Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-06-14

was found that hole had also been stove in her
starboard bow, ard the ship was making water
fast forward. The wells were all sounded, and
considerable water found lin the main hold.
All sail was then taken off The ship was headed
toward the south, and full speed was put on with
the engines in hopes that she would be able to
get clear of the ice. Ea,y the next morning,
when goinc at half-speed, the ship struck again,
breaking the fans on her propeller screw The
engines were Immediately reversed ana the difier-
ent compartments were sounded again. ok and
a half feet Of water were found in the main hold
this time. All hands were set at work throwing
the cargo overheard to tighten the ship. The car
90, | believe consisted of deals and live stock,
ninety-four buocks being on board. After tins
work had gone on for time the Captain called
the second officer the boatswain's mate, and sew
en- or eight zen to see that the boats were cleared
to the leeward. Shortly after he countermanded
this order, and told the men not to mind ABOUT
the boats. lie then called all the people to the
quarterback and told them to have no Tears, Tor
in the condition the ship was in he had TO doubt
that he would be able to take her TO st Johns,
Newfoundland, which was only l20 miles away to
the north west.
In a few minutes after this the report came
from the engine-ro that the water was so deep
there that the fires were all drowned out. This
settled the question of being able to take the ship
to port, and the Captain ordered all the boats
crews to man their boats respectively. The boat
swain's mate, Crowley, with another sailor,
iumped iuto boat No. /, and beginning the
preparations for launching her, when the stern
tackle of the boat either parted or got adrit, and
the stern fell so that she hung by her forward
tackle. The chronomeiers and several articles
which had been put in for the use of the lady pas
sengers, such as blankets, were all thrown over
board and lost. just afterward the bow tackle
parted, and the boat plunged into the water end
first of course filling with water. She righted
herself by her buoyancy and tloated. Three more
men then jumped into her. and the live showed
her away, to keep her clear, as they say. They
Immediately began to bale her out with buckets,
and. whlle balng the beat, drifted about $50
yards away from the ship. They saw, as they
drifted, that the second officers boat was success
fully lowered with only nine persons in her, and
was pulled away to windward. Soon after, one
Of the five exclaimed, "She's going down.! Look
ing back they saw the Captain on the bridge,
beckoning to them to bring back hi. boat-the
one they were in. 1t was imposs bic, they say. to
DO this as the boat was only half baled out, and
they had no management over her. Then another
man exclaimed, There she goes!' and they saw
the ship iurch forward and 20 down bow first. AS
she disappeared from sight they saw that the chief
officers boat, known as No. 2, was tioated off the
chocks with about thirty persons in her Among
the debris that floated when the ship sank they
saw the Captain and another person hoating ON q
bale of hay. They tried to get to him to rescue
him. but were unable TO do so, owing to the un-
manageable condition Of their boat. They kept
in sight Of the other two boats for about two
hours and half, and then lost sight of them
'Ths account" says Capt. Cooper, leaves for
tyfour persons ailoat in the three boats, none OF
whom according to the account of the five whom
picked up, were children. According to the same
account there were sixty five in the crew, thirty
seven in the steerage among whom were women
and children; eight saloon passengers, fveAgen-
tlemen and three ladies, and the stcwardcss. IT
those in the other boats were picked up, the num-
Der of the lost would thus be siXty-seven. Ii they
were lost the number is l0G. After parting com
pany with the other boatsrhey drifted in the Lab
Iador currents, standing to the southward as well
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