Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27

Gn6 very remarkable failing OH LII prices
during the year which just closed.
The Loss of the Cospatrick.
The London Times gives the follow
ing account of the loss Of the Cospat-
rick, which is made up from different
dispatches received:
"The Cospatrick had been sixty
seven days at sea, when at midnight on
the 1?ttn of November, the alarm was
given that she was on fire. The flames
were at first, as it appears. confined to
the fore part of the vessel. Either by
the sudden shriveling up of sails and
tackle, or by the want OF nerve of a
steersman, command was lost over the
vessel and she went about that is,
she turned her head round to the wind,
and the wind blew fame and smoke in
upon the ship. From that moment her
fate can scarcely have been doubtful.
The captain had turned in, but he i'm
mediately came on deck and attempt
ed to put her before the wind. We are
also told that the appliances the ship
had for extinguishing the fire, which
we described yesterday on the authori-
ty of Captain Forster's report, were
tried in vain. The wind, blowing from
the bows, carried flames and volumes Of
smoke throughout the after part of the
vessel. The noise and the pungent
smoke must quickly have reused both
passengers and crew. The boats In the
fore part of the vessel had been set on
fire, but there was a rush to the other
boats. One which was on the davits,
hanging over the starboard side, was
filled till it's stern dipped into the sea,
and then the boat capsized. The
first and the second officer each
took charge of one boat, and
these boats successfully got Off. The
boat Of Mr.. Romano, the first mate,
contained, besides himself, six seamen
and twenty-five passengers. The names
A. Dutton, the butcher, Nicolle Gun
ningham, Turvey, Rusleen, and Wood.
The other boat was under comma nd Of
Mr.. Henry Mcdonald, the second Off
| Ger, and that Is said to have contained
about the same number of persons.
Boats and ship did not part at once.
From the boats the men Git is to be OBJ
served that the boats are described as
containing only men) had the unenvia-
BILE opportunity of observing, without
being able to relieve, the confusion
which ultimately must have pre-
vailed on board the ship. Nearly
four hundred and thirty people
persisted in their sight. We are not
told whether they left the ship befoneor
after the capsizing of the starboard
quarter boat. The masts were seen to
fall, and at last the flames reached the
stern, and there was an explosion under
| the poop deck, After the burning Fof
the vessel she remained afoat for two
! days, and the boats remained by her 10
the hope, perhaps, of obtaining provis-
ions. Captain Elmslie, Mrs. Elmslie,
their son, and Dr. Cadie are described
as surviving the fire. and then jumping
overheard to escape death from the
sinking of the vessel. DR.. Cadle is
said to have taken the captains son in
his arms before jumping overheard,
and then it is added that these four
persons were all drowned together. It
was the 18th before the ship
went down. The two boats kept
together for two days, and then parted
company i'll rough weather This brings
us to the night of the 21st. Of Ro-s
names boat we now hear nothing more.
Of Mr.. sMcDonald's boat we learn that
on the 22d they suffered much from
thirst, and next day Bentley, Lanca-
shire laborer, aged thirty seven, who
had gone out with his wife and four
children, fell overheard and was
drowned. The disastrous history Of the
voyage is now narrative of madness
and death, and of life prolonged by the
most horrible expedient of shipwrecked
men. On the Goth, before daylight, a
bark passed close to the boat. She was
hailed, but no answer came. The 9th
was Friday, There were now left in
boat five men-MacDo second
mate; Lewis and Hamilton, able sea-
men; Cottes, ordinary seaman, and
another. The corpses Of their COM
panions had been thrown overheard.
Two of the men who remained had
lost their reason, and the. others were
faint and drowsy It is said that Mac
Donald was reused at the moment when
their rescuers bore down upon them BY
one of his companions who had become
insane and who bit MacDonald's heel.
It had rained that day, but they were
unable to catch aCdrop of water. In
this state they were found by the
British Sceptre, an iron sailing ship,
which left Calcutta for Dundee on the
18th of September week later than
the date of the emigrants started from
Gravesend. The two who had gone
mad died on board. The British
Sceptre conveyed Macdonald, Cottes
and Lewis to st. Helena. There they.
remained three days, and left on the
9th of December by the mail steamer
Nyanza, as the quickest mode of
transit. -
New Species of Birds.
Mr., William FL. Henshaw, the or
nithologist connected. with Lieut..
L. 49, - i.