St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-03-12
A Sad shipwreck Off Cape Cod
ALL HANDS Persisted EXCEPT DO
STEW WARD.


STEWARD.
As was comjecturcd in the accom-
published in Friday mornings journal
of the >hipWreck of Cape Cod. the 3d.
fitcd vessel proves to he the Italian
barque Giovanni. bound from PaIcrmo
for Boston. her total loss with all hands
except the steward. being the mu>r
melancholy disaster that has occurred
ON this coast since the ship PrruNian
an East lndiaman. WAS lost with hrr
entire crew in the same locality u i-t
Years ago. The following addition
details of this distressing di>a>tcl ai,.
given in Il dispatch to the Merchants
Exchange At sunset Thursday might
the steward and carpenter got "n q
plank and tried to reach the >hnlr.
The former was saved the latter >mh
in the suIf. At II o'clock her man
and mizzrn mastS went hy the board.
tearing mp her deck in the fall. and 900
hour later her cargo began washing
ashore. At day light Friday moruiu.-
two men discovered on plank> hetWcra
the vessel and shore. and five moe
were ,lingng 10 the to"efpp. which sill
rrnlLn> Standing. One after the 9th.
released their hold and dropped into
the sea to br seen no more. No eaull
ann could save them. and the curi.c
crew. numbering fifteen persons. pei.
i~hed except the steward.
The Litt.-SaN ing Station men m.tn,.
c\cr> effort in their power I" rescue
them Lir il WAS of no avail The. BOMBS
with which these stations are prov ld,d
brim" utterly worthless. and no shot
Il IN, H. Ilf
only tour hundred vald> from he shore
Her cargo and fragments of the hgli
line the shore for miles. She j. fist
breaking mp.
The Giovanni was commanded D..
Capt Paraino. and the crew was CON
posed wholly OF Italians. She sailed
from Palcrm" on the 18th of Dccrmhr,.
passing Gibraltar Jan. 10. having been
a; sea eighty-one days when the, sad
disaster terminated her career.
Captain johnson. agent OF the undrl-
writer's. with Il party of men. is engaged
III saving the carg" IL ii Is washed ulou
the beach. Most of the merchandise
s.ved will pr"hahly he seriously dam.
aged.
The bombs reported in the above
statement as proving worthless when the
~
furnished 10y the Government. hriu. Of
the same kind is are delivered To all
the other Lies ing Stations on the
coast. and it l. suggested thai TIN.
must have become IctcrinIated from
some c;lII>e after they were delivered
intn the change of the keepers. The
bombs USED in saving the crew OF the
>chuuncI sea Lion. stranded at Rock
Il.
successful and proved the nnl, means
of rc>culng the crew of that vc>>r.
The cause of the defective stale Of The.
h'mh> at Cape Cod will duuhr,,~ nr
Investigated 10y the proper aulhuIii,>.
TERRIBLE >CENE NEAR THE wEE,h "f
TIE GIOVANNI.
y story comes from the Cape Cord
81 'rr mean the p"int where the Italian
bark Giovanni wa> wrecked. last vcc..
that we should expect rather from .
country inhabited 10y hlIhali;u> than
from Il spot IN Massachusetts Tie
Valuable part of the cargo wine. etc..
WAS appropriated 10y Il lot of haudIrI
VII" were attracted Ia the shore on hcaE
inG of the wreck on Saturday. and Of
one time the lit. OF no one. Ma >li.
re men held their drunken urgIr-
Without limit. and either killed them
selves or were murdered hl their tl,r.-
ned companions. On SATURDAY. the
body OF an lri>hman W;> found uu the
beach. surrounded 10y empty bottles
and most of the clothing had been tom
from 1t. IW" others are reported dead
on the beach. and Il fourth reached
Ih"vincet"Wu. but will die from tie.
effects of his dchauch. Tie debris OF
the wreck and cargo were sold fnr 500
hut probably the purchaser didn't make
much out of his bargain Some of the
bodies have washed ashore. amuu-
them that of the captain. r. Il. FoIh,>
Publishes Il card in Il Boston paper SIN
ing that the fact that the murtarS could
not throw Il line to the vessel dor>ut
prove that they out of order. for the
best ones never throw over 25O wards.
and the bark was 400 yards from the
shore
COOP GRIT. \ Young man hrlnI-.
ln% III \cr>hirc recently eScapcd from
tn" Insane Asylum III Brattlehoro. and
rame home. His friends Judged il h,>t