The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-17
related by c. b. Waite of New yorb u
rnlntirn Of Col 8 NJ Malta

The awful rapidly with which the ship
went down after she struck Is scarcely cred
ible. We we're sleeping TRANQUILITY in our
berths when dreadful crash and the shiv-
ering of the vessel awoke us in q moment.
The passengets-'m women and children
rushed on deck, some of them half
dressed, others in their night dresses. At
once we saw the extent of the accident
which had occurred. There were the bows
of the large sailing vessel projecting over
the deck, and there, too, was a trightful
hole in the side Of our steamer, through
which the water was rushing furiousy in.
The crew, under the orders of the captain,
were manning the two long boats and help
ing passengers int o them as fast as possible
under the excitement of those terrible mo-
ments. While they did so, however, the
mainmast fell with an awful crash, bring
ing down the mizzen-mast also with ii.
These two masts fell upon thelongboats and
killed number of the passengers and in
jured many others. The terror which pre-
vailed among them at this time prevented
great many of the passengers from making
any attempt to save their lives. Some of
them, in a paroxysm of despair, threw
themselves on the deck in earnest prayer.
Although there were eight boats altogether
belonging TO ship, owing to the brief time
in which she sank the crew were only able
to get the captains gig and whaleboat into
the water. The whalcboat was launched
by the second lieutenant, who, with several
of the crew and two or three passengers,
succeeded in getting into it just in time to
escape going Gown with the ship. Some
others got into the captains gig, and the
few lives saved in these two boats and some
others picked up afterwards by the Loeb
Earn were all that escaped out Of the three
hundred and thirteen souls on board the
du lIavrc when she was struck. The Loeb
Earn, after clearing away from the sinking
vessel, put off to n distance of about half n
| mile, where she hove to, and sent her boats
to pick up any of the passengers and crew
who might happen TO be floating on the sea.
Some were found on pieces of plank, some
clinging to portions of the broken spars,
others on life -buoys, casks, and various
other remnants of the wreck. Not single
person was saved from the deck, the panic
being so great and the time SO short before
all was over. The captain and second Of
ficcr behaved with great courage through
this sccae of agony and despair. They
both remained on deck to the last, and went
down with the steamer, but came to the SUR
face and foatcd for threc-quartcrs of an
hour, when they were picked up by the
whaleboat. The mental anguish of some
Of tie unfortunate few whose lives were
saved were hcartrcnding in the cxt;cmc.
One lady Mrs. Spalord of Chicago had
lost her four children, and another Mrs
| Buckley had lost three. 4 gentleman
| WHO was taxing MS sister 10 J. rance lOr the
benefit of her health, was among the saved
and his grief on finding that his sister had
gone down III the vessel found parallel
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we rca III the New ork Herald, in
reference to the Vile du liavre disaster:-
Murray, Hamilton. No information.
Murray, Hiss. No information.
"Platt, Mrs. I. A. No information
We can supply the deficiency.
Five years ago there lived in the city of
Oswcgo, n. Y, happy family of seven-
family OF wealth. high social position,
well known in New York and Philadelphia.
The head of it, the Hon. Hamilton Murray
held several high positions of trust and
honor. He was called away, and five years
| ago he died. Not long after his DEATH his