, 1860-12-07
LOSS OF THE PROP. JERSEY CITY,
IA TERRIBLE WAY TO MEET DEATH. : j.
CAPTAIN MONROE 4 TRUE HERO.

4 TERRIBLE WAY TO MEET DEATH. :: =
CA PrA1n MONROE 4 TRUE HERO.
: From tho Cleveland Herald Of the 4th.l
The sad details Of the loss of the propeller
jersey City on the afternoon Of Saturday, tht;
9th Of, November, have ut length been r,-
'cultcd. Rarely have there been scenes Of SUI,
icsing and ncis Of true heroism that could
beaeh.r The story, as narrated By .the sur*i-
voEs to one Of our citizens, Is substantially as
follows:
The propeller Jersey City, Captain Monroe.
from Toledo, bouud, ,f0r. .Butflo, was out In the
x1eat gale Of Friday and Saturday, the sd and
24th Of November. Finding It impossible to
reach Buffalo in the storm, Capt. Monroe head
fnGt take shelter behind it. +. Every one In
this latitude will remember the terrible no1u-
ing Of Saturday, the 9th Of November. The
wind blew with resistless force, and the :GuOW
swept through the air with euch violence that
It cut Ike sharp hail, and Tas so thick that oil:
:fects at a short distance were invisible. About
eleven o'clock IN the morning, during mo-.
mcntary rift In the Enow cloud, Long Point
was seen ahead. and Capt Monroe discovered
that he been driven too far In to weather tho
point without great difficulty. The steamers
course waB changed and an attempt made to
get around the Point. The ordinary fires
were found unequal to getting up tie great
pressure of steam necessary, and kegs of lartt
md butter we're rapIdly thrown in to feed tue
shocls,-a dull grating sound that was Jat
above the howling of The tempest, and tic
jersey City was hopeless wreck She had
grounded on the shoal about two miles distant
from the Point
Capt Monroe Immediately ordered every
one to the hurricane deck rs the only chance
Of ealcty. A number, needless of his warn
tho shore. They we're ali lost among the
breakers that hissed across the intervening
waste Of water.
Soon atter grounding the propeller heoled
over, broadsi1c to The seas, aud with her deck
expoeed to the action Of the wares. Her deck
load wat at once washed OF, and tho repeated
blows of the huge waycs stove in her decks
mud dashed her sides into pieces. The hurri-
cane deck with its load Of half frozen sufferers
loatcd towards the shore. About three q clock
In the afternoon, the hurricane deck grounded
within a. short distance from Ie shore III
shallow water. At this moment u boy who
wat on the wre.k WAS washed of by tho
wares. but was rescued By Capt, Monroe At
ter this the boy became frightened for tho first
tiu1c. and clung eagerly to his prcse.ycE- Capt.
Monroe fastened pink Gfc-preseryer to LIS
body, aud taking the boy into bis arms fenped
fntb the wa1er and waded ashore- As the boy
landed, his 6uspcndcrs broke and his papta:
looms fell about his anc1es, where they lroza in
solid mass. claiming lin to the spot where
he stood In few moments the halfnaked
boz was dead. !:
: Capt. Monroe walked back to the piece Of
wreck md directed his comrades where to
leap 80 as to strike In the shaltowest water
One by one the leap was made In safety, until
hut one WAS lett on board and that one Tas
MI; L. II. Derby, the clerk Of the propeller.
uo was seen sitting Oh the wreck with his
head bent down rs If In despair. Capt. Monroe
called him by name, but he did not answer, al
though his mouth opened. To secoud l.ail,
he again opened his mouth without giving an
srticulatc sonnd. Capt Monroc and cnsi-
neers Manchester and Cummings went to the
wrcck. and af1er considerable difficulty got off
the helpless tnan. Capt. Monroe took Derby
on;lis back, whilst the two engineers stcadscd
his legs So Us to prevent tho waves washing
him off In this way the party wadcd through
the water. ice making on them 1T every step;
tho surf dashing around them. the bitter wind
freezing their hands md faces, and the blind
Ing snow obscuring their view,
On reaching the shore, Captain Monroe at
tempted to lower Derby to luis feet, but found
1t impossible to let linn 20: The living bearer
had frozen fast to bis dead burden:
The Captains arms were frozen stiff, md
claspcd around the arms Of tho dead ulan.-
Tic two engineers were also go frozen about
The lands TINT they could render 10 assistance
Finding 1t impossible to rid himself Of his
terrible burden in any other way, Capt Lion
roc flung himself on the ground, head fore
m9st, and thus +.spillesin the dead. man from
h's shoulders. But he had escaped from one
horrible dilemma only 10 lind himself In
another. His trowseTa were frozen 50 stiff up
tolls hips that he was as much unable to rise
rs if his legs had been encascd in lengths Of
ttove-pipe, and his companions could render
Linn 10 assistance. : Al short distance was
the body Of man, frozen in sitting position.
Capt. Monroe managed to roll himself to the
body, and by it climbed to. his feet.
The little party Of survivors now set ont on
thrIr painful march towards the lighthouse,
which WINS ut no great distance They had got
safely along until within about tlrce hundred
yards Of the house, when emali creek impedet
their progress. First Engineer Manchester at
tempted 10 cross the crcck, but abandoned it
aud returned to tho ehorc, where be 1lt down,
exhausted and despairing. Second Engineer
Cummings came up aud enucayorcd to encour,
agc him 10 farther efforts, but in win. Capt.
Mburoe begged Manchester to rise and rnaky
mi attempt 10 get around 1hc creek, telling him
thu light house was close by. "It's of no use,
Clptain." said the unfortunate 1nan. II can't