The Republican journal., 1873-12-25

i1ftauN struck III the side opposite 10 the
mainmast. ! left The bridge to ascertain
the extent OF the damage II was cnor-
nous. being a hole of at least sixteen feet,
rendering ii certain that the ship could re
main very little time aloat
The engine was stopped Al once by Mr..
Luce, one Of the watch, and the valves
were opened. The water rushed in SO
quickly that there was not time to close
the door Of the bulkhcrd which separated
the engine from the boilers; besides, the
bulkhead OF the coal hunks having been
forced into the engine, the water poured
III that way into the boilers.
ordered the second officer TO place
himself at the place of Decentralization.
and desired him to supervise that opera
ton. ! returned to the bridge. where |
was bound TO give orders if had them 10
give, OF where ! ought to be found if need
ed. directing, at the same time, the boats.
Nos. and :, to be lowered which were
near the bridge.
The second officer now told me that
boats No. ; and No ) Were broken by the
colli~ion,anl that all the lower part Of tie
keel on the right side of the ship had been
driven in The whale boat No. Wa set
atloat Immediately, and left by order Of I'll
officer, under command Of lst Lieut. Gull
lard lor the purpose of reaching the other
shin. and Of learning il il could take Us on
board, and TO request il to place it, boats
atloat as quickly as possible This whale
boat left on board of the ship some Of her
crew in order 10 tighten her and that they
might assist in lowering that vessels boats.
Two on three minute, after boat No. ;
was lowered under the supervision of MIR.
Nir who n timely moment, pat her
ailoat The boat NJ. u was lowered ut
The same time, and in less than two
minutes after the mammast gave way
carrying with it the mzzenma~t which
fell ON the deck, killing many person,
who were engaged in putting boat
at1oat The mainma@t crushed boat no. 6
and the persons therein, The lowering ot
boats continued and was attended With
great confusion, caused by the fall Of two
mast Time pressed and tho ship wa
sinking.
The boat No. of tie second officer
which | ordered aioat was outside bul il
could not heave 10, the tackle fail being
engaged. Boat No. ? (mine) was nor out
side he calheads when at this moment
the lille du lIavre sunk
A. 10 boat No 4, the men Who Wrre in
her, seeing all chance OF coating gone, rs
the vessel was sinking, cut the rigging in
ordfri0 have i ilodi when thcYc~sel should
disappear BY the i'll luck which attended
rs thu boat did not float, but was thrown
with such violence against the lower part
of the miZzen-maSt that il was smashed
Il was the final moment when every On"
seized a spar OF rope as It offered. The
ship sunk a plank which found ii hand
enabled me TO keep ailoat for about twenty
minutes, when | was picked up by boat
No. I, The second officer, who had re-
turned 10 hi boat, disappeared At the
same time rs myself. and despite the
short distance between rs, we heard no
more of each other, and ii was n0j until
the third visit Of boat No. 1 that he wa
Saved-lhat is, about m hour after tue
sinking Of the vessel We We're taken on
board the British, ship Loeb Earn, Capt.
Robertson. The whale boat returned ~
The work OF rescue The English ship put
her boats afoat
They We're Of great service, lor with our
two boats alone We would not have sav,I
50 many persons The rescue thus contin
ued until 10 O'Clock, when the five boats
returned from the dismal place. there being
no one 10 save Mr.. Martin, the third lieu
tenant, had been directed by the second
officer, his boat being broken, 10 suporin
tend the embarkation OF passengers ly
ladder rope. which mad been flNed Tor me
purpose, and at the same time to supervise
the floating OF boat No. which wa al
hand This officer disappeared without
onr learning anything Of him. No person
50 rlr as know. Jaw or heard him. and il
is supposed that he was crushed or thrown
into the water by the fall Of the lnainma@l
As to the second lieutenant. Andnnan, no
one knows when he disappeared ! cSli-
mate it was not more tham twelve minutes
helwccn the collision and The sinking Of
NE snip capt robertson .'a>- t'niIiilull;rs,
others lii'een- lmnS' say 'ha' III tna' snort
interval the passengers were examples OF
r"oIlleSS' caiinlie~- anh ''-l&M''l"n, "i'"'U
me dreadful lilte Oh lh~ E}ihent3rie occur
renee Whrl '''''} persons were In@t aiAfii'-
fd y me llonShi on Cer'ahl d"'''I q any