Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-05-07
Fairhaven, April Goth, 1862.


THE Loss OF THE ANGLO SAxoN.-
1t is now ascertained that 233 out of 445
persons on board the ocean steamer Anglo
Saxon were lost only 33 cabin passsn-
gers, lO3 Storage passengers and II of
the crew being saved. The vessel lies in
fourteen fathoms of water, and is broken
up; the mails and cargo are all lost. The
first officer gives the following statement
of the disaster:
The Anglo Saxon left Liverpool on the
10th instant, at 5 p. m. She experienced
strong westerly gales until Saturday, the
25th, at p. M, when she fell in with ice
and thick fog. The engines were imme-
diately slowed. At 10 p. M, the ice be-
ing so thick and heavy, the engines were
stopped altogether, light breeze from the
south forcing the ship ahead about one
knot an hour. At a. m. on the Goth the
fog lifted, and the ice having Stacked, we
set the foretopsail and head-sails, NOV
ing the engines occasionally at dead
slow At 10 IL a. m. the fog cleared
away altogether, and we saw clear water
to the west-northwest from the masthead.
We continued our course toward clear wa
ter. AT p. m. we got the ship clear of
ice, and steered northwest by west with
full speed, and with all possible sail. A
moderate breeze was blowing from the
southwark at this time-at noon, latitude
AZ degrees, 81 minutes, longitude 81 de-
grees "A minutes by the chronometor. At
10 p. m. the breeze freshened, and blew
strongly from the south-southeast, and
dense fog set in We took in all sail at 8
a. m on the 9th, The fog still continued
to be dense, and supposing the ship to be
forty miles off Cape Race we altered her
course to the west, half north, and slowed
the engines to half speed, which we sup
posed would have taken us II miles south
of Cape Race. At ten minutes past Ii a.
m. breakers were reported on the starboard
beam. Capt. Burgess Immediately order
ed the engines to be reversed at full speed,
but before her Roadway could be stopped
she struck flat on the rocks off Clam Cove,
about 4miles north of Cape Race. A heavy
sea rolling in drove her quarter on the
rocks, carrying away her rudder, stern
post and propeller. Finding that there
was no possibility of the ship coming off,
the order was given to let go both anchors
to hold the ship on the rocks. The car
penter was forthwith sent to examine the
fore peak, and found it filing fast with
water. He also examined the fore hatch,
but found no water there. The chief en-
gineer coming up Immediately afterwards
reported the forward stokeh hole filling fast.
He opened the valves and blew the steam
out of the boilers. The boats were all
Immediately lowered successfully except
No and No. 3. The ship was so close
on the rocks these could not be got out
Boat No. 2, with some of the crew and
passengers, commanded by Capt Craw
ford, was sent to find place to land the
passengers. Some of the crew being Ian
ded on the rocks by means of the stud
ding ail-boom, with the help of some of
the passengers, got hawser secured to
rock to keep the vessel from listing out.
We then commenced to land the female
passengers on the rocks by means of the
foreyard-arm. The first class passengers
were put into q boat. AT about noon the
ships stern swung off from the rocks, and
she settled down very fast, listing to port
at the same time, and sunk in deep water.
The captain and a great many passengers
were on deck at the time, and with part
of the crew, all are lost.