. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States . striveto make the burdens of the others as easy to bear aspossible. The calm confidence of our female compan-ions, and their firm reliance upon the goodness of thePower which was afflicting them, served in a greatmeasure to encourage their friends in the hard task ofsustaining them until assistance came to hand. J. H. B. WRECK OF THE BRIG TARIFF, On Cohasset Rocks, March 26, 1840; in whichFour Lives were lost, The brig Tariff, Capt. Walker, of Portland, fromMatanzas, for Boston, with a cargo of molasses, waswrecked on Cohasset
. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States . striveto make the burdens of the others as easy to bear aspossible. The calm confidence of our female compan-ions, and their firm reliance upon the goodness of thePower which was afflicting them, served in a greatmeasure to encourage their friends in the hard task ofsustaining them until assistance came to hand. J. H. B. WRECK OF THE BRIG TARIFF, On Cohasset Rocks, March 26, 1840; in whichFour Lives were lost, The brig Tariff, Capt. Walker, of Portland, fromMatanzas, for Boston, with a cargo of molasses, waswrecked on Cohasset Rocks, before daylight on themorning of March 26, where she immediately wentto pieces. Her upper works drifted ashore,—and thecaptain and three of the crew were saved. The re-maining four were lost. Scituate light was mistakenfor Boston light, and the brig was so far in before theerror was discovered, that she could not work off. The names of those lost were, Amos T. Chase, ofPortland; Joshua Howard, of Boothbay j John Scottand George Estes, of St. John, N. 352 SHIPWRECKS AND OTHER DISASTERS. WRECK OF THE BRIG ESCAMBIA, On her Passage from Charleston to New York,March 25,1840, with the loss of all on board,excepting one. The brig Escambia, Capt. Dunham, sailed fromCharleston, March 24. On the next day, while underbare poles, and being between Fryingpan Shoals andCape Lookout, the wind commenced blowing fromthe northeast, and increased during the day, untilabout 7 oclock in the evening, when the vessel wasthrown on her beam-ends. In this situation the brig continued until 9 oclock,when she began to go down; the wind continuingto blow violently, and the sea running very high, andmaking a complete breach over her. Every one was washed from the wreck. The mate,William Bulkley, clung to the taffrail; and after thevessel had entirely disappeared, he succeeded in reach-ing a part of the poop-deck, which had been disen-gaged from the rest of the vessel by the violence of thesea.
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