, 1873-02-11

blow tho mana brains out that darea To got into
4, eont." But thtH throat camo almost too late.
Blddiaa anw tint tho bontB IN either side woro
o should not mako nn oirort for lis lifo as woll
a. INC fest, 10 5umpod into tho boat at tho
under the caro- Of tito tontawain, md cro,,ohed
up p a. the @ pow: chp'nln Knowos saw Tho move:
oAcape should 10 given to tic frightened wo-
mon, ho oracred Inn out. DldHs knew that
tlle voaao would sink almost Immediately ho
g1s bora % "gatn and M this was the aat
obey ordern. THO Captain ropcatoil tho
order; and .tlrcatonod to fro. it II was
not ohoyod., Tho boatBwatn, who had charge Of
tilo naptain,s wife, ondoavored 70 forco him out,
but IT WA OF no avail. Captain Knowles notion
co to THO hoatawain to Stand clear, and dig
charged llta revolver at Dlddlsa' head. Diddsas
almost fclt tho ball paaa ovor his hond. The
Captain, discovering that tho hrnt alaot had not
aud this tlno with effect for the ball imbodded
itHolf in. the ttoBh juat above tho loft knoo,
lddiss almost forgot tho pain which followed
for tho shrioks and crica for hclp proceeding from
drowning tho Aond Of tho alarm-bell, which rang
inceHsuntly. Tho boat III which B1diss lad oa.
caped lut With bare lfo waa still lying along
side, and tho poor wretohes on tho vessel, find
Ing TINT IL was tho only ayailablo chanco Of Bay-
Ing thoir uveu, nude ralnh nt tho Htorn to got
in, but Captain Knowles still perBoyored tn en-
dcavoring to aave tho women. Again tho
revolver was ralsed at tito trat man who entered
tho bont Tho trigger was pulled, but, fortunate-
~ fort tho poor fellow, nicknamod By tho crew
Billy Ducks, tho pistol miaaed fro. Tho boat vna
soon entered by flvo othors; md, before Captain
Knowles could offer Any further romonBtrance,
tho ropos wore cnst or, md tho boat TaB rowod
hurriedly away to Q tug, which Ind just Btoamod
| up to the spot, and lit mp the horrible Bceno
| with red lights. Hardly lal tho boat, which
contained nino poraonB-n namely, tile Captains
| wife, the bontHwnin. four 1aGorcrB, Including
Bi1diss, and thrco Of tho ships orow-got along
nias nls tug. whom, by tlo CLEAN. Of tho last
rocAot in tho sky and tho lig(ta from tho tug.
the hgurchond Of tho Norlhncct was seen fHo
sink slowly under water. Tho crowded storm
roso up in tho air, md, with loud rushing
noiso, almost immediately disappeared undor
water, leavlng between 500 and 400 'peoplo struo-
Cling for thoir liyes In tho wator. Biddigs gny5
tlnt-this VIM n acono that neither l,o nor my
ono on board tho tug will ovor forgot. Tho
shrloke OF tho sinking women and the loud
cries or tho men for holp wcro awful, and must
have been hoard 1nilos on. .somo Of those WHO
| could not swim were Aoating on barrelH and
paila, which thoy wcro Obliged to 1eavo hold OF
from slloer exhaustion. Uddins noticed'ouo friend
| Of his in howator-a married ma,l, who with hia
wife and only ohild was olinging to ladder,
WHOM q wave canlo and washed all thrao on
Tic woman and Child aank, and noverroao again.
Tho unfortunate husband managed again to
clutch tho ladder, but 1t was out OF his powor TO
aaYo Ills wife and child. Thirty-fo1r poop1e
woro picked up by the tug, which romnined close
to tho spot for tho wAolo night. :,