The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-10-26
The Evening star Disaster.

Her frame work WAS too thin, and it is
stated that when she put to sea she
very much needed caulking, her
seams down by the pipes being quite
open. Some blame is also attached
to the Captain, who was an able and
experienced seaman, aud persisted with
his ship. In his anxiety to make good
time, when the fearful storm overlook
him, instead Of wearing his ship,
he kept on his course.
The second mate OF the Star was
stranded on the Florida shore on the
night of the Sth inst, and two women,
his companions in one Of the boats
which left the wreck two hundred
miles ont at sea, were drowned in the
undertow The Mate gives the follow
ing account of his own and his com
panions' su1crngs:
"H He lost all his oars when the ship
went down, and had nothing but n
small piece Of board to navigate with.
From repeatedly being capsized he
lost all but four of the ladies', there
being nine persons, all told, left in the
boat This happened during the first
forty eight hours. He then took a
shirt FROM one of the gentlemen, his
own being torn Of, and rugged a sail
by putting cross-bar through the
arms and lashng an upright piece to
it. Before coming in sight Of land
one man and one woman died, and
were thrown overheard The rest of
the men and one lady became insane
and jumped overheard. This left the
mate and two young women. Miss
Rosa Howard and Miss Annie Norton.
They knew on the night of the Sth
hat they were pear n port, from the
feeble glimmering of the ships lantern
which is allowed to disgrace the light
house; but the ladies' were nearly in
sensible. Fortunately II slight rain
came on just at dark, and Mr. Goldie
wrung sinall quantity of water into
their mouths, obtained by spreading
IL small piece of petticoat on the after
thwarts This greatly revived them
and re-opened their stiffened Jaws
They wero sitting in tho bottom of the
boat quietly, hands clasped on his
knees, be steering with the piece OF
board. The boat passed through two
breakers successfully, but capsized il
the third, in water so shallow thai
Godie's feet touched bottom at once
He reached shore quickly shouted {
his companions and went into the
surf rs far us the undertow would per
NIT, but neither saw or heard then
again. They, undoubtedly, in THEN
enfecbled condition, for six days with
cut food or water, other than one
small fish and the rain of Monday
evening, almost without clothing, ex
posed to an almost tropical sun, were
drowned mt once They could no
make the one small effort that woult
have crowned their heroic efforts with
success. The boly of Miss Ami,
Norton (printed Addie in the list o
passengers of Che Savannah News,
was found and buried next mornin,
above high water mark She WA
3 from long Island. The place of burr
| al is wei known shouil her relative
desire to regain the body or transfe
it to the Catholic cemetery here. Mis-
., Rosa Howard's body, (there is n
Rosa Howard, bat Rosa Burns, in til
o same list, was found the same ever
J. ing 10y two fishermen, but their COW
ardly dread would not permit them t
touch it. 1T was again seen by lit
boy, who was unable to move it out
the surf
nj The courage, patience, obedience
+, directions, heroic, quiet endurance
thirst and hunger and of an almo
: tropical sun, of all the ladies, is spoke
u of by Mr.. Gol1ie as being beyou
Of praise; but Miss Howard, (who ha
)r but chemise with her name on i
il front and with Miss Norton, (wl
had, lii addition to that garment, a so
> of woTstcd sack, trimmed with da
G. trimming, made to be worn with
st belt who survived the rest of Il
of passengers, were brave, gentle, lad
y like, accomplishing, able to obey {
rectlons, DESTROYS Of assisting thel
- selves and others to the utmost-th
III were heroines. That they should la
S.. failed at the last moment, after su
ly heroic struggles, is sad to think of
Il. They needed but the steel-like mi
:, Giles of the officer to have secured ST
:" cess. Miss Norton was about TWEEN
'r years of age, quite tall with dark Ia
I'D Miss Howard, on the contrary, W
nd not above five feet one and n half
IN, two niche high, and sixteen or SIEVE
- teen years of age; both remarkal
We fine looking women; the hair of t
we latter was also dark. The last nam
n lady was from the city of New Yor
nd
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