The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-01-18
From ne New YORK T-ibuzel
F8gRFEgE B4Ts OyA HREU6.
suFerIngs Of the crew OF TIE BARK
LeaHder-Thelr Rescue, When Near
ly Exhausted, By the Steamship
Switzerland.

Switzerland.
I The steamship Sutherland, which
arrived at this port last evening frOu
Antwerp, brought the crew of tbt
British American bark Le0Hder, hav
Ing rescued them IN latitude IS 07
and iOngitnde 3S', from the wreck O.
that Vessel on the night of Decsm beI
10Th, during 3 heavy gale. TIE
Lednder was new vessel, launched
only last August, and was on q vOy,
age from Charlottetown, Prince Ed
ward Island, to CoarlestoBn, Eag
land.
The LedRder left Charlottetowl
| December 9Th. On the third dav Gu
3 southeast gale was encountered
4 which increased with a heavy snov
storm and high sea. The vessel roll.
ed and labOred heavily. On the 1ltl
the gale had increased to hurricane
One very heavy sea was shipped
which swept the mate, CsfIrey, from
oil the poop along the main deck,
nearly suffoeating him. The captain
and man at the wheel were both
knocked down. Four OF the water.
casks were washed overheard. The
sea made clean breaks over the ship,
and the pumps were kept continually
at WORK. The crew protested against
continuing on the voyage, but the
captain urged them to persevere for q
few days longer. On December 18th
the gale moderated and another came
from the northwest, and the fore and
main sails were lost. The next
morning some of cargo was thrown
overheard in hopes of tightening the
vessel. The sea was breaking over
the decks With great violence and
washing the men away from the
pumps. The battings and tarpauIing
was washed of the matches, aad the
vessel began to ship great quantities
OF water. The main mast and miz-
zenmast were both cut away. The
wreck Of the masts were frequently
washed inboard, and thereby endang-
cred the deck and houses and pre-
vented the vessel from "paying of, u
and the crew were enable to man the
pumps. The foremast was then cut
away, when the ship righted a little
and the pumps were manned. The
mate, Cafrey, was swept overheard,
Il bub AC6CuCus ~ Q a. NJ LBGIE were
eight feet of water in the ship. The
crew were kept at work, and sue 3eed-
ed in freeing the vessel by 10 P. II.
During the night the crew, though in
an exhausted condition, and having
been without cooked provisions for
fOrty-eight hours, were employed
shifting the cargo. All che perish
able provisions had been destroyed.
The officers and crew were obliged to
sleep in the hold, as their cabins and
stRterooms bad been washed over
board.
On December 18th 8 jury mast was
rigged. On December 10Th the wind
moderated to a calm, when the fore
hatch was taken off and the crew
employed in discharging the cargc1
On the 18th wind began to increase
from the southwest. On the 18th the
wind had increased to g gale, and the
sea was running with such violence
that the forward deck house, in which
were stored provisions, warps, snare
tackle, coal, and galley, with all cook
ing utensils, was washed overheard.
The starboard bulwarks were stove
in and the cable was washed about
the deck, and the last eask Of water
was washed overheard. The men
worked at the cargo during the night,
and were completely exhausted and
dispirited. On the 10Th it was found
that the water and provisions were
nearly exhausted. On the 22d the
wind backed to the south west and
blew with great force, creating a high
cross Sea- The sea continually swept
the tarpaulins from the matches, and
the captain was Knocked down and
washed across the deck three or four
times, receiving several bruises, and
becoming perfectly helpless. The
tiller and wheel became unshipped
the next day, and were secured with
great difficulty. Up to December
18th, three vessels, two steamers, and
bark were sighted, which passed
within seven or eight miles of the
Ledrlder. No notice was taken Of
the signals of distress. The officers
and crew were nearly exhausted from
bruises and exposure. On the 26tb,
about 6 z. NJ, the steamship SETTER
land was sighted and the tOrehlignt
signals OF distress were noticed. Tue
steamer, when close to the wreck,
sent boat alongside the bark and
took off the crew. The boat was
nearly swamped by the sea. No pa
pers or clothing were saved from the
LeGndeT, and the boat was exposed to
great danger alongside the wrecE, and
the crew had to jump from her into
the boat.
Capt. Callaghan and mis- crew tx.
press their thanks to Capt. Jackson
and officers and crew Of the .YiCitzer-
land for their successful efforts in res
cuing them, and the kind treatment
which they received on bo ard Of the
steamer.