. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. . ge Emery andChandler Mahoney. * The dead bodies were taken to town and decentlyinterred on Wednesday. The services were perform-ed before a large concourse of people, and were suchas the solemnity of the occasion demanded. Therewas a general expression of sympathy for the bereavedfriends. The bodies were followed to the grave bysixteen sea captains as bearers, and a long processionof citizens. Never has an event transpired in thistown
. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. . ge Emery andChandler Mahoney. * The dead bodies were taken to town and decentlyinterred on Wednesday. The services were perform-ed before a large concourse of people, and were suchas the solemnity of the occasion demanded. Therewas a general expression of sympathy for the bereavedfriends. The bodies were followed to the grave bysixteen sea captains as bearers, and a long processionof citizens. Never has an event transpired in thistown which called forth such an expression of feelingas was manifested on this occasion. The compara-tive youth of the crew added to the grief which hungover- every one present. The expression upon thedead bodies was striking. The face of a young mannamed Durham was peculiarly sweet. He seemedto be in a calm slumber, rather than a breathlesscorpse. Every attention was bestowed upon the survivors,and every thing done to make them comfortable ;—and although a frowning Providence cast them indistress among strangers, th^y found in them sympa-thizing 360 SHIPWRECKS AND OTHER DISASTERS. ESvCAPE OP THE SHIP UNITED STATES, off Cape Cod and Nantucket Shoalsj in the gale of December 15, 1839.♦ The following interesting account was written bya gentleman, who was a passenger in the ship : The ship United States, Capt. Swanton, of Bath,Me., passed Seguin on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 1 oclock,P. M. The sea was very smooth, with a pleasantbreeze from N. W., w^hich continued till evening,when it hauled to the north, and in the course of thenight veered to the east and blew very fresh,—at 6oclock, Sunday morning, the ship was put underclose-reefed fore and mizen-topsails, double reefedmaiu-topsails, and fore-top-mast The windcontiimed veering and. increased to a gale, when, at10, A. M., estimating Chatham light to bear west fif-teen miles distant, and the ship head off to s
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