, 1869-03-25
THE GALE ON GEORGES,
EXt. nsivs nAmags 70 sho V4sstls+-
Seven Lives knowA 10 bs LoIs-AA'
Act Of f1s fo1kms

Att OF HtfoIkQs
From tho Capt Am Adycsilrer, Nnsa 10.
Saturday night. 6.h Instant, With long .bc
II ntfnbtrrd uJ the fishermen Of thts port,
who Wese exposed tho fury Of one OF the
most violent gales thnt WAS ever experienced
on tho treacaerous banks Of Gcorgcs- There
FeTe, as near a. can be aseartalned. one hun
dEea and GttJ sail Of vess4ls l5ing II anohor,
quito :uear each Other The day had
been spent in fishing, bat the lat1eE
pat OF the afternoon there ere tndi-
cations Of storm Several the more ckn-
ttous skipprrs had got under way and sailed
Cit ar flotn ttic feet, uud were compal atiyclY
sale. But there was no Tins NOW for others
TO follow their example. As the darkness
came down The storm inqres.ed7 the wlad
noWlsa nov t;G tar9oRh the riSgtng: the e. ross.
broke IN ieatheEg whiteness over The shoals,
aid the vessels htralned heavily at their
anchots. ~ they rts and fell with the bill.
lows. The snow felt thick aud fast, binding
the eyes Of the d.hernen, who were all On
nieht she storm eontnaed. He,vy nU .ea. sxsps sr:
the decks OF the reseeis, In several Instances
sweeping overheard some Of the meu, tho
majority OF whom we're fortunate
10 saving themselves, but others
met thclr death. On board esch craft the
skipper, Or sotnf one Of tue crew whose cool
uess could b. relied upon. stood reaay With
hatchct in hand 10 cut the cable, should any
dfitIuE CRAFT cone near enough to endauRer
their ealcty. Every enc who cut made lie
danger still greater, as It added TO the NUN.
etr 81 these drifting among ths ae:t. Waen
sunday motnlrg dawncd about tweaty yes.
sells ont OF the fleet renamed a. anchor. This
remainder, or most Of them, were under easy
sall, lying to, awaiting the first charc, for
BONE. as they could not .iu On the banks
with3ut c.ble and anchors.
1hurzdDY and Friday we're quite G1cillng
da5s. upxards 4 fifty sail OF vessels cam:
IN during the two days, most Of which had
lost their cables and anchors and were other
wise damaged. The schooner Racer was
towed In en- Friday by the Thomas Hunt,
having become dlsatled bT tho loss OF her
rudacr, and. la 'ec in the eveuinR, the acho9n-
spirit. head and other damaVo- Siocs Satur-
oay, the vessels have arrived rather slowly,
and considerable anxiety prevails to
hear from tho rest OF The tce. The
sehnoncr Chaslcs Haskell had very barrow
escape from founde11ng. On Saturday nl4ht,
anchors md vas obliged i to 0eseu eas. wuiic nis
under sail, cndeayorirg TO get clear or the
hect, che cfnc IN collision with another yc:.cl,
stnyihg heE bcwtprit tcompletely{thEouxhh her,
breaking II of and carrying away her hesd-
chaiu, and 1t Is Supposed that she toandered
aEd III on board pertshed. The Haskell re-
turntd To port. This Is the only Ins,ancc
known, where two vessels have colllded on
Georfes, and ona has escaped touudering.
St muvl Smith was lost overheard from tbs
schooner Veteran. He vas about forty
years Of aee. ard native Of Llvupcoi, n
y. This makes seyen lives III all, thus iar
known to be lost.
The number OF vessels that hare lost cables
and anchors and met With other disasters Il
seyenty-eight. TOTAL pumher Of fsthoms Of
cattle lest, so, valued 1t "a, gu. Number
ot anchors Lost, seveasJ fire, valued al *3,U15.
Other damases, such as loss Of boats. spars,
eails, repairs. &c, estimated It $ll ,tuO, max
Ing tttal Of 81, ,0Ss5 as the re-: uI, OF the
partial lossts. The schooner a. X. andrews.
Lest on tue hanks, wns valued a. u, 100,
Which swells the aggregate losses, thus tar,
MIR. jttcrh F. Weber, of Bremen, Maine,
ono Of thu crew OF The schooner A. H. Won
SOD, performed an act Of herolsm which IL
worthy Of honorable mention. Tn Sunday,
while The yesael vas lying at anchor .lth
hcs tull string Ut cable our, 1t was observed
that the pelcelling on the bob-s:ay had
worked loose, and that the cabla had com.
minced chatlpg. Dilectly astsru were two
vessels, and Il tie Wenson parted her Cable.
sure destruction awaited two 1t not three Of
the craft. At thIe time Of peril ar. Webber
stepped forward, saying, Put rope around
me, ard wall 60 over the bows and put
tho pa19gcllipg on 50 a 10 stop that
10 QlSsHAuC uLu tHG QIaFE lStlQH was 0Qt
10 be deferred. over the bows he went.
One moment the bow would Plunge bencsth
the foam and he would bo Completely i'm
1nersed, then he would como up aod cor
tlnue his labor. He stuck to II naululIy,
ard IN reply to :, ths e. 5ePe;t {. i !nausy," sha,t
ny job" He did 6nI.h it, and the A. II.
Not son rode cut the gale When taken Ia
on deck lie was pretty we'll exhausted, but
soon recovered and did rot sufIer any na,e-
rial Injury from his arduous Undertaking.
Sunday morning the wind hleE tea1lullY,
tut IL moderated sloGly during the day.
Schooner Nevada, wh1e under sail, eaH
schooLer struck hy heavy squau, Which
kuccked her down. As soon al the s4aall
ab4icd, saw that tue yes;el va, In 3 81 king
makirg signals for assissance. = cruel wave
swept of four Of them. and then another
took the remainder. AL this occurred With
| In sight OF the men Gu b1ard the Nevada, md
| they could do notds. e to sAve them. The
vet:cl topn after wcut d9wn.
The sch% oItr Sophspnis had q narrow es-
| cape rom being burned up. A lamp e.
| ptoded during iht light. sud next morning,
when one ot the cre# went into the force aa
| tie. he 1ound the table burned 70 4 crisp.
Had the vessel taken fire, NIL on beard would
have petIshcd, as they could not have bero
taken Of. Ibis was apzoJIdrntiA eacapa.
Information rtc tceiyed ii to the hou, Of our
going 10 press, leaves thlrtF -four vessels get
absent which we.e out in the ttoEm, u
thus number Eighteen have beea spoken sI.h
| and are known to be safe, a. IN ali probabilI
~ arc G2rEe propoIu Iuon Of the Others, The
last arrivals report thick weather the past
week. which prevented their speaking 1tth
Other vessels of tie feet. Another week will
brig ln tho m.} ,r1sy OF the a~sent oaes; aud
relieve the great anxiety which 1ow pseEalls
IN this couIunity.- Al presen. 1t /, In o o.aI.
bic TO form any definite Idea Of how ma y
are lost, but We should Judge that the tum
oeF will much smaller than was at tissi
felrcd. -.