Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-16
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS OF TIE WRECR
AND IT'S CONAENuENCES

the VESSEL BEATEN BY THE WAVES FALLS To PIECES
NARROWING SCENES ON BoAnD AND IN THE Wa
TER
At about seven o'clock; the waves beatng a.
ganst her hroadside with continued violence, she
suddenly snapped nsunder anlidships, and tum
lied in pieces like house of cards.
The scenes on board during tho last hour were
painful beyond description. Wives and hus-
bands, children and parents love = aud friends,
were embracing eaoh other with tho conscious
ness that they were about to meet inevitable
death
This Rev. Mr., Hodge, Clergyman from New
Zealand. before this had commenced prayer NEE
ting in the saloon, which was earnestly partcipa-
ted in by most until the crush and ruin and the
flooding of water rendered panic universal. =
Ab,ut twenty six perAons managed to get ashore.
but it was moro through Providence than design
or ability, for they were all washed on tho shelly
ing rocks, and IA narrowly escaped being washed
back. Indeed, many were washed on aud Off sew
ernl times. and many who thought they had secur-
cd land, or held fast by juting rock. were hurl-
| ell hack again 70 awatery grave.
On tho vessel breaking open numbers Of people
| were floating about for few minutes. but
/ what with the strength Of the waves the masses
Of debris which covered the sea and struck many
n brave and struggling mans brains out but few
were able to gain firm hold of lind.
At eight o'clock in the morning nothing but the
| wreck scattered about and corpses lett On the
strand revealed the terrible catastrophe that had
befallen nearly 500 human beings, few hours
before glowing with JOY at again sighting
tho shores Of Old England Tor which they had
toilcd and saved, and satisfied that now the voy
age in which they had almost crcuuInavigated
the globe safely ended for they were in the
boe"m OF the r country. Indeed, so much had they
satisfied themselves that the voyage was ended
! that on the day before they presented the captain
with piece Of riate for his uniform Kindness and
attention. aud in the congratulatory speeches
which followed the captain pleasantly assured
them that within twenty four hours he exne,t,d
to lie on the lee side Of Mrs. Taylor
The captain, however. snccumhed to n sailors
fats IL, was seen giving orders on deck with a
spar dashed to him. so that he might be prepared
to float. lie was again seen struggling in the
water. having hold Of a yardarm. and it every now
anu then being washed from his grip On recov-
, ee'ng ms spar by determined effnrt he on two
occasions cried out ehcerfuy. There ia hope
yet Alter this he and Mr. Dowie, the second
oeer were seen on the lee side of the Ship stru,-
ghng to reach the shore, when boat fell from the
oaSts ana struck them both on tho head, after
winch they were no more.
! one incident IL related. that when the captain
h"a Leen struck PROSTATE on deck, exhausted, he
saw the water steal child from lite mothers arms
ia Je~ess-A.d dash. s,t about the deck. lie
cfled oat to the chief officer, Mr.. Stevens to give
! aani there. and to lash the child by n rope no
Doubt expecting at that time that help wonlt be
R.on available. w
aEPoRf OF TINE SCENE RY A LIyERpo, p,o,rp
Nm. Barton. trigger Of Liverpool, gives tho fol-
lowing accounted the wreck;
Hs said tina, he and ten others having .aken tho
Iynhoon round to Cardiff. went on board the Uni
ON tSS nngacm. tug steamer. Meeting the Royal
Laares gong towards Liverpool, they got on
goafd to work thsirpassage home ct IL O'Clock ON
Anesd@y morning. when of Bardsay leland AZ
tue evening came on strong gale from the north
east sprung up. They fetched Point Lynas about