Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-28

About eight o'clock the boat which had
parted from the ship came upon the one
into which the captain had embarked
with others, If not the rest of those on
board the steamer.
The sea had used their boat severely,
and it had either been capsiaed or
washed completely by the waves, as 1t
was nearly filed, but being q metallic
life boat kept afioat. 1t was evidently
not as seaworthy as the other, and the
two were held together as best they
could, and the inmates of the captains
boat who remained, taken into the latter
boat. A sad spectacle here presented
itself to the men. The lady passenger
and her infant child were found dead
from exposure, the mother lying across
the thwarts, and the infant lashed to one
of them near her. The boat was so
nearly filled that the bodies were nearly
merged. The others that remained
on the boat, ana were transferred 10 the
larger one, were Capt. CoDey second
Mate Bacon, the pilot, Sagus, and tue
steward, Talbot. From what was said
by the Captain to one of our informants
at the time, it appears that their boat
was capsized while they were entering
it from the steamer, and the lady and
child rescued by the mate. About eleven
o'clock vessel was deserted, and sig
rails made so that she approached, and
attemprs were made to board her. And
here happened the greatest calamity of
the whole of the sad affair. The boat
which now contained all who were
known to survive from those on board
the steamer, was three times capsized in
attempting to reach the vessel.
The wind was blowing gale, and the
sea was running so high that the work
of getting from the boat to the schooner
was of the greatest danger. After re-
peated efforts, only four succeeded in
getting aboard the schooner, and these
only by the aid of lines which were
thrown to them.
At each time that the boat was cap
sized, their number was diminished, until
only Davis, Donavan, O'Brien and Toby
were saved. The following, our inform
ants state, were lost from their boat ::
c. W. Clark, Captain Cony, Hamilton,
Meehan, Sagus, Bacon and Talbot.
From the statements Of Captain Cony
before he was lost from the boat, it is
probable that Wiggin, Calden, Mead and
Flynn were lost from the boat in which
he first embarked, and from what was
told by the steward after being rescued
from the captains boat, it is probable
that Taylor and Bottle were lost from
that boat.
What became of those who were in
boat which has not been seen, how many
were in it, or at first in the captains 8
boat, and who, must remain at present
| unknown.
The men when taken on board the
schooner about half past three o'clock
p. M, which proved to be the Laura s.
Watson, Captain Dorrity, were half dead
with the exposure and hardships through
which they had passed, and were kindly
cared for by the officers and crew. They
informed the captain in regard to the
boat whose fate is unknown, and he
stated to them that search was kept
up till eleven o'clock that night, but
without avail. The steamer when last
seen was burned almost to the waters
edge, the forward part nearly consumed,
and the water washing over it, and the
after part wrapped in flames. The
schooner arrived at Georgetown the fol-
lowing Tuesday afternoon, and the men
were transferred to the steamer Fannie,
Captain Davis, on which they reached
Charleston, S. c., Thursday night, from
which place they came directly to this
| city.
1t is but an act of justice to the men,
ory of Captain Cony to state that the
survivors Indignantly deny the state
ment which appeared in the Georgetown
| Times that he was under the influence
of liquor at any time during the sad
affair, or that che did not know what he
was about" as reported in Captain Dor
rity's statement of the rescue of the
men. He was man of temperate hab-
| its, and had been master of various YES
| sells sailing from this port for a number
of years. During tie war he served
! with honor as executive officer on the
gunboats Monticello and Brittania.
Mrs. Double, whose sad death with
that of her infant is given above, be-
longed in Bangor, Maine, where she had
been on visit, and was returning to re-
join her husband at Athens, Ga.
| Mr.. Apthorp,Ithe remaining passenger,
! with the exception of the Savannah
river pilot, was a -four broker at 78
| Commercial street. and resides in Jamai-
ca Plain.
1t is a somewhat interesting fact that
! the same boat which weathered the gale
| and brought the men to the schooner,
| saved twenty-six men of the steamer
Charles Benton, of New York, last No
| yember,