The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-10-14
NO. N&III

k,ho. T. Wv N'''HS uuGerneath the bowsprit
WneIe u. hnn5 some th,ee or four honrs woi,;n,.
Tor The French vessel 10 come meas o,'o'u
"Sco Vlem AS the flames increasedl Tho Soos 81
n'sefao'e creatures on the bowSprit i,mned ;n,t,
tne water as their clothes caught on 6r.r~dr,,',
P.,uS ,u'o the water, as Mr.. Paiicrusa sors
NV uIo2' o' ram IN II heavy shower, ons wo.
",' ,n" W,tn TWO daughters, kissed them both, ana
i,,,,nlP PIIti,t1S .'r arms around them oil three
lo'"p1u 'l'o tha water An English LADY wb,,
came on board at SOUTHAMPTON with be, bns.
oau1' had three children with her. n g;rl ahon,
hNe years old boy about three, aud n b,ha;
uet arms Tho husband had iumped over and
SS ''Su aUn SgrFw hotter am burned more6 erce.
j., S.T loVN hrr Httle grl. kisse her. and
IhreW her into the water. She then ,ont ~
boy fair hcolthy little fellow, embroc'd NV, i'n
gave nun her las, kiss, and threw him IN H.
S!rooH on MS back and struggled yrrv hard 81,
IS"S 'u''S separate times calling out, ''NIa,pma >
tocn hmc, III the most piteous tones. than snnL
70 ',so no more. The poor woman thon cIssn j
l. n,I o'Oe 10 her breast and Jumped in with n
"''S''b u r'Pes'edly they sank to the bottom
| "A young '0Hn who was in the second cabin a,d
VINO sad he was goiug to California whore ho bad
nFoIoer' had a sister with him, a girl sixteen or
ls5Veneen years ot age In order to save hnr IRON,
'oo ure' he fastened rope around her body ma
u"'N''g one end fast to tho deck lot her over tho
sue U, tne vessel. lie then put another repe
",ouou "o us own oody aud let himself down; but
l ln iufpr nod
u S''Ppci rom under his arms. and cauyht him
around the throat. As he struck tLe wet.r The
waves u"Shed him against the side of the vessel
ana la'lIlg back, he was Quickly rIoked "a dentb.
MS SISTER shrltkng' Help! Holp! will no ono bsl,,
IVY or"'nrr' MIR, PalicrlSca says when he lels
ese 'eSse' inc poor girl was hanging there scream
w ""u C'y'"S' win the waves daShiny the dead
"oHy % inV brother against her every tow mo-
ments An IirgIishman abou, Gitv veors Of ora
VINO came on board at SOUTHAMPTON with his NiE,
cIWIed Wibh her out on the bowSprit ma Gar M,
thcy could, they caspcd their arms nro,,,i ,poch g
o'her WIN one last kiss, jumped into the water
ana sunk immediately Aud so brothers and ais
c'a i''"V'S "'u sons mothers and daughters eu,,
bracig each other, Jumped into the ,vnyns Vtbc,
the first boat from the Maurice came w; ,b;r ohn,it
halt milo OF the Austria, Mr. Palicrusn ;nmnsd
INTO the water, aud swan towards IL. and was tbo
nrst man p'cked up. He says there were about
Ihlty lett on the bow Of the vessel. hut thev wer.
connnnnIIy dropping OFF He immediately wenv
TO Work % heip save Others; he picked up Ger-
man. a urSt class passenger, who was lying in tho
wafer completely exhausted and perfectly sense
loss. (Ths must have been Mr.. EisTeld Hc m.
peared to be much bruised and learly dead. -
AS last us she boats reached he Maurice they
were sent back Tor another load ill it became 80
dark they could no longer see The cabin was
gwen up 10 tue ladies. Of whom there were ,i.:
Tour OF them burned, and otherwise badly injured:
another burned about the face and breast so shs
could not see the next morning; md anotber Ind
y brlnSod by striking chain rs she iumpel over.
board. 1t was about 10 o'clock when the last
passenger was taken on board tho Maurice MANY
OF the men were very badly burned The captnin
OF inc Maurice did all in his power to provide for
the burned, and he gave Mr. Puiicrusa sweet oil to
put upon the burns and was very busy himself
all night IN taking care of the iniurad He had
little provision on board but he served it equally
among all. The next morning tw,lve Of them
were transferred to the Lotus, and they also mes
a bark from Charleston, which gave them two bar.
reS OF biscuit, one barrel of water Que barrel or
meat and some butter, being all tlny csuld spare
rom Their own stores. Mr., Palicrusa thinks the
Norwegian bark must have picked up a few per-
SONS
AN AwFu'. SCENE.
some OF the passenger, who jumped overheard
ana saved themselves by swimming aud floating on
pieces OF timber, Said that when they were in the
wafer they saw agonizng faces protru ling from
the lower tier OF port holes close 10 the water as
though they were trying to force their way out.
while the bright flamcs were shining behind them.
These were probably the fremen aud engineers,
SUR ounicd by living wall orfre
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
Charles Rosen, Jr. OF Richmond, Va, was on
the ilI-taled vessel with his father, His nsr.
ratIve is as follows: .....
"My father and ran forward 10 escape the
fire, aud were followed by the other nassengets.
: saw The fire pouring out through the sky lights
In ten or fifteen minutes moro the cry ran fore
!, and aft, TO the boatsi" All hands then
crowded into the boats, which had been hung
! lnboard, but were now swung out by the davits.
The first mate mounted the near the forward
boat on the port side, in " hichth hey were sitting
with large crowd OF other passengers. lie or
dered all ot us to 60 out of the boat, SO that il
lCOulI IDNVpTpu RuI fact
out o hers rushed into their places, and we a so
wen back to our first seats. The first mate then
took IA sailors knife and cut the tackle, and
the boat fell into the water. Falling SONS
twenty-five feet the boat filled and SINK and all
the peofls were washed out | came up under
) the bottom OF the boat hui found my way ont
and cldmbered into the boat. Thera were fye
or six oars lashed together, and they fioated out
} My father came up within reach OF these, aud
selzad hold OF them with five or six others He
saw me IN ;he boat, and called out TO me, Oh
my boy, we are all lost In short time ono
rnd Of the oar driied near the boat and caught
!, hold of it, to hau him in. | also asked a pas
senger near to assist me o save my father. Wo
pulled together, but there were so many cling
J ing o the oars we could not move them then
said to my father, Hold ON aud do the best YOU
can il is impossible to move them. He then
drlted near us, sill clingng TO the oars In
this way he held on for nearly four hours. |
could not bear TO look at him, and we drifted in
silence. There was nothing in the boat to
throw to him. Dur this time the boat rolled
over several times, and many We're drowned each
time, | was SO exhausted that could not get
into ihe boat. asked one of the passengers to
assist me, and he kindly drew me inlo The boat
We drilled between two and three miles sstern
of the steamer, aud could only see TIE flames
rising above the deck There was no converse
, ton except an occasional request by the first
mate that the passengers wonld sit still so as
not TO capsiz' lhe bat. My father hy this time
! had drilled 50 n"pr he boat that he caught hold
of the stern | was at the bow and could not
reach hun. Mr., Cx said Charley your father
has hold OF he stern of th' boat and get in