The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-01-09
From Chambers Edinburg Journal.
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>'Therc she is, SIR that'Sshe, just off the
point there. She 5 i cU!niBg, stem on, and
in half an hour, it she aint on the Bunk
Sands, m Datchnan.
My companion Waa no native Of dame
land, fofsthero WAS Brlton written in every
feature OF his bronze-red face, as he stood
by me in the Haytiiorpe shore; in his can
vass trousers. heavy fisher boots. blue Jcr-
$ shirt, and tarpauin hat, tied on with u
bit of oakum bank; while the flap b hinl
beat about in the tremendous wind that was
raging in our faces.
"Bang!" went the dull, smcthcred report
of heavy gun, and inths shade of the
coming night just caught sight of faint
flash Oi light. Where We stood, the spray
came rushing in like a heavy storm of rain;
while the whisting of tile wind, aud the
Numbering in Of the huge rollers as they
cuyled upon the sand, tearing it out from
among the clay, and sweeping away tons,
made standing in the face Of such storm
extremely contusingi aud yet hundreds were
out upon the shore, close uuder the great
sand bunk, drenched to the skin with the
spray, for the news had spread through the
village that II three master was going ashore
Gnihg asAorr San. le word to lands.
man euis bur what do they mean? The
noble vessel tearing and pungiug through
| the broken water-now down III trough Of
the waves, now rising like cork upon the
white crests, and then a Shock, as he strikes
upon the sand; and scems removable; u
shudderug quivGr thro plank and beam
and then crash, crash, crash--niast after
mast gone by the buasl--Snapping like
brittle twigS on dead stem, while huge
ropes part IKE burned twinp; then the
rising Of HE apparently iumovabe vessel,
again upon the sand, parting in the middle,
rushing billos's pc firing tons upon tons OF
water on the deck; wild, wild cry Tor
help, and then the shore strewed with frag-
ments. casks aud bodies, as the merciless
waves sport with them tossing them on to
the sands, and then curling over to drag
them back. Going ashorei not safety from
wind STORM, but death.
"Ah," said the old salt by my side,
SHOUTING at me with his hand to his mouth,
did you hear that gun
/ nodded. - -
There goes another" he continued,
stretching out his hand and pointing to
where the fash could lc seen, while directly
after came another dull heavy report.
Cant yer see her now, sir?
Mine were not sea, going eyes, and it was
no easy task to make out a distant Object
through the binding spray which beat in
my face; but Just managed to make out .
dark mass right amcnG the boiling waves
and shuddered DIS | thought OF the fate
of those bn board
"She must come to it, said the man
"she Il come in just there, and he pointed
to spot aiDoug the waves where they
seemed the toughest; she'll be there in les
time than said; and theii Lord have mer
cy upon EN-! Amenp
AS he said this the old man reverentl,
took off his tarpaulin sou -wester, aud stoo(
with the storm tearing through the rema n
of his grizzly hair, bald, ragged, and wealth
er-beaten, the coarseness or his feature
seemed for the moment subdued-softene,
by the feeling within hisbreast--as he stoo
there no inapt representation oi seer Q
old.
lis there no chance for them?" ! shout
,, cd;
The old man shook his head and shrus
ged his shoulders Precious little,", h
: said, unless them chaps come down wit
! the life boat; but who d go outY''
D 1t did look like d desperate venture, II
deed, to attempt to launch boat with sue
d sea OH, and having no reply stood shac
Q ing my eyes and looking out to sea.
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There was another flash, and another du
:, echolsss report, and as ,ha veil of spr,
W seemed to clear during a lull inthe sto,r