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GailanI Rescue Of u shIp~reeked rre~
An hteresting Account By " Marx
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To the Royal Humane Sociefy
GENrLENEN The Batavia sailed from
Liverpool on Tuesday, November l2th. On
sunday night strong west wind began 20
blow, and not long after midnight it in
creased TO n gale. By O'clock the sea was
running very high; at half-paSt our star
board bulwarkS were stove in, and the
water entered the main saloon at a later
hour the gang-way on the port side came in
with Il crash, and the sea followed, flooding
many OF the State-rOOmS on that side. At
the same time a sea crossed the roof of the
vessel and carried away one of our boats.
splinterins it to pieces, and taking one OF
the dayits with it. At half-past . the glass
was down to 2S.3j, and the gale was blow
ing with a severity which the officers say Is
not experienced oitener than once in FIVE or
ten years. The storm continued during the
day and all night, and also all DAY yc~ter-
day. but with moderated violence
At p. m, Il dismasted vessel was sight
ed. \ furious sluall had Just broken upon
Us and the SEA was running mountains high
to use the popular expression. Neverthe-
less, Capt Mouland Immediately bore for
the wreck (Which was making signals of dis
tressl, ordered out liie-boat and called for
volunteers. To a landsman it seemed like
deliberate suicide to 20 out in such storm
men answered to the call with a promptne-~
that compelled cheer Two of the men
[ lost heart at the last moment. but the others
[ stood fast and We're started ON their generous
enterprise with another cheer They car
/ rled long line with them, several ;ite-buoV-
and lighted lantern. for the atmosphere
was murky with the storm, and sunset was
not far of
The wreck, har4ue, was in "a pitiabie
| condition. Her mainmaSt was naked. her
mizzenmast and bow>prit were gone. and
I her tOremast was buta stump. wreathed and
/ numbered with ruin of sails and cordag-
/ from the fallen foretop and fore-top gallant
ma>ts and yards. We could see nine men
| clinging To the rigging. The stern Of the
/ vessel was gone and the sea made clean
breach over her, pouring in a cataract out
/ Of the broken stern and ~pOuting through
/ the parted planks Of her bows
Our boat pulled 300 yards undupprouchei
the wreck on the lee side Then il had
hard fight for the waves and the wind beat
/ it constantly back do not know when
anything has alternately - stirred me
through and through and then di>heartned
me. a, il did to see the boat every little
while get almost close enough and then be
hurled three lengths away again hy pro-
d:giouS wave. And the darkness settling
down all the time But at last they got the
line and buoy aboard. and after that We
could make nothing more. But presently
we discovered the boat approaching Us. and
found she had saved every soul. nine men
They had To drag those men. one at a time.
through the sea 10 the lite-boat with the line
and bu0y-tOr Of course they did n0- dare
10 touch the piunging vessel with the boat
The peril increased now, for every time the
boat got close to our lee our ship rolled over
on her and hid be-. from sight But oar
people managed u haul the party aboard,
one mt a time, without losing man. though
] said they would lose every single one Of
them am, therefore. but poor success
a prophet y the fury Of the ~Iuali had
not diminished, and rs the sea was 80 heavy,
it was feared We might lose men If We tried
10 hoist the life-buat aboard. - size was
turned adriit by the captain, order. poor
thing. after helping in such a gallant deed.
put We have plenty more boats and very few
Passengers
To speak BY the log. and be accurate.
Capt. MOuland gave the order 10 change
our ships course and bear down toward the
wreck at As p. IN. ut j.lj our ship was
under way again with those nine poor dey-
lis on board. That l. to say. this admirable
thing was done in tremendous sea and In
the face of HURRICANE, in sirfg minutes bg
The ir1fch and if YOUR honorable society
should be moved L. give To- Capt. Mouland
and his boats crew that reward which a
sailor prizes and coyetS above all other dis
tinction~. the ROYAL humane society
medal, the parties whose names are signed
to this paper Will feel a. grateful H. If they
themselves were the recipients Of this great
honor Those who know him say that
Capt Mouland ha, risked his life many
times To rescue Shipwrecked men-iu the
days when he occupied Il subordinate posi-
tiOn-and We hopefully trust that the seed
~own then l. about TO ripen u it, harvest
now.
The wrecked harlue wa~ the Charles
Ward, Capt Bell, bound from Quebec 10
Scotland with lumber The vessel went
over on her beam-ends at O'Clock. Mon
DAY morning. and II men We're washed over
board and lost. Capt Belland eight men
remained, and these our boat saved. They /
had been on the main rigging some 81 /
hours, without food or water. and were - I
frozen and exhausted that when We got /
them aboard they could hardly speak. and /
the minds of several Of them We're wander I
ING. The wreck was out Of the ordinary
track of vessels, and was 1900 miles from I.
land She was in the center Of the Allan (
tie Our lite-b0at crew of volunteers CON
sisted of the following u. Gillie~. third /
officer ii. Kyle, fourth do Nicholas Fo- /
ley. quartermaster Henry Foley. do Ma /
thanlel Clark. do. Thomas Henry. sea- /
man John Park, DO. Richard Brennan do. /
The officers tell me that those two quar-
termaSterS, the Foley brothers. NAV be re-
garded as a sort Of permanent volunteers
they stand always ready for any splendid
deed ofdaring
John Park Is a sturdy Young sailor. but
young as he Is | overheard him SAY, well. |
that's the third time I've been out on that
kind Of an expedition. And then he
added, with a kindly faith in hi, specie,
that did him no discredit, But it'Sall right:
/ II be in close place like that myself. some
day, and then somebody will do a. much for
me, | reckon"
When our lite-boat first started away ON
her Nilsson it was such gallant sight when
she pinnacled herSefon the deecy crest of
the first giant wave that oar party Of pas
Senger>, grouped together on deck. with
one impulse broke ont into cheer upou cheer
Othccr Gillies said atterward that about that
time the thought of his wife and children
had come upon him and his heart was sink
ing 4 bit. but the cheers Were strong brandy
and water to him and his heart never went
back on him any more. We would have
cheercd their heads off only it interrupted
the orders 80 much. Really and truly.
these men while on their enterprise were
safe at no time except when in the open sea
between the vessels all the time they were
near either the wreck or our own ship their
lives were in great peril
If have been of anv service toward res
,uing these nine Shipwrecked human be-
lngS by standing around the deck in a furi-
Gus storm, without any umbrella. keeping
IN eye on things and seeing that they were
lone right, and yelling whenever "a cheer
seemed TO be the important thing. | am
glad, and am satisfied. ask no reward
would do it again under ike circnm-
stances. But what do plead for. and earn
sStly and sincerely, i that the Rolal hu-
name society viii remember our captainand
,ur hie-boat crew and. in ~ remembering
hem, increase the high honor and esteem
n which the society j. held all over the civ
lized world
In tins appeal our passengers al ioin
With hearty sincerity, and in testimony
hereof will sign their names Begging
hat You will pardon me, stranger. tor adj
lresSlng your hOnorod society with such !
onhdence and such absence of ceremony. !
nd trusting that my motive NAV redeem !
ny manner, am, gentlemen,
Your Ob't servant :
MARX TWAIN Samuel l.. ClemenS) a
Hartford, Ct.
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