The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-12-26

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shA was di5it4ea 10 abandon lhe aftempt. Ias, ),
slf9lih' On s1apped, dashed 10 peces against tt
ysssef Tears slimned every eye when The b,a,s
boat. @aeh had again aud again, until she wac No..
" h4fd "Iih ~ater and vas literally covered with
eer enfhagnrsd 10 SNAKE FAST was sreu n,aki,o -
land. the poor sailors, " ho were rnofionias - ~
The struggle OF the boat 10 reach them again ,ras
helr hands trnF1 the BOOM Tor last effort 10 a,
fhrm. Tie feelings o. toe hundreds OF suectatnra
At iisstirffs are wholly fndescr,bable
In short time, hoxe another boa, with
fresh CREW pot ont, amid cheers which strapgat
mingled with the Wild storm. Gioriopsly 1id a.
mount the swes, which Threatened 10 s,,
the peer sailors 0H the boom. Wave after @aye fta
created, as hratts beat high that Witnessed tbo'
and as hopes sunk and rose they DISAPPEARED he
tween and anon above the swels At ic,o,h
they reached the schooner, and one vast cheer g.
heard as they made fast 10 ihe dayItf The crew ~
The boat, with the exception Of Two men climbed n
10 the schooner help the half frozen sailor. o ~
boom, 0ne was handed doggn; bat ere ecol
ceHd be lowered fearful sweet alsiosi Ma the bo-,
another aud she disappeared, and The moor SAL
Tor who had iUsr been handed down TO What was Es
last hope o. safety, Tie only one OF The ,b,se
that was ever lie rose, struggled with The
breakers caught rope, hauled on the deck OF
the schooner, and vas IN few minutes afterwards
frozen 10 death. cry OF despair now rose from ey
cry one.
The brave crew Of the boat sere added 10 ths
Of the schooner, ard wilder and wilder sin ra
ged ;he storm. From point of land above fh4
schooner, scow was set adriit in the slender hona
that il might fnaf 10 her. II stranded in few SEQ
ohts afterwards. From the Grand Truna wharf
which was 10 The windward, their best boat was
hoated oil, hut its fate ike their bopes-it soon
sunk. At lat brave old skipper-honor 10 his
name and TO his heart-sad be would make or. rpaye
effort 10 save them, or he wonld perish in the att
tempt. Daring, desperate as was the resolve. he /
boat manned BY sailors and fishermen in a few /
seconds, ard literally amid cheers ard PRAYERS ,hev
p- he'd her nTo The bo ling sirf.
The previous beuis having been too small TO live
and heavy boat and for long time Il was one dead
BY To the waves but she made Little or no headwsy
every nerve Of he brave was strained, But
they could only defy the Storm; they could not Gain
upon It. Il last the cries OF those ho were on
board the schooner growing Wilder on the
beach. aud The poor sailors freezing on
the boom, there appeared luli of a few seconds
ard one vast effort bronght the boat under the stern
of the schooner.
A cheer from her Men, women and
children. they all had but heart broke out in
TO wild scream of eestacy aud hope on shore. The
poor lrost-b.tten crew were safely handed down
into the boat and she crested the waves and bore
them trumphaniIy to The shore. il seemed as If
all human sympathies We're absorbed in one in
teuse feeling Of admiration OF those who had beha-
we'd with all he generosity Of sailors, and than
the nobility OF most men. The name Of the Cap
rain who commanded the last boat was Stephen
Woods Of the Annie Maude. He and his crew de-
serve lar than this trfng tribute 10 their hero
ism.