Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-26

Wreck ship from Quebec for n ID
EFS erds~n-Eight of Her Crew Lost-Suf
-se+t< ferings ofthe survivors.
- s. Prom the Quebec Mercury. Ang o.
The Ship. Renfreyslire. has arrived a
= - Gfeenock with TIE second mate, steward
and five hands of the bark Harmonia o
- Al ertlesn, from Quebec for Aberdeen
s..f The men were picked up at sea on the 6tl
80 of July They had abandoned their vessel
= The captain, mate, carpenter, sailmakel
and fonr bands were drowned The fol
lowing details regarding the abandonmenr
sffhe Harnionia have been furnished by
tine surviving members ofthe ill-fated ship
The Harmonia 643 tons register, Capt
Peter Ross, left Q1ebec iot Aberdeen on
- the 9Th of June, with cargo of timber.
Her crew mustered fifteen, ali told Light
= : winds were experienced till Monday even
- ning, the 5th inst, when strong breeze
from E. N E. was experienced About 6
- O'Clock all the ships small sails were taken
= in, and two hours aiterward the topSail was
<eef-s. at o'clock slowed topsail, MAIN
sails Ib, &C. AT midnight the wind had
increased to severe gale, with a heavy
running. During the night the ship
sprang a leak, and the crew were almost
constantly engaged at the pumps. Early
on the morning of the 9Th all hands
called to take the foretopsail
+, =, OF the lip. The vessel was there
.~ fore hove 10, the crew again renewing
s their exertions at the pumps in order to
keep down the leak All that day the gale
continued to increase III violence while the
-.fE ship began to labor heavily in the tempestu-
..,s Gus seas. About $50 p. NJ. all hands were
called 20 set ioretopmast staysall, IN the
hope of being able to wear the ship. This
- ss.il, however, gave WY. and as il was found
impossible to get the ship round, the crew
were again sent TO the pumps. where they re-
manned till called by the mate to go into
the cabin "a poop one) and bring ont sail
for theF purpose of covering the quarter
hatch, which was found to have burst. At
this time the washing over the
- ( ship's Elee side, and the deck carge
& 81 { was being washed about the deck About
IL. 80 the vessel fell over on her BEAM
ends, the mast being under the water
8 Seven of the crew, who We're eventually
saved managed to get the outside of the
i ships side, and there they remained, wash
ed by heavy seas, for about two hours, when
the vessel righted In consequence of the
masts going by the board. 1t was then as
eertained that the poop cabin and every
thing on deck had been washed away, and
that the master, mate, carpenter and five
of the crew were missing. 1t is believed
that tlsey were al swept away when the
cabin washed overheard. The seven
80 survivors ultimately succeeded in getting
to the fors part of the ship and found shell
ter under the topgallant forecastle-head.-
Meanwhile, the storm continued to rage
When daylight came corpse was observed
washing about the after part of the YES
sci. The ship was now completely water
logged Confined to their narrow prison.
he unfortunate survivors remained often
landing up to their knees in water and
Aaying neither food nor water till next
day. when the weather somewhat moder-
ated. On fhe morning of the Sth the main
top mast staysail was secured. and the crew
succeeded in covering the topgallant FORE
castle with 1t which gave them additional
shelter frora the piercing cold east wind.
During the earlier part of this day, no other
? ship could De seem. but towsrd the after
= noon avessel was seen to the westward ap-
approaching them. The house flag was
Z quickly hosted, and the signal of distress
being observed, the ship which ultimately
proved to be the "Renfre,oS hire" of Green
ock, Capt Littejohn, bore down upon
them andpromptly rescued them. When
taken on board every kindness was shown
the unfortunate men who have lost all their
sffeets
The names of those saved are Richard
Cox, boatswain; VIM. Duguid, steward;
Geo. Adams, A. b. Geo. Thompson, A. l..
Charles Ross, ordinary seaman, Ca nephew
of the Captains;) Charles Wemyss, A. B.,
and Walter Sutherland, A. b. They AL
belong to Aberdeen.
The names OF those who perished xlre
Peter Ross. master, aged 40; leaves a Wild
and family residing in Aberdeen. Alex |
Croofshanks, mate, aged 80; leaves wife in
Aberdeen. --A Simpson, carpenter wife |
and family living in Aberdeen. Alexan-
der Robertson. cook, married. wife resides
~ I'm Aberdeen. Alex. Collie, sailnlaker, un-
married, belongs in Aberdeen. Gordon !
Black, A. B., married; resides in Aberdeen. |
Peter Gillies, A B., single; resides in Aber- !
deem. Thos. Higgins, A b. married: leaves
widow and family residing in Aberdeen. |
On the outward passage of the Harmonic |
An able seaman, named John Murray was
lost overheard in the Pentland Firth ON |
the Sth of April. He was unmarried. The
Harmonic was well known on the Clyde, |
having at one time formed one of the Clyde |
and American packet ships She own
ed in Aberdeen by Messrs. Geo. Mill Co.
AxEcDorE OF HEERIse, THE PAINTER
= The following anecdote is told of the late |
j. i. Herring the animal painter. dozen
years ago be painted small picture for
well-known dealer and received O check /
~- In payment. The check was written on a /
slip of paper "Pay Mr.. ]. F. Herring and /
81 duly signed, but without the insertion of
the words bearer" or ''to order.' The |
clerk at the Union Bank looked very doubt /
fully, first at it, and then at the person pre- I
senting it The artist noted the hesitation
and demanded what was, wrong Tie clerk
explained Don't you see it's payable to j.
r. Herringi" ~ do" said the clerk
'''Well. am be. .'How do know that ?"
Herring is a. Rather" said the clerk;
'Is 9 got Three Members of the Temper 4
anc e;ety' al home" Herring was de-
iigtt.d. He seized pen, and, onla sheet
of siot.ing paper lying on the counter
-.- dashed of a sketch of the horses heads
picture. What do you think of that 2"
said he hcnding it across. The clerk peid
him at once
Coal IN MIssouRI-Coal has been dis i
covered IN thirty counties in Missouri i
Beds of camel coal have been found As
feet thick. ST. Louis county has 1901
square miles of coal Under every acre in |
Boone county, it is estimated, there is
81 coo worth of coal. Professor Swallow
estimates the area of the coal deposit of
- tl.o stato Of 2Qz snr1ara pnilas fha auar-