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On her Passage from Quebec to Limerick, On the 7th of DEC. 1835; INCLUDING INTERESTING PARTICULARS ' or vas STrrrfiRZKes or xas cnsWy ' vv '-' V" .■ ■'■■■■■"■ ,» A8 RF.LATED DY THOMAS GOODWIN and JOSKPH SHEARER, two of the Survivors, who were landed at Portsmouth, by the Arab Transport, August 2^nd, 1836. ' Ztttrrrli at Ittationir^' PiaM BATH: rSIHTBO FOR THE EDITOR, BY W. BROWHIVO, WALCOT street; 4 :-r,i AMB MAT BB HAD OF MOST OTIIJiR B00KM|.1.BBak A .. .... .-^ - \ *i83a. ^ . '■•::' -.■■%■■' ■ ■■; - . - . _ _ , -. ... .... ^ ... mmmi ::}7r^AH;^ii^>l lu'ivuii jm/. [■iOAi li'. .®^#.i^'«H:;^M .iiMM3iAm i"i' Or }i S i-^ .i. '>:.! u'» ?'fAj-;'U- ,'7 :;•.! •.■.;■(•/(: • z' I. ■IT-'I 'III '., '.;tt -4 n!H;KI>;.?i if:i Ci^'H^'-H r-. •«! J Y 'K' t ..•■"■) I'i ) I *. ;/ :r&'i -i?.«i;» t.J ■ :ktv' ' h w?: u jin Y "' u « *^ '-■ .'f The unfortunate men whdse iiufferii^ are detailed in the following pages, were scarcely landed at this place before I was apprised of their arrival, and of their tru- ly forlorn and destitute condition, and a few days afterwards I was called upont to write an account of their hardships iannd privations. ,'^^^\^•.') <>\\\ '.-.Mio,! ^..»f>jii -vftc i> Anxious at all times to assist the child of misfortune, I yielded cheerfully to tWs desire, and from the notes in my posfKis- sion, I have prepared this pamphlet ^for the press. I have confined mysdf ito a simple detail of their statement, and «M9A perfectly unconscious of having exceeded the truth, or that I have given it the gloss of fiction. K.A.-*k -.^wi^-r. ,a,Jtb;l,'b -^.n mu^ I never witnessed any scene that im- pressed my mind more deeply, or that moved the sympathies of my heart so powerfully as these deplorable objects of mma i i ■ , I J f f commiseration. These men in the days of their youth are reduced to the lowest state of abject wretchedness; this affected me, and their personal appearance would move a stouter heart than mine in pity towards them. The consideration of their being one. Irish and the other Scotch, therefore, without any place of legal set- tlement, and destitute of friends who are capable of administering to their numerous wants, has induced me to lay the follow- ing pages before the Public. /Himimhn 1 I am actuated by a purer principle than proceeds from personal vanity or sordid selfishness : — for should a humane Chris- tian Public benevolently extend their aid to these destitute, yet deserving indivi- duals, I shall be happy as having attained my object, in assisting those who possess so powerful a claim on the sympathy of such as delight in doing good. .. ,,. i > -au j.'tU '>rr)'i^ Vi-^ci Iv:.^;^- ^qSES PUMPRH. : ,' , M M i i 1 i i tiU. !:t^)70*ji * Portsmouth, Sept. 1 836. V.i» i days lowest ffected would P pity f their cotch, il set- 10 are leroiis bllow- e than sordid Chris- 3ir aid indivi- tained )osses8 thy of MPRH. ? THE LOSS OF THE MARSHAL M'DONALD, &c. &c. ; s;:i.i The ao^e in which we live is eminent] v distin- guished for its advancement in science. J3ut for the calamities tliat attend manicind, we might cherish the belief that human ina^enuity had at- tained the highest summit of perfection. The laadable efforts (»f the philanthropist have been incessantly directed to lessen the aggregate amount of human woe. There can be no greater or better evidence offered in proof of this remark, than the constant attention that within these few years past, has been paid to the numerous emergencies and dangers that attend the sailor in his perilous passage through the voyage of life, on the. bois- terous ocean. The liritish Government has paid a regard to the interests of seamen. which is to their credit, and to the high honor of our national character; they have exhibited benevolence as 6 15 "i, ii ■M our principal and prominent feature, and as an object of peculiar importance amon^i^ Britonsi. Every improvement which science could suggest. has been adopted in the erection of British ves- sels; whether such improvements tend to secure their inhabitants from danger in tempestuous weather, by strengthening the ship to bear the violence of the storm, or facilitate their progress on the briny wave. While the structure of vessels has become an object of serious attention, pre- miums have been awarded to the skilful and ex- perienced mariner, who has also been promoted in the Navy for any improvement in the art of Navigation. For -the benefit of seamen on our own coast, additional landmarks have been erect- ed; and to give further security to shipping, th# greatest undertaking in England, the Plymouth Breakwater, has been accomplished. • . - *. ^ ' It is remarkable, and worthy observation, that with all the advantages offered to the mariner, the 'general dangers and hazardi of a foreign voVage have not been proportionably diminished, ndrhas individual misfortune been lessened. The dvetits^ of the last few years havo brought under public observation, a series of disasters at sea* in wbrch the- sufferings of the survivors have exceeded the troubles of many of their prede- t^^s, pre- id ex- )moted art of pn our erect- ly, th« ^ mouth vation, ariner, fbreigu lislied; The under it sea* I have prede- pad of »f the Victory, uuder Captain Ross; of the loss of the Sir James Spreight, and of many othera that could be very easily enumerated; but in few instances do we remember that men have undergone more protracted misery, than the unfortunate subjects of the sul)joiued narrative. On the eighth day of November, 1P3>, the Barque, Marshal M' Donald, of about 350 tons burthen, sailed from Quebec wilh a crew of fifteen hands, and one passenger, laden with timber, for the City of Limerick. She proceeded on her voyage till the 21st. At several periods she ad« mitted the water, and the fears of the crew were excited as to the safety of the vessel : these fears, however, were allayed by the confidence which the seamen reposed in the superior knowledge, maturer judgment, and greater experience of their Captain, so that nothing, either very sin- gular, or remarkably interesting, occurred till the 21st of November. - , r . ,;, ;■; „, j ; .^r... Proceeding on our voyage, while we were in the Gulf of* St. Lawrence, off the Island of St. Paufs, on the 21st of Novesnber, a heavy storm arose, the wind blowing very fresh from tlie north- west. The storm raged with uncommon violence, carried away our main-top-sail, and did serious damage (o our leaky vessel. We entertained a pleasing hope that on the succeeding day the weather would abate, so that we might repair our i 8 loss, and prosecute onr voyage. In this we were however disappointed, as each succeeding day in- creased our privations, and added to our sufferings. The morning of another day began to dawn upon us, after a long and tedious night of fear, anxiety, and suffering. The sun appeared reluct- antly to dispel the darkness of the night. All seemed dreary. Every heart was filled with the- deepest gloom and sorrow. The conflicting pas- sions of the mind responded t(» the awful scene before us. Awful is that scene which is presented to the observation of the unfortunate Mariner. No friendly assistance within his reach, he looks on the melancholy prospect beiore him in all it& horror. The swelling ocean omnipotent in power» bursting its violence on bis shattered vessel, the winds also blowing a perfect hurricane, tremen- dous in strength, and when united with the mightj and mountainous sea, depriving the seantan of alt control over his bark. The very sun of heaven in- volved in such darkness, that its light is all but totally denied ; at such a trying and painful moment what heart can rf^fuseits sympathy to hnman beings in such a situation, witnessing the most awful con- vulsions of nature, and contemplating all the dan- gers to which they were inevitably exposed from the storm. Dangers from which there is no hope of escape, however faint aiid glimmering. '^ i were lay in- wrings, dawn f fear, reluct- . All til the> ff pas- scene isented ariner. e looks all iU power^ sel, the tremen- mig'htjF 1 of all iven in- I all but moment I beings ful con- he dan- ed from hope of a The morning dawned in gloom upon us. Fresh dangers seemed iinpencliiig, and we were dooiueil to encounter fresh diliiciilties. The storm continued unabated, and the vessel sustained a further loss, the loss of her fore-sail and fore- top- sail, the force of the sea carried away also the bulwarks, the stanchions, and the long boat. The vessel was still in a very leaky condition, and while most of the hands were on deck working the pumps, she shipped a heavy sea, and became completely water- logged. Twelve of the crew were washed overboanl. Thus was our future progress impeded, and thus was our crew reduced to a state of misery which the pen can but feebly describe. Our trouble eacreased at this awful mo- ment. Three of our companions, unable to reach the ship, perished, leaving an unmanagable wreck to the mercy of the tempest with a crew reduced in number by this calamity, and in strength by their continued exertions at the pump, and in performing other duties during the earlier part of the storm. When we needjd an increase of hands, w.e felt a diminution in our number to be a loss which nothing could supply. ; ' •■ .?• '■ •' '•< When the sea struck the vessel, the Mate was driven by the force of the wat:^r between the lee-rigging and the deck cargo. It was midnight, and he called, but for some time he called in vain oa the crew to extricate him from his perilous rjT— 10 ■;f i Bituation. The crew were anxious for their own safety; vet while thev deplured tiie fate of Iheir cmipanion, they hesitated for awhile to expose themselves to the dan<^er of immediate death. Uis cries were repeated till the Captain and one of the crew took a lanthorn and went to his assist-* ance* they took him to the cabin, and put him in bis, herth; in about an hour he called ao^ain for lielp, declaring that he was likely to be drowned even in the cabin. All hands being now below, a more prompt, attention was paid to the second call of the mate, when the sad discovery was made of Ihe real state of the ship. The most timid on board had no apprehension of our danger, or thut the vessel was filling so quickly with water. i,... On the discovery of the danger that was in.- ^evitable to tlie whole of the crew if they remained beloNv, we all took to the main-top. Uncheering indeed was our prospect, and melancholy were the sensations felt in every breast, expecting that every liour would terminate our lives, as the tem- pest still raged with unabated and irresistible \ oleuce and fury, we clung however to the rig- gint, with that ardour to which the love of life could nlone give birth. Our situation was hope- lesslv forlorn; our nerves, which were enfeebled |>y, labour and the scene before us, were strengthr eaed, and we were, stimulated again to renewed exertion, with renewed vigour, when we thought r own f Ibeir expose death. nd one assist-* liim in ain for rowned below, second ry was it timid i«er, or rater, ', was in.- ^niained ibeering Iv were ing tbat be tem- esistible the rig- ; of life as bope- nfeebLed trengtb- renewed tboiight i 11 on our bomes, and of tbose persons wbose futnrd bliss or woe depended on, and would be powerfully influenced by our destiny. For tbese of our kindred* did we principally value life and desire to live. The Mate was eitber too much e\bausted, 6t had been too severely injured to ascend tbe riggin<^, and day- light presented him to tbe notice of bis* companions— a clay-cold and sliffened corpse! W"e^ looked on the fate of our companion as if expect- ing at a period fas( approaching us, a similar death; On discovering tbe death of tbe Mate, before con- signing tbe body to tbe deep, it was stripped of its' clothing, and two of tbe men who were most de- plorably destitute of clothes, and tberefore exposed to a state of greater suffering from the bitter seve*- rity of the cold weather, appeared pleased at his death, and ac ually entered into a pugilistic combat for tbe dress of their unfortunate fellow companion. We were reduced to tbat state of misery that the tine feelings of humanity, or of mutual sympathy; were completely extinguished by the severity of individual suffering, and a love of self jiredomi- uated in every breast to the entire excliision of every other principle. '*w^^'*^' '^^^ "<*^» «^n< .) tyi;^ Early on the twenty-third the Carpenter, wh(y^ had sustained a previous injury from being washed overboard the day before, was also discovered dead. The Captain had ordered the masts of the vessel to be cut away at the cotnmencement of bar 12 I ■ 11 i; I- , disasters ; the Carpenter was too much injilred to obey Ibe cummaud ui* the Captain, and as the crew were unable to }^et at the carpenter*s tools, the masts were iinwillingly permitted to remain; this was one day deeply deplored as a most unfor- tunate event, but a few buurs afterwards exhibited our shnrt-siglitedness„ for bad we cut away the masts as we desired and hoped to do, instant and certain death must have been the inevitable portion of all on board. The Carpenter like the Mati^ was thrown into the sea but without being deprived of his clothes. - » ... ..iy ;. , * ,i, ,i ^.m ;,.,:. n^ The same dav death released another of our companions from his sufferings. The cook, a man of color, was seen to be in a dying condition, when we ascended the rigging, the Captain took with him a bottle, containing a little rum, and with this he endeavoured to allay the pain of the unfor- tunate, sufferer. While however he was pouring the spirits down the throat of the Cook, the vital spark became extinct, the spirit was called before its judge, and the body fell (frozen to death), from the main-top in a state of lifeless inanimation on the deck, and was washed overboard. Thus our number seemed hourly diminishing. Id this situation we continued in the depth of winter, for a period of fifteen days, exposed to all that human beings could possibly endure. ManjK of our companions, although possessing equally T 13 njilred as the ( tools, emahi; unfor- liibited ray the ant and portion atr was iprived r-" of our . a man n, when )ok with n\\\ this B unfor- pouring the vital id before th). from lation on rhus our depth of sed to all !. Manjjc ; equallj with their survivors the advantages of youth and bodily strength, unable to bear the intense cold or to exist under such privations as a want of food and clothing, died before our eyes. Who can expect a correct descriptiod to be )y ail ihe 17 pleasures of hope. The swelling and boii^terout sea drove us however from the land, and despair seized every breast. The steward saw our situa- tion with all its horrors and became a helpless and pitiable mauiac, but happily sometime after his reaching land his reason was restored. ' r « « On the morning of the 7th of December we again saw land, the current drifted us towards it, and then a heavy sea drove us on shore at St. Shotts, which is justly dreaded by every mariner as a place of danger and death. The vessel was dashed to pieces, and the masts fell towards the shore, and three of the crew who endeavoured to reach the shore by means of the masts perished in their attempt, while the remiiining portion of the crew, seven in number, succeeded after many diffi- culties, in getting on the Island of Newfoundland. When we landed, we observed but one dwel- ling house, which was occupied by a respectable and benevolent fisherman; we made towards this house, and were kindly received with all the generous hospitality which characterizes Britons. After three days* rest and refreshment we pro- ceeded on toTrepassey, a small village 15 miles distant, containing a population of about 300 persons. The Captain having been frost- bitten kept behind while mei;iii were adopted to produce a cure. The Captain had money, but those who were destitute though more severely afflicted^ rrsp" 18 ? ! M'^ li!:: I' ■■ ii: Mi ii^': could command no kindness to administer to them the relief they needed. The narrators bein^ also tieverely frost-bitten in their feet and legs; and therefore unable to perform the journey on foot, were provided with horses for that purposi:;. On reaching Trepassey, we went immediately to the house of Mr. Synis, but learned that that gentleman and his lady were both at St. John's on a visit. His wife's mother made her appear- ance, she listened to our tale without betraying the least emotion of feclini; on our account. She refused us the shelter of a house, and permitted OS to lie down on the snow, tlil the hearts of a few poor fishermen were moved towards us, while they expressed their just indignation at the unfeeling conduct of Mr. Syms* mother-in-law, they took us to their homes, and humanely did all in their power to contribute to our comfort. We remained with these poor but hospitable people about a fortnight, till after the return of Mr. Syms from St. John's. Mr. Syms on bis arrival refused to provide any place for our accom- modation. The inhabitants of Trepassey appeared deeply interested in our welfare, as our feet and legs were so severely frost-bitten as to require •urgical attention. The season of the year would not permit the fishermen, to follow their calling,, and their boats were hauled up and removed some distance from the sea, to preserve them from injurj: I 1 19 > them lii|^ also }; and (1 foot. tvi d lately at that John's ippear- trayinjf She rmitted f a few lie they nfeeling took us r power . .rn ' spitable eturn of , on his \ accom- ippeared feet and require ir would ' calling^, red some mi injury during the storms and tempests incidental to the winter season. The fishermen proposed to Mr. Syms that if he would allow them the use of hiii boat, which was the only one fit and ready for sea, they would find themselves and us in provisions, and take us the distance of 90 miles to St. John's, where we could be properly attended to. To this proposal Mr. Syms would not listen, and while we live we shall feel the elfects of Mr. Syms' refusal of the request of the fishermen. The legs began to rot from our bodies, and emitted a stench that it was almost impossible to bear. The fishermen appealed, but they appealed in vain to the humane Mr. Syms on our behaif. They threatened to put us out of their houses, and asked fur a place of shelter for our reception. We were removed to a house in ruins, the snow penetrated through the dilapidated sides of our wretched habitation. We lay in one corner of the room upon a bed, if a heap of hay without either a blanket or a sheet, could merit that appellation; a hearth-rug, so stiff with frost as to stand in an erect position, was the only covering allowed such men and in such a situation as ours. Our destitute condition moved the sym- pathy of our ship-mates, who went begging for us, and procured a supply of blankets for onr use; still We were permitted to remain in this place, without any attention being paid to our legs from the lOth of December to the 17th of April, a period of four '7T' 90 IP i: i months and seven days! and during that lime, our feet became so putrid as to fall from our legs. The pain this occasioned was so severe that for some time we lost our sight and the faculty of speech. One of the ship's company was kept in Trepassey to wait upon us, and the others went on to St. John's by land. ..,„., While we were in Trepassey, in our unenviable and horrid abode, our legs would continue to swell, and blisters would frequently appear visil»le; we broke these blisters with a pin, but being detected at this, the pin was taken from us, and afterwards we inserted the end of a piece of buy into the blisters on our legs for the purpose of procuring a discharge of the watery matter. Little does Mr. Syms know, or indeed, perhaps, little does he care, what we are likelv to suffer in our future life, through his unkindness of disposition towards us. Had we been cast on a dreary or desolate island without an inhabitant, we could have expected no friendship or assistance. Had we run ashore on an island inhabited bv uncultivated heathens or brutalized hottcntots, we should have h)oked for no sympathy or kindness at their hands. Although it is likelv, that the natural sternness and cruel dispositions of such people might have been sub- dued into benevolence by the sad recital of our «^e. To say nothing of Christianity, should not ai d ... k^- H.. Xii 21 ne, our 8. The )r some speech, epassey 1 to St. ■enviable o swell, \l\e; we detected ter wards into the icuring a does Mr. i he care, ture life, Eirds us. xie island pocted no ashore on at hens or ooked for Although and cruel been sub- tal of our should not I 7 I lb buroan kindness have taught Mr. Syms a lesson of humanity — " * To feel another's woe?* He was bound by the law of nature to afford protection and assistance to his fellow men in their distress; the law of God is still more imperative, and enjoins the discharge of this duty. These laws, however, and their mandates he equally dis- regarded, and although filling a high official station in society, he steeled his heart against the piteous supplications of men reduced to the lowest abyss of human wretchedness. We paid dearly for life, by the suffering in which our lives were preserved and protracted while we were on the wreck. Was the sympathy of Mr. Syms in accordance with his duty as a magistrate, or creditable to his reputation as a man t Or could he suppose that, although we were in a state of perfect misery, that we were unworthy his protection, or deserving such stern severity, such unexampled, and unpardonable cru- elty? Happily for our national character, happily for mankind too, there are but few such persons as Mr. Syms vested with magisterial authority. In England Mr. Syms would be compelled to retire from the bench in compliance with the powerful and united voice of a humane people, who would despise and condemn such a character as un- worthy tiieir respect and attention. Wealth may have placed him above many of the inhabitants of I 22 Trepassey. but the conduct of Mr. Syms would be a disgrace to the poorest or meanest person in the village. „„„. I) On the 16th of April, a seal-fishing vessel put into Trcpassy, wind-bound; on the following day we wore taken on board, and sailed. for St. John*8, where we arrived the ne\.t day, the 18th of April. On reaching St. John's, and going on shore, we were immediat ly visited by the sur- geons of that place. One leg was first amputated from the person of Thomas Goodwin, whose buf- ferings were so excruciating, that it was six weelcA before he could be prevailed upon to undergo a second operation, when the other leg was taken off, /His companion and fellow sufferer Joseph Shearer, was not in so bad a si«,uation, having but, one (eg that it was necessary to remove, although the other is rendered entirely useless, the con- tracted nerves having drawn it out of its natural posture. We remained in St. John's till the 5th of August, when we were put on board the Arab. Transport, and sailed for Portsmouth, where we arrived after a pleasant voyage of seventeen days, on the 22ud. ... ,.. .' » 'v '* i , f ,^ We can present the reader with no correct idea of our feelings of pleasure on landing at Ports- mouth. Denied the friendly assistance of English- men in foreign countries, to whom we looked for succour; denied surgical assistance at a time when ■rr'. *■'■ MTOUld 23 ton m el put owing or St. 18th ng on e sur- utated se ^uf- weeicA e he con- natural the 5th lie Arab here we m days, ect idea t Ports- English- Dked for me when our limbs were actually perishing; from onr bodie., and permitted to remain in this pitiable situation during a severe winter, in a habitation that none of the inhabitants considered habitable, with scarcely any fire, while the snow penetrated through our ruinous buildin«;, even to our very bed. We were compelled by a British Magis- trate to remain in this unenviable state of bodily suffering and mental a»ony for a period of four months and seven days! A remembrance of past sorrows, and a feeling of most excruciating pain, embitteriig our anticipations of the future. A re- membrance of the past impressed on the memory never to bo obliterated, we looked forward to our succeeding days with the gloomiest forebodings. We endured all the dangers of the storm, we par- took our full share of the perils of the perilous deep, under which, more than half the number of our companions sunk into the arms of death. Re- duced to a state of unutterable woe, we landed with our lives only, on a British Island. We told our melancholy tale io an English Magistrate, but we were disregarded. We survived the dangers of the deep, but through the crudest neglect of people professing Christianity, who had the means of relieving our sufreri.ig by expelling the frost from our legs, we are prevented while we live from procuring for ourselves the commonest food. In- "capable of exertion, we are thrown on the com- Tin*" r f ifur' I 24 m •■' I munity as helpless cripples. Impressed with these Sentiments, who can conceive our joy when we were taken on shore at Portsmouth, where, as in most othc. parts of England, are christains to commiserate the sufferings of tho unfortunate child of misery; where, when distress is seen, the tear of sympathy as well as the hand of benevolence is reaoy to soothe at once the mental grief, and alle- viate the bodily pain of the sufferer, requiring such consolation or assistance. On landing at Ports* mouth, we were taken to lodgings provided for as by the Farochical authorities, whose kindnesr and humanity as well as of the governor of the poor, we can never forget, while we have the use of teason, or while memory is faithful to her office, [afterwards they were removed to the Work-house where they still continue]. May the God of }J[i|;avcn reward our benefactors. •i?T ri c?)i '4«>- % Ki'sJ- i 4,^ A}iif:'t\\ ii^Yi) ill J. fro ,y]rhi n'jvij '{jjo dH^ :,i>\i.U' FINIS, ^■'^'^'nciU^^ieva^ ""■"■" ^ ^^'^^ ■.•*^' " uh ;■ " • ' -m, -mtis nti ^riatH kjr W, Browaiag, m, Wslcoi StrMt,latk. h these len we 3, as in Bins to te child he tear lence is nd alle- ng sQch : Ports- d for as lesf and le poor, 3 use of T office, rk-house God of in* . { t,\-A I?)