, 1877-10-24
FEARFUL SlI1PWRECK.
The English Vessel Eten Lost on a
Rock in the Pacific.
Hor Majesty's Steamship Amethyst
Refuses to Rescue the Pas
seugers.
Grcat Loss Of Life, and Terrible Suffer.
ings OF the Survivors,

loving nccoilnt, dated as Vffos, IN Chilli, OF tue
urc,t NJ M. pac1t1. at.sm xsvtuatino com.
pany's mal! paeket Etc1', anu the arrange pro-
eeedinEs of tho English war Vessel Ahiethyst;
After tcnipcstuous and dark night OF dill.
cu1t navigation the scco,tl officer str. Stephen.
,t,,, w.. ro,,cv.,i IN erk h, m. nr.t c.r,ce- ot
.'.' - te''. WV =. "eeN - '"0 N"'s eee. ~
O'CLOCK oh tho morning ~ eanoay' tae lotn o1
July, and at a:4o tho vessel
s7EucK ON 4 suNKEN ROCK,
forn,,nr mari of jItttr f,tct ettu,ted nhout I'm
49,. fs., ~. .r.., 49,, to-. Iii. n~.h ~
etse .o. t''v -, .o1s, a''1 .o '"1o "o.sn =.
Inc moath OF the 1ase3 cnaopa- Inc hlRheat
part OF sl'lstslct, which s nothing bit rock,
IA eight metres abayu the leve( OF tho sea at low
~. ~, ,,noh1,nt ,,,utrc ro,,, a .ho,,t .toh,.
..s 49, 80. ss .z..t.. .rS,s go.
pcFsous stahnsas c'ose toee'uer' A"'r c1ak "aa
soon destined to bceomo tho thcatrc Of terrible
suiIerIngs, physical rs we'll as MURAL As Gus
tom arr nm anrh ocra,Ion,. iii vna nante and con.
fu.ton after thc Etcn .,r7,cs. t'amcntat,uns.
.a9..n "'se' W. 80" o..n' '..
hlanchcd chccks md looks Of despair, formed
picture which the survivors Of the catastrophe
sl,u,l,1cr to think Of, Tic Captain md bs Of
Hcers tiled in vain to tranouIliize the terror
ores bt na,Iy A ter te1s .ccsd IL rs,tne liz
sotn" xixtv ~, ffto hIy,tcst nsrt ~ th.s f@wf
There thcy passcti nbout iaif MI hour. whcn,
drcadt,,i to relate, the shtp ''''
suppEslr nnoikr IN TWO,
ays'm ~ iha mnyss t gsaae9 70 e e
nnlNt ri lie rrsks nn7 hctwren }{tty an,l strty
@ u i ',r mcans Of namk % A. t fa,ne n:
mcnt that refuae wns sought upon the rocks,
another u % Ireali,Ii seenc va e,,arsed M upor liz
vrssrI1s nnon. hn nttcmnt WINS tuado ia lorcr
I'm lifehnnt frou, the dayits whrr II wus hunIr.
iny IN tie ,.,,arter. II was inssantly rrnw,lrd
viii. M pailtd, trembling wretchcs. i.npe!led by
kim, inatinrt t,f MISREPRESENTATION 10 try 10
c.cano death by rs,shtug Into It's tycry laws,
Most OF them only forestalicd their fato, ior Ia
lowered whilst the other rcnnincd stationary,
owing. probabfv. 10 thr foulInr Of the tackle.
Ali WHO could ant hold on 10 tic thwafts wcro
nracipitatcti into ihc sca
Those who rcn,aincd ut lat cut the tackle, and
the Im,ai wa swent nwny. rcac,.inr. ,ynncrf,,l
to euy, Tho sl,oTu with six ii,c,, mud Two women
In Il, They were tic thir,I uillccr, a sycdc and
SANTA cruz. U.cgario Scpulyeda f,,ssscnecrsl.
Md the women Stamford AMI Murin Vic,tna.
D,, Eut,,!nr lbs strand Oh 4 suot lncjosel hy
rocl:s ihry were confronted f,y nm IMfmriatri
init. fran wfirb thew ra.aprti with ,Iitlicuifv
aitcr ii ilul gOred two of thc uorty Mean.
white thnsc Win l,atl snytyl Themselves ~, lilo
isict or rock began to entertain hopes Ut bctne
rescued, listening eagerly to tic Cuptpll, as liz
cnast wutlIi auou cotnu to ihcfr assist.
a,cc. Indeed. at that moment there
NM m .lat,ucr. for nlthouTli the sea
was rough }ilc tide was low. En-.
nin,,ks washcd Within reach. Thc jarcest broke
% s'IrIfi Win cfmnteted. and m a small ono swn
sca,nen. Who. sttanrn 10 sny could not swin.
raimcd The tl,aiuIutsl as il bY d miracle, AZ
''''o "o'S CHANGE ron ri. WORSE.
file wind inrr.nsc.,. nm,i the waves. with TIN
rlsInr lila. tIashnJ npninst the winliwari .jsin
NJ tit rs.t. ti,a individual. fost srthin ths,r
.losc On n % tic op,sito e.Cc W i,to tho water, Tho
srr,,ntl uf,ir,r. Sfr stc1,lIcnsnn. tin carncntcr
four Enwish nnd six ChiiIan aud Peruvian
sailors, renliztun tho iJnnlo1t pcril Of Tin sit
thcy rcael,ct!, wi.h The exception Of one, .fter
t1csnernte struggle With tho angry cIemonts.
Nor would several haye been LIVED. NJ, e.
| haustcd were They, had not Don lose
Guerra, = chIllan gsutlemen. bravely ridden
Of lis lassu drawn thet, out ono by Uy,e. About
m hnnr nItcrwa,d tho Captair. followed hv tfr
nl,rscr nutI other cmniDych. n,uflo sirniiSr at-
tctnpt without tiiarcssuF Tho consequence b.
snr tl,at thcy nauk.hcforu The eyts of tn, nfcI,
r rrolln vino wutrlctl their n0nnIzfnr, ntr,,yrles
frnn, Tia fntnl rnvk and m,htles. icfrii linn,
whnt wnuli probably be thrir own fato. Thfs
group la.i diminished frou nbolt sixty to twcn-
Il or Thirty persons. and 10 they passed tic
niuit. In Monday. july 16 thc sf,ore was Gov.
nrciI viii, ncuDia hrouulit to"ethrr frotn III,
surrouutiinr country by The ncxs ,t tbu shin.
svreek 'chev tnok ltttta 1IpcH nj Tin fraRnHv
| thnf wn, rnortjnT nnnn thn rosi<
otvlso rMEXssIyEs ur 70 pnusKssssss
anil the niunlcr vi tho yrecEnne ,yhiri, atrewc,1
tnn shore in scyerv for,n. focudinI, t,arrai" ~
| wine. snIrttX. nnj Gccr. Thcsn jaw5css nrrrssea
"nttn,'c', ram haif.nnst Il IN tho c,,si nj tfn
sat"strt,;f1,e Shell sennc, wf.,,i. ,,nIcr nti,cr
circumstance, bayc hardly been SURPRISING. but
ti'ey Grc.nn icous atil sjrkent,'n Whit, nc. nts.
cmrYt,,e within a fow hln,lred yartis of tho hor-
riIs ss,3fcrfnr on t!lo rock. on lis htnek sum.
nil stnMiinT out in rclier ayainnt .rrav aid
thrcntrnnv frrIzon. VIVA n t,int ri ,1r.natrin1
creat,1res wo for tl,trty. houSs lad nrittnT
air. drank nnr restc.l. anu ihfa in III" mi,st ri
tho' in1st nc,,ta u,c.,tni avo.,ics and nhys,rsi
saiycrlnr far 1ho ynyss a. f6n tI[ic rns. and f.ii
| threatcncd more or less 10 wasi, them [rntn
tnnlr nrecurto.,n ftntlnr. 4. iast t!,e rloo.n
of annfhcr s,it,ht hc..a,, TO envc1nn tnc mcfan,
ci.,iv s..c,,r. anl a. mtn il, IL s1o,yn n
sice1 tbcy p,ayed tor tho victim. m tho
rncE. or ns,,e rarll otimr II they e.,,,,d smrvkc
until tle .,,oruinr. A. Tncsiay tiswnsd iii
svrs w,rr furne.i tn scuwar'I: ~ thr iirht hc,
rasnc stronr, thrTc rnni,i IN. .Icscric.i ,,arL
bsMly a1,narsl.ly forn,it,s part oI the rock. bMt
il s soon inovcI, and showed by tbs wayine i Of
| ,snpr W. snr nu,rv prrrxcr