The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-11

extent beyond his own control, unsuccessful;
but whoever raay be the Secretary OF the
Treasury under General Grant will be bound TO
follow him 10 making this last fact to which we
have adverted Que of the first TO which he must
give his attention.
Terrific storms at Sea - Loss of the
Ship John Duncan Thirteen Lives
From the London Express, Dec %.
The chief officer, Mr.. Lamb, of tie John
Duncan, has just arrived in Liverpool from
Gibraltar, where be and SIX OF the crew had
been landed from the American brig DiriRo.
Mr.. Lamb tells terrible tale. The ship John
Duncan, Captain Randall, sailed from 81. John,
N. B., Tor Liverpool, on the I'd ultimo, with a
iull cargo and deck load OF deals. Immediately
after leaving port she encountered fearful weather
which continued up to the 10th, when II blew a
hurricane from N. N. W. At night there was a
. Tremendous sea running, and heavy storm OF
rain and hall, almost every sea popping the
ship. The cabin skylight was washed away and
the cabin filed with water, the stores Delng
washed about in Ill directions. The ship was
still running before the wind and sea; the cabin
was full OF water; ali the clothing, nautical
instruments, etc, we're destroyed, and every sea
broke over the ship, which was last becoming
water-logged, and steered very badly. An
attempt was made to throw the deck load over
board, and two of the crew were washed away.
The remainder of the seamen we're then lashed
to the standing rigging. At P. NJ, on the llth,
the ship popped tremendous sea, which cleared
the prop of everything, carrying away all the
boats, hurricane deck-house. the wheel, wheel.
chains, four of the crew from the wheel, the
captain, his wife, infant son, and a male passen-
ger. The stern was knocked in, aud the poop
deck torn up. Tue ship then broached to, split
three lower topsails, and lay on her port beam
eLds, the sea breaking over and washing away
the deck load. The surviving crew took TO the
IoTe.rige ing, and afterwards to the topgallant
torecastle. At Z p. M. the ship fell over on her
bToadsIde. with her masts and yards In the
water. The fore and main topmast were carried
away, as was also the mlzzenmast, with all the
yards; the decks were swept OF everything, and
the port side torn up. The ship then righted,
having her forenast and maiumast standln :,
hut three OF tbs crew were drowned. Tue
weather continued fearful until the 18th,
when 1t moderated, and some Of the wreck was
cut away from alongside to prevent to ship
| from breaking up. II was then found that all
the provisions were destroyed. but pig was
found, and at once killed. The remainder of
the crew suffered very much from want of flesh
water and the eating of the raw pork, until the
18th. when brig hove in sight, but bore away
without Offering any assistance, On the 23d,
the brigs Dirigo and Radbon fell in with the
ship, and rescued the unfortunate survivors.
Among those who pershed were caotain aud
Mrs. Randall aud Mr.. Reed, son of the owner of
the ship.
The Iron steamer MarmOra in the Gale
During Four Days-Sufiering of the
Crew.
From the London Sun Dccember24.
Captain Robinson, of the iron steamer Mar
mora, of HaItlepoo, bound from Cardiff to
Bangor, United States, with 1000 tons railway
iron, arrived IN the shannon on Monday. Four
of the crew were in q deplorable condition,
being drea1fully wounded, arising from injuries
sustained at sea in the gale of the l4th instant
aud following days, when the steamer was
seriously damaged, and had a narrow escape of
gong DO Hn, owing 10 the dangerous nature OF
the cargo. The Marmora left Cardiff on the 9th
instant and experienced very severe weather
up to the l4th, when, as far west as twenty
degrees, she encountered the full force OF one OF
the most violent storms ever eX-
perienced. The gale was terrific in
ine extreme, aud ragged with fury Tor some
days, the ship, crew, and cargo being completely
at its mercy, while the sea washed over her to
such a height as to float the lifeboats lashed to
The daVits. The bows of the steamer were stove
in, and The bulwarks shivered to atoms; the
bridge and deck. house were totally carried
away, and every thing on the deck fell prey to
the violence of wind and water. The plate bows
baving given way, it was feared the Marmora
would have gone TO pieces, but she was kept
well before the wind as the only chance left.
The suferngs endured by the seamen upon the
occasion were extreme. As the steamer dipped
and tossed on the ocean the railway iron was
beaved against the decks, completely driving
them up, and the steamer was looked upon as
all but lost. She was driven from n distance of
seven hundred miles into The shannon, and
came to anchor at Tarbert Roads,