The New Hampshire Gazette

LOSS OF THE SARAH & SUSAN.

Boston, Dec. 7.—Barque Sarah & Susan, Merrill, of Portsmouth, 82 days from Cronstadt, cargo hemp, iron and manufactures, bound to this port, struck on Cohasset Rocks yesterday morning, and was entirely lost.— Capt. Merrill, the mate, and several men are saved, and have arrived in town. From Capt. Merrill we have the following account:—Was standing in yesterday morning under easy sail—the ship going at the rate of about 4 knots an hour—wind about S. E. blowing heavy, and weather very thick—when at 1-2 past 1 o'clock, she struck on a ledge of rocks off Cohasset, immediately bilged, and soon after filled with water. At about 8 o'clock, the top separated from the bottom of the vessel, carrying with it the mizen mast, to which the people clung, the sea making a complete breach over them, and the deck all under water. At 1/2 past 9 o'clock the sch. Paramount, from Halifax, passed within pistol shot of them, when they begged for assistance, but she passed on—the men were then all alive, and Capt. Merrill states that they might all have been saved by the schr. if any attempt had been made. Between the hours of 10 and 1, four persons sunk into a watery grave—through fatigue, and being chilled, they could not hold on any longer. At half past 1, P. M. the pilot boat Hornet, Wilson, master, came to their assistance, and succeeded in saving the survivors. It is but justice to say, that as soon as Mr. Wilson, and the pilots in the Hornet, heard of the situation of the barque, they made all haste possible to render assistance to their fellow creatures in distress, and completely succeeded in saving all, as before stated, although there was a very heavy sea.—Those drowned, were Mr. John Wheelright, jr. (son of Mr. John Wheelwright of this town) a passenger; Charles L. Walker, put on board by the American Consul at Cronstadt: and Hale Evans, and Hibert Hillens, seamen.