Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-02

moment. Mr.. John II. Triplets, the only one |
Of DIR. Shaw's assistants in the Office VIE |
escaped, reached the roof. Although badly |
burned, his GOODNESS and courage did much |
toward saving those who were still on the
wreck. The first mate Was killed, but his !
second, Mr.. N. w. Moore, now reached us,
and, with the help Of some Of the walters
and hands, We showed the life-boat Of. The
water was now up to the cabin floor. Mr..
Triplett aud DIR. Shaw, one Of the owners
Of the White, assisted tho three parties and
the invalid. Mr.. Klein, into the boat.
Aod then came . rush Of the panic -strick.
90 walters, chanbesnaids and deck hands.
Mr.. Triplet stood his ground calamity. but
in spite Of his exestions, aided faithfully ~
John Hopkins, the colored steward, tie
beat MAS swamped IN an instant. ana
found myself, bsttonsd up 10 heavy grey
eassimess suit, buffeting the susges Of the
oiehty Nississippi. All that ! saw aitss
this was in the character Of ''hoasss.'-
As the life boat went down, Dr.. Shaw end
M. Triplett, who throughout showed The
coolnsss Of veterans, succseded with the
cid Of The steward and cook, in getting the
ladies' aud Mr.. Klein back on the hurricane
roof.
Capt. Kinney, burnt and bleeding - be
was, called TO them from, the fragment Of
the wreck TO which he was clinging, TO
take caro- Of the ladies'" Finding that
my heavy clothes were about TO sink me.
I succeeded in swimming, though utterly
exhausted, to n broken spar; and now come
menced long, almost hopeless floating OF
two or three miles in the icy water. Sev>
eral sank around me: several died from
cold. As, wholly powerless. drifted past
Tom, one OF the negro walters, he clutched
| At my spar; it was 80 round that the
| slightest touch rolled il over, and feeling
| that | had become too benunbed to regain
nv position, l ordered him TO keep of,
lie soon Afterwards caught floating door,
and was taken out, nearly dead with cold
2 or miles below. A few minutes after
wards tho lifeboat, bottom upwards, fioated
by in about 20 yards Of me, with 4 fellows
sitting straddle Of the sharp edged keel, and
balauo,ng themselves % carefully % ught>
rope performers. l asked them Why they
didn't tm n her over and get in they said
there Wa imam hanging on each side. 20
near gone that they would drown il they
10 let 70. They both died Of cold short
distance below. The four on the heel were
afterward rescued. The MAN wreck was
oil this tins drifting down, not more than .
hundred yards above me. DR.. Shaw and
Triplstt, calm and collected encouraged the
ladies and others who remained on the reof
The ladies al the way behaved like heroines
not scream was heard from one Of them
not - much terror shown during our
greatest danger 90 have seen sentimental
misses exhibit il Mvses>like old COW
Glanced to turn her head toward them. Al the
time our lifeboat sunk, ..one Of our ''down
cast" brethren rushed up 70 Ars. Shaw,
caught her By the hand and begged her to
sase him! She told him 10 shut his mouth
and keep his senses, and he'd be saved
when they I'll were. had been in the
freezing water some half or three quarters
Of an hour; felt mysslf slowly but surely
becoming inseosibls, and had almost arrived
At the conclusion that my list hour had
come. ordered fellow whe Was swearing
among some driit just below me to 'dry up
his sinfulncs., and was, perhaps, just nak-
ing up my mind a. to whether had sntirs>
ly forgiven all ny enemies, including Thad.
Stevens, and whether | could love Beast
Butler as my sclf-in fact. ! was just about
to say, Nov lay me down TO Sleep" and
roll of my log.