Lynchburg Daily Virginian

The Wreck of the Schooner Pacific—Further
Particulars.—We have already noticed the
loss of the schooner Pacific, of Washington, N.
C., in the gale of the 5th inst., near Barnegat.
The New York Herald says:
After she struck, the crew, six in number, got
into the rigging, where they remained upwards
of an hour. Hoping better to survive the perils
of the night, they descended and took refuge in
the cabin, and while there a heavy sea struck the
vessel, tearing open the cabin doors and washing
the captain overboard. He, however, through
the exertions of the mate, Mr. Charles Pickett,
regained the vessel. A little boy, brother-in-law
of the captain, was drowned in the cabin.
The crew then took refuge upon the house upon
deck, where they held on by the rigging until
one by one three of the crew were swept overboard.
The captain and mate held on until
daybreak, when they made every effort to get
on shore, but the mate only succeeded.
The clothes of the captain having become entangled
about his legs and feet and frozen so
stiffly that it was impossible for him to extricate
himself, he called to the mate for assistance,
which was promptly rendered, and as he was
dragging the almost senseless captain on shore
a sea caught them and carried Capt. Pharrow
beyond reach—He was, however, again caught
by the mate, and dragged on shore. Here a
young man, named Wm. Webb, and Mr. Jennings,
wreck master, came to the assistance of
the sufferers, but the captain expired shortly after,
while being conveyed to the government
house. The mate suffered dreadfully from the
intense cold, but happily, through the efforts of
Mr. Jennings, he recovered.