The Lincoln County herald., 1869-11-18

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4 Terrible Expseie1ee q ses.
A brief cable dispatsh anseunesd, not
long ago, ths loss Of the whiliug sshoosr
Sssaa n. Snish, Of Bostos, N . gais Of
vind q ~. That asd asthiug more.
No particulars, not svss the Information
whether those on board we're lost or
saved. Captain Job p. RounSsvills,
master Of the III ia,sd vessel, has arrived
at Hartford, Conn, and from lengthy
snd graphically writsss aecoust Of the
disaAlsr, - detailed b. hin, asd whish
~ And IN The Cousast Of shst city, ~
sepdsnss Ne following particulars Of ono
Of fths most rsnirkabls easss Of shipwreok
on record: " '''' - - ;''..' . =. ''
The Susan N. Smith sailed from Bos.
ton 90 The 3oth Of February, 1858 q .
general Whaling voyage. She wss .
stssaSh, thorough. .bIilt craft, capable Of
eneouutering the rosghss4 weather. Mss.
Rovnssvills and her two children, . girl
of eight and boy Of six ysars, u vas o..
ranged, ysts % josn ~ vessel at Barba-
does. aud On The 20th of April che tsilcd
from Boston on vessel bound for that
port, where che ssfsiy arrived on ths 18th
Of May, % which day, two hoars after
her arrival, her hosbsua's vessel also made
port. The Susan N. Smith, with twenty.
seven souls on board, including Mrs.
Rounssville and her two children, sailed
from Barbados bound for the leland Of
Dominique. Nothing Of interest trans.
pired on the voyage until the hour Of the
dreadful catastrophe arrived.
On the 28th Of August the wind blew
up fresh, but did not assume the propor-
tions Of . gale until about two o'clock
next morning. At that hour the tempest
became 90 severe that il We found nso-
essary to close reef oil the sails. Half 40
hour later hurricane vss raging. Yet,
under cloas sail, the vessel was kept be.
fore II, plunging CALAMITY through the
heavy sea, the high.rolling waves MAX
ing clear over the decks, sweeping every
portable thing away. At threo O'Clock
the tornado increased in violence, IL pos.
sible, aud tore the sails from their fastsn.
ings a. though they were paper, At the
same time heavy seas sweeping the decks
from stem to stern, carrying every boat
away. Tho vessel then run under bare
poles until about four o'clock, when she
broaohed to-that 10, came to the wind
the man at the wheel evidently losing oil
control Of the helm. This was the cr,ti.
cal turn-the beginning Of the disaster.
Captain Rounseville had left his wife
and ehildssn 10 the cabin when frat his
services w.ss required on deck. The
broaching 70 was 20 unexpected that the
vesssl's rail was soma two or three feet
under water. Now was the time for des.
perato work. The Captain seised 40 axe
and ran forward to cut away the foremast,
IN order 70 give tAs vessel . ehauee 70
right. Cutting the rigging clear he found
the mast would not fall, and began cutting
on that, but was unable TO give more than
two or three blows before the schooner
began to keel over gradually, and in half
. minute the vessel Was clear over on
her side, the masts lying along the water.
At this time the storm was terrific, the
wind roaring louder than heaviest thun.
der. The sea was choppiug ugly, dash.
ing in wildly from ail quarters. So
quickly was the vessel thrown on her
side, the Captain found il impossible 10
change bis position to get aft to bis wife
and children. A. soon - the masts
touched the water. the masts settled
down bodily, ana hs was washed away
from the forsmast. After being iu the
water two or three minutes-most Of the
time undsr-he wss washed against the
rigging Of the maipmast, 70 which be
ciung. He got on to the rigging at the
top Of the mast BY crawling through the
rattling, and there found nearly the whole
crew and the officers collected, holding on
to ropes and chains. He Immediately
secured himself BY rope, tho first mats
following bis example. just o. they had
secured themselves, 90 unusually heavy
ses swept over tho doomed vessel, and
buried the mast some twenty feet under
water. The Captain thinks hs was under
at lest one. minute before he came 70 tho
surface, struggling and gssping. When
he looked about Him. be found oil gone
except The mate aad hinssk. Another
furious ssa broke their fistssiAgs, again
they we're submargsd. The Captains
head struck against something which hs
grappisd, and vhish proved 10 bs the
rigging q ~ ssd Of ths nasA By
clinohipg 10 bstwesn Ne sross.trsss be
was enabled 70 save himself again. The
mate wss lost. Here the Captain found
one Of the men holding on the rigging,
and shortly after another swan up and
grapplsd tho mast. When day broke
sso - .,! NOR. uasa wers discovered sitting %
seven 90 o@csf SWAN 10, and got on deck;
but, after esspiug few words sank down
bssu 10 sIs vaIsr sSest tIsss hosss, md
wss usted and chilled. AbSst the same
time eas Of the two hen on The mast lei>
hs perch, sod suseesdsd !. ginning the
deck, the only part os vkioh remaining
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