St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-06-24

mensc wave: a crowd of men were on
deck ready to assist us, and into their
outstretched arms we literally threw the
lnsenSi6lc form of the doctor. Two of
our men also leaped on the deck and
were safe, but the danger to us who still
remained was imminent. Our boat sank
with the receding wave, the ship at the
same time rolling heavily over to star
board, away from u. With the return
roll would come the danger. In vain
with desperate efforts we tried with oars
TO force the boat away from her danger
Gus proximity. Closer and closer yet
the power of attraction pressed her to
the slips sile The return roll came.
looked up, saw the heavy dark mass
descending rcmor>elesS upon our heads
then Il crash, Il cry OF agony-a few
struggling, brcathless moments in the
dark depths and | was floating half
stunned, but uuhurt, on the surface,
amidst oars and fragments of the wrecked
boat. One poor fellow, whose death
shrek we had heard, had sunk to rise no
more, but the others were swimming
beside me uninjured.
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the ship had to b. considered. The
'falls. or ropes by which the lost boat
had been lowered, were hanging from
the projecting davtS, their ends trailing
in the water some six or eight feet from
the side; and to climb UP hy their assist
ance was an easy mode OF escape for
raincd sailors
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directed my mcn To 20 up first. and : ION
had the satisfaction of seeing them all
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