Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-06

The English papers furnish details of the founder
ing of the London by which two hundred and sew
enty lives were lost.
HEROISM OF THE CAPTAIN
At half past en on Wednesday night a tremendous
swept the ship, broke into the engine room and
put out the fires This was the night on which the
thirty vessels were wrecked at once in Torbay All
the passengers of the London worked at the pumps
while the gale became hurricane and the shin was
losing all control. AT length at ten A NJ. on Thurs
day, Captain Martin called his passengers together
and told them that they must prepare for the worst
The snip had already sunk as low her main chains
One boat was lowered and instantly swamped but
the five men in her were dragged on board the shin
No attempt made to launch the other boats: but
the passengers gathered into the chief cabin, and
there was no hope left they quietly Joined with a
There no wild and selfish terror, no screaming,
rushing to the boats; there was the agony of sud
den PartngS and OF everlasting separations of parent
and child, and husband and wife, but, with the eX-
ample of Captain Martin before them all these dying
men and women were composed. and all resigned,
while the children wondered and asked why their
fathers and mothers looked so sad. Captain Martin
remained at his station on the poop, once or twice
only going forward and once or twice into the saloon
to join in the devoti0ns Of the passengers. At2P. NJ
the few men who were destined to survive to bring
the sad story home sixteen of the and three of
the trust themselves to the
chances of the sea lowered away Tho ninnoco onS
launched her clear of the ship. These men called to
the Captain to come with them, but this brave and
steadast English seaman declined, saying, NO. ItcW
90 G"oa eTh the pa sscngrs; Gm irish uou Godspeed,
gnd safe to tdna." The boat then pulled away, and
five minutes after the London with go souls on board
went down, and all was over.
DEMEANOR OF THE PASSENGERS.
Among the passengers were two stout old neonIe
who had become fayorites on hoard and who bni
been sent for by their only son The moor creatures
on learning that they must drown fo1I n sD,aW a,,a
tv Of brandy and lcent beloO to die toqetber IN the
cabin ' " "
g. V. Brooke the tra-edian eyerted himseIfin mons
sanity One Of the passengers who saw him has said
lie had worked WONDERFULLY and in fact more
brayely than any man on hoard of that chin NJ
the steward who made himself known M Prooio
said "If Won succced in SAVING vonrsoIf f.
well to the peOple of MeIbonTnc ny i"i
One of the passengers in the boat-Mr John Will
son. Il native of Montrose-went down into the cabin
and endeayored TO persuade friend-Mr Jobn Hick
man. from Ballarat and brother to Mr. Uicl.mon
solicitor of Southampon-to attemnt to save bs i;r
by going into the boat; bat after being enfreapd he
said NO: promised mn 1rfe and cbiifyen IN st, In
them, and ,cW do So" The water was then n con-
siderable depth on the lee side of the saloon indeed
over the TOP of the bertbs. and he asked Mr. Wilson
to help him in removing his four children to the
windWard side out of the water This was done and
then he shook hands with Mr. Wilson with 'Gondbv
Jack" and parted from his friends forever When
last seen Mr. Hickman was Standing in \ row with
his wife and children.
THE CAPTAINS LAST ACT
The captain who was walking calmly ND and down
the poop had refused to leave the shin bu inst he
fore the boat put off he had the consideration and
presence of mind to give those in the boat their
course" He told them that il Law east northeast Ia
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