Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-17
Nv. In. 3 m. 8 m. Tyr
Bnrk Abandoned mt Sen

| The British bark ADns, Which CLEARED iEin
this port for Iceland, grain ledec, 10 Deem.
Der. 1850. Wss 50 roughly used AID dansg q
By The recent Aiiao,ic gales sa to compel LEI
GROW to desert her ir mitooesn. She sank
shortly afterwards. The following scoouns Of
the diiss!s. is !fou Thursdays NV York
| Herald:
"Iho steamer Canada. of ;hs Natioaal line.
| arrived At her dock yesterday morning sf.er q
| sloruy passage. o. November 80 he scc,rd
oftosr oil the Cansd7 snd bJats c:ew succeed
| ed, al the risk OF tteir lives. ,n r.scuug tue
| cfcW of tae ba!k Anns, bould irou Pllau to
| this pO:t, when that vessel was II G disabled
| c)r diilon srisiog from ths loss or her rudd r
.cd leskitg badly. The esp:aio OF The sbal-
d0pea bark tul the story of the disaster yei-
terdsy as icl!oHs: My vsssel.' said Captain
SteWer:s, Was The AoEe. ta:k Of 1853 loos
! gross We were laden With cargo of rsss
| and scrap iron. We left Pi!isu. in the Baltic,
| % OotobcI So with crew OF tea 10 ul--lny-
| self, mate snd eight sailors There VAS no!hs
| ing remarkable about tie weather. except
iug thst ii vas VsIy rough, CDtii November
| II. Ga that deg We eEc3unterad terrific
| gale from aorthgess. The wsv,s. Whica
| brCks ever the ve5s,l alness cootiouou.y
swept away the s.suohiops. wrecked the bu,-
Watks aod stove 10 ons OF lbs boats. Thc
| weather was little bslter drrirg tae i1!alim
| bstWeen The l7h eod the 2lst. but ca the l;s,
| neme6 dsy We rau into 6,:cs hu-r c .oe, bloa-
ing from northwest. | never 10 ng lie saw
such terrib, Sesiher. TO ssy that tao sess
ran high gives bat toe fairtes! idea of ihs huge
msssrs OF water that seemed piled atop Of ooa
snother. their Whto o:ests lsve! With Gu: top
| sail yards as We ssnk agaic aud again ioo The
trough Of the sea. We could not carry ra
Of csaV4s, sod gsre making Ter SIS scus ss
possibis 10 The teeth Of the gale WhaD, With
out momen,'s warning. our rndder srsppeG
| off just sb.vJ the water lac. Uas5!c TO cJr-
| troll tie vessel we we're now completely o. the
mercy Of the w.ves. Ia this tsplesa condition
| We rsmsped fer nine days. The ship drtse
wherever the wind aud s,s Carried her, the
waves broke over her almost without iuteI-
ruplioo, tho deck Was uSdr water almost all
tho time, aud. worse than s Wo ftuot ths,
| after the third day she began to show tho ct
tscts CT .ha severe s'raluinS Cf her tinbors and
wss soon leaking badly. The work OF rigeing
tho puops ~Hs hsgua tu: il was loug iim"
before We could get them to work as tho bail
pi chcd sad rolled 60 ttIrb'y tha. it
was mex! to impossible to keep ope's footing.
When 6. last ws did get ttem to work w.
couli nuly pump BY frs and starr, aud uscg Ill
our tfforIs could hardly keep paos Wlh the
leak. Matters were 1oa gerlios serious ard sc
K ;pt shsrp and srXroua lookou' for p.ssios
vessel thst eight take u IF Oas dsy W. 81
full tigsed snip, but sho pss 100 fsr e q
nsks OUT our siRu.ls. sad i, was ue. u,,,l TIC
morning Of tho 80 b that GUT fears were alhyeG
by seeing large steamer bssIioc down dire ly
upoo Us. This pr1ved to bu the Csusd,, of The
National Liue, trom Loodoo to Now Y ,tk, anG
TO the kind consideration Of Captain Roons II
spG the bravery OF Seoord OHcs! Wisop arC
the boats crew ~ith him ~e oSe our ves
We sigoailsd the Ceanda IS she approached u
that We wished TO be taken Fl, IS our lives were
in d.rg r. aud Captain Robinson 10 retura :olG
as to cIne to h!m 10 on, boat But lhs op!y
bost wo had left was g. kn cked Oh C. as to bt
unses wort3, and 90 ca ;cllil 6 him SO a b1a
WAS xs 5000 as p sjlbls lowered from ,ht
Cacad,, q: DR. the onuand OF FRS, OGca
Wilson, Captsiu Rltins1u tad 20 lie by u TO
tour hrura before he c uli ma Gu7re his ve-so
into position to get the bat away, sod VII %
st last, she Wss leuuc5ed i. tJok be Grew oil
hour TO get Us If Ehs sea vas very high e
the tine, .hs wind b!oRicg 6.rc.y and tbs
men 10 tho Csusds's boas rlsked their ,iv, 8 tt
ssve ours, and Goo bless them for 80 doing, 80,
l. Captain BreUer;s aod bis crew lest every
thirg they had 90 the V6sRel, es they osua Il
| uth poihir N hnt tho n IN u h., n,orJ =, ~