The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-10-19
The Wreck of tke Strathmors.


The Wreck of the Strathmore.
We have before given some account of
the wreck of the English snip Strathmore,
bound TO New Zealand with 4 large mum
Der OF emigrants. Size struck on one Of
group Of desert islands in the Indian
ocean. called the Twelve Apostles. and
became wreck About half the Ships
company reached the island, the rest
went down with the ship After seven
mouths OF terrible suffering. the survivors
were rescued by the American Whaling
ship Young Pheyix OF New Bedford.
The following letter by Mrs Words
worth gives The experience OF the only
female who was saved
Mrs. WORDSWORTH TO UER DAUGHTER.
Dearest p: | dare say YOU never expected
to see my handwriting again: but [ suppose
must be the veritable bad lHif-penny, and Of
coarse have turned up once more. We are
no" Oh board the ship Ghii,lcr4, OF liverpool
on our way to Rangoon.
| Will begin my story from the poor ship
Strathmore. We had rather tedious voyage
WAS sick the whole way and if the sickness
stopped / had nauSea. ! could not cat =
loathed everything: and when we got to the
line "low fever set in In short, thought I
should never reach New Zealand, Though Cap
tain MDonad showed great kill in medic inc,
"h" vas cNeee'i'!lH h'Hd "l'' atlvHlile. cl
uii' uec"sipI' ~ iousiS thOH3h, nc JoklDgtS
tnlehle1ltu tlat Il ul'i l"t get pe''er soon ne
Mouit ~" ny on 'ie i"elFe Apostles lii-
'ic thihhli9 tieh' !'ooi ihhi' NOW soon MS
words would come true.
MSS liehotrSoh' ,i 'iiG LltiF VINO oceupled the
o'ht, ~ W ~ !"4 t'o'!i' hilu Mho' Wlth hcr
pfojher' was So!li9 10 Joih tHeir iathef, always
tfIded int M'lh 'ilG greatest hlHlin'H. anh seh-
tle care curing my ton9 illness. oh tne joth OF
ouIt' w .tlN hi?Ht oeioic We '>iFitk' Ieit
rather net'ef' ana GOT up 10 Joih the o'hcf pas
SFhSti1 ~ ! saic ~ E' t'S III 'Iie ~ ooh. lai
9enel"''9 supp o'dis Hltielto' tht icNFl Always
itt''i iil,iS H. Xxx i w ~ ~ octas!oh'
slept souhaiy iiil pump! bump pump. l was
hHocheu y iolehtiN pachWard aio FORWARD III my
Gerlh. lnouSht, surrey this Is curious mo-
on pllt, ue3c, ,iiil'lcu no. - oe taSiE Alarmed
tiueaNoieu ~ tohipo>t NY sen. 10 my nor
ioi t4elG theH lolio"eu j. cFusulil@ ana grazing
SGuha whiGh eoi'l, nor be lhiStakeh. saio to
i!SS henderson, oh' surety ihefe lS some
'hiii9 wrong.
Ne Sot out oi ptu, ahd mao laSt III our ramps,
"heh tii;lrl1G aha Mr. henderson came TO our
Eapih' NJ liehue! soii hoNtl sl,ohe puI bnat-
ne s'.id III 'tiA luiet to'tH' Mothtf' ile snip
mas stfuck. ana Is quickly Scilil hg down. You
nave not tiihe 10 oieSS-oh'y 4 moment 10 put
on What Nou cIi. lhey leli US we never
spoke. heipeu ',ie poor chllu TO dfeSS she
was paIe ana 'rehlDIihS' pnl qHlet ana collect
co. / qua not t"hc tllnf 10 ciress my sen luliN'
merely putting or my dressing gown ana tne
lWeeu tuntc you oouShI me My sealskin RACK
tt "ns iothga M u', So llauuleu on
nS S "'iiih si'a" ',nu tlcu ~ NY he' Warmly.
ms 'ooN US aoou! thIeG mihuteS' tt lhe ehd OF
Whlch ti,he oilirlN ana M iiehdefsoh again
appeared. ! looh ou. pfolheI ) 'Thl' ana we
went li,o 'ue S'iooil; -fiss litnutisoh a'!u iier
prolher lo'ioN ih2. tltiie' orlaihhlh9 nlilseH
o. some useiol 'nih9s ne mac lorsolleh' ieit me
III Ie Salooii n orHtr 10 aet tiieii IRON MS own
Eaolh; lhii'h,nS ~ iG'haineu 700 ioI@' lol-
io"eu hiia aha oesSet nun 70 come at once. loi
had heard the captain from tiie poop ca!i aioud
N ~ a$""'zea Tone Now 'heh: come But
"hie L nae peeh Na,l!hS ior NM nag run
hacA 10 me tahiii ana Sot my ROSARY, Which L
pnt founo ny hecN, alu Selzea il par OF h!aE-
ketH; W ihaat our way 10 we cohp2hioh-
na'fa, but II va paf'iN Iastthed W. >" | was
lofted 10 drop my Iohu o. piahhetS ana creep
through ne sihai! Hpeflufi WhIch was LETT
Afm,lh-afhl' ana lolloWe9 by Miss henderson
ald hef pfolhef, we walked 70 Whcfe some
sahofS were ehaeaVoFlnS 10 LAUNCH Il boat.
Ihaftle noticed 10 me th''t sehefaiiy III SNIP
wrecks me INST boat laahched Is lost; and
though heard "9alls1 Voice cry out, "IIl
shoot any man VINO gets III before the Wo-
men, / SAID 10 Cnafiie, NDun I 20 III that