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4 $50 rSAAS Meade.
III MI w. II. Stanton ii Flushing. L. l.. 4 passen.
ger tais iAslaree vessel notice Of the 5estrpt.
tioa q whish tgythe S5aiherntq we gave iasf week
gives lhs s9lsuing tAriting description Of the oc
eurrsnee TAseseaPe of Mi S. was almost rnirac.
Hleus.
| was lying awake ii my state room, when
heard the watch on deck give orders to the
heimsman t0 steer to the pindward Of ayes-
III sel, which order Seemed To Be obeyed Ina.
4 moment after the order was countermanded
q tue vessel appeared to Be crossing our
track. Sprtaging up, leo4i meneed dressing.
bus Just - / TOOK MY coa5 aud vest .up 10
put shesl 81 the watch cried out thai The
vesset would he Into Is at TIE sanle time
az hailed hes tosStsor away but before ia
s sRaad q his Voice had CEASED. tie vessel
Which proved 70 be tEe sfdafier Soutbernerl
u dhnger, anu tie hrst answer came tnat tnerc
Y WAS noue. hut some one Immediately cried
/ tHat she was sinking By this tim / was
dressed, audtrunnipg upoa deck WHARF, the
4 passengers We're fast ASSEMBLING several of
] ri engaged for moment id trying to !sunch
1 aIstfa beat which hung On lestaFbo4rd siao
>ept aet4ro sae was uHlashel the bow Of the
1 bfrk was deep uuder water and none Of Us
f.wsre able 10 stand
7 i The tadleswero all terrified, screaming for
+ hslp ard meEey yer only one man seemed
/ 70 lose eommatd of himself Those who
could immediately jumped overboard, and !.
e9mmeneed swlmmIngto sit away from the
n vessel before she went dowu but no one had
t2re - sslze plank or anything with which
I I'd sustain himself The vessel was so near
! III perpendicular that i Slid dewn 10 the
niafhmaat where. catching hold Of settle
4 n knNr .t
n steElr- IN order ID jump overheard But
n haa scarcely time u caleaiIlold Of the rig.
N ging II ;tie aFizzeunsa-t Ieftre shewe4t down
and the cries for hklp werd drowned Ia tile
r4sh Of waters made by tlk barkls Sinking
4 As we went down commenced drawing my.
SILT up by the rigging, and when ! had clear;
ea myself from that / coutihued to hesceud
being drawn down by the sinking vessel
Exciting myself 10 rise til the surface till
Il after wiGt seemed TO me ain age,l felt that
E1Ewas no longer desccndiug. since the rush
isof waters had ceased Although assembled
rapidly, | WAS so long under water that
1. was III Heartyyan exhausted condition whoa
gained tAe surface. AS soen as HAD clear
81 my stonlaeh,apd lungs Of water, ! looked
around to sse where the steamer was, which
Lad Heated far TO the southeast
III About bundled yards to tile south ives.
,E | observed several things ahoat towards
WHICH started and for tue FIRST fifteen min
utes had nothing TO support myself with.
then toulid, u board, about three feet long and
two wide. on which | rested for a moment,
ahd took the first long breath During all
this time, the cries Of those who were trying
r. sustain ifelnse yes were most hesrkrspdf
ikr aad.l q5 %@o VI a.. rs YtneFs WIS clearly
distinguish ed that Of 4 female tried to
throw OF my coat and bodts but finding il
Impossible, turned OUT of nk course 10 try to
rfAder '{d 70 the lady, Nihen near enough
u 7? see htr | called out to Her to t.fke cour
aBe telling her that wouldsoo BIZ with her
also MOTTO spend Her siren 9TH by calling for
hblp butto bold firmly to her plank. Since
s9t would soon besared She replied that
her strength was almost gone. and that uu-
less size was soon saved it would be too late
At the shnle, time a man, d few yards FROM
her rolled off his plank, but whether he ryas
previously dead could not be ascertained
hf neltAE Struggled nor gave a sound, Blu:
A iufmed srely disappeared
Tile sda rolled % heavily. could scarccly
swim agsihst it. and twas 1t this time that
some on3 Of the floating rlhnEs or timbers
stFuck against my side and arm. and threw
fue. under water Recovering myself how
eyer | turned 70 look at tile lady who was
then teiag carried Oh the fop Of high wave
Y AHA holding firmly 70 tile plank !; It relied
Will her and She went under But byan IL
tnpst superAuman effort. sle recovered her
position on tie plank again and commenced
CEILING for and. She soon loa her hold again
aid went domn but distinguished me TO help
hlr, ag sLa Should soon ga down. and when
iHdAf enough TO reach ber blank. she gradq
alEy rclaixed her hold and ,fith one loflg eur-
+. cling cfyrlisIappeared forsy.lr For the drgt
tid1e fsIt dss6late and dikhearteuod fear
i4F isss tne steamer was g9lhg. 70 ieave as,
bI sgen Another man {8op after; went
dEwn lstar ne. crying for lReIp and mercy,
! atId ! hegan to tlfiuk niy last hour was 4
HIND saASee il to say. tttat after being in
tat water III, more than thFee quarters Fl an