Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-09-02


2 working up to that time; then 1t was
told the people to jump and try their bes
: toTeach the shore,
Huge breakers were rolling past tn
ship, sweeping everything before them Il
Z the beach, and those persons who retsineI
3 strength when cast on shore, helped Il
drag the exhaustedor dead from the surf
At last Capt. Hudson and myself wert
alone. Tearing off our clothing as we hung
0 on under the bOwsprit, with fakes of fire
falling on us from above, we watched our
2 chance 10 jump in after a roller, but the
) rope Hudson held burned off, and he fell
into the water, washed ashore, and I was
alone exhausted physically and mentally,
I with both hands, left arm and right shouI-
der burned, and so, though I am a good
swimmer, as you will remember, I doubted
il | should reach the shore if abandoned
my life preserver. .GLyE t4
Seizing small spar fast to the starboard
bow by rope, jumped with my life7pre-
server and WAS swept some distance from
the steamer across the starbosrd bow; but
1 swam back to the spar spoke Of, got
astride Of it, buUWas capsized twice, enough
to prove that my strength was not equal
to the task before me. managed to pnt
the lfe-ppeserver on, but could not tie it
I lei 60 WhenI was swept across to the
port side, threw myself on my back, and
before another roller came succeeded in
fastening it.
Then l was oVertAken by q quick success
sion of immense breakersl beaten and
bruised by them, and was finally pitched
among the wreck Of spars attached to the
fOremast. The danger was imminent of
being crushed, but my strength was near
| ly gone, and could make no effort te free
myself; but the next roller threw meeIear
Of them, and on to the beach, when some
! good friends rushed down and dragged me
into security. l quickly regained my
strength, and was deeply pained to learn
that more were not saved Some were ly-
ing dead, and some whose names l called
had not been seen. We mustered but 100
persons. Flint and Holiday and other
familiar faces were not among them We
we're sad indeed. - 1919
Whiiethe FIRE reared through our noble
ship and huge seas made breaches through
the charred timber, hurting the flames high
in the air, we gathered our dead by the
light and laid them upon the sand, out of
the reach Of the sea, and then sat down to
watch the gloomy scene.
By o clock p. N, what was not burned
Of the steamer was broken up. The bow
and stern came ashore, and il the morning
there was nothing left but the bed-plate, !
wheels and Attachments The beach was
streWn with various portions of the wreck. /.
Some kegs Of ale were picked up and suf-
fering as we all weressfrom thirst and ex-
haustion, it revived many who we're 100
weak to stand -s'i- =!
Among our number we recognized Capt i
Whitney, P. c. s. N. Co., and better man
does not live; Mr. McMullen, exhausted
and bowed to the earth by the loss of wife
and children, and Mr.. Waddeli, Chief En-
gineer We had seen several Of the ships
boats, after changing about a little, keep
way for ManzGnilla, which was distant but
some II miles, and we hoped that 1ey
wonld come TO our relief early in the morn
ing. -.---
As soon'as day broke we bq qried the dead
Four of them were women, two Of these |
elderly women, and L think, from the Sc
cond cabin an insane person land Mrs. Nc
Mullen. G -H q
We buried them in the sand. digging the
graves with pieces Of board. Mrs. McMul-
len was lady much esteemed audias we
straightened her stiffened linn mIbs and cover
ed her face, my neart ached that so untim-
ely fate should check a life SO useful, and |
sa lonely grave should mark the resting |
place of one that in life was suFreundedb by |
so many loving friends We placed a
cross at the head of the graves to. desig- |
nate the spot as sacred. ...
When this sad duty was over we started |
towards Manzanilla, marching over burn |
ing sands, through jungles and thorns, |
around the mountain, until we got abreast |
the White Rock" eleven miles from the
town. Here we found in the woods q lit |
tie water, blackish and dirty still it was
our salvation, and we drank It eagerly |
After resting, we surveyed with new
sense of our position, the high mountains |
towering above US, covered with an i'm
penetrable ehsparrel on the one hand, and
impossible cliffs on the other bordering /
the sea.
On leaving the vicinity Of the wreck our I
party numbered nearly 100, with FIVE chill
dren and-one woman Mrs. Wallace. |
God bless the woman, braver and better |
! never saw, and never can | forget how
she cheered the weary through our toil- |
some and painful wanderings when
others rested, she batheds the crying chill
dren in the only fresh water we found, to
enable them to hold out, and so on through |
the next night, with our little band of |
about % some badly burned, and all sore
and lame-our feet bound in old canvas
(pieces of the foretop sail that came on
shore with the yard, and most Of what we |
had on taken from the dead.
Here we passed the night without water |
or food, while those who we're in advance
strayed into the mountains But we were |
eomforted by the appearance of the custom |
house boat Of MsnEanilla; she took two /
men who were able to getto 8 point of rock |
from which they jumped and we're then /
picked up by the men in tie boat, who pro-
missed 10 come to our aid in The morning. |
Through the long night we suffered, and at |
day-break sent two men in search of water
Of which they procured enough fora scan
g drink all round, and en-, little re-
freahed, we took up our line Of march over
-fhe no1nteins to get Hhers We could jump
from the rocks into he water, when the |
boats should come to our sscus. 4.
Abest this ains, Ms goIes, in one Of the
Golden Gate bsats came in sight, and
shouted that the ST. Louis was at hand
Cop Hudson, mon batiyl burned, Mrs.
and got int The eustph house boat,
where We found the good Old French doc |
ter Of bihn1ahiila, viii vine water and /
bread, the other boats took the remainder. /
Capt Inpidge received Us with open
arms; ogr wounded and burnt were cared /
for, and We'Were clothed. .tEEFIEt
9J While Iywrite for i 2fsA4 tbai-f-msyi
break down tomorrow tie ste&mer is
cruising about firing guns, and picking up |
the stragglers that come out of the noun I
tains. 81 5t