Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-09
Terrihc scese on BEARD the Omitted states
ShiD-OEthe-ElsHe Vermont.

ship-oEthe-E,ine Vermont.
u. S. SHIP y~ERaoyT, $50 Miles from Land
March IS, 1907. 81.
At midnight the boyyiing Of the
tempest is fearful I'm snip IS rolling fright
July, and fears are entertained thar we shah
drift on to Cape Cod, as The snip is not over a
mile distant, The breakers being distinctly audi
ole from the ship, and tas snow discerulbie ON
the land Every ev=T-iou Is made 30 save the
ship. and for this purpose the port anchor is la'
90, which ran aut with a fearful velocity, and
rne chain parted The s.srbosrd anchor was
then let 90, which brought up IN seveny-hye
fatuoms. The ship dragged until Thursday
mgruIog. when we were off Chatham Light, dis
tant about eighty miles Toward morning of
the night succeeding, the tempest increased
faster and faster flies the ship, higser and higher
rises old ocean. 1t is fearful; the vessel rolls
Tightfully. Her hammocE-ue.tlugs are under
wafer; hsr decks are ds.uged; the berth-daci
and gun deck ports are burst iuDOar3 The hos
pitsl for the sick, IN which aIe many patients, Is
full of water the dspeusay is carried away.
the medicines are al lost; the men GA the sick
list are p9werlsss each and eve-y one looks ouI
for himself, selt-preservatio0 being natures first
law and the sick. poor fellows, are consequent
Nv left % provide for HGms3.ve7-to tla strug-
giiug Tor life IN the water. ssh onward file.
the noble ship, pitching and staiulng every
timber IN her maddeued race Every heart j:
q|uailing, every soul filled with horror.
In the midst Of an this wild. intense excite
meut. word is whispered round tina. the sick il
the hospital are being washed on. Of lbeir beds
and are struggling i'm water for life. None car
save. for it's as mucn as mGu can do 20 stand
and, amid the r0arCt the bowling tempest, with,
out a hand 10 save, are lives thus lost. One
Door fellow VINO had been sick Tor some Gays
on the night of the storm, uas in his cot the
ship rolled, and be was thrown out into the
water A4st had come ia through the bow ports
and there was drowned. His name was John
d. Williams. Everything in the hospital w..
washed away; IRON bedsTeads, that were screwed
into the decks, were wrenChed of. broken, and
DESTROYED. Moses L. Hawkes., an Ordinary SEES
man, also died Both of these poor fellows we've
consigned to the deep tine next day. Throughout
the night the gale increased and blew with 9
violence beyond description The waves Tose
higher and higher, now boarding us u vast
volumes of water kissing and roaring, snc
anon gambling off TO return IN concert with
/ other msdiened waves To- mock US IA our fright
At A.. NJ, the heart-reudIug cry OF I ship
is sinking" IS raised throughout the ship. The
Quarter boEts are washed away, also tine cap
taiu's gig. Tie sails are al blown away, Gu.
two anchors are LOST, also the chains and now
the order is & given 10 cut away tEemasFs- Eight
I staIwart men, with hinge AIS ars selected FOR
| this srduous aud hazardous task, and rush on
deck to cut away the hgga masts. IL IS found
to be no easy task-uV f5asIbie-au5 the ldes
IS abandoned. Let them roll oJt," It's said
What a nighL.
Bot alas! our cup is not yet full At half
mast two ON Wednesday morning, the 10Th OF
| February. the tiler was reported Insecure, and
fears were entertained tbaa We should lose 10
Soon the iron tillef, which weighed nearly two
TINS. broke fam Us sockets. Freed from the
restraint, the rudder lasnes about from side to
side. and before another tiilef can be Cotton out
Of Inc hold. the rudder DROPS from its position,
Sins out Of the casing. Immediately the men
rush with their bedding ana hammocIs, TO place
them in the RAIDER easing 30 preveG5 the water
from doluging the suT,
Never shall I forget thas moment. Every
heart gave way-eyery soul filled with horror
Faces, that up to this moment had been adsman-
tine-on which fesr had not shown i~tself-u0w
blanehed with awe and terror. The more nsiv-
Gus crOuched IN the 5~y-piaces Of the ship,
stricken with .ho horrors OF their position. Cold,
frost bitten, wet through, some without shoes Or
stockings, without caps, they having been blown
away, the crew looked more like mauiacs, Tor
the moment endowed with reason 10 realize their
sad position, than the crow Of the Vermont
Drifting fast or Georges shoals lay the huge
ship, rolling like some aquatic l-v'athan, without
sails, without a Udd5r, and 9 fearful tempest
blowing, the decks delugej with water, snd the
crew dispirited, Iost-biten, frightened and sick
at heart.
In this position we remained urFl Thursday,
the 2Tlh of February, when a vessel was de-
serted, and upon our hosting asigual Of distress
bore bOWn upon "a.
We ara now waiting 10
assistance. What $50 require is q good. taFza,
powerful ocean steamer, aud net "a gUnhoaE
They are useful only 70 take off the crew but
as the ship is light it is not rgrL, SO says ouEhf
H@eutenanf, 30 abandon heT, aud he viii not give
up the ship -Bcs:6R Journal.