New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-15
rRIGHTFUL SHIPWRECKS.
Loss of the General Outram-Fifty-fwo
Lives Lost.

rRIGHTFUL sHIPWRECKS.
Loss of the General Outram-Fifty.fwo
Lives Lost.
The Bombay Gazette of January - gives
details of the laundering OF the steamer
General Outram, which resulted in the loss
Of fifty-twO lives:
The Inflated steamer left Goa on Sunday
evening, and all went well until early on
the following morning. Shortly after three
in the morning the wind, suddenly and with
scarcely any warning, came ON hard from
ali quarters; heavy and contrary seas broke
over the vessel as high as her masthead,
and, amid the confusion and darkness, ere
any attempt to save themselves could DC
made on the;part o. the crew or passengers
the General Outram heeled over to the
nort side. The loss of the vessel is at
tributcd simply to the unexpected change
in the weather: and, as to that. we may
mention that on Saturday the steamship
Elphinstone brought to Bombay men VINO
had been washed ashore from no fewer IMAM
eight lost pattemars, only portion Oh thoSo
which had been wrecked along the coast.
It is believed by the survivors that me
General Outram at once fOundercd' put a,
all eyents, passengers and crewWere W'Si..
off the vessel and had each to 10 MS " u.s.
for life. There had been some cargo on W..
deck, and it, with the boats, sparS, p, nni,aS
and other loose materials, was lauhcheu
over with the men. Doubtless some were
stunned by the floating goods, but 10 o'he a,s
these were the means Ut preserving h'e. VI
the boats nothing is known by the men VINO
have come to Bombay, except that one, sup
nosed to be the lifeboat, was seen stove IN
and could not be got at. Captain ieasdaie
canoht hold of the saloon table. which had
been on deck, and chung to 1T for eight hours'
He had lost sight Of his wife, but when the
vessel went over to port he saw MS chiiG III
it's nurses arms, snatched II from hel
and kept it for hours, till first death closed
its little ewes and then the angry waves
swept it from his arms. The chief engineer
Mr.. Porrett, when swimming about near the
shin. was struck by two robins, ana helu
on to them for an hour.
Afterward he was struck by plank, and
presuming it better support than the
bundles, which might have become SO SOD,
den as not to assist him, he relmquisheG
them and held to the plank: The FIRST and
second officers and one OF the European
passengers are believed 10 nave nelu out
Tor long time, as the captain or officers OF
the Phlox thought they saw the bodies OF
these gentlemen Some Of the passengers
were on deck when the vessel heeied over,
but there is little doubt that many perlshed
at once. Only thirty are known to have
been afterward picked up, and these, it
seems. had terrible time of it. The wind
was blowing strongly from all points, the
sea was dashing and seething about herceiy;
Above all total darkness prevailed; and
there the men had to struggle about, trust
ing to their own desperate efforts and to a
support from whatever came within reach
81, Wis tancp
Upward OF a couple of hours were spent
by them in this struggle. sometimes holding
BY a spar, plank or hencOop, at others hight
ing with the waves to recover their lost pre-
server, and not till daybreak did the sea be-
come quiet, and the survivors have chance
or time to salute each other. Then the land
became visible, but at distance OF many
miles. The tide was, however, running IN
that direction, and hope was entertained
that the floating spars, with their living
burdens, might be washed ashore. That
was again dispelled by the changing of the
current, and now, with the rising sun beat
ing on them, the fatigucd and cOverless men
had but the prospect of being driven out to
sea. and the almost hopeless hope of meeting
some pattemar or other vessel. PrOvlden-
tally, the PhlOx, on her passage from Bonn
bay to Goa, hove in sight, after the men
from the lost steamer had been in the water
for some seven hours.
She bore down to them and sent boat to
pick them up, which at once succored a
batch of thirteen, including the captain.
chief engineer and the second engineer, ia
MahOmetan), who were. struggling about
within a radius of five hundred yards.
Captain Baker, of the PhlOx. on learning
the state of affairs, cruised about in the To-
cality and rescued in all thirty-tive men up
to four o'clock. Captain Teasdale was a
deal injured on one OF his feet. but he
brayely held out and did his best for the
picking up of the other survivors. No more
could be seen toward evening, and SO the
Phl0x then made for Goa. The men re
ceived every attention ON board and were
sent on to Bombay by the steamship FL
phinstOne, which left Goa on Friday morn
ing and reached Bombay on Saturday even
Up to the beginning Of the week it was
thought there was just a possibility that
some others Of the crew or passengers NIGH,
have held on and been washed ashore OF
picked up by some passing craft. OF sucl
there Is NO hope now, however, and we feal
those who are not now counted among the
saved may be given up for lost. Among
these are the following.
Major NJ. w. Carr, assistant snperintend
emit of Madras police; Mr.. G. S. Clay
(Messrs. Lawrence & Coy. Bombay, who
was on his return from holiday; Mr.. Clay't
servant is among the survivors; Mr.. d. L
Stewart engineer, Bombay, on his passage
to Bombay; Mr.. and Mrs. Maundez AM
their two children; they were, we under
stand, on the passage from Madras, where
Mr.. Maundez kept hotel; Mrs. Teasdal'
and child, the wife and infant of the captain
of the General Outram; Mr.. A. w. Milne
chief officer of the General Outram, for
merly second officer Of the steamship Mag
dala.