The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-04-08

over thousand men, women aud child
rem. Only th,ec hundred aud fifty sue
ceeded in landing. The remainder, in-
Guiding all the won,"t and children, were
lost. The captain and third officers were
saved. The first officer was drowned.
The following is the Captains state
ment:
We sailed ;ro.n biz rpool on the 20th
of March. Daring the first part OF the
passage wc had favorable weather and
easterly winds Ga the 9th 18th and
25th we experienced heavy southwest and
westerly gales, which brought the ship
down to one hundred ana eighteen miles
day. On the 3lst Of March the en-
ginecrs report showed but about l27 tons
of coal on board. We were then 400
miles cast Of Sandy Hook, with wind
southwest and high westerly swell, and
falling barometer, the ship steamlng only
eight knots per hour. considered the
risk too great to push ou,as we might find
ourselves, in the event OF a gale, shut out
from any port Of supply, aud SO decided
to bear up for Halifax At ] p. m on
the 31st, Sambro Island was distant $50
miles. the shio's speed VARYING from eight
to twelve knots per hour, wind south with
rain.whieh ycered TO westward at 8 p. M,
with clear weather At midnight judy
ed the ship to have made 122 miles,which
would place her IS miles south Of Sam
bro and then left the dec. and went
into the chart.room. leaving orders about
the lookout and to let me know il they
saw ANYTHING and call me at ! H., in.
tending then to nut the ships head to the
southwark and await daylight. Ny first
intimation Of the catastrophe was the
s,r;l;p, oF ,bo sb;o n, V.rJ,s Tslon1 and
s.ilNin u 'io s''' "a WV a'i ;o ,'ii''
.o ,n .I'iv 'a'' W. .h ~ '1 o., Inot.
T Tv. 81 .r'e" .n, ,ho;n i,o,;.ns ond
49,, or,,, o.,i "Inar;.a n,rnr ,in ,ro,,hcr
L IO-, NE nao,o, ,ros, G,"d h., tbo sonanj
o9;cor nnc,ro tho Loats conl5 l.. cloar.
Cd oni, Ton ,,,;nrtos L"r;no Niosnci tLo
sb;n 0 noo,od hnn~;i'' - nort ron1ar;n, tbo
starnoorJ baots r:oIoss Soa;nr no beln
conld ba got from, tho boots I cot mr.
n,ssonccr, G;nt,, ,ho riar;n, and 9on.s;Jo
tho ra;1s onJ on 'nY tIom =, ~, c,r,
ward wbc~n tbo Din va, b;r,bo.t md lass
exnosod 70 tbo walton Tbo tbirl c0iscr
RAD On,r,ormo.tors Ogo,s,nd .,ncal.
man nv This timc bavinr c.,obIi.hed
communication With tho oStl,;n, rocl-
about 10 vo,Is distant c,t tan, o.bor
limos IN tbc rocl. slonr w6i.h ,No,t t,vo
Lnndrc5 roonlc r,s.cJ nn.r.., tbo
rocl, onl .horr vas ross,,., o,o hum.
drod cards wide 4 ro,c was en.ocss.
fullv nassed across This bv which moan.
oboyt fir,v aot 70 l,n1 ,Lcr.,b n,,ny ,,,rc
drowned in tbo ottcmnt
At5 = m tbo first b,,t .,n,,,oJ fran
tbc island bnt sbo was 10, snail IA h, ~
any assistance Tbroucb tho ovo,t;ons of
Brad. the third oficSr The Islanders
were aroused by six =. m. and three
larror boats came TO onr assistance Bv
their efforts NIL that remained nm the side
of the shin and ON the rock were landed
in safety and cared for by poor fisher.
man, named Clancy, and his daughter.
During the day the survivors TO the
number Of 400, were drafted of to yari.
GUS houses and scattered ahou.-tho resi-.
dent magistrate, Edmund Ryan. render.
ing valuable assistance.
The chief officer having 20. M the
mizzen rigriur. the sea cut off his rctroat
He stood for six hours by woman who
had been placed in the rigoipr. The Sc,
was too HIGH to ATTEMPT his rescue. Al
p. M, clergyman, Rev. Mr.. Ancient
succeeded in getting him line AMI get
ting him of.
Many of tho Passengers in the salooi
and storage died in the rigging from
cold. amonE the number the nurscr.
poraro The hoa'e 49,. ,..' ,i4o-,
: two ladies in life boat, but finding tn
t boat useless, carried them to the man
S rigging, where | left them and went oil
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