The New York herald., 1869-07-21
DREADFUL DISASTER AT SEA.

following from one OF thesurv,vors OF the English
ship Blue Jacket
NY DEA. MorHER-wuh many. many thanss to
she Almighty God. write the welcome news tnss
MorS % % yau 10 no vs Ssss
letter have heard OF the sad fate OF the poor old Blue
S1.S On the ue e sns % s Iy
teitoh up to the time she was burnt we lett
that port February Is. We had seven saloon pas, pas,
seven children, all young, and . stewardess OF the
saloon. or the passengers there were sx women; two
OF the children were Ct the breast Ships company.
ali told forty.two. Total number Of people on
board sixty two, and seven children. There was
little sea sickness at starting; that soon passed
away. We nude a very good passage to the Horn
In twenty days. On the 7tn OF March we passed
these Islands In sight, little dreaming at that time
that this place would be refuge before long But
on the tuesday following there was . scene that
s Ws smoke ws seen out Of he
fore hatchway. we well knew what was the mat
ter and In about ten minutes time there was good
supply OF water being played upon It. There
ing As soon as the captain saw tina, 1t
to get the yacht siung and provisloned, and ready
for gong over the side; then the two life boats
s sS ad w %
While al this was proceeding the pumps were stil
pened to be a very fine afternoon; everything was
being done 10 extingulsh the fre, and about six
ws So out e
worse than ever. We stin kept hard at 1t until q
TITLE alter nine that ni0ht at which time the Goals
that were In the fore part had caught ire, and 10
ten minutes alter the whole OF the forecaste was In
. biaze Then our fate appeared sealed. the oroer
given 70 get the yacht over the side, which was
done WIN great risk Of limbs as there was nasty
sea running; but she was got over all SAFE Before
an0 children into her all SAFE then lowered her;
after which the remaining passengers got n the re
port III iifeboat there were Mr. Williams ana his his
watch. In the starb0ard boat Mr.. Bell ana his
watcn. ] was In the yacht The other boats eft the
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the Captain for some time to leave the ship, and do
not tnnk he he would % & have left & her II he had not
shem He said ne old not like 10 leave the old ship,
30 We cut away aud drlrted clear OF the sh p.
About an hour after we lett the fOremast le over
the slde hall an hour afterwards the man and
mlzen followed ils example with heavy crash.
splendid and fearful sgnt 10 Witness We kept as
near the ship as possible, thinking vessel might
such luck. Next day there was dead calm, ald
Mr.. Williams came on board the yacht, 80 we
more comfortable. In the evening the captain told
me to 60 to the maJe's boat and Mr. Williams To stay
In the yacht; Soon q. after dusk breeze sprung up
nlaht BY means 0f lanterns, which we held up every
now aad then. Mex! morning the other two boa.s
and In two hours time we picked them up. we
passed the usual COMPLIMENTS. All was going
sign 70 come into his boat again, 30 when
the captain gave US the course TO the
he oer sast we Ca 70 see we eoqa PICK
yacht was out of sight. When we came IN to the
second mates boat we both lowered our sails and
Dove to ior the yacht to get up 10 US again. While
We were waiting we had dlnner which consisted OF
about quarter Of a pound Of preserved meat, a
salt water coming into the boat and not quite two
g1lls Of water We had pretty good supply OF pro-
would have to be In boat before we were picked
up or reached land. We waited there some
Has s Dt no ,ns yacht was to be seen and
BE- SAID NO." With ths. answer we % Sosted 'dtsa our
him he had not moved. We still went ON. but during
the night the wind shifted round right dead against
possible for US TO reach the islands We never saw
either OF the boats alter tnat There fifteen OF
seven children In the yacnt. and the rest with Mr..
Bell second mate. ! have no doubt father would
S6ns the brown dog snat Mr. aaa i was
killed 1t, drank the blood and ate the flesh. SIX
days alter that was the commencement OF the hor-
two died through drinking salt water. We man.
aged TO keep 1t from blm during the day time. but
bis MIND ABOUT eieven hours before he died We
buried the poor lad as well as We could under the
dead at sea. but we had nothing TO sink him with.
1t was painful task, but It was the Will OF God. We
Hesiness than any Of US had ever done before. We
couid see death staring US IN the tace. Day after
day no land, no vessel Five days after the boy died
fellow, ded rom utter debility and old age. The
penter who was fine tall man, over SIX feet died
Catholics. The carpenter has lett O wife, with Iour
or ve children, to mourn their loss Two days after
another man oed raving mad through salt water;
he was the healthlest looking man IN the boat
There were two others lthe saIlnaker anu one sea-
going on at any moment Nextday nothing in sight;
we tnougnt the Almighty mad bfous ht US there TO
sardine some biscuit that mad to squeeze to ret
the salt water out and about two tabespoOnsfus OF
water forgot TO ten you tnat about ten days after
M ninfu ,,th
frostbne tnat we had to cut our boots on. the pam
was rns NJ wasr w mt For m my was inclined
with the hunger, the thirst and the pain In my
nearly went mad In fact one afternoon ior few
should go OF. After we had had breakfast, ali the
provisions we had lett was small box of sardines,
water There was a light preeze and litle after
twelve &c Sslock &C 20 one @ OF 6n sas men o, sn9sea SH sa
ing down upon us; we were soon alongside Of her,
three boxes Of god from sis ship. value ' slo 900.
rage. lie put the boaswain in irons and twc sea-
men also, and chained them down-men who
swaln's ille;; We !ust got SUFFICIENT food TO
spds we're @ me nearest place the a 5es
Us with q lair wind. We arrived here on the sun.
day. lhe captain and PASSENGER I ne had with HIM
some wrecked sailors, ana IRON what he coud make
out we had murdered every one on board and then
set tire to the snip aud taken the gold and lett ner
When the doctor came on board ne ordered the irons
to De taken OIL ana to give Us plenty Of wine Next
day (MOnday) we were all brought on shore and put
INTO houses. Before | 20 further I must tell you
that three more died on board the bark: leaving
eight OF us to tell the tale. Five OF the mems
feet had got nearly we but the engineer, the
boy and myself were the worst cases. We
three are In house by ourselves. the engineer
chiefly IRON bad sores and weakness, the boy
suffers with the frost Dite IN his ieet ne has lost
each Of his little toes. am suffering from one foot,
but am sorry 70 say that all my toes have rotted
'oG. Had we not had clever doctor should have
lost my loot altogether. We have an old pensloned
soldier to attend to us ana more suitable person
we could not have had We have every attention
and Kindness PAID Those that were strong
enough were examined the next day. 1t TOOK three
days to examine three mep. Then they heard what
the captain and his CHEF mate had 10 say. The
next day our three men were crosse examlned and
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