Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-10-21

was by the wreck OF srars and Sails
no Jb-boom had been carried away,
taking Win il the fore-,o3masi and main
-iorgaIant mast. To SECURE the remaan,
al the spanker, which had been spill
| square IN the yafds-secure the nvine
psnnnnls %! unhitched rigging. and save
The lore ioPmast siaysai was the work
time, rs the main topsail was blowing GU,
straight ahead IN ibbons as wa, also the
ma'nsatl. The sen continued 10 co,he,
sir"ng:n, and rolled with fearful fury
Unless more heudway cod he got on the
ship She must be immersed by HE immense
masses that were piled up as,ern. The
wreck was no sooner cleared, than down
came The ma ntop mast, carrying wi h i
tall az ne ma mast and m.zzen-tonm 81
freveCicr taos and sheets were aitnchel
tic The !oresall. and piece OF the foye-s,uv.
sail set 10 the fl. einast head, 10 prevent
her broaching 10. Onward size hiel. but
faster than The course OF The vessel rushed
passed the madened waves The foresail
spit, and its rbbonds ranged ont far ahead
and odled 10 aur peril by decreasing our
speed. !, vas too late 10 lay TO. and scud
We must. The sea rolled in high, steady
masses, and as they broke under our stern,
would shoot US alb ad with still more rapid-
iiv, rs we rushed over the top of the sea :
but when we fell into the hollow. she would
,re,nbe, and lay as std as babe in its
crib while high above Us, ahead and
astern. was the rongh-rdged sea waiting
TO "a upon Us and leave not Il specl be-
hind. lmmed alely over head, and framed
by the whle-ccsted surg, was the black
curtain Of lempestuous night. Fearful
was the moment as we lay in The hollow! =
nothing bat most perfect seaboat could
ride out the fury Of the tempest The
highest part OF oGe sea had swept past US,
but one more terrible than the rest was a.
stern, and IS the good sh rose on it. her
head pointing down into the abyss below
and her stern at an angle OF nearly forty.
five gree, the comb Of The surge hung
like canopy aboveus. 1t broke, md sweep
ing US from iatlr il 10 knight-headS, clrried
every thing before it. Oar decks were
swepl--tinnacle, caboose, boats. and three
OF The men, wero among the things that
were. Onward n! one desperate leap we
new dHC HSafh zen mo me succeeding
hollow. Another terrific wave was behind
and as sic settled and almost seemed Ia
gather stern way. we saw ne chance Of
ecape. To lash ourselves 10 the rigging
was the work Of an instant while the
captain, with or , iurns o: rope round
his body and atcund the wheel, watched
the shock. standing at an angie on his
heels. wih his head pointed back, that the
Il nig hi c k down upon hi;2l and less
Ell Inc chance of being swept away. Like
lie former sea, only more formidable, il
broke upon cur quarter deck, pouring
.huge ma srS of waier upon us. :! he ship
1remhlod like an overridden racer; and
seemed ,tiing away flo-, under our feet
but the coming waves were not so heavy.
Fear and danger had sobered all on board
and witn the speed that case Of llfs and
death can lmpel, was e-sloysai sell
BY degree the day broke, the storm eicard
away-and under jury-masls we reached
New York in forty days.
The papers detailed long account Of
the damage done TO The ship R, ami
the loss Of three Of her crew in gale-but
rYn did ~ l..