The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-15

whom tho shp-boing about thirty -nyo miles north
OF Hatteras, on .hc edgo Of tho Gulf stream
WAS discovered to DO on fro In and near tho coal
bunkers. E%oEy ea!o.. mas Immediately mndo to
suppress tho nanlos, and II was apparently 30 far
got under that somo hopes wero entertained for
tho safety OF tho vessol but at A. NJ. it broke
out Of tho forward hatch, whom all hopes for tho
safety Of tho ship wero giYon up, and tho boats,
thrco i'll number, wcrc got ready.
Tie parties saved, with tlreo others got into
ono boat, and had to DO Immediately cut loose
from the ship to prevent swamplng-by which
means they bccamo soparatod-nnd II was not until
eight O'Clock in tho morning whom thoy foll in
with ono OF the boats containing Captain CosEY,
ISAAC BACON, second mato, tho Savannah pilot
and first steward, named TALBOT This boat was
full OF water, and thoy oil got into tho boat with
tho seron first mentioned. They then returned to
tho burning ship, but could not find the third
boat, when thoy started for land. About five miles
from tho steamer thcy mado sail which proved
to DO the schooner Laura s. Watson, Captain
DoRITY, OF scdgwick (hIe.,) from Now York for
Georgetown tS. C.) Sho hove to in n heavy sea
and gave the bont line, whom tho latter got under
tho lea quarter and was capsizcd. BY this acci-
don't Captain CoNEY, the cond assistant engi-
noor, CHARLES A. CLARK; tho Savannah pilot;
TALBOT, tho steward; J. p. HAMILTON, coal
passor, and BARNEY, coal passer, wero all drowned
Tho remainder, four in number, wore rescued
The following aro known to be drowned: ALBERT
A. GOLDEN, chief engineer; first engineer, JouS L.
WrooIsi MEAD, chief mnto; lady passenger and
caid, and male passenger. Asaho third boat
was thought to bo less ablo than tho others, il is
foarod that the remainder OF tho crew arc Lost.
Therow wore twonty-six on board all told
Wo copy from tho Georgetown Is. o. Times, of
the 18th inst, tho following report Of Capt. 8. b.
DoR1TY, Of tho schooner Ldura s. Watson, in
reference 10 the loss Of tho steamship Cuy of
Bath:
We have received from Capt. 8. d. Dority, OF the
schooner Laura 8. Watson, bound for Bucksville,
8 G., the following statement Of tho burning OF
tho stesmor City Of Bath.
On Sunday morning, February goth, Capo Hat
teras bearing w. 8. ", th1ty-iye miles distant,
blowing strong gale and very sharp sea run
our lea bow on fire kept off and ran down to her.
Proved 10 be tho steamer City of Bath Of tho Boston
and Savannah line, burned down SO low that tho
on board ran to tEo g. " about sdS four no miss HnS
made boat on our weather bow full Of
mon. Wo ran along until dead to loaward OF
or :, to under balance reerod mainsail and fore
sail. Tho boat rowed acroeB our bow, and before
they got her around was astcrn Of us. wo hovo
shom limo which thoy got; tho man that had the
er, did not Bccm to know what no was about. told
them to get out thor oars again and pull the boat
70 leaward of us again, 30 as to got cloar Of our
ly, the Captain sheercd her hard to with his oar,
which brought hor under our lea-quarter again,
and caPsized her instantly {she was metallic life
lot our line CO. and the frat sea carried them out
OF our reach. There was such q bad sea, our small
boat could not havo lived two minutes. So we made
sail, wore ship and stood back again; did not reach
them tho frat time. Wo mRdo five taclra; twice
wo stood by and could not find them, thore was
such heavy sea and one end of the boat was sunk
All but four MON were washed away and drowned.
We saved four by running by them and heaying
thcm lines; thoir nnmos aro Frank Toby, Charles
DAVIS, Jeremiah oBrien and Patrick Donovan, ali
Of Boston. There wore 20 persons ON board tho
steamer and 20 lost. There weCo threo passoneora.
one nan, woman and child. THe fire started in
ono OF tho coal bunkers caused by partition talk
ing fre from lamp that WAS hanging against it;
took fire about O'Clock Sunday morning; the
steamer waa hove to at the time. The boaEs loft
the steamer about o'clock in tho morning; three
boata-two lfe and one common boat Tho cap
tains boat swamped about daylight; all lost but
four out Of her, the captain pilot second mate and
steward. The other life boat picked them up.
Tho passengers were in tho captains boat; tho
captain loft tho woman and child in his boat dead
The common boat left the chip with four men i'm
her. We could not ind anything OF them, though
We continued our search from II O'Clock until
night: Fbs: mo, NO s.vod ,vo,o eronon r,.,. :. 49,,
think the Captain was under the influence Of liquor
Wuou tuoy pChcu tucu OT up anu tlllNk
too, by the way he managed the boat when he
tried to get alongside OF us. did all in my
power to save them. My vessel was in ballast and
very light, 30 wo could not handle her very well.
give you the particulars as got them from tho
four survivors.
I will give you the names Of those learned sup
posed to be lost: p Coney, Captain; = Meade,
first mate; Isaac Bacon, second mate; A. Carleton
chief engineer; E. A. Clark, second engineer: -
Salvage, pilot; = Talbot steward; Moses TAYLOR,
second steward, colored; = Bangor, auarterinas.
ter; G. Potter, second cook; J; Bryan, firoman;
Joseph Hamilton, coal passor; ]. L. Virgins first
assistant engineer. Yours truly,
L. b. DoRITY, Captain.
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