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the starboard or large cutter flying across the poop. The poop ports
having been blown in, the violence of the wind blew down the backheads,
destroying the Barometers, and everything in the cabins. The ship cover
ed with spray and labouring excessively in a tremendous sea, the rapidity
of her motion tearing everything on the different decks and in the hold a-
driffc. Men unable to stand on their legs, or to hear one another shout.
Two o’clock, the wind, which had been for the last half hour indescribably
furious, suddenly ceased entirely.
The Simpiesometer in the calm continued to stand at 28 08. The fore and
mainmast, which had got under the bottom, were now cut adrift. The
ship covered with aquatic birds, thousands of them dying on the deck.
About 4 p. M., the wind that had ceased at E.S.E. or East, began to blow
with equal fury at W.N.W. The ship was again enveloped with the sea,
and labouring with a violence that nothing could resist—3J feet water
in the hold. At 9 p. m,, the wind abating, Sympiesometer 28’96. At midnight
moderate wind at westward, Sympiesometer 29T, Daylight, squally at
westward. Commenced rigging a jury foremast; Chinese at the pumps.
At 9 a. M., saw the Vingorla rocks by NE<)E ; crew at the pumps. Noon,
squally at westward, with showers.
Ship Buckinghamshire dismasted, bearing up for Vingorla.
H. Remarks.—Tuesday, 20th April, 1847.
I. Set the foretopmast staysail and a foretop gallantsail on the Jury fore-*
mast, and bore up for Vingorla.
4 ,—Westerly breeze and squally. Passing about 2 V South of the Vingorla
Rocks.
7. —Light breeze and squally with showers. S. Vingorla Rock W. J N. At 7*30
anchored with the larboard bower in 9J fathoms.
10. —Burnt blue lights.
12.—Fresh westerly breezes.
6.—Turned the men out to the pumps.
8, —A vessel with only her foremast standing, and steering by a spar over the
stern, running in to the rocks.
11. —Fresh W.S.W. breeze, and fine. The stranger firing guns.
12. —Sent a letter on shore in a water cask.
Ship Buckinghamshire off Vingorla,
H. Remarks.—Wednesday, 21st April, 1847.
I. —Moderate Westerly wind and squally.
3.—Moderate W.S.Westerly breeze and cloudy.
(We have been since told that Major-General Morse came down to the beach
this afternoon and offered Rs. 200 to any boat that would come oft to us;
but although the weather was moderate, such was the terror caused by the
recent loss of life and property, that there were no volunteers.)
11. —Variable and squally night, heavy rain.
6.—Squally with heavy rain. Filled some casks with rain water, salt water having
found its way into the ship’s tanks during the hurricane.
10.—Collecting pieces of beef and pork, and other provisions, amongst the coals,
the casks having been smashed.
12. —Fresh breeze and squally. Rigging a jury mainmast.