. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States . we learn that three men onlywere seen, one lashed to the taffrail, nearly or quitenaked, and apparently dead, and two clinging to thebowsprit. In a short time, and before the intelli-gence had reached town,—the weather being so thickthat no signals from the island could be seen,—onlyone man, and he clinging to the bowsprit, tremendous sea running, rendered it impossibleto render any assistance to the only surviver of thisUl-fated crew, who maintained his position for someftours, having lost it once and regained it
. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States . we learn that three men onlywere seen, one lashed to the taffrail, nearly or quitenaked, and apparently dead, and two clinging to thebowsprit. In a short time, and before the intelli-gence had reached town,—the weather being so thickthat no signals from the island could be seen,—onlyone man, and he clinging to the bowsprit, tremendous sea running, rendered it impossibleto render any assistance to the only surviver of thisUl-fated crew, who maintained his position for someftours, having lost it once and regained it, in sight ofmany people on the beach, who had no power to re-lieve him, until he was swept into the surf a secondtime, and was seen no more. It appears that the brig must have anchored sometime in the course of the night, and being too near THE POCAHONTAS. 391 the shore for good holding ground, dragged from heranchors and went stern foremost on the reef, whereshe thumped until her stern was stove in, and thefearful breach which the sea made continued to tear. Wreck of the Pocahontas. her in pieces, until nothing but the skeleton of what~was once a noble vessel remained. When she came into the bay, and whether those onboard knew her position during the gale; whetherthe majority of them were swept off together, or oneby one, being overpowered by the intensity of the coldand the violence of the sea, will never be known, asnot one of the twelve or thirteen souls on board is leftto tell the sad tale. Among Capt. Cooks papers, washed ashore fromthe brig Pocahontas, the following list, with accountsannexed, was found, the two first being the names ofthe captain and mate, and the others probably thoseof the crew: James G. Cook, Albert Cook, SimonDay, Samuel Johnson, Wm. Merriam, Wm. Floyed,John Peterson, John Smith, Moses Woodman, PeterJohnson, Henry Ellis, John Wilson, Wm. Wails. 392 SHIPWRECKS AND OTHER DISASTERS. The funeral of Mr. Cook, the first officer of the Po-cahontas, an
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