The Portland daily press., 1875-06-11
F O r e IG N.
ANOTHER MARINE DISASTER
Loss of the Stea mer Vicksburg In the
Gulf Of St. Lawrence.
Forty Lives Lost.

NEW YORK, June 10.-Steamer State of
Georgia, which arrived to-day from GLASGOW,
reports ON the 9TH Of June, in lat. $50 81 min.,
Ion. 40 5S min., picked up a boat belonging to
for Liverpool, containing five men, who stated
that the steamer was cut through by ice and
sunk.
The names of the rescued are James Crow
ley, boatswain; Thos. O'Brien, PatrcY Grogin,
John Williams and Jonas Wilkinson, seamen.
James Crowley says the steamer had sixty
men, saloon and 81 steerage passengers.
James Crowley states: We left Quebec
Thursday morning, May oath, with a ships
crew of 60 men all told and saloon passen-
gers, gentlemen and ladies' and about 20 in
the steerage, of whom were females. The
weather was fine until o clock in the evening
of May Both, when we fell in with field of ice
and was soon surrounded by it. The ship was
stopped until daylight, when we proceeded
again with but little ice in sight.
At930 Up. m. Monday all hands were called
to shorten sail. The ship was stopped amidst
heavy ice and headed to the south, when we
proceeded at full speed to get clear of the ice
At II o'clock, at half speed, we struck the ice.
The engines were Immediately reversed. The
ship struck heavily aft on the port quarter, car
rying away the fans of the propeller, and a
hole was knocked through the plates on that
quarter, through which came q great deal of
water. Got sails over and stoppec the hole so
but little water came in. All hands were EN-
ployed in heaving the cargo overheard The
second officer and myself were taken from the
cargo to clear away the boats. This was about
6 0 clock a. m. Tuesday, June LIST. The Capt.
ordered the forward wells to be sounded, and
age being full of water. The main hold wells
were then sounded and five feet and a half Of
water found The Capt. called me on the
bridge and told meSnot to mind the boats, and
then called everybody aft and told them to
have no fears, as he could take the ship to st.
Johns, N. E. 1t was then discovered that the
fires in the engine room was drowned out.
The captain then gave orders to launch the
boats with their respective crews, aud told
tqem to mind that the distance from st. Johns
was 100 miles, N w. proceeded to launch
No. 1, which was my boat, and it was capszed
in lowering, losing the chronometer watch,
chart rudder. and part of the provisions. She
was full of water, aud O'Brien and baled her
partly out when Grogin, Wilkinson and Will
liams jumped in. We could hot hang on to
the ship, owing to the sea and ice. OBrien'
saw the captain on the bridge, reckoning the
boat back, we having drftec about 100 yards
from the ship. We saw the second officers
boat lowered all clear, with nine hands and
himself in he-. She came round tho bow and
pulled to windward about so yards. The ship
sank about 10 o'clock, floating boat No. 3 from
the chocks with the chief officer and about 30
people in her. She got clear and pulled to the
down, saw the captain and another person on
a bale of hay among the wreckage. We tried
all we could to pick them up, but owing to the
boat being half full of water and the ice being
about we were not able to do so.
We shipped our mast and kept company with
the other two boats for about two hours, and
then lost sight of them to the westward. We
decided then to stear clear OF the ice. We
hove the boat to with an oar and bucket as
drag till daylight on Wednesday morning. We
had in the boat about three gallons of water, 40
pounds of raw beef, IL pounds of bread wet
with salt water, and compass, which did not
fall out when the boat capsized. Again we put
sail on the boat and steered south, the wind
blowing from the northward and westward.
All throughout the sea was high and the
weather was bitterly cold. About four o'clock
in the afternoon hauled the boats head to the
northwest till Thursday morning, then tackled
to the westward till about three IN the after
noon and again laid to with the drag till nine
o'clock in the evening, when we took IN the
drag and made sail and stood northeast till
Friday morning at daylight and backed to the
southwest till midday, tackled again to the
northeast till Saturday morning, when about
half-past ten in the morning sighted the ship
Georgia and we got out our oars and pulled
away dead to the windward till picked up. l
think that party and people with the captain
went down with the ship. We had blankets in
our boats for the three ladies and stewardess,
which were lost when the boat capsized. We
saw no ladies in the chiefs or second officers
boat.
The steamer Vicksburg, Captain Thearle,
sailed from Montreal May 26 for Liverpool.
The Vicksburg was propeller of 24S4 tons,
built at Dumbarton. Scotland, in 1872 She
was barque rugged, 1923 feet long, 80 feet beam
and % feet depth of hold. She was owned by
the dominion line and was regular trader be-
tween Montreal and Liverpool.
Foreign Notes.
The tribunal at Posen has sentenced Prince
Bishop Dr. Foster of Breslan to fine of 1000
marks or 1873 days imprisonment for illegally
communicating priest.
1900 persons were present last night at the
opening of the hall for revivals in Camberwell.
Rev. Mr.. Spurgeou preached.
In the House of Commons last night the
Earl of Carnavon announced that the govern
ment had received dispatches confirming the
frightful mortality among the natives of the
Fiji Islands from measles, and had taken
measures TO stay the progress of the disease.
The Pope in reply to an address of American
college students thanking him for the elevation
of Cardinal McCloskey, says: sit seems that
the harvest in America is ripe, and -laborers
alone are wanting. You are preparing your
selves for the work. Preach, especially by ex-
ample, in order to convert that great people.