Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-10-28

a. Bates, steerage passenger on
1oz Pc California steamer Golden Gate.
iuf4 - . San Francisco paper the follow.
I'M resting narrative of the scenes on
Doa 30 vessel when she was burned at
~ was very warm. and i was sit
uuE Geek forward. This was about
n3'@ < I0or o'clock 10 the afternoon all
Hea %: I suddenly saw smoke issuing
izol7 s deck, aboat midship. and near
tne b stack. i watched ita moment
otae &eN the smoke too, end Ns aii rtsti
e. roe the pumps or breakers, forward
Fere chiefly used for cleaning the
ted the pumps as best we could
furns working. l worked few
.1l4''| when, seeing it would do no good,
'ofSord. All then began to crowd
Iof add had no life preservers, for
tae{ re ~ the boats behind, and no one
eoei1 through tho FIRE after them. 10
about % minutes fro;n the time saw the
em1<o Lhe 1lames burst through the decks.
Uses ~ IS 1.-THE meaas of extinguisbiue a
nre he'd beeu neglected, for the pumps
xo0ld ~ work.
f6e 1alnes kept comm forward eveyv
moment, and all pressed still closer TO the
COWS. ropes were now attached TO the
vessel, ana thrown over the sides, to hold
on 70. Some were so frightened that the
moment the fire came near them thew
plunged wildly overheard and were drown
ed. Others climbed over and hell ON In
the ropes as long as they could. They got
exhausted and dropped of, singly and in
pairs, and were lost
Thara
to save every soul on 5oard-but only three
OF them could be got at. Two of these,
loaded chiefly with the crew, got safely to
the shore. The other sailed away for
Manxanilla, and has not been heard from.
The men that got into the boats leaped
overheard, and were picked up. The off.
GERS seemed to do very we'll, and the men
were not insuOordinate, but appeared to
obey orders and work well. | secured a
rope, and determined to stay aboard until
the last moment, and then swim for the
shore. l AN very good swimmer.
had had stripped myself of everything but
my shirt. l had about my waist a belt
with some money: but large sum which
had IN my trunks was lost. While thus
standing at the bows, grasping my rope,
continued Mr.. Bates, little girl, lovely
child about eight eyars old, came up to me
and asked me to save her. Her name was
Addie Manchester; and her father lives in
SanFrancisco. She said
", mister can you swim p ! told her
l cold. She begged me so hard to save
her, that determined to try aud do so
anyhow. | told her would try and save
her, ii she would do just as i told her,
She said IL will do Just as you tell me-
Save me, do, please-I don't want to be
drowned
showed her how to set-to get on nv
back and grasp me tightly, but that she
must not choke me. She promised to do
just as told her. She wac quite COOL
just as the fire got up to Us, the vessel
struck the bar. | got over, taking Addie
with me. She held on to me tight, as
told her to do. | struck for the beach
not far off. The breakers ran very high
l got past the first one in safety with my
burden. got past the second one ALSO
Alter passed the third one l found that
Addie was gone. down behind me. A
man on plank. who was passing, grasped
her by the hair and pulled her on mis- plank
saw she was safer than with me, 80 !
confinued on, and was dragged on the
beach. lay on the beach inse5sible for
about half an hour. When l came to
saw Addie. She was alive.
dug hole in the sand to keep warm
In. We buried the dead each in a separate
grave which we scraped out with our hands
and pieces of board. Next morning We
travelled inland. About five miles off We
reached spring here we rested. Some
OF our party then started across the noun
tains to reach Manzanilla others, includ
ing myself, were to remain until assistance
reached us. We had nothing to eat. Thai
afternoon, and after our friends had left u.
the st: Louis came along and took u.
aboard