New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-04


OUARTERMASTER ROYLANCE'S STATEMENT
BREAKERS ON THE sTARBoARD"-A USELESS LIFE
BoAT-FRoM SHIP TO sHoRE-THE CAPTAINS
$500 REWARD.
HALIFAX, April 3.-Quartermaster Charles Roy
lace says:
About 800 o'clock / hove the log and the ship ct
that time going at the rate OF IL knots per bour
I went into the aft wheelhouse and was looking
through one OF the windows, when fancied saw
breakers on the starboard side. then ran forward
to the lookout man on the bridge, and asked him
if me did not think there were breakers on
the starboard side. He reported to the second
officer, who telegraphed to the engine-room to
reverse the engines full speed astern We both then
Jumped off the bridge together on to the deck. Then
he gave me orders to call all hands deck. i ran
forward and burst the quartermasters room open
with nv foot and all of them, three in number, got
ont through the panel of the door. Then and one
of them went aft and got out the rockets and hred
about eight when the rOcket-box rolled away from
u.s.
The captain gave orders TO get the boats clear and
save the passengers. ! and the captain went to No
8 boat and were getting her clear, when he asked
me if the plugs were III her. / told him they were
not As the passengers were huddled together In
the bottom of the boat, crying could not get the
plugs in The captain then passed the order around
for all TO look after themselves. J. with the captain
and q passenger got into the main rigging, and
| stopped there The ship had previously keeled over
and heard the captain ask il any quartemasters
were in the rigging. / answered, "Yes; here is
onep then went up aloft by the main topmast
rigging as the captain gave me orders to unreave
the signal halyards TO beave ashore. When got up
aloft the main topsail brace carried away, and
| had to come down again. At that time the lines
were ashore and assisted the captain in getting TO
the forward rigging. The captain and l cut the
fore brace and passed il to Mr. Brown fourth officer
who sent il on and passed il ashore by one Of the
other lines.
BY this time passengers were going ashore by the
ropes and the captain gave orders for the passen-
gers to jump and Do the best they could for them
selves. Then heard Quartermaster Thomas sing
out, Stay where you area boat is coming TO
your assistancep Therefore, orders were given for
the passengers and crew TO stay where they were
When the boat did come the ran 30 high she
could not render us any assistance, and the captain
therefore told the passengers TO get ashore by the
line, which they did
During this time two large boats were being
launched which went to the rock, aud were taking
passengers off the rock to the island. The captain
seeing this told the boats that those in the
rigging were in the most imminent danger: more so
than those on the rock, and to come and take them
off first rs he was afraid the chip would break up
and he offered them f5O0 for every boat load they
would rescue. The boats then came to the ship
and took the passengers from the rigging first.
then went myself lone Of the sailors carried me.
could not walk to one Of the houses, where was
treated WELL