The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-19

Henry Seguine aud stephen Ii.
Jones-A Thrilling Adventure.
On Monday night, the Sth instant, at
halfpast eight o'clock, when the ther-
mometer stood at thirteen degrees be-
low zero, and the wind was blowing a
perfect hurricane, the propeller Mary
A. Boardman, from MOrehead City,
bound to this port, grounded on Roamer
Shoals. Nine clock on Tuesday morn
ing found the propeller in the same
fearful position, and the sea breaking
over her
There we're on board the propeller at
this time twenty-three men and one
woman, and death seemed inevitable
to ell of them, when in the distance
was deserted a small row-boat, belong
ing to the pilot-bost Isaac Webb, max
| ing for her In this small boat there
were only two persons, Pilots Henry
Seguine and stephen II. Jones, who
had determined TO save all on board
the in-fated vessel, or perish in the at
tempt
Pilot Seguine, the moment he discoE-
|
peller, with the nobleness of character
which chsracterizes unselfish natures
and all truly brave men, Immediately,
Jumped into the small roW-boat of the
Webb, and called for volunteers from
his brother pilots to join him IL his
fearful enterprise
The weather was so terribly cold, the
sea so fearfully rough, and the wind
blowing such 8 terrible gale that il
seemed perfect madness and selfdes-
truction for any one to attempt to reach
the propeller in fact, it was an enter
prise fraught with the greatest danger,
and well calculated to appsl the stout
est heart. Under all the circumstances
it is not at all surprising that the call of
Pilot Seguine was not responded to as
promptly as he desired; but when he
made an earnest appeal to Pilot Jones
to cast aside all thoughts of himself
and to do his duty, not only as a man
but as q Mason in rescuing his follow
men from the jaws Of death, that brave
fellow could not resist the appeal, and,
jumping from the pilot-boat 10 the frail
roW-boat, the two noble hearted men,
amid the raging of the sea, the hurri-
cane and the fields of ice, made for the
propeller, and, after very toilsome work
in which they became completely encas-
ed in ice and almost exhausted, they
reached the doomed vessel, and imme-
diately began to make preparations to
save those on board of her, and in this,
through their own iOn-hesrted eOur-
age, frmness and endurance, and the
blessings Of a merciful Providence,
they were eminently successful
The frail row-bost was two hours in
reaching the propeller, the sea dashing
her again and again of in the distance,
until the two brave hearts of the pilots
began to sink with despair, thinking
they would never be able to reach her;
but still they were determined TO be
successful or TO die, and with this firm
determination, which no danger, no
suffering, nor obstacle could change,
they succeeded, and had the pleasing
satisfaction and happiness, at last, OF
being the instruments of rescuing from
wstery graves all on board of the Mary
A. Bosrdman.
Previous to the propeller being dis
covered by Pilot Seguine, the steamer
Charles Chamberlain, Captain David
Bird, attempted to render assistance
10 her, but after making repeated and
fruitless efforts to 60 to her, Capt Bird
attempted to go TO the city and get
surf-bOat, and return with it so as to
enable him to reach her He returned
in about FIVE hours with the surf-boat,
but even with this he could not get to
the propeller, the sea dsshing the boat
away at every attempt
At this time, pilots Seguine and
Jones, with their little row boat, and
four passengers, whom after great trou-
bic and exertion, they had rescued
from the propeller, were seen nearing
the Chamberlain, and when they reach
ed her, the four passengers had 10 be
hauled on board of her with ropes, it
being utterly impossible to get them on
board in safety in any other way.
The two pilots then made two more
trips to the propeller and rescued eight
more of the passengers, who we're haul
ed on board of the Chamberlain by
ropes
By this time the little row-boat had
become so clogged with ice as to rem
der her perfectly useless, and pilots
Seguine and Jones had to be hauled
out Of her on the Chamberlain by ropes,
completely worn out with the labor
and suferings they had SO molly un-
dergone.
There were still twelve passengers on
board of the propeller to be saved. PI-
lot Seguine said, They must and shall
be saved, and again called for volun-
teers to 90 in the surfboet The call
was responded TO by two of the crew of
the Chamberlain and two of the saved
passengers, who made their way to the
propeller and rescued nine more per
sons. Pilots Seguine and Jones did
not 60 in the surt-boat, being too ex-
hausted and benumbed with cold to do
so, but the former mounted into the
pilot-house of the Chamberlain, and
gave directions from it 10 those who
manned the surfboat
There yet remained three others on
board of the propeller, and these we're
saved by one Of Francis metallic life
boats belonging to the Boardman,
which had previously been swamped,
but which the three remaining passen-
gers managed to secure as she came
alongside the vessel, after a great deal
of delay and toll, and saved themselves,
under directions from Pilot Seguine,
whose clear ringing voice could be
heard from the pilot-house Of the
Chamberlain, giving directions for the
management of the boat
Seguine and Jones, for their noble
and self-sacrifcing efforts to save the
lives of all on board the Mary A Board
man, (for such deeds of heroism as they
performed are seldom recorded de-
serve not only the thanks and praise Of
every true and coed citizen, but also
the earnest, hearty and warm applause
OF the humane society Of the world
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