Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-02
The Loss Of the sircassian.

At about four O'Clock tniS morning terri
BILE accident occurred at the wreck OF the Brit
ish ship Circassian which has becu On the
beach since the mornlpg Of the lth OF Decem.
her At the time OF the beaching Of the Cir
cassian al! hautS were saved. SJmo OF those
fortunate enough 10 be saved on that OCCASION
were among those lost 10 to-day's dlsas er.
Slacc the. - h instant the wreck has baen IN
chsrg4 OF the Ccast Wrecklug Company, winch
co..tricted 10 save the vtsse! AID cargo. Inc
task o! dl>charglDg the cargo was Il Very danger
Gus undertaking, for ever s!rcc the sh;p drove
ashore the VIVID has been high and he sea
angry. Ga Thursday las. the vessel was re
|,cv.d of must of her freight aud II was hop ID
tha, sh. would be,drawa off he beach yes:cr-
day rnc weather proved uu!aVorablc, how
ever, aud the task was postponed Until 10 day.
The delay proved fatal, Tor nJW tnc vessel Is
total ,areck, and twenty eight lives have re:a
lo,f. IL appears since the WreckIng C,mpany
took charge It the snip the c1mpauy 5 cu
nIoyee, have been quartcred on board, as was
ai~, Williams. the captain OF the Ctrcassian "u
!.. unior,uuat trip rom Liverpool to y W
iotk. Like true sailor Capt Williams re-
.n,c.. to leave hi, craft, aud he has paid tie
price ut h,s fidelity with hi lie. The urn nu
board tbe Cireasslan had halsl"d ou tfl
DAY uight all the css,ary pEclmluaieS
for attaching the hawscr with when she
was to be drawu of. Daring the e.ry
hours Of the night the wind ,c"shened l't1Ie
and the sea began TO run very n'sh untii
At about SIX o'clock It began TO break clear
over her. The meu. a, -chcnding dagger,
,7eu; luto the fore rlgglug, waere they We're or.
,Icr,d lcr gleatrr safety. All % board-ihlrty-
,w. souls al! told-reuaiued thu exposed uutll
..,riv ia the morning Ihcu Il VA, deemed aG-
visible 10 Shift quarters. as the falling OF tie
Ton hamper. Gus, o. the rUog o. the Ves-
sci. ulace it difficult 10 hAil Oh. The CT Vas
safely traus!er,e ed to the mlzZen, where signais
Of distress were repeated.
All this time the shore was PLAIN N sight
the moou was shining brightly, aud hres but
by the crew of the life saving ssatloa showed
sIary the figures OF the crowd On lie beacn
hurivIpg to aad fro ip vain endea7urS t. aid the
men "a the rigging. 1t was an a@tui suSp"ns-
:or the poor fellows lashed to the mast ADD yards
.! the skip. They saw attempt alter atttmp;
made to establish communication W'th them
fail aud each failure seemed to measure their
purchase upon life. Every effort TO get 4 boat
of shore proved futile. As o'teo as II was at
tempted the sea drove 1t high and dry 90 Tn
beach. Captain Henry Huo'log, OF Lfe o!V
sog Statiou n. 10, cow brought mOrtar 10
tachrd were throwu cut TO the ship. But nnc
Of tb, cords reached the ship. Its ho Il Wa,
10, very secure aud it presently fell of. and
the slcnier thread upon which thirty Two hu.
man Tvs depended was snapped forever. Ihe
wind was bl.wing pert c gale FROM the dI.
rc;iru n Which the balls We're shot, aEi mn>t
oi the balls fell far short OF he wreck tInal y
IN ezra Charge of powder Was ramnlad TOTO
the nl ,rtar. the last charge IN the magazine al
me s,a ion. With that cnargo the u 'ri"r
changed the death kpc OF the ll-tated crew
The station mer all rhe w"ie these endeav-
ors were b, inp made, coult see the mcn IN the
rxgloy quite plaluly aud hear their cries tor
help Many OF the weather beaten heroes on
shore. who have been wreckiug vessels aud
saving lives sir &C boyhood, wrlc mnSed TO tears
by tie rilcuus imporuultcs "i Ia wrcicheo
mrp off shore. The voruce OF I'll If "ttor s to
say mnigated the suspense they " ud othcr
;s>c have fcl, during the early hours; but
yheu the last charge vas Shot OH auu uotnlue
1se nos,,blc TO human effort or bravery re.
NAMED 10 be done they came uumanocd aud
mauy Of them wcpt. DC nervous xclteMeh,
au. the sudden inactivity ut'er lncapacita'eo
!icu for any duty. They could not leave the
.,,;. and it uulv remained tor them to rcmalo
Inactive aud see their icll,ws perish before
.h.,r ,yes, 10 leave the beach would ouly add
10 t;u f.,rrnrs et the death that stared It's VIC
TINS i, the face, and 10 remalo Inactive Would
rr,pahIy give cause tuc utJust rcprOach iIo0
the u. or. HELPLESS walters on the wreck. gu
ncrlrcndcut Huatlug aud lis men remained
and tried 70 answer ;hc calls tr1m the wreck.
but nothing that was said N shore Was heard
IA the ship on account OF the direction OF the
wlud lu terror aud suspense the mornine wore
o.; the wind ta,lug vcercd around IN the
. mrsn.im. 10 wesi southwest. Durug the carly
u.rt Of the night, ort'.rc the mrn Went into the
rigging, the cattle were Stacked, but the snip
moved only a short diStauc1 and couunuco
through the aisht to strike the b0ttoin. H7ery
i;u.y she strucs the men thought sue WOULD
lose her masls, 10 which they had iashed theW
selves Willie CONSCIOUS OF the great oaoe'
ard the utter imposSIb.llty OF saving tnem
selves if the mast should go oy the ooatu
i being OF iron, they were unao'o ~
slack.n the Iashing. Sume OF thou With more
sell. nossrs,ion lhau others had takea this con-
ling MY min tb ;r calculations. aud had DOT Sc
currIy iashcj themselves, and sm'ns 'heSe"e''
the only TOUR saved trom the wreck.
\; haf mas, four a. ID. lh: long dreaded crisls
came and the mizzenmast weut by the boar!
wnrarr.sh car,,lug the malnmast with II. Z,
lrrtncnd ,us swell had ruck the Clicasslan o.
ali raised her v.ry htgn. when II receoet
ste ,huuped heavily aud the terrific Jar th1e'
tie tna>t over the side. The uasts being lro,
weut t. The bouom immediately, carrying "itl
them twcniy.ei4ht souls. ,,o
.incre is no prospect, immediate or remote N
p r,cJrrrlug the ooalcs, Tor tue '.u1 "ao
strongly to The eastward and those OF toem 1na
haze been freed rom the Elasts aou liSeio'
..4vc been driven out beyond Moniauk rom %
Three Of the C;rcassiau 5 crew ana Que VI "A !.
cas-; wrcckcls alone reached the snote. a
>,vu as t;,o mast went by the board these ne.
.i.nascd to cug to teuder that was t"'u ~ "
lhr si. By the iaIirs masts, ana 10 less tua
E;c mitu after they Tell lnto toe ~a'Sl ,ue :,
Wcfc uu saorH aud ~ the husp''aolo u h"oI3 ",
the hI" savers All four arc dolcg wen. ",
st. thc Cucasslah's carpeoter, Is !oc GUY W
d thrSlysi who wasiuiurcd. Hc is abed nov
I'M w,l nrohabiv be auro DAD in the mornlps
Nnr., so,,. ho ,.ro , life rreserVcr to one