Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-16

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mediately set about lowering the boats
and getting the passengers on sh ore, Of
whom there were about twenty eight
in the cabin and 401 in the steerage.
In the meantime guns were fred from
the stranded ship, and in answer to
them men came alongside in small beats
from whom the first intimation was OBJ
tanned as to the locality where the YES
sci had been driven. Fortunately the
sea was calm, and the distance from the
mainland only about a quarter of
mile. All the boats were speedily
launched and manned, and in three
hours from the time of the disaster
every sonl on board was landed at Port
LIE Bear, where the inhabitants busted
themselves in providing temporary ac-
commodations Tor the passengers aud
crew. All the passengers luggage
and effects, the ship stores, etc., were
also saved and landed.
The ship lying on an even keel, -
if riding at anchor. There is about
fifteen feet of water, at high tide, On
the shoal. The engine room is full of
water, which ebbs and flows through
it, and it is supposed that hole was
stove in the bottom beneath the engine
room. The second deck is pretty clear
of water, but below that the ship is
full.
The fog did not Gift" till yesterday
morning, when, for the first time, it
was seen that the vessel narrowly es-
capped total and immediate destruction,
with the probable loss Of everyone on
board The distance between the port
bows of the ship and Little Gull Rock
was only about 200 yards. How she
escaped the dense fog is marvellous, and
all on board, passengers and crew, are
deeply thankful In the direction
that the ship was steering, along the
| dangerous western coast; of this pro
vince, her escape from destruction on
the reefs and sunken rocks SO plenti-
fully sprinkled along the coast, was
simply providential. There is no
theory offered to account for the ships
deviation, though it is fact that no
observation had been taken from the
time of leaving Liverpool to the: mo-
ment of the disaster.
The place where the steamer is
stranded is inside of Little Gull Rock,
or what is known as Gull Rock Bar.
This is distant from Lockport (the
nearest porD twenty mile, and from
Halifax about eighty miles, in latitude
430 39> north, ongitude 64o 66N west.
The cabin passengers have been COM
fortably accommodated in houses at Port
LIE Dear, while for the steerage pass
engers and crew. tents and awnings,
made from the ships sails, have been
erected On the shore, where they have
been comfortably attended to since the
landing. The agents of the company
here have chartered a steamer to bring
the passengers and crew to Halifax.
She sailed for the wreck at daylight
this morning, and will probably re-
turn to morrow afternoon. The pass
engers will be forwarded to their deg
tination by the most expeditions routes
Instructions to that effect have been
sent to the agents here.
It is not correctly known whether
the ship will prove total loss or not.
1t is thought that all the cargo viii be
got out in damaged state. Divers
and wreckers, with their gear, will
leave here Immediately for the wreck.
A feelingof intense re,lef pervades
this community that no lives have been
lost and that second Atlantic calamity
has been averted.
The City of Washington was bpif
at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1855, and
was considered staunch vessel, being
built::of iron, with stout iron fastenings.
She was 302 feet long, 40 feet broad
rs feet deep, and q feet draft; was
ship-rigged, had three decks, was fur
nished with water-tight bulkheads, and
had maximum capacity of 2,885 tons
burden. During the Crimean war she
made several important trips in the
service of English. She has been ia
the service of the Company for a con-
siderable time, but was used latterly
as an extra vessel. If insured at all
her risks are probably held by under
writer's in England.