The Republican journal., 1877-10-11

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''N'' 'ii' 0H'OiiN''' 0l0'lii0I MASSACHUSETTS,,
OF The StoniOUtOn and New York line
N'ut tHHolt vi Long lSlduu, ana pcCttHlc
!. rotal v.rnrL
'''t i'i-N T. IL l. ec' .. ne steamer fran
W. "IINE" ~ HtohllSt"l a' hisAlgh' from "reeh-
pun WIN TUE Steamer MASSACHUSETTS, passengers
''o"( tVv ia number me passengers lc1t the
NiV'N 4p"il "E!oeh. Al that hour 'ht MiSSd
tA"N',s> WIS tf on rock JUST on me village ol
i-"Nt M"il"a' on i-ohs iSiail. ne water was
near! up ." 'nr mann deck ana IN the opinion OF
ne PISS 'l-,' 'iit po'I mus go !" pieces 'aPt'
n".I"t,' N't' WrHl "Nt Oh me I"lltcS- however,
"'HAN l'l" He poa may NOT De damaged as much
~ N"!P"NtW' l' Ual Slc Will DC GOT on III daV
wy l"". NJ "Nea were ,oSt nor any OF 'he paSseh-
,'IH 'iju'Vu' some oi tiiG passengers went 10 New
"IA lI'lh 'ic'hP"rl. Inc resi- are mere ana VIII
=" Z" providence ON the steamboat train. Some OF
,.' "Hl'eIS "i me Mi'sSaehuHeuS came on the
- ~ 'l'"t ny ~ "lelal account Oh tue aceochi
'.'u ot "',,tI"tNr me passengers, however, agree
Ft'E wen upon lIe l9ll"Wlng story; Inc Massa-
't'Ne'ts ieIl new oFh al 30 CLOCK 4hurSday alIeI-
'-''H Win "oout i''o passengers on BOARD ana d
i'IFt cargo OF IfelSht; me day mad Deeh stormy,
u ue NioiGhce OF 1he storm increased as tIle p3al
"tI' uo"i iiie SOUND ABOUT IL o CLOCK teF[Iole
-'' a. 'lo"IuS; ana II - ItpoIle.t maj 'le zap
l"'" 7'.ia ne ha1 lost ms ilgh1s' me log was 50
ul'h tlal hothlhG couid be seen ana lAe whistle
""N blowing necessarily
About hati past ~ the passengers report tiltt
'lr p'lal went "he'H Slowly TOT Il rev minutes. an"
mon tHr engine Si"pPcu again III nan uillutt
l''lr li'lt was Il l'IiIble crash IuehIH loilo"fu
ny TWO more. some 81 me passengers were thrown
.IpH lheir n|rlhs pE me Sloch' wille 'It were
emmy IiiSHtcilt'i itoPle PouFcu out Oh tL'ii
state" rooms as II uitE lell Their |lme was snort
ana III I'VE minutes almost every passenger mad on
ilir prrSrTvcr ana was waiting Tor the worst
mere Was however no confusion ana no oucfleS
I"" or lllIct ""HlcH are reported 10 nave ldlnltu
"' the BOAT iona the passengers that the boat was
'-f fuh", ana tlat thrfe was No danger al present
w the sheltered position III winch the boat theh
"l me violence OF the gale was less severely
anu reaN'urru by the comforting words ~ the
"hNri>' most OF the passengers TOOK on the NE
reserves ana some OF the Cooler ones Went PACK
=" hcd. mas was about one o'clock Han an houI
4ilrr the wind, winch had been blowing from the
southeast, suddenly changed to northwest and
h'at upon tAr stranded boat with terflilc force
ne steamer, WMch lay qulte steady. peSah 10
tAumP heavily upon the rocks, Every sea "oulo
faNt hcl III the ar and she would come down
win dWiu! t"rte upon the rocks ana Wrlthe ana
-IlNd uh'll II seemed she must go TO pieces one
"t ,hr passengers describes the mofl"n OF the boat
Us beng Ike that "t toy serpent when sci on
Arr
No 'uITA!. when hau PARTIAL! supHiue't, broke
nai aireSh lAr passengers VINO mad gone down |"
t"n got Up again III haste Inc HE preserVerS
were once lnorr put on ana there was general
expectation that the boat would Immediately
A4-Nt'
served admirable eolnpoSITe although there was
EXCISE tor tear NO one knew where she was II
was so dark tha1 absolutely nothing colld be seen
Ihe WIND howed so that conversation was almost
NIdudlblt Wine above all was tAe lhccSsthl tnuhl
ami the sound OF heavy grinding winch al knew
was eating out the bottom of the boat The g'ld-
'n- OF me statcroomS began To fali down ana III
som" OF the StatcroomS the bcrthS even fell to the
floor ;" much was the boat spread. me rods
winch held the chandeliers III the man saloon had
snapped like ppe-Stcms, and pieces of the side OF
tine boat had been broken away. The water was
lslnS III the torerastlc and the deckhlndS set To
work To tighten the boat. Overheard went cotton.
flour. WhSkcy, sugar until half the cargo was III
the sea Til" other half was kept IN to balance
The boat Thus tine night wore away. and II was a
might which the passengers Will not soon forget.
About four o'clock the northWcStcr lighted up Il
little and dim black line of shore could be seen.
rs the morning began To break il became apparent
that the boat was on Long island, She apparently
struck head on and swung around until her bow
pointed east The were beating on the
windward side turouSly that the spray dashed
over the upper deck and fell ON the lceward side OF
The boat The boat was about 800 feet from tho
shore. AID although she formed a break water the
surf was running very high on the beach Soon
after daylight the position Of the boat seen
from the shore, and there was Il speedy gathering
: w.. u. 81 H..