Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-11
Terrible Accident to the Steamer Quaker
City.

NORFOLK Sunday, Oct 9.-N"nrly one hundred
passengers Of the fine steamship Quaker city,
Capt. shufcldt, from New York, and bound To li"-
yann. have arrived here, havin,: been rescued
from tho Quaker city ON Friday inorning last, by
the bark Duabartcn, Capt. Chad burn, OF Boston
from Turk Island bound to New; York.
On the 7ih instant, isrijay,) when about so
miles south ofcape attera-,th engine of tho Qua
Ter tfy suddenly smashed, producing great ex-
citcnent. The vessel, it was thought would soon
- duSu, n she WAS supposed To he leaking bad
U.s. The lite buats were all immediately manned,
pa,ieioned aud equipped, and the pumps pnt to
R9rk, but the 10 inches Of water 10 her was soon
pun ID out, and It discovered u.nt there was
400 Is,k.
'f' passenger however. werc nsious to leave
y.H gino. being broken entirely IN pieces, aud
t.o i. 10 coni,lctely at the mercy OF tho waves
Tie puHbur.on was the Gr,t vessel to hcayo in
eight which lorcciying The Quaker Guys Union
down the .lial sigma. of distress. oaue alougsldo
and took oil jAsseuger. to the numb er of nearly
one hundred About twelve Of the passengers,
the captain and crew, determined t" risk their
f,rtones with the crippled vessel and refused to
leave her,
VIXEN last seem tho Quaker City wes 40 miles
south Of CArc llsJtcras near the Gu1f Stream,
with lghI wind aud very heavy SOL.
Nrssrs Davidson Noolworth, L.. a. Wilson
and Brooks Eimnndston, have kindly furnished
~, with minute account ui the acc Idont and 9TH
NIT Early on the morning Of Fr.a Y, the 18th.
when about 80 miles southwark Of Cape llalteras
| the passengers were suddenly aroused from their
SAUNDERS hy n Succession Of severe and alarming
! shocks which upon Investigation proved 10 ema-
| nate from the cngn,-rolm. Mr.. Edmondston
| states HAT upon examining. lie found the cross
tail htl first parted on the port side, watch. ndcd
| by the swell Of tho sea acting On the csanks, and
| fr.m this on the cross-tal. had thrown the whole
duty OF the engine IN the starboard snlo of the
| lever-wach in II" turn parted Rbnu two-thirds
! from the rucrum. The weight 81 tlis broken
part Of the lever. Carried the cross-he I'd ar-pump
| TO this side. bending the main rod and guido-rods
and carrying away the gland bolts Of the stufng
| box.
The crosstai being freed from thu, control Of
| the side levers, and being under tho action OF the
swell uf thu sea through the wheels. carried tho
crunks over the centres, aud SWING III success
sion u heavy strokes against the fore and aft col
umns supporting the main shafts, also putting
the hod plates in two or three places. close Icy
| the two after columns.
The s,arboarl cross-a links being bent by the
strokes Of the side lever, struck the steampine
with force tearing Of the felt.
The cylinder eud did not escape the n, cident
The levers being united at the crank end and the
breaking of the post Journal cross-tail 0aus ed the
| cylinder erosshead To deviate from n level
and the silc-rods to move out of vertical lines
when the cross hend struck the deck benms on the
-
and tearing them into a,osns, and raising part Of
the upper lock.
The piston rods were also bent but tn cyln-
ders and Hir pump wcr" both arpn entity sc und.
I All tie passengers crncpr that ~ ,ro eneral
and irtlr smash ~, has rarely ever heea zen.
| The fires ex:n Lnishel IA speedily II pns.
side, rnd the engineers Immediately SIT ai,ont
clearing way the wreck.
irrat anxiety was manifestcd Ivy tho pa sen
gers to knew officially ,hr caI.d,tian II he 81. D
ii waI reporte she VS. mas;rs water rap.d.y.
This anN;rtv was greatly Increased. when they
witnessed, in obedience To the Captains orders. u
prompt manning and provisioning Of the life boas.
aud the working Of pumps ly the passengers,
which was ordered by the Ulcers.
This painful anxiety continued unit, the Cap
tain retarned from the engine room, aud appeared
on the promenade deck where no was Immediate
ly surrounded by the passengers all eager to know
their fate. llc prom ty replied that his vessel
had made little water, hut that he had reason to
believe IL would not continue. II it did no would
inform them.
The passengers experienced immediate relief
when Informed that their ~srvices were ne longer
required ut the pumps as tho hull was all sound.
Efforts were Immediately made to change the
course of the ship but owing to the buckets II the
buckets of the wheels, it was found impraetiea Ole
4 Nothing remained but to await until day-ii hi.
A aud seek other means of relief.
i About eight o'clock next m ,rng sail was dis.
j covered Southwark, bearing towards the helpless
craft She came up, aud Capt. Shufeldt sent
boat on beard, and brought OF her master. 1t
| proved to beLapt. Chadbourne of the bark Dun
| barton. loaled with salt from Turks Island and
| bonnd to New York.
| Arrangements were soon made to transfer the
| passengers. This was evidently service Of diff.