The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-09-11
The Great Gale.


ndl4 ~ sep O. lle Culill'' s'a'iier
~, "ilich arrived from oVuheS' y p
lh''rsaty evening brought fifteen OF the
Grew OF me lii-iateo Steamship 9allWeil Oh
Nov Na9tlc' EhS!ald, lost on Say ohoalS
OF oea'tefle- during the gale OF the 24lh
UT:
IhFN give lhc lolloWihg account OF th'
disaster
Inc 9aIiWeIl s:'lIed rom London LhS-
hUia, August 9th, III ballast bound lof
SNdneY' Z. d. TO i"ad with coal lor New
oIk. arrived Ni'hii twenty mileS Oh
dl'tN lalpof III Ten o CLOCK = III: on o''ll-
'al' lhe tIh' expecting to get nhlo port
A'"ltl llIadaN Al lhlH lhhe 4 lhick log
1eI III ana 'ht Wihd began l" hioW hitro
rom inc southeast, Wiiich &r.tu'itllN HI
V'r"9'u 70 Sal''
~ thlee ocl"ck p M Nali- Matc'
Hif;"d Oh heill9 driven on silofe' pun lhe
sup ;to"'l % hrad OH 'htt Ellld ana me
engines We're uflNeh i'll l'll Speeu- ne
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'''i'1iaih9 ON ''l' "iI"ST'
Ap"u' eleNth o''"rh ~ 'i, mp
afr Sc,tt...in Islands She str,,rk at in1rr-
vii tl,,,, Iit,,,r.,,t t,,,,.s hni,ra stick; mo.
c,.t .t,.;i.;nu ,.,4.h tiu,n .,bnut ,n;I-sI,ins
,rho,,ai,fh.no r,.bin,, in inmada}al,-
.,tt,.,. .I,,, el,,,I .ud i,.I,l, n,,t oul thn
ira. !, tb.. first shock thr rhipf uuminnrr
Wished IA thn nno,nn room Inn in = ynr,
sbort t;,,n returned ANIL ,,.nn,.tnd that thr
shin was .inkino All hanIs we're rousrd
n, the hn,ts ordered to Inc lowered
R,.Lats v...,a also tirrh in bun,.. M attract
mo attention from Inc shore.
yya. thr st,rbo,rd III. ho,t In as,i~tin~
to ne1 mi, hoat ont Chief Enuinenr Nc
htnsl vho was STANDING. ON tfr rail lnSt
hi, balance fell INTO 1l,, sen and norishad
4 few mem ~nt into Mi. boat INIT IN thr
confusion of fine moment thay emf away
l.ttino I'M, ho,t fan stern foremost while
sns,,rnAud hv thn bow rrh, n.n vnrn
washed over and thc boat swashnd AGAINST
thn slim Thnne<, ho.,t t,ird ,y.. q .1n.,,
l,nat cnttnr yIicl hainm on M H., .;l|
,,os lannnbnd without Tia;culfv ,n ~,
tn,n,,t wa. tbnn made to un, ali tLn ,,n,,t
liz, boat I,t :, ho;n,r 49,, e., ,,-n.tl,n,. Ia,
4 la, ,,f.,
Ynt WIN .tr.ru,u. nf;,, .Ln ,raS .,lo1,
l,nncbnd Tho remember nt The r,.aw.
,rnr. than Iistr;hntnJ in two hnat. thn
Grst officer Uoinr in char,,, of the rnttnr
bv 7hr second officer s.rnrJ |
,nonnnr hootsw.,in ana two cnorn.n
The captain took charor. of the Et,. hoo1 |
and cave orders that the two boat, ,bouId |
leavr tooethnr and keen ne nna,, AZ nos
sibIc to each and render assistance IN ease
amy .honJd need il Thr cant,in ,y,. or |
bv the third cnoinecr carmen
Ter fhev4teWard en~inerr's Steward cook
cabin boy sramrn fo,r tiremcn and 4
in NH fifteen snuls
When ;bout to leave the shin ,hc can
tain looked over fine side to apnri,c those
in tthe c,ttcr but she w,s moi tu he srrn
and has moi since been heard Of Thc
j, that those in rharop left ,t
once and rot lost amono the breakers In
maxim" for the lirhl. When the ljlc boa,
cot clear of the ship She wa, headed for
i .n,li,bur~ Iioht bco-.in~ abon southwest
but after u time TINS course had Ia be
abandoned owing to the violent head wind
and heavy sea, the night being intensely
dark. We then followed The course of the
sea. keeping the boat easy until daylight.
when land was seen and the boat headed
for il, but again we were doomed to dis
appointment, tor on nearing the shore the
SEA was found to be one mass of huge
breakers, through which no boat could
pass and live. We had then 10 pull oil
shore and after some four hours rowing
again saw Il light head, which Wc stcered
for and succeeded in landing ii Fourche,
C. H., where We were cared for h\ the IN
habilmts and next day walked TO Sydney.
Fifteen Of the steamers crew have been
lost and fifteen We're saved in the life boat
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The American revenue cutter Woodbury.
from Boston bound for Cape Breton and
the Magdalen Islands, arrived this morn
ing.
\ letter from the Mag,ltlen Islands gives
the following particulars regarding the
late storm there:
The tide rose To anr extraordinary hrioht
cau.iu" a very heavy sea in the bay and
vessels To- ride heavily at anchor. Atday-
LIGHT on the 10Th the scene at Amherst
harhor dcGcd descrjption Nine American
Snhnn0.,.u 1ya,.n yfraI.l- al h.tv,nan Amherst