Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-19
The Gr,at Eastern in the Gale.

Tho London Times correspondent IN bard the
tjrcat Eastern gives long account f the eff ON
the steiner If the late great gale. caplail liar
ri,on and ihe whole crew were ~ their posta re;l-
dy TO rnn the ship uut nj necessary Between .
and :, o'clock the wind almost equa.iei the force
OF II hurricane ut times erkin. a. the sasts ~ II
it would snap them off AZ the deck, mnkng the
Grrat Eastern h emble pfrreutlby thrpnghnit her
immense length and BREADTH us # some ginnt
hand were shaking her. Captain IL ,rrisap'- wa
ter-prooi coat on its way along the deck blown
To ribbons off him, aud he himself n Inst carried
before the gale AID blown down and tpnblei
along with such violence as to Receive somHS",cie
contu.ions Tie saloon saylishis were blown up,
and wind ard rain poured into the saloon The
upper woodwork was leaking at every sea and the
lower decks soft and Ihlng from the drppn.s.
At O'Clock tine breakwater work wee giving
why, porioIs ii the wreck once or twice finling
the screw. and It was l"lnd necessary to swing ny
one anch II. at 1920 II. N. it sprang up lihc 8.
cork ont Of the water, and in another moment tho
treat Eastern Was adrit,rollinr aaI ,unblng like
drunken ship towards shore.
80 quiet ant orderly WIS everything when this
most alarming iuei,ient took place, that very few
knew what had rny happened, though all could
pretty well CUES ny the heavy lurclles III The YES
eel something hi indeed gone wrong. Capt lIar-
rispn and Mr. E,it wrr' t'rward, AL IN an in-
slant IL! MAS 70 Wy Tor letting - II ;oni heavy
anchor. Wilde VOID WAS PASSED t, 60 ahen1 with
the screw Tor thc great sl,ip lurchng from side t,
side, "a> makit rlpidly for shore. The seeonl
anchor wns let e. and the .,ea ahea,!. but
the Vessel had noT great way "a her aud could
not b. easily stoLl ell ~ what seemed her road to
destruction, jas a. the began to tell an
immense mass Of wreck and wood iou,ed it. and
brought the mach. merry to dead stand Not a
second could be ln,t n waiting till it cleared so
i's steam was Mt once turned INTO the paddle
giEcs. which were d'iven round Mt speed. though
tte hnats got hurt aniong the mass uf wreck, and
the great iron work %! the wheels was bent in ma
ny places To avoid his, aud the serious damage
II mi ht OCCASION thu scrIw was set t, wor, again
the instant 1t frt !, but it was seldom al,.c to
rerolre more than Il tow moments without heeom-
ing iGmmcd AGAR, when the paddles mele again IT,
erted 10, But tor tha Great Ilsterns double en-
emes Very i!tt!e could Ii ave teen done. The All
chor which WIS to let x, BIT at once, and rs
much scope was given 10 the cable DARE lie
let ont, when the ycsse bad driven back So far,
ard the lee-shorc doomed close as;ern.
Still Tor Il time the posituu continued dangerous
IN tie extreme AS in spite II both win wind and
u am, the great ship lay ptn u the rolling
dangerously hr such place, and making Way IA
II nothing wouli hold her. At last she brought
up, though she seemed t. mnlr desperate efforts to
break from the =; ip' 81 her e'y 1oiiiast--tngsins
aud rolling 10 Ter chaitS as III ,ns, she Moult
pull up Il mountain. fortu3,;ei, bath chains aud
ane'l" 'd fast, rs the, ii! be- sc il tie heavy
weat"f AT f,dn,ni. Wiirr two az, .saii.es, ga. /,
with $40 tan. ot Gual ON h,Glri ;.yp hfi.s TWO
dummies AMI Il L.'g %aliirt Al hui on tie Great
+ f.'s'e'H r.'l"S 1T lnr same STA, l. chain and
"iil9s. After "nr or lw more in, actual eila.~
II break away hrr head at las sNu q. round ;nri
She rode hshiy t. The gal, ~, before. in tins msJ
struggle come u u.c uA 81 the chi cable ,scr.
! aet1aiiy draggH! out one third Long and el4r
j which passed nu'ier the sharp bows o the Atasel
was bent nearly ,uhir