrick, nothing but the socthing rush
and hiss of waters, that closed above
her as she hurried, almost with the
speed of an arrow to her ocean bed
Night had closed i'm before the vessel
sank, and ho was sucked in by the whirl-
pool caused by her swift descent, to
depth that in its seeming was uniathom-
|able, and into a darkness that he had
never dreamed Of Compared with it,
the blackcst night, without moon or
stars, was as the broad MONDAY
He was rather stunned than stihed
and his sensations on coming to the sur
face, were almost as painful, from their
reaction, as those which he endured at
the greatest depth to which he sank
When he became conscious, after the
lapse of a minute or two, he could dis
tinguish every object around him for a
considerable distance. The waves, as
they rose and fell, revealed a crowd Of
human heads These unfortunates, who
had lost their life prcscrvers or planks
while under water, owing to the force
.of the whirlpool, were lranticallysnatch-
ing at the broken pieces of the wreck,
which breaking from the ship as she
continued to descend, lcopt above the
surface, and fell back with a heavy
splash. Their cries arose. and mingled
into one inarticulatc wall, and then tho
Hustler and less terrified shouted for as
, sistancc TO the bark Marine, which was
far beyond huiling distance. The waves
dashed them one against another, at
first, but speedily they began to separate
and the last farewclls were taken. On,
O. man called to another, i'm our informant
hearing, "if you are saved, Frank, senC
, my love to my dear wife, but the friend
appealed to answered only with a CUR
gle of the throat He was washed of his
- plank, and perished as his companion
spoke.
: Many were dosirous of separating
, themselves as far as possible from the
rest, being fearful lest some desperate
strugglcr might seize hold of them anC
q draw them under. Others, afraid of
their loneliness, called to their neighbors
to keep together. Generally, they
/ stroye to cheer each other, as long a.
o. they remained within hearing, and wher
2 the roar of the waves drowned all bu
, the loudest shouting, the call Of friend
ship, or the cry of despair, was hear,
- in the distance and infused confidence
or increased dismay in many a failinl
bosom.
1t was when he had driftcd far from
the companionship Of any Of his fellow
in misfortune, that Mr.. George began t.
! realize his situation.
o MEETING A CORPSE.
Some Of the incidents described a
occurring before or about that time
were truly thrilling. Ono man, foatin,
r. in solitude, and terrified at his loneli
- ness, after shouting himself hOarse T.
q find companion, saw at length a maj
with two life-prescrvers fastened abou
his body, drifting towards him. Iii
n heart leapt with joy at the welcom
o sight, for the feeling Of desolation whicl
had overcome him was terrible to en-
I, durc. lie called to the other to ioil
p him, if possible, and made every exor
n tion to meet him half way. Their
r was no reply, but the other drifted near
/, err and nearer. They touched Tn
living man shrieked in the face of
q corpse! The other had been drowno
II by the dash of the pillows, or had per
It ished from exhaustion.
IT THE ELLEN IN SIGHT.
u When, rising and falling, with tn
swell of the waves, the lights of tn
10 bark Ellen were first discerned by tn
n survivors in the water, the thrill Of
g hope that at once filled every breast
10 amounted, it may be well believed, t
g porfectecstacy. Let Mr.. George spca
In for all. lie says:
10 81 never felt so thankful in all m
.ss life / never knew what gratitude wa
before. do not know whether 1 erie
not, but l know 1 was rastonished {
hear my own laughter ringing in m
ears. L do not know why 1 laugheC
That verse, God moves in a mystoriou
way, kept passing in and out of m,
through me, rather, as if had been tn
pipe Of an organ 1t did not come to m
to by my own volition, but somcthin
made me remember it. When ligh
- approached nearer, q score Of voice
PC. lsprang up around me, crying, DO,
Of ahoy, and then L began to shout to
And L had never any doubt that Ishoul
IL. be saved, till l saw the lights pass b.
about half u mile from where / wa
and rocodo in the distance Then br
gan to give myself up for lost indee
RI But / slowly driftod toward her agail
till L could make out her hull and OF
Of her masts, and presently / hoatC
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