Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-11-11

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"Why Dennis,' said the clerk, 0this i,
the place where the Washington sunk !" 3
ESQ it is," responded the engineer, ''and
YOU recollect it was just over ia the deep
water, under that bluff, that tn. hull went
,lown and all the deck passengers aud hands
W re drowned. If the ca in hadn't a float
| ed, we would not have been here toni sht
to try another chance at stepping out
Sand if this boat were to sink" said
another, "there would be no climbing that
forty feet of perpendicular sand" E
Reub was all eyes, mouth and ears, du-
ring this conversation, and we could see
that he was becoming very much alarmed.
The clerk co1tinucd-"D you rtcolect,
now, Dennis, that it was there the Bald
Earle blew up and careenrd ov, r in o sixty
feet water :"
rhis---s-is, went the st am jus. at the
instant, ard re oluti IN of tn, wheels gave
a cta3, cioo-o, that made the Loaf tr rnble
all ovir. The second engineer was trying
to back her. "a.
"Wha--what's that 2" asked REuB, in
wild Observation-Disclosures f.mr'
"Too much steam, Bob" said the clerk
very quietly to the matr-"rom will havr
us blown into next week if he don't look
out. Let's get aft"
Here so,nc one suggested thr propriPty o :
,ettin- some benches anl tru Ks + a y in
case o! a blow up or rarepn, a d few of
the wicked. 81 wa rs { alout collecting va
rons floatable articles. Rnnh was not BE-
hinl in this. He Strapped his coat aud
waistcnat upon small travelling ,rurk,
pulled off his boots, and prepared for the
worS'.
81 rs get back Of the wheel hous IS il
Jack C., the second clerk, ether 5 less
danger ther'," and we all went aft with our
stfcty articles. We hal then been some
twenty minutes standing sill, and the boi'-
ers had on as much steam as they could
bear; the safety valve was whist in- like a
South Caroina darkey. Undor pr trnce Of
being still sai''r, some OF tn party prevailed
upon RErB to 20 down Oh tn quar- !, aal
in minute aft r the en- inc turnrd III
steam into the wh el Fifty thrnd rs, how
it roared ,-rnou rh to have fri htrnrd aav
body who diln't und rstand the cause for
moment all was confusion, ard al W. re-
envelopad in st am. When this cl ared
away, RErB was nowhere to be found, and
we commenced search, rot ont th' vaw
AMI halIooed like panthcrs. At length 'hc
o ject Of our search was discovered a. ou' a
quarter of mile down srrar. II had
luckily eau hit hol1 o. a sna- :, AMI! tn re h.
was hanri1e, str .tch out like a spr ah
rage, one ha d grasping limh ad the
other sill retail in, ho'd upon ,h" "a i,".
H. was hanled into the yawl ard Given a
smile of whskey, when one Of his r s:ucr'
asked him how he was
"Oh, never mini me-" sail R.rB, haroi-
callv, "never mind me. Hon. mrny more
of the poor crentar2S hcp' bin lost 20
This was little too good, and lau rh
No |, soon convinced the sokrd, smoked
and saved REUB tina. h. was romher a nov
ice at running SchYte No. s. in an hour
after we had backed ont and wer' travelling
on the broad river a ayaia.-PennSWranian.
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