Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-14
The Loss of the Northcrncr.
Thity- eight Passengers Lost---To'al Loss
tho Ship---Full Particulars of the Dis
aster.

of tho Ship---Full Particulars Of the Dis
aster.
ACCOUNT OF An IvE wirNrss-NARRArIvE OF Mr..
DrSNiNG. 1nE urAD STEw ARp--iNTEREsTING AND
lnRiLLlHG l>clDENTs--LErrIR FROM CAPTAIN
DALI.
Lfrom Tho Alta California Of Jnnnar, col
BY the lsig Gengc Emery, Capnia Dryden,
which arrived January l6. from llumholdi, Mr..
John Denning, head srward Vt the illinted Nor.
rhcrner. came passenger. Ile WINS detained by
Captain Dali at llumiullt, with the view ol send
ing linn down with de.Imtche. hy tho Vickery.
lut mn accident prevented his co ming in that yes
rel. Mr.. Denning has loiteIs Tor mauy persons in
tins city relative to the late disaster. We had
.hott interview with him On his arrival. and
though he WIS mu,h p,essed with the business
.onil.led o his cnre he t"ok time To answer our
inquiries ns 10 tho main incident. of the wreck.
We let Mr.. Dennine tell bis own story!
RUNNING on rnE ROCK.
1t wns nb ut five O'Clock on Thursday, the 9th
insinnt TIM. the disa -to occurred The rock upon
which the Nurthcrncr struck was about midway
lotween Blums Reef and The main land. and per-
hnps two miles lrom tho ln,tcr- 1t l. always coy-
,rel aud Is not. ~ the Humboldt Times states, n
- ront no bigger than n mans head," but rather
shelf The weather had been fine all day. Tho
water wns smn0th. aud the ship WAS going along
NJ u speed ot perhnps twelve NJ los al hour. Cap
tam Dali wns TN deck. l was attending to tho
tetiins oi the cnbn table with INV force, and
remember that the wator was no smooth that no
rack wa- required on the table, ns is tho in
l"nvv sea Suddenly felt the ship touch lightly
md CRATE for some dlsnpcc over u hard substance.
There was but little jnr--su little, in fact, that
innuv persons did not know that anytling had
Happened.
Nv first mpre ssion was that tho ship had tou-
chcl Blunts Rect, aud ! went on deck To SEQ If
such was the case. | tho reef well on the
ftarbpard bram. Then ran aft TO see IL in CO.
ing over the rnrk she had torn off any OF her bot
tom which might he n,nung in her wake; but
,olhins was to Ic secn. The impression wns that
thc had not hurt herself much The ship did not
.top aud then "swiog oil from tho rock, as has
lecn represented but continued on her course
s'raigbt ~ mn arrow, and without any sensible
,limlnnfion in spre In inc', she just grated over
the rock mud passed. on but In that net she must
either have torn of some portion Of the planking
or hive split open bcr bottom.
TIE SHIP FOUND To BE LEAKING.
There was confusion or noise alter tho acci-
dent. Tor reas,n- already given. Tho pumps were
then tonnded by order Of Captain DALI when it
wa. found that the ship was leaking fast. Cdp-
tain Dali then ordered me 10 infrm the Indies in
the cubin. most of whom were in their berths at
the tmr that they might have to take to the boats
and to leave their clothes on, ready for any emer
gency, but not tn alarm tlem- At tho same time
the shits head was turned towards the shore. and
,al,;n ,nI ,olJ the ladies' ,ba, ,hcv had he,,ar
,lross SINE of them suid.--"Oh no. we don,t
wan, ,,y dinner " th;ukinr TINT wanted ,he.,
,n mt r'a1y Ear d;rncr ,nIJ ,hem ,hat the
,h;p ,,,s l,ot t;n, sn,,. onl norh.ns ,ha, ,hov
might have 10 take 10 the boats. They thought |
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