The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-01-05

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AAtf1NfN HA Ats DAWES kht second n4@
6eer Of steamer HibcrHia, whieh was
recently lest. wh9 had marvellous es
cape N one 81 the ships boats When
be ielt the Hibernia lia boat contain
ed two barrels % biscuit, three casks of
water, aud several cans Of preserved
meat Tvo hours after ono q tho bar
rols % biscuit bad 70 be thrown ever
board, the boat was 60 overloaded with
passengers The host vas a life boat.
p feet long, with siz OF seven feet
beam, and it required two men cons
tantly bAihng to keep her aaoat One
Of the women lad two children, Of
three aud five years old ro-
spectively, and another an infant six
months old The tarpauln was spread
over tie forward part Of the boat 10
keep the women comfortable Moth
ing Of particular note occurred until
the second night. when an old man,
who had symptoms q arrangement,
jumped overheard, saying be WAS GO
ing to bed. From that time their
troubles and suffering increased rap.
idly We quote:
Next morning one Of the passen-
gers, supposed to be Hraneis Rodgers,
suddenly threw himself overheard. A
woman, supposed to be his sister, plea
ded hard that some Of US should throw
her into the sea after him; but We en-
deavored to soothe her. and succeed
cd in some degree. Rodgers was evi-
IDENTIFY out OF his senses He had quar-
relied with us because we had nailed
the campass to the thwarts. He want.
ed the knees Of bis trousers darned, as
'he could not, he said, 81 home with
holes III them Up to this time. pro-
visions had been given in moderate
quantities, and each person had daily
allowance Of pint Of water We had
now to shorten the allowance. We had
TO keep pulling both on the fourth and
fifth days aud did not make much pro
gress. Sunday was calm all day The
children hitherto had been tolerably
lively. The infant was fed on mashed
biscuit, its mother. having no milk, and
the others got biscuit and preserved
meat, with small quantity Of presery-
ed meat The want OF sufficient water
now began to be felt; aud owing to the
close packing Of all in the boat aud the
frequent wettngs, cramps were very
gchefs.l. Fru wofc forced 10 keep eyu-
rything in one position as much as poss
ible to avoid capsizing. Up TO Mon
day no one had seriously complained Of
the discomforts, and all were in tolera-
ble spirits. The seamen did all in their
power to inspire hope; and the quar-
master, Blair spun yarns to keep the
spirits up.
On "Wednesday, the second engineer
sung the i00tA Psalm, and many join
ed with him. That DAY the wind blew
hard from the southwest, and we had to
bring the boat to by using the sail and
two Of our oars as floating anchor,
aud in doing 80 LOST both sail and oars.
1t was useless to seek for them, it be-
now dark, 80 we had to make sail ont
Of piece Of tarpaulin, aud be content
with one on and half that we had
with us in the boat The wind blowing
fercely, the tarpaniin was torn into
rags, and We substituted for il bed GOV
ers. These latter were also soon dc
stroyed. Samuel Brewster, an old
man, died on Wednesday, after going
raying mad. Many Of our number now
showed signs of madness; probably
from despair and exposure to extreme
cold. Some became violent and threat
enlng in their conduct, and we had to |
use force with certain Of them, and we
gradually got them Gained down Ear
ly on Thursday morning child, FIVE
years OF age, died; and shortly after
ward its mother expired Another
child took lock-jaw, and also died. The
hodIes were thrown overheard. The
effect on the survivors WAS very visible. |
All this tue we were making slow prog
ress towards the Irish coast. The torn
tarpaulin had been men a in the best
fashion va could, aud served in kind 1
Of way for lugsail
Provisions and water were now piy-
en- ia small quantities One Of the bar
rels Of biscuit was found to be much .
soaked with sea water, and cl Of the
fresh water casks had leaked half It's
contents. We had to disregard the ap-
peals for drink, and the consequence
was that several seamen among the rest
took to qaenching their Thirst With salt
water, ia spite OF our remonslrances. -
This Was continued uutil a number got
perfectly mad Walter Mcfarland.
fireman, was one oi those who persist
ed in taking salt water, aud his CON
duct became 50 dangerously outrage
Gus that be bad 10 be tied 10 the bot
tom. He died ia this state. On Fn.
DAY morning we had sailad $50 miles.
The tarpaulin sail had given way half a