The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-14
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The Loss of the Bark Monasco.

The arrival at New York of the persons who snr.
vived the wIeck Of the Bark Monssco, has been an
n1unced. The disaster occurred about midnight
on the 2lst of july and resulted in the loss of ty
Jour Swedish emigrants. The following is tho mar.
ratiye of the survivors,
The disaster occurred in the uate's watch. Tho
captain ran up Immediately from below, without
waiting to dress. and jumping into the quarter
boat which hung on the davits, placed his wife be
side him and shouted, Haul the main braces We
have struck an iceberg" af
The sailors sprang to obey his orders, and the
passengers ran out from the houses on deck, and
lent their assistance. Some of the sailors ran for
ward and lifted up the fore hatch to If the wa
ter was gaining on the ship. They found that the
water was already over the water casks. Some Of
the passengers and sailors worked at the pumps
while others assisted in launching the long boa,
top OF the forecastle. Captain Daley during this
time. remained IN the quarter boat with his wife
andcaiied upon the steward to bring him water and
provisions, which he did Some Of the sailors and
passengers tried to get into the quarter boat with
he Captain, hut he said. Don't come here. or
will shoot YOU" We cannot say whether he hal
any weapons. but think that the steward, at his re
quest. brought him some.
The long boat was got out and launched, after
much severe labor in safety. We could not tel
what object We had struck: wo could only some
hing tall aud murky looming up through the mist
and believed that it was iceberg The ship be
gan to sink rapidly, and Capt. Daley, with the thrc
hat into the water but found that they could no
III account of the nearness of the vessel to the oil
i"ct on which he had struck. The Captain thel
finding he could not launch it, got out Of the GUAR
rrrhoat. ran tn the port side of the vessel with hi
wife, and descending by the mizzen chains witt
ler. they taken into the long-boat by the mat
andbthers. The steward, who had been fitting on
he quarter-boat with water and provisions to saw
the captain and wife now held lantern in the mr
zen rigging to enable them to get safely into tn,
ioDgboat.
No sooner had he and his wife got into the boat
which was now pretty well loaded. (sixteen person
having taken refuge in it, than he cried, - Shoy.
her off the ship" The steward climbed up in th
mizzen rigging with his lantern. and cried. "ul
aptain. are you going to leave me here? Captain
Daley. will you leave me here" This he repcatei
several times in tones of painful entreaty. Th
captain said nothing more than shove off th
boat which we did, ~ it deeply laden. am
would have been in danger of going down with til
'hlp We showed of little from the bark. leavin
The passengers at work at the pumps for dear Iif
me OF them jumped overheard from the bows an
tried to reach the boat but he perishcd in the nj
tempt Several of the sailors only reached us b,
swimming.
We afterwards learned from one of the survivor
N the vessel, that the passengers. when thepfoun
themselves deserted By the officers and sailor,
calmly left the pumps and went into their cabin,
apparently resigned to their fate. We laid durin
the night about half milo from the ship. bn
could not it. We supposed that some of IT,,
people might he saved in the morning. The
her was very calm. or We never should have
rived At dawn. the fog having disappeared.
'onid sec land, and found that the ship had struc
n rock (as subsequently iearned) off Corbi
Head. about six miles from fishery called ''Burin
u Rurn county, Newfoundland We also fouu
hat our vessel had not entirely sunk, but had gor
lown head foremost.
The rigging was all standing as we had left il
and the ship was submerged forward about haI
way up the fOrSsail. and the stern was five or Al
teet ont Of the water, but wet hy the spray.
ound two passengers and the steward alive in III
drowned