The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-10-13

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vas 'neWsvssy ltoG ~ - ~. ~ passfn-
AefA wee1 Abpara the fhxfG and mails III saved.
Capt Latch yas, the Lass 70 leave - wreck.
Weasher pleasant after leavinG. SG Johns.
Wednesday, at r. M, uhtit Saturday. when
u hle64 very ieasy fnomA shc southwest. The
'sAss seea - she ICoOnassht she vas = niass q
Aanea She had 80 cabin passengers, AIT
steerHge and lA crew; aIl saved.
Passengers sased nothing exeepe the elosAes
HI which they stood. .faaba47sa WI VI
! q Capt Leitch and Mr.. Cox, passengers, landed
At Seisuate This hoshine, md arrived at B0sssn
at II O'Clock. II sbsaits sHft siap ahi ssi Esbt
Il 10 supposed the Gre bad been snouldering
for Z long time, from the rapid progress the
d6a9es made After being discovered. The Cap
,taiA Is unable 10 account for the leak, which
6llcd The veasal sapisaly aga1nss IN ~ eGoFse Of
dc pumpa III. VI ,l..s, s,.a-,...sr .s, s,ss
The Connaughs p valued q 19O, 900 pounds,
aud u fully Insured ID England. She was u
iron, launched % New Castle on Tyne April Of
last year, and was over 4 600 tons burden, and
had Ave water tight colnpArtmenta ~
The brig Minnie Shcfter arrived at o'clock.
She ID about 80 tons burthen,. aud the standine
room in her was completely, covered By the res
cucd passengers Of the Connaneht.
Nj n. WhitteiL Of N. r., passenger on the
Connaught, fsrnishes the folinwing ssatenent -
to the l0so &c this hne steamship. Passing The
circumstances Of the voyage from Galway, which
port wo left At s. r. u. Of the 2Sth ulk, until
about p u. Of Saturday, the 9Th inst, be says
while heading westwardly, the wind blowing
northwardfy R1le, the ship hegan 70 roll 70 the
iarboard with singular motion, going far down
and keeping that way d long time, which caused
some alarm. Meantime the captain vas heard
giving orders about steering, manning the pumps,
10 f'9ia F-f. ,'E2s5a1s
HI The fireman, under she Zee ofthe paddle boz,
were observed whiapering, and there were other
manifestations that something va mot right
Considerable was<vi was observed through the
galleries.. The engineer soon after ssOpped for =,
while. After strenuous exeftlcns BY Capsain
Leitch and crew. the ship righted md the wheels
commenced turning, when the passengers be-
came more composed. The seq was rough and
the wind blowing what sailofe call IN ordinary
brisk gale. Most VI the paasangers, turned IN,
but passed a restless night. .sg IN t.l.g.
On Sunday 1t 8 A. y, the ship began to roll
again with that saggy motion eimiIar 20 the eve
ming previous. The captair and crew could nei-
ther tack nor wear the ship. Soon sitter the en-
gines stopped and steam conld not be raised ID
the boilers, the ship rolled frfghtfully to fe lar
board, and the pumps were manned and gangs OF
msn commenced bailing with backets As 10
o'clock it was reported that the water vas not
gaining but on the contrary, thst the men and
pumps were gaining d, the leak and II the wind
would stifien we would reach Boston that night,
but their hopes were soon changuu 70 extreme
serfor, when the word was passed arOund In
low tones, s'she ship b on fire, J" accompanied by
the smell Of burning wood, M ifsssf
The Gro appeared between the decka Gangs
Of men were Immediately formed with pumps
and buckets 70 extinguish the flames. taking the
water faosn the sea ard passing il in huckets As
the fire gained, the boilers began to alacken
work, all eyes scanning the horizon IN hopes to
see some means Of safety seversl false reports
Of vessel IN sight we're inaoe ons y lass We
discovered = ss'i 70 the notsn ana son ansr an
other TO the west. ooth very low Gown bns ~
became Pfain az .ocaock that soe sessei steer-
Ing north nao three masts anu the one west Two
We soon toono ous lhas Lie iatter wss Passne'
while the other still ncared without showing
signs thae she noticed ~ whHn kept ns ~ an
xiety and do0Dt Until enc pore olrecuy Ior w.
evidently showing that she observed the steam
er's flag OF distress VII ch had been hossted.
we then commenced to clear away ana launch
boats, which was very d!ihcuis loo. sne SNIP
lying almost On her SIDE ~ Inc trough q Inc
sea by this time the nre mac eot ON On com
Inunlcati0n WITH the saioohs. Inc nist Quatssr
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