The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-01-13
Shipwreck-Appall4ng Loss of Life
SrfeTirgs Of the Survivors.


City OF Dublin, reports Dec, II, in lat. -
!, IL, len. 81 / fell in with wreck, on ap-
preaching which, the steamers wheels
were stopped, and one of the ships life
boats manned and lowered mmediateiy,
and IN charge Of the second officer, Nr.
Peter Fletcher, who in the most daring
manner, in the face Of q high sea, succeed
ed in rescuing from the wreck three suIvi,
vors. The remaining ten had perished.
The wreck was the British bark Burn
side of GIeeuock. When first seen she
had her fore lower mas + standing and part
o! the rigging, also the lower mizzen mast
The extl elne fore and aft pant of her seem
ed 10 be occasl onaIly above water bat the
whole main deck was immersed aud the
sea making clean breach over ber. Up
on approaching her. the three men were
seen standing by the rudder post, and &C
casionally immersed in the water Their
condition was mcst depioraLle, having
scarcely any clothing about them, except
some piece of old SAIL tied with bits Of
spun yarn. Their flesh and particularly
their arms, feet and legs, were swelIed and
Of a pu.rlI appearance some places bro
ken out in bolIs; and they were so weak
aud exhausted that it was only with great
exerlion, and the eXcitment of their being
rescued, that enabled them to stand.
From the statements of those men it ap-
pears they lef! New York for Greenock
laden with oak timber, with a crew Of
thirteen all :old, on the Sth of November.
They had tine weather up to the morning
OF December 7th, when it blew a strong
gale from ihe southwest, with high sea,
which washed away The galley and deck
house forward, where the crew were quart
cred. They lost one Of The two boats. aid
the bulwarks were washed away. They
were thus left without means of cooking =
food, and without shelter. The lark was
then hove 10, under close-reeefed mtin-top
SAIL AMI all hands were kept constsnly al
the pumps, where they were ashed. She
had at this time seven feet Of water in tie
hold, which kept gaihing on the pump,
uL,il =. NJ OF The 1l.h, when, the gale
seeming to abate, the fore-topsail and fore
sail were set aEd the bark put before the
wind, wLen she fell over on her beams ends
bursting the matches and main deck carry
Ing away tie remaining boat AID the deck
cabin, with all ,he sores, and, As every
one was on deck az tie time, all we're
washed overheard.
SIX managed 20 Get On beard again, the
rem aiming seven were seen no more. The
captain got into the siain rigging, with
his head just above water; the second mate
got into The fore rigging, and The three
Survivors, with boy, wero enabled TO get
into the nizzen rigging. the ship remain
cd on her beam ends Nth her masts and
toose sails IN the water, for about An hour
and a half hen The !orelopmast, mainmasl
and u.iz1an mast gave way, carrying ,he
captain with them. She lhas became res
Iea,e and rightel, her decks amid hips
at.l beng under water, and the Two ends
abou: tw feet above tie sea, which wcnI
clean over her the whole time.
When daylight appeared on the 12th,
the second mate was seen laohed Ill the
fore rigging, and apparently dead, the
Others not being able 10 get near him.
lie remained there until Wednesday, the
Ii Il, with Dis head Gown anu his fee, up
Eventually the sea washed him 10 pieces
part OF his body remaining in the rig
gjDg when the Others were rescued. The
toy who got into The mizzen rigging with
The survivors, peiishei from cold and fa-
tgue on the morning Of the IL h, and was
, washed away from them soon after they
) observed that he was dead.
The survivors, soon after the vessel
righ:ed, gained the monkey poop, small
space aft, abaut four by ten feet, and
raised aboue the main deck about two feet,
upon which formerly stood the wheel !;
here they lashed themselves 10 the rUdder
post but the sea, which was constantly
breaking over them, for six days and
nights, would occasionally carry one OF
them a!rjh, and then, with the assistance
OF Lis fellow sufferers he would regain
his position. 1t was from here the boy
was washed away when dead, and from
here the survivors. were resaued by the
men from the City of dublin. For the
six days they were on the wreck they were
without food, except a few pieces Of bis
cult which hoa,ed near them, " hich " ere
saturated with salt water. Fresh water
they had not drop Of, and were Without
clothing except the pieces of canvas which
the man Johnston managed at risk
to cat from the mizz?n mast where it
hung the first day.
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