The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-17
Terrible story frem the Sea.

Captain Robert Newell, who was in
Baltimore, recently with his schooner
(named after himself), having on board
a general cargo from NewberD, North
Carolina, met with peculiar and terribly
distressing accidents. The schooner
cast anchor at the foot Of South street,
Philadelphia. Presently her yawl boat
came ashore, manned by the captain and
one man, and bringing, in addition to
the two living, five dead bodies. They
were those of the wife, two sons and two
baby daughters of the captain, all Of
whom had died under circumstances so
peculiar that added interest is given
thereby to tragic event Perhaps the
captains story, told in his own way,
most nearly expresses the rough elo-
quence of his grief, which no written
version can do more than approximate:
81 sailed for the North Carolina coast
last fall and traded in oysters for a spell,
running into Norfolk aud York River,
and going to Baltimore once. took
my two sons with me. Joseph, him
that lays thar in that box, he was six
teen, as hand, and Frank, who was
eleven, as cook. In February my
wife came down with the twins and met
me in Norfolk, and I had a state-roOm
built in the cabin, and then went down
to Wilmington, where ha | charter to
carry IS, 600 feet of lumber to Newbern,
and ten thousand barrels of pitch to
Wilmington. On the Sd of June l got
freight to Baltimore, AMI passed into
the Chesapeake on the 10th. 1t blew
pretty stiff and 1 came to anchor on Fry
ing Pan Shoals. The twins, Fannie and
Julie, four years old within week, WEI Q
a playin' on the top of the afterhouse, l
was forward, a payin' out cable and
helpin' to stow the iib, when / heard a
scream from mother. l went rushin'
aft. There was the two little ones
a.goin down and foatin' ont with the
tide. The boat was on the davits, swung
in-board, and there was no chance to
get her out, so Joe and went overheard
at the same minute. But we was too
late. The little ones we're gone. We
had hard work in getting back to IL e
schooner, but we did, and then we got
out the boat, and the next morning we
found the bodies of them both, one in
the wreck of bark ON the Virginia
shore and the other on the beach.
al had them buried at Hampton, near
Fortress, Monroe, and then went to Bal
timore. One day during the next week
Frank was helping Joe send new
throat halyard block aloft. Joe was at
the crosstrees and Frank on deck. The
block got loose from the boys hand and
it struck Frank fair on the head, frac.
turing the skull. He died on the 18th
Then mother and Joe both got the ty.
phoid and died, one on the 29th the
other on the 31st. You see there was
five inside Of two weeks. I went tc
Hampton and got the two babies. ]
took the other three with me, and I've
just got here to-day. Yes, sir, it il
pretty rough. There was six of us, but
I'm all that's left. I'm going to bury
them all down home. I live not fol
from Leeds Landing, aud have little
house and few acres there" The af
ternoon train bore the bereaved coastint
captains sad burden to it, last resting
place. "a" L wanted to bring EN- back
don't you see?" he said. "My oldes
child has a little grave down there. II
put them all together"