Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-07-13
FIGHT WITH A STORM.
From Chambers journal,

| got first to he mate when quite
a youngish fellow; the owners werC
told somehow or other that Ia work
ed hard on the last voyage, and they
made me mate of the ship, and gave me
a good silver watch and chain; a watch
that went to the bottom of the sea five
wears after in awreck off the Irish coast,
by Wexford when I and six more swan
ashore. saving our lives, and thankful
for them For the sen swallows up q
wonderful store of wealth every season
and it meant TO have orr ship, too,
that year / was made mate, only we es.
capped it,
1t happened like this we were
bound for Cadiz in large, handsome
new brig, having on board II rich car
go; for, besides heavy value in gold,
we had Il lot of valuable new machin-
cry, that had been made for the Span
ish Government by one of our large
manufacturers somewhere inland.
But besides this there was vast guam
tity of Iron, in long, heavy cast pillars.
A huge weight they We're, and we all
shook our heads at them as they were
lowered down into the hold, for we
thought of what u nice cargo they
would turn ont if we should have Il
heavy passage. We had about score
of passengers, too. and among them was
fine, gentlemanly fellow, gong out
with his wife, and he was to spperin-
tend the fitting up of the machinery,
several of the other passengers being
his men.
1t was a new, well found vessel, and
fresh in her paint; and with her clean
canvass, and all smart, We were rather
proud of that boat. But we'd only
Just got beyond the Lizard when it
came on to blow just rs it can blow OIL
there in February, with rain, and snow,
and hail; and we were at last glad to
scud before the gale under bare poles.
Night and day, then, night and day
following one another fast, with the
hatches battened down, aud the ship
laboring SO that it seemed rs If every
minute must be her last, She was far
too heavily laden; aud instead of her
being ship TO float out the fiercest
storms, here We were loaded down, SO
that she lay rolling and pitching in a
way that her seams began to open, and
soon every baud had to take his turn
ut the pumps.
TIa laws hrniya heavy and cloudv
ana thn riobts came ON with the dark.
ness owru. and tbe Gale SEEMING
Ia Get farnrr .nI HercFr tin nj last
,ynT, ont sa;g,rs and no4senrers cave
nm. the numns we're abandoned. and
rafpsinr nnS md an Ia stov hollow
mon and veuan were clustered toueth.
or oattiop tl,. best shelter tbev could
II lo9't like to see. ~ rood new shin
90 to fine hattor like fins | shouted
IN ono nj nm. .1r,at.s, ears on6 be sbouf
"A bacE, snIpatbinr about iron. and I
nodded. for We aU knew that those
great pillars down below were enough
t. sink the fpust vessel that ever float
ed
Just then I saw the 5Eipueroo below.
while the gentlemen who was GOING ont
to supcrintcpd WAS busy flashing one of
the Hfehuovs to his wife.
"That amt no good | ,houtcd tn
him. going ND on hands and knees for
the sea times was enough to wash Won
overheard. rs SHE dipped ana rolled
ms though she would send her mnsts
over the side every moment. got t,
where they were holding on at last and
seeing that laudsmau-lke he knew no.