New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-12
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The Great storm.
AT SEA OF TEE STEAMSHIP LoxDoN-
TERRIBLE Loss or LIFE,

Che GREAT storm.
FoUSDERrSG AT SEA OF TIE sTEtNSHTP LoxpoN---
TERRIBLE Loss or LIFE.
PYaoErH, Jan. is, Evening,--Messrs. Money.
WIgram " Sons steamship London GsIsg Martin.
from London for Melbourne, has fouIldered at SEQ
VIII WIN apoat Two hundred and seventy sous or
Doard. Inc survivors, sixteen Of Tie crew and
three passengers, were landed at Falmouth today
by the Italian bark MarianopIc The chief otFicer
among them, MrJshn Greenhill, the engHeer, re-
ports as follows g.,
Weleft Plymouth on The 18th Of Jauuary. On
the 9Th We experienced heavy weather, with rain.
On the sth the same. On the 9th, lost iSbboom
foretopn1ast, topgallant mast and royal mast
Abont 9 4. M. we lost the port lifeboat, heavy
gale prevailing at the time. 0nthe 10Th al i a. Il.
the ship put about. intending 10 run back 10 Ply
mouth. About the came time the starbeard lie
boat was washed "a overheard by heavy sen which
Etude 1913 N, Iongitude0-s WI, wewere shipping
heavy seas, which carried away the engine -oom
hatch I, the water going down and putting TIE tires
ont The passengers were bailing the water out
Of the ship with buckets.
Jan. H.---The gale was still increasing, with
heavy cross seas, nearly all coming oyer the ship.
During the morning all that could were trying to
purpose. About a. u. found the sternpUrts wero
stove in; efforts were made to, stop them, but II
was found 70 be impossible At 10 4. NJ, lowered
the s.arboard pfnnace, which foundered AZ II
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being then as low in the water as the main.chain-
At r. n, the following persons left ia the, port
cutter .. 81; Vain. Tohn Munro and j Fslson,
second engineer; John Armour third engineer
Thomas Brown. fireman; WIN Edwards mid
shipmah; D. T. Smith, Boatswainss mate; WilIiam
Daniels; quartermaster; John King. Beniamin
Shield, Richard Lewis, James Cough .Ed sard GUM,
able seamen; William Crimes, ordinary sea3nens
A. G. White, boatswainss boy William Hart car
penter's mate, and Edward Gardner, second eIass
steward.
! About I'VE minutes after leaving The vessel 10
saw her go down, stern foremost, with about 40
persons on board. all Of whom are supposed 70
have perished- There were two other boats get
ting ready when we left, but they were too late.
The above named persons, who were saved, wers
picked mp by the Marianople, and treated witk
the greatest kindness b a asT sag.ain qa1ssa
The survivors were driven before the gale in the
cutter for twenty hours before they were picked
up, and had one very narrow escape Of being
s#amped, the boat being hale filled with water.
From the Western News.I
It was 10 o'clock on the morning Of that fatal
Thursday that Capt. Martin had the terribia. task
of making known to the 200 passengers that tho
sifip was sinking, and that they must prepare for
the Worst- She was then as low in the water a.
the main chains. The whole of the passengers
and crew gathered, as with one consent iii tho
chief saloon, and having been calmly teld BY Can't.
Martin that there was no hope left, reniaricabls
and unanimous ma spirit Of resignation came over
ing BY women d men, no rushing On deck, OK
frantic eries. All calmy resorted 70 The satson,
where the Rev. Mr.. Draper, one Of the passen-
gers, prayed aloud, and exheJted tile unh.ppy
creatures by whom he was surrounded
Dismay was present to every heart, but disorder
to nome Mothers were weeping sadly over tho
little ones about with them to be engusfea and
the children, ignorant of their coming DEATH Wera
pftifnIly inqniring the cause Of so much woe.
Friends were taking leave of friends as if prepar-
ing for long journey others were croncied
down, with Bibles in their hands, endeaToring to
snatch consolation from passages long known or
long neglected. Incredible, we are told. WIS tho
composHre which, under such circumstances,
reigned around. Capt. Martin stationed himself in
saloon; but to no one could he Offer i wprd Of
comfort by telling them that their safety was even
probable. He jbined now and then, TOR d few mo-
ments, in the public deyotons, but his place 20 the
last was on the deck.
About two d clock in the afternoon, the water
gaining fast on the ship, and signs af fls storm
lsnbsiding being apparent small bald eF mem
determined 10 trust themselves to tho mercy Of
the waves in q boat rather than 60 down VI fnout
| q struggle. Leaving the saloon, therefore. hey
got out and lowered away the port cutter, into
which sixteen Of the crew and three Of The passen-
gers succeeded in getting and ID launeiiagSher
| clear Of the ship. These nineteen nieh shouted
/ for the captain to come with them, but, with that
heroic courage which was his chief characteristic,
he declined to 60 with them, saying IA d III will
go down with the passenger; butt wish yaa Sod
4 speed and safe to land. The boat thsn pulled
away, tossing about heplessly on the crests Of the
/ gigantic waves. Scarcely had they gone eighty
yards, Or been five minutes Oft the deck, when the
4 fine ship went down stern foremost with her
|crowd of human beings, from whom one cuufased
cry of helpless terror arose, and ali was silent
4 forever. 484 y
don and in the brief interval before she foandered
a rush was seen to be made to the tive remaining
boats, but the efforts to launch them were inef-
fectaal, and the suddennesss Of the iounsering at
10 fha IT nn6on hair on Chi Tad
| what might have been successful secohdattempt
to save a few more lives =
Some hairbreadth escapes in connection with
this disaster are already known. A lalv who was
DESTROYS of proceeding from. Plymouth with her
family to Melbourne by the London, hal rsase1 re-
peated pressing applications to the owners agents
at Plymouth, and the captain had been consulted,
but, fortunately for the applicant, had declared
that his cabins were full that he could poss-
bly, accommodate her, a result that, at that time.
caused her much disappointment. A seennsl class
male passenger was SO alarmed at the rpugk
weather which thes London encountered an her
way down to Plymouth, that Immediately on her
arrival at that port he came ashore, reagaled his
passage and went back to his home, thus unWit-
| tingly saving his life. &sF
| "A young man. as the result of some family Guar
| rel left his home and took passage BY the Lon
don. He was advertised for in the Times, and i'm
portuned to return, his friends being unaware Of
| his whereabouts. Messengers were sent dawn to
Plymouth, and an influential shipbroter in the
town employed to intercept him should he lsempt
to sail thence, Fortunately he was tleseeted
among the passengers Of the London, and has lam
lily communicated with by the broker the result OF
| which was that q brother of the young man eama
down to Plymouth and persuaded the Moasd-be
| emgrant to forego his voyage. m ssfftt ~ 7fjss
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