Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-12-06
From the Buffalo CONNER iul.
A THRILLING INCIDENT.

lHhlLLl M lNIlDEN1ss <tSa
Among the perious scenes of The heavy
gale which caused such wide spread dis.
aster 10 orr lake shipping, fortnight
since one has come to oufknowledge equal.
ling in interest the most highly wrought
tale Of fiction. In thai fearful night, tho
steamboat Constitution. Capt Appleby was
out amidst the terrors ofthe gale. BY the
glimpses canght at intervals, when. the fit
full storm for. a moment broke AWAY. the
anxious and waichful commander was
made aware of the critical situation of hia
boat, which was rapidly drifting thunder
the hurricane power Of the gale, which
blew almost directly across the lake, to.
wards dangerous reef, from which escape
would have been impossible He went
directly to the engineer, and ordered on
smore steam" The reply ofthe engineer
was that there was already as much on 81
tina boilers would safely bear.
Again did the captain seek the deck. to
see if his laboring boat was making head
way, and again returned to the engine room.
He explained to the engineer their hazar3
dous stu alton, and told him all hope was
lost, il no more Roadway could be gained--
1 but left the engineer 10 act his discretion in
the crisis. A moment Of reflection and he
decided. Life or death hung on the is
sue. Certain destruction awaited the boat
and her devoted crew, in few brief min
uies, if she did not gain upon the drying
storm. This might be aperted, if the boil
ers--already crowded to fearful preesure--
could yet bear a heavier strain, and that
he determined TO Try. True Tho awful i,ofs
rors OF an explosion wore wildly bafore
hm--the rnang ed limbs, he scorcl,ed md
liteless bodies, the dark shrieks ana eroans
OF the hapless victims, were before his eyas
and on his ear--the alternative was fear
tul one, yet 1t must be resorted to. Sses ~
He coolly directed the heads OF two
barrels of oil tol,e broken in, and The fur
naces were rapidly fed with wood dipped
in the highly inflamable liquid, while two
men with ladies' dashed the oil into ths
flames. The intense heat which these
combusiibles created. generated steam
with the rapidity of lightning, and soon the
restless yapor forced up the safety valve.
aud issued forth with tremendous violence.
its sharp hissipgs heard above the wild ups
roarof the waters aud the storm. With q
desperate and determined courage. which
equaled the most daring heroism that the
page of history has ever recorded the en-
gineer sat doaoa upon the leUer of the safety
vaIre, TO confine and raise the steam 10 the
necessary power required 10 propel the
boat against the drifting wavesi In this
awful situation he calmly remained, until
the prodigious efforts otthe engine had for
ced the Constitution sufficiently off shore
to be beyond the threatened danger. - "A
This intrepid act was not rash and
vain-glorious attempt TO gain the applause Of
multitude BY a'fool hardy exposure Of
life, in some racing excursion, ---it was not
the deed Of a drunkenand reckless man.
wickedly needless of the safety Of those
whose lives were periled---but il was the.
selEpossession and determined courage of
one whose firmnessis worthy of all admir-
ration. We give il asst was told TO US, az
ore ofthose frequent scenes Of real life,
whose actualsrealities are indeed stranger
than fiction" a q q
! Coop. Many orthe administration pas
pers have 'publishedsa typographicalFpy fe-4
mid Of the states, as an emblem Of the pom (
ularity and perinanency Of their party
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