Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-16

+, 0 o'clock, aul hive To Tor plpt. Tiny bred rock
So and gunp. but no pilot came. Abnut IL o'e.oek
they fonnd themselves the lee shore. Ut Naive
,. an no pilot when they 81 90 tie par .ncie.
| Il Is fathoms water. The anchor parted Hbautz
| eiel,ck, when tho ,ecoI snchar WAS sent down
| vith 10 fathoms. the port uue having used ~
| fasinfns on tie siatbaard The steam was or and
| tha vessel WINS then turned With her heal Ia the
wind; lnt she continued to drug stern in shore,
with Point Lynas high IN the part si.e. The ship
struck iron-laund eeas'. IN slaivery. MT far
from AmIwch. She beat against tho rocks very
heavily. and after striking and staggering bali ~,
1.nur se parted. her starbard anchor, and she iei
light foul eLsr into the land. n, four iathoms.-
he siic was e,ins about the last quarter Mt this
time Il dark N piti they could not SEQ
their hands belJre them. The ipAis were NIL IN
read.ne but they in total ignorance ~ To
what sort af IL coast IL was, and the sea was so
rough that no boat onuld have lived five minutes
10 it. Under these circum sta,ess the bouts were
given up. They made upa tar barrel, ready to
set fire to- torch. to send ashore, to light the
coast and let then, know what kind ot u place 1t
was; but the ship thumped 80 heavily, and danger
30 imminent, that the idea was not carricd
out.
About six o'clock dawn of ligh.--they
saw man shore to Wilma they eaiiei lilo
sscmed quite bcwidered ut what he saw, and ran
TO fetch assistance. lie brought FIVE Or six men
TO the shore. In the meantime tho ship WAS ra-
pidly giving away. and Portuguese .al0-, Jn
seph Rogersop, tied II rope round his waist and
swan ashore. BY this means u bawscr was run
and fastened to the rocks. ON which a boatswain's
chair was fastened NO that it could be 10 and
from the ship and shore. The crew got intoit one
by ont, and were hauled 10 land They commenJ
Ell landing parties this way at haii-past six
o'clock, and got about dozen ashore when the
ship suddenly parted in two. giving away amid
ships. The whole of the passengers had been kept
l.n1a, n
vessel breaking up they were instantly swallowed
up along with tho iron aud machinery. As soon
M the ship struck the masis were cut away, the
fore-top going with the manmast.
lie last saw the captain holding hy the rigging
on deck. giving orders. with spur lnshed to HIM
The Triggers had recommended tho cutting away
the masts Mt ten o'clock an Tuesday night but it
was not then done. The ship broke up at quar-
ter to seyen and not vcslre was left above wa
ter. q
Tho greatest order AMI discipline prevailed on
board
PROBABLE cAusE Of THE wREeN--ATrESrIoN To THE
sthyiy1Rs.
With regard to the pretse cause of the wreck
1t Is clear III the hurricane that prevailed Mt the
timo but it ia believed ifshe had kept clear of the
coast. been able II yet pilot. had run into Holy
head. or had sooner cut away the mastS, the fate
might been different. These, however. mat
tiers Of spceulation AMI opinions IRE, ~ express
sci on every side.
With regar to thu eompc;e nature of the de-
strucion, Commander MeGregor. vi the Coas.
Guard, said he had seen many wrecks, but never
one 50 complete before
Pics Of sheet iron, 'lpnbed up like Tin, and
fragments Of machinery strew the beach At Inv
wafer some Of the remnants Of the engine
could be discernrd aud an irresns ar Of sheet
iron. mid to be the stern. About hundred
yards south ofthis was what might possibly be the
bow.
CAptain Martin. the inlefatgable manager Of
Messrs Gibbs. Bright X Co. proceeded to the
scenr carly on Thursday morning. information Of
the disaster having heen phed l4y C,nman-
der NJ Gregor, If the Coast Guard 10 Captain
MendS, of H. NJ ). lltStiucS, on We nesav
afternoon but Messre. gibbs Bright Il Go, had
no intimation nnlll hal, asst nine on ~ rdneslay
night lie gave orders n every care to be taken
of the survivors, sick and wounded, mud sent rs
many as could leave on by one If the steam tugs
OF the New steam Tug Company, Tor Liverpool
On surveying the few ,e-ges OF tue wreck, lie
was ofopinion that the gold might possibly be re-
covered from the safes by diving bells, thong lie
admitted that the flct Of ii box which had cnntaia-
ed gold and which was addressed, TO the Union
Bank, London being picked UP ON shore. SEEM
| ed to indicate that the safe, though OF great
strength. had been smashed up with the other part
of the vessel
On bearing OF the disaster on Wednesday alter
noon, Captain Mends nn.nediately despatched n
party OF man-oi-"ai men in th- steam tender
to render every assistance in guarding the wreck
though furious gale VAS blowing ut the time
| The coast guard with party of the An.lesen
| militia, from Benumarls, were also mt the scene
| to prevent plumber. IT such disposition should
be shown. To the credit Of the. Anglcsca peasan-
| try, most of whom could not understand English
the precautions were not required, and the suryi-
vors speak with nnp,easured gratitude OF the
hearty generosity manifested by the people,.
! They saved many lives by gra.ping at men as
| they were thrown ashore. and far ,his PURPOSE
| they Ind to hold each Others hand, and next
! took them to their houses, put them INTO warm
| beds and gave them lie best they could afford
All Angcsea seems to have turned out to wit
ness the scene. There also large sprink-
ling oil the neighbornS gentry, many Of whom
manifested great Interest in the wefore Of the suf-
ferers.