Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-29
-, IN Board the Great Eastern.

l" r.,.,y after dinner the majority OF
lmmri!a's': a;,nrned 20 the deck to watch
IL .oi ;n,. d interest which the ship wa.
he p.. ,sriIv passing in the course. About
a'men'a"., lsnen remained IN the dining
aiol'n Using with one of the directors, q
I'm COM Ia heen proposed, and each glass
health IA" nc, !, do honor to the toast, when
Va hs ,. - ;ndescribable report burst upon,
sltfeni: :. and showers Of broken glass and
tos'' co., Il wood and iron came crashing
'fa7u'JL ii. skyIght. There was hrsl q
iEfousn - mutual caution against panic,
la9'es, 'It simultaneous rush to the stair
aai MAJ MAJ whols atmosphere at this place
csse SEA- a. w;-h steam, through which we all
Tss uni M half sufocated to the deck. The
a'ss" -. sill pressing onward IKE morse :,
zap E w." lr.t it, rider, aud at either eno all
nat h ':m and deserted, while in the centre
vs. -. mike fire, rapor, and contuslon.-
81 va, 80, fonnel, eight tons weight, had
Ite -, IN IA If from Il mortar many feet
teen sDOa j. and had returned broken IN two
NY Ety. -, N the deck, whose immense strength
F,' Zen sufficient 70 arrest It's iurther GOWN
10. ~. .-,yr,ss. The whole centre OF the snip
w''I -, 10 only one vast chasm, and from
seei 'S-I up steam, dust, and some
!, va, H. ~ lonkel ominously like incipient
conaasratIon' J., no noh,e onnor.
sc 4 showing his qualifications az a com,
UNIV .- and nobly he improved it. lie had
nlaHu ,.,n5ins on the bridge overhead, look
nee'. -, mo binnacle and the moment ne
!Ds ~, ,ba r,nor,, and whilst the destructive
hF'. :. w,. ALL falling fast, he jumped upon
'a'I ,,,l. and ordered an immediate descent
.a' ~, 6 aides saloon, in the firm conviction
,b.y we're all there az on the previous
a. n.ng N.ny Of the men were panic
' .s:nI~o and had already shrunk away from
% y, axnIo,ion. 4 foolish passenger had RAJ,
'"I ,-, .ry # the boats" and, assisted by
- I'm, sailor., was madly attempting
H. l., ,bemdown. In one moment all would
t,,. Leeu lost. for the rush to the boats
Na !, have been universal, and hundreds
VIII ni how. bcen drowned; whilst the noble
Nva'- MD have been left 10 certain dcs,
t,uctOn. 80, boorJ
Kn
rE~ rrumpe, calling out, Men, to your
In,r. .f6sefs. to your posts; give me rope,
ai i, siy men follow me-" The effect OF
. .s;, .s,-, address, was electric. In an in
,u,he had slid down the rope into the
.sIonu tolnweihy his brave boatswaln liaw'
I;r. and .ix volunteers were not long wan
"a for the torloru hope. One after another
be dashed open the gilded panels. but the
.nl,nd,d apartments had strange To say, on
+ two inhabitants, his own little daughter
Filth and her pet dog. 1t was the reward
:, he ysllantry that his own child should be
i'm, the one to be 50 providentially saved
gut even then he did not Tor moment lose
ii. ,erommand. Snatching up the child,
and with one glance seeing she was un-
harmed, he exclaimed-"Pass her along to
n. deck: there are more rooms to be search
,l" In this way did he move about rapid,
il, Int cody. and did not again return to
me deck until he had satisfied himself that
not single woman was in the burning
,,earains. sulfocating chamber. To return
"a The deck and resume the command Wa:
with the captain the work of moment, bu
tia, moment had been sufficient to test the
mettle aud selCpossession Of two men wht
we're as brave and reliable as himself.-Lon
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