The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-04-07
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The Steamship Ven31ueIl and For
ty-E4F5o o. Her Crew Abandoned
by the paSSac~ers.
From The Nv York Herald, March 81.
lie ;GIu. h. o-,au c1.4"..iIgs Of The be
glnu.nG OF 1879 have rec. wed another aud
-, .1ny:.o ) addition L. Their uaubcr. The
Bul-h mail stca n>hip Ven. z'tcia sailed
tiou4 V>rguol on the 9Th OF March wIh
J ) yat.H la,scnI-r5 and carried 4 crew OF
Il officers and ujen. Ten days out and
100 miles from Liverpool, IL lit In mid
ocean, al halt past eight in the morning,
The passengers, while at breakfast in the
saloon, were startled by a sudden and tre-
menIeus crash Instantly all hands were
Oh deck and u hurried examination showed
that the ruddeT and outer stern post OF the
IcBczucia had been carried away--.he
ruddcr wtcnched from rs piutles aGd the
stern pest torn violently away. As the
steamship wa built in com partments, with
strong, water tight bulk heads, he whole
Eesse! did not fill out through the large
hole IN the stern, seven by ten feet, ami
mostly below the water line, the SEA poured
10. rushing III vp.nme~, ani IN five minutes
the entire compartm- hts occupied as
sore room Tor Inc cargo and ship proyls-
ions were !U!l OF water.
The scene on board the Venezuela WAS
now one where tie strongest and brave
we're required 10 look death in the face and
stau.i leslie their own watery graves But
thels was little time for thoughts OF a mel
aucho!y character 1t was the duty OF every
one TO Work at the Jumps to save the
steamer, and to do the bidding of Capt
CoXeil, who, in all the gloomy torebodings
OF the hour, acted his part with he1oiSm
and coones.
Now the great fear was that the wster
would tear away the bulk head separating
the engine from the store room, break into
The main body OF the ,hip, AMI sink her
instantly. Or il was feared that the water
would force up the deck in the saloon rush
through aud food thu, compartment in
which case all hands would have gone 10
the bottom,
They at once began work, put up shores
between the spa--dcvk overhead and tIe
saloon deck, ~ keep the p!anking down,
and resist the Immense pressure Of 80 tons
Of water, winch, il limited would ioun'
der then on the spot. lac water had
already rushed into the saloon from other
passages. and they now began to bale To
keep stlOst> Z ne All hands to- led like beas
crS
In the meantime the boats were put in
readiness TO clear away as the last resort
They worked hours aud the water was max
ing visible Roadway, raising IN in the ss-
loon and keeping every one at the buckets
Iae weather was Very furious, gales,
torrad0es, tashiug seas, tremendous waves,
and the whirled forms Of the crested b!l
llvs and the whistle Of the rigsing--thsse
had no cheer
Unmanace.' from the first crash, the
sails were OF little service, ami the steering
gcar vas of course goTe. There was no
uue 10 rig jury rulaer, al attention be
! luG required at the pumps and buckets. s.
I tie Venezuela drifted about. nsubcrJina,e
10 all con,roL 7 he head sails would not
pay off her head and tie after sails could
ut Keep her 20 the wiud.
/ Matters dIi not alter their comrlexion
till the morning Of the 10th when Captain
Cowell described steamer coming over
the hmizon. He >irnalied in distress. =
I The Camilla steamship. from Palermo.
! SIcia,iy, bound for New York with cargo
q oranges totc %. |. Fas clocs and