The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-01
FsriAs OF tine sea-Bravery 0f Aneri.
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Tne British ship Norfolk was dismssted on the
18th OF November, and lay . coupiets wreck
wien she was fallen In with by the Americs 90
ship Tuscarora, the running '.mouutair high,
and strong gale blowing. The London Ship
| ping Gazette says:
The Norfolk had signal Of distress hyins.
| which WAS acknowledged by the Tuscs srora 10
hoistiug the ''Stars and S,ripesn folowed.by the
signals, ave will save you all If We can" On
oosrd the THscarora were nearly three huodred
passengers. As she bore down upon the bark, It
became evident that the risk aud danger to be su
conntered we're frigh,tu, and the passengers began
20 WONDER Who would DO the volunteers who dared
70 such sea TO risk their lives in open boat
IL was decided 10 the morning that the first
mate (dr. Dckinson) should 70 in the boat, and
! SSven coming upon deck he asked the third mate
| snr,S iliia@so very smart young officer, If be
,.d ha rSoa,,T,pauy him, and he immediately sta
Things had proxvs.ssa .hrs s.x -..
tain OF the Tuscarora toaut Dn nrIavy1 s;on.Jsd =,
| the captain (James Hii) o, the harnna Worfo,s
| stating that they we're about .snaina . ho.t -
take them of the wreck, but stiil sse.e was !
great difficulty yet to surmount, none OF v1s cra
being disposed TO volunteer. Mr.. Williams, ~
| third mate went to them aud succeeded 10 enlists
ing three OF the seamen to accompany them. The
boat was now laripched, aud the first and third
mates jumped iuto the boat, followed by the three
| sailors. Mr. Williams, the third mate, upon leav-
ing, requested the boatswaiD, in the event of his
nor returning, to hand his morey and clothes over
to his mother when he reached Liverpool. Nov,
the excitement, which bad up to the present time
been great board the Tuscarora, became inteuse.
Both MIR. Dickinson aud Mr. Williams had ala
ready won the warmest feelings OF regard from
the passengers for the kind interest they at all
times manifested for the welfare and comfort Of
ALL The barque was nearly reached, aud jnst
when they we're within . lew yards OF hsr, she
drifted, and came nearly stern foremost upon the
Tuscarora's boat, and, but for the promptitude In
carrying out the orders to ''back wafer" the five
hrav fill mil huv hoaf, had dup-
ger ts the boat now became fearuily great, as the
barque rolled so quickly that il was with the
greatest difficulty they could get the crew into
the boat. 1t may be as well here to mention that
when they started from the snip they did not exs
pect to find more than six seven hands on board,
aud therefore, when the twelve we're taken into
the boat, it was more than full but this was
their only chance Of ESCAPE as every sea threat
ened to send the bargue to the bottom
After many hair breath orc~pas of being jsmmed
between the boat and the eide of the barQue, the
whole twelve men were taken into the boat, and
they pushed her Of for the Tuscarora The sea
kept Increasing. The boat stsered By the first
mste of The Tu carora, Mr. Dickinson. and Mr.. Hill,
captain Of the Norfolk, on her way back 10 the
ship. 1t was observed that Williams, the third
mate OF the Tuscarea a, Jumped out of the boat and
got into llfs buoy, to make more room for the
shipwreck crew, aud kept in the water by the
side OF the boat nearly all the way back TO the
Tuscarora.
Both mates Of the Tuscarora started without
coats, stockings, or shoes, to be prepared for
swim in case the beat should upset. The boat left
the ship at halt past o'clock, p. NJ, and did not
return to the TuscaroIa until o'clock, taking to
go and to return-a distance of net more than a
haf mle-two hours and half. At four O'clock
in the afternoon the toat reached the ship, and
safev put board the i'll l-fated crew, who had
thing " tn them but~ ha they seod in, as it vi
fJuhd impossible to save any ofther clothes. Cap
tail Dunlevy immediately supplied them with oil
they required to make them comfortable.
The passengers were also on the alert, and pull.
ed out every thing they could muster to add TO
their comfort, and the two mates aud the three
sailors Of the Tuscarora, who had at the most im-
mlpent risk of their lives, brayed The danger to
save the crew ofthe Norfolk, rendered the crew
avery assistance. The shipwrecked sailors looked
nearly worn ont, and they all said they conld not
have heldo many hours longer.