Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-01-21
THE WRECK OF FLORA TEMPLE.
Frightful Loss of Life Nearly Thous-
and Human Beings Cast Away.


We Gnd graphic report Of the wreck Of the
American clipper ship Flora Temple "t baIti
more in the China sen. on tn" I'm oil October,
with the los. of s5O Coolies and - Europeans,
il. mr. New York Herald It was written by DR..
A. T. GAilds, who passenger Oh board
We riy. the acGouut pret4y much at length.
The llora Temple, fna amerchant Ahlp per
hans AS ever entered the China sea, LETT Macao.
for Havana ON Saturday morning tho 9th OF Oct.
ISIS. having on board crew Of 90 all told aud
"a c.pl.es. On tho following Friday: the lith
Of oct. n, : 81 u M she struck upon one of the
Numerous reef. mot marked ulon the hars,which
rei.lHr - nayigati II II tie China sea nnccr
tam aud dangerous Flr two days previous gale
If u4ai had been blowing. At - =. NJ, on the
-lh we heard tie cry OF hari up, IRON tn
lookout. Tho holm was Instantly Put hard ny,
unl iLe ,pInkcr lowered. NJ so"ncr was this
d. tpaa .n4rd DOWN. was heard from the otiecre
wi. l., i4is tune mad come ak again to the
gangNHy.
In la. die ship wa wiihiaa very shirt distance
# Tie acrsw j. "a co,i now be distinctly
aud l,..sii rom The alter lnrt of the poop, where
We were st3ullng, and winch extended III II cnrY
81 lac II IA about fur FOL ts oh our slafbearI
hly. ipat at three points III our i"rt bow, they
We clus.. II oald 1t seemed impossible ling
sal.. lie Flora Temple. sAauii ese"re tartu
an .'-s#aa-',ihe ynfls were biacDd round, AMI
the >.uil Hlyc ubara ne struca lit. slightly, aud
t.en. .e93 lon Afterwards several Tine, with
t.surul u crash the breaker, running very II IA
a.snr-f., such "as tie pus't I'll, itm winch II
wHs .yUad impossible /" rNir'catc Ter.
r.r,esai the liu rrs and llanktns Il ate! ~
ot tac pr side. III. alter some tnurc very heavy
,a4lal.- 81 r nj last remained ain II iGaaaynbie.
iltt.u. 4 h>t ABORT Tia" water h.'i rapidly lrIra-
II ls.i#4 two AID u half tect TIL It had reached
IT, ly.pa.n deck mn,Ie The c,oilr, urIr. fhrre
was .af-er shadow OF ground ln' hope thai
Jar. ty-',l rHIll he preserved. Nhtlc thls was
Z ia. on#- Iudocl almost Immediately after tie
.h.p hrst struck "a fear that The coolies Wouii
~ a. mu,der all on board seemed 10 have Pos
,r.-, d>pil 1t tho minds al the crow, and IL such
:, l,e INT dad this ri~e, that the captain hatlu@ n
- I,he, IA, wevcr, III intention OF nhanIunnG the
>hipD bad the two quarter boats lowered. and pia
,ei Iii - aud five men in each. with order, t.
Icn,uu near the shp nj that refuge might be III
land, # by any chan e they should become need
hl
lie crew were thoroughly unnamed; their On.
" al,Nict, seemed II ho 10 leave the shIp, ~ mat
hos, AM had II i,at been for the captain, his
lnriLtisa,lc brother ana .uc two oihcrs on
board, the boats woui have left the sNIp nbso-
luicjy uaproylded with the Incte,t Heec,stllc~ III
/ lie he men could h" 1t t. ID nothiua. The
! boats @or" lowered about ten u.cl tk. About
! ts,rlNr In cher small boats got ort safely
and l'.ryr NOW renamed only the i,n sblAt, which
/ tic pnIle ~trchrn mru hll duearnl II was impos-
~ ,lbir h 1T out. Fifteen, with tha captain. re
. manned ou board. The labor and officially Of
e.sl.lt., tac Loaf out was immense. he capla4u
. Ia L. climb the maiusay 10 hook on the tack l.,
In At la, Il wa. rot onl at about / 4 NJ ami
Nlth II. crow ua,sel safely over the brrancr4 I'm.
/ meiIaaIy hciorc lcaAIn. the sap the leal WIS
q ho!", AMI four ihthons we're found under her
iew> anl stern aud tnice latn5m, amlhShip.; Just
through the brrakr"s there WAS uo bottom at four
ton tathadns The earliest l,.hl. Of morning
Al "a
soon utter the day. broke the coolies were all col
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81 hove To under II 81 ,>e reelel maiusaiI. with a
bucket vcerel out t. tnrnty Gath,ms Thc La,
wa, an nurn one anG ~ w., lrro,bcl viii, ~,
seas tat hI5ke over US and with the rain. wheel
night and day continued almost without i,tcrm,s
sioH. II, It seemed t, Us We were covered w,l
salt water bals; our feet were tcrrillv .vn,l,,
and painful We had saved nothinc bui what ~,