The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-02

PARTICULARS or THE Wick OF rHs AxssIcAN
on THE3AUCKLkNp ISLANDS zIGErEnN noaTas-
uPvAkrs OF rWqrY LIVES LOST.
ne General Grant left Hobson's bay on Nay 4.
le06 bound for London. From he ~ 70 she 18th
Der We very foGy. ! lockout for land vas taken
li1sIs after eight o'clock 4. n. On the llth- o.
the 18Th Sunday. ~ about ten o'clock In the
night. lard wss sighted on The weather bow. The
course stssrsd wee east By north. wind about
upon deck The yards were squared away to
clear the vessel from the land. she bore away
southeast for about half an hour. and then wAs
hauled mp again 20 the eastward. Half "a hour
afterwards the Auckland Islsnds we're aiehted
rieht ahead. The weasel uss then hauled on the
port tack. hut had hardly steerege way. The
wind was light, and there was nasty short sea
on. She stood on the port tack for nearly two
hoa.. and daring t1ls lime was e, ,ss. s Gsa'y
looked like fog bank; the Wind had fallen away
10 . dead calm and the vessel became perfectly
unmsnsgeabe. What was In his power TO do the
captain did. but IL vain. Tor heavy southwest
swell WA forcing her nearer and nearer 70 the
A. about i O'Clock 4. n. the vessel struck .
projecting rock aud broke part OF y away; she
| then shot astefn % another point, which carried
away her spsnk-boom and rudder. By this time
| the man at the wheel had had seve-a Of his ribs
| broken. The two points Of rock which the vessel
| had struck formed the entrance to . cave nearly
three hundred feet deep. Into this cave tie
| vessel slowly 'canted, surrounded by dark
| masses Of rock, and with twenty Ave iathoms
| water under the stern. They held lamps over the
| bulwa for the purp0ee OF asoertaining Their
condition; they could see nothing around and
above them but savage rocks. against the sides Of
which there was scarcely footing place for bird
Royal mast, topmast and lower mast came down,
| one after another, bringing down with them
| mssses Of rock which tore the deck 70 pieces.
| Then just before dawn the mizzen topgallant last
came down with . crash. Notwithstanding the
/ teFrors Of the night, the passengers we're orderly
| and watchful; " but II may be imagined" says
one. how We esgered for The first streak Of light"
quarter boats, each twsnfytwo feet over all aud
five feet beam. and long boat. thirty feet keel,
| and seven feet beam. At daylight one OF the
| quarter boats Was launched over the stern by
sc q .s gs mcgee o ana
| were eventually saved. 1T is signi6csnt fact,
/ however, that Of these $hree men, one died some
| months sfterward upon the island, aud the
other two started with the chief officer for New
Zealand in January, 1857, No tdings have been
received Of them, and their fate Il almost certain
/ Iron flor an anchor) and rope were placed m this
| first boat. the mission Of which was TO see II
landing could be nade outside the cave, and after
wards to return for more passengers Bat for
some cause CT other the boat lay outside the cave
and did not return. The second quarter boat Was
| then launched IN her were placed about hfty
| tons Of bouiIli and some beef and pork. The cap
un; ny III I'm u.sy no.'z saI ~ ss,,
poss .sn az ~ ~ 49, .us
| ton was in some way frustrated. The boat vas
n'so Win men ana one A. sso Level WEI M. ,ne
uno' ~ oe'ls $1,000 ..ol t1o sS,p.
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Sresa;br a. IN, shst ,~i,Ss, az tbe a.
snnroach her The csntsin va LAT se m IN IN
mizzentopmast crosstrces: within 4 few moment
o. ~ sh me re e ~
Slorlv ana ssdlv the snrvivors pn,sd avsv
| from he dresdful cave whersin "a MANY of ths;,
fellov passeneers had found their lat RESTING
| njsca The ccast Al "a a. fhav conld saa con
fs,stsd NJ hIsS nar,snd;cnis, rocis Ana ina. "a,
| nc nossih,l;s. ~ ssssssr. : isrdsr. Thsv vsr.
/ - ~ $780, shs-S..5. "a .hsy -.
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NJ refuge, 90 o. 9syn9st ~ next morn'nS .ne!
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ks'eo rnpss $40 sn'oo rt Louf ses's On ,ns
peach :. Lnuefiys iHsno. 1ney saw some goats
%. o, si not succeeo IN cstcnne any. h1wIas
sn'ps aau oesn "asctsa mere oe,ore ana va
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