The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . o be cut away, which was done by the fewwho were sufficiently collected still to obey his eased the vessel; but she still drove towards the* breakers, the foam of which had an awfully grand ap-pearance. The captain knew the land to be the Islandof Cuba, but was ignorant on what part of the coast thevessel was driving. Had not the boats been washed overin the sea that was running, they could not have been THE SURVIVORS PICKED UP BY THE SPANIARDS. 293 of any avail in the pr
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . o be cut away, which was done by the fewwho were sufficiently collected still to obey his eased the vessel; but she still drove towards the* breakers, the foam of which had an awfully grand ap-pearance. The captain knew the land to be the Islandof Cuba, but was ignorant on what part of the coast thevessel was driving. Had not the boats been washed overin the sea that was running, they could not have been THE SURVIVORS PICKED UP BY THE SPANIARDS. 293 of any avail in the preservation of human life, as theycould not have existed tlirough the lieavy surf that wasfuriously rushing over the breakers. A little after three oclock, as near as could be judged,the unfortunate ship struck, her starboard bow first takingthe ground and immediately afterwards she was thrownupon her beam ends, the sea making complete breachesover her deck. One universal scene of destruction tookplace in a few minutes after the first dreadful shock; onlyfour souls of the whole ships company, crew, and pas-. The Medusa on the Rocks of Cuba. sengers, survived.; and these wretched men were some efmany who lashed themselves to spars, and committed theirfates to the waves; they were picked up on the beachshortly after daylight, by some Spaniards, in a mutilatedand exhausted state; three of them were seamen, thefourth a steerage passenger of the name of vessel struck upon the ^Colorados, an extensivereef of rocks, lying about half a mile off the main day after the wreck, more than twenty bodies werewashed on the beach, as also a quantity of the cargo;25* 294 THE LOSS OF AN ENGLISH WEST INDIAMAN, mosi of the latter became the booty of the Spaniards onthat part of the coast. The cabin passengers consistedof Mr. and Mrs. Urqiihart and daughter, Mr. MLean,Mr. Murray, and two sons, (youths.) Mr. Oblara, , and two other gentlemen, whose names I havenot been ab
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