New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-12

sides into pieces. The hurricane.deek, with its
load OF halffrozeu sufferers Aoated toward the
shore. About O'Clock in the afternoon the hurri-
cane deck grounded within q short distance from
the shore in shallow wster. At this moment boy,
who was on the wreck was washed on By the
waves, but was rescued by Capt. Monroe. After
tbs the boy became frightened for the first tinne,
and chung eagerly to his pgeserver. Captain Mon
roe fastened plank lifepreserver to his body and,
taking the boy in his arms, leaped into the water
and waded ashore. As the Boy was landed, his
suspenders broke and his pantaoons fell aboat his
ankles where they froze in a sSlid mass, cbaining
the haafnaked boy was dead.
Captain Monroe walked back to the piece Of
wreck, and directed his comrades where to leap
so as 70 strike in the ahallowest water. One by
one the leap made in safety, until but one was
left on board, and that one was Ar. A.. II. Derby,
the clerk of the propeller he was seen sitting on
the wreck, with his head bent down as if In de-
spair. Capt. Monroe called him bg name but he
did not answer, although his mouth opened. To a
second hail he again opened his mouth without
giving an articuate sound. Captain Monroe and
Engineers Manchester and Cummings went to the
wreck, and, after considerable difficulty, got off
the helpless man. Captain Monroe toek Derby on
his back, while the two engineers stesaied his legs
so as to- prevent the waves washing him off, In
this way the party waded through the water, ice
making ON them at every step, the surf dashing
around them, the bitter wind freezing their hands
and faces and the binding snow obscuring their
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onreaching the shore, Captain Monroe attempted
to lower Derby to his feet but found it impossible
to let him CO. The living bearer had frozen fast to
his dead buFthen.
The Captains arms were frozen stiff and clasped
around the arms of the dead man. The two eDgi
neers were also so frozen about the hands that they
| could render no assistance. Finding it impossible
to rid himself of his terrible burthen In amp other
way, Captain Monroe flung himself on the ground
head foremost, and thus "spled" the dead man
from his shoulders. But he had escaped from one
to ind in tllar
His tFowsers frozen stiff up to his hips, that
| he was as much unable to rise if his legs had
been eneased in lengths of stove pipe, and his
| panions could render him no assistance. At
short distance was the body of a man, frozen in
| sitting position. Captain Monroe managed to rol
himself to the body, and by it climbed to his feet
The little party of survivors now set out on the
| painful march toward the lighthouse, which was
at no great distance. They had got safely along
until within about three hundred yards of the
house. when a small creek impeded their progress
First Engineer Manchester attempted to cross the
creek, but abandoned it and returned to the shore
| where he sat down exhausted and despairing
| Second Engineer Cummings came up, and endeay
ored to encourage him to further efforts, but ir
vain Captain Monroe begged Manchester to rise
and make an attempt to get around the creek, tell
! ing him the lighthouse was close by. It's of nc
use, Captain, said the unfortunate man, &c cant
| go any farthero Cummings placed his arms
! around the body of his comrade in order to hf
| him to his feet but at that moment the icy hand
1
Others arms, face almost touching face, with word
of friendly cheer frozen in the Htteranee, these tw
brave men-Manchester and Gummngs-per
within few minutes walk of safety.
In this position they were afterwards found By
the party sent in search. Captain Monroe sue
ceeded in reaching the light house in safety, al
though badly frozen. Out of the twenty-five wh'
had formed the crew and passengers of the lfate,
Jersey City, but five survived being Captain Mon
roe, two fremen, the wheesman and one passen
ger. The others either perished in the cruel wave
/ or were frozen to death in that awful deathsmarch
Six of the bodies have been recovered, some bein
returned to their former homes, and others burie
/ on the Point.
We are glad to learn that the brave Captai
Monroe will not suffer SO severely by his e5posur
as was at first feared Such heroes cannot b
spared His deeds of daring and tender care durin
the fatal wreck and march of death on Long Poin
i adds brighter halo to the fame won by his ga
liant rescue of the frozen crew of the Omar Pasha
at the risk of his life, at the mouth of Cieve
land Harbor some years since
Captain Monroe lives few miles below Dur
kirk, N. Y. Manchester was from Utica, N. Y
and Cummings from Dunkirk, N. Y.
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