Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-26
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4 DuLutcss heroes are not confined lo those
who lace The canuun's mouth at the call Of
their country. There are others us brave
who never crossed II sword wlthu foe or
walked through fields Of blood to,rsach vic-
tors plume. Grace Darling, who, 10 cave
human lhej was wlllit to peril hei own in
fun open boat on an angry sea, alnd scrOa.
ming tempest, was one of the noblest Of her
species, us dauutless as Tamerlane ,r Alex
ander. Aud the men who followed that g!o.
rious example of Say brook harbor IN the
fearful morning Ol the ID instant arc worthy
Of O greater renown than the captain Of the
"Three Bells" oil Scotland, who rescued the
passengers OF one Of our steam. Ships. Their
danger was fat lees than that to which GILES
r. WARD, Capt. JoHs ID. IsGRAuAM, aud
RICHARD PRATT, pilot, exposed themselves
when they put off from Saybrook shore in a
small open sailboat to rescue the half frozen
crew OF the schooner Whale.
This scht toner was ninety one tons burden
was loaded with iron, and out during that ter
rblo night of Sunday, April lst. She came
to anchor in sight of Suybrook Finding
she was making water fast sire slipped her
chain to run into shore, but struck on The bar
IA mile south Of the lighthouse, broached to,
and lay there while the sea, during the long
ana dreary night, made complete breach
over her. Capt. Churchill and boy y.hand
had died from exposure in a few hours. The
latter was soon washed off; the former re-
mained at the mast 10 which he was fastened
u stfened corpse. Capt. Thorn Fenton
and two sailors survived, though with frozen
hands and feet They got upon the gaf of
the sail, little above the deck and beyond
the dash of the waves. With their knives
they reached down and cut the sail so as 70
! bring large pieces of it up aud over their
shoulders. This was their only protection
against the feltiugs of this piuess Storm
| Here they sat, with tho stars all shut out frolE
view by clouds bucker than the surrounding
darkness They could see the lighthouse at
intervals and the lights in the village through
the foam that danced above the maddened
waves. The hours hung like days until NOR
ming broke. Hope was nearly gone.
But at six O'Clock Mr.. Ward saw from the
window of his bedroom the condition of the
boat. He Immediately ordered his horse and
buggy to be brought to his door, ano, briefly
the residence of Capt. Ingraham. That old
sal. only heard the story when it was instant
ly agreed that an attempt at rescue should be
made at all hazards They soon found Mr..
Pratt, the pilot who instantly responded to
the call. and the three men were soon in the
boat described. II could not be rowed in such
u sea, and sail was dangerous; yet the sail
was raised, and the brave men bore away to
the scene .! suffering. Every wave threat.
cncd to swallow them up The slightcs,
mistake at the helm or with the skill would
have caused the boat to swamp. At thi.
critical time Mrs Ward was in the obscrva-
tory Of her house with glass watching anX-
iously the plugging of the boat in which her
husband sat, and which at times seemed tc
have been cnguIphed; but again it appeared
like feather on the crest Of the sea, and at
last reached the pershing sailors.
Capt Churchill was left at the mast, as he
was seen to be deld. He was washed of
not many hours after. The others, three in
all, were with great difficulty taken off, loI
there was danger OF Il destructive collision o
tho bouts. The men returned with their liv.
ing freight, though badly frozen, yet so vio-
lent was the hurricane that they could not
land within five miles of the place from which
they started, They found true scaman's hos
pitaity at the house of the widow Moore and
among the sea captains in the vicinity. The
sufferers are now nearly WE'LL and give thanks
to kind Providence and Messrs. Ward, In
graham, and Pratt for their escape from Il
watery grave. Their nIble efforts in the
case described should embalm their names
in ten thousand hearts and memories