The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-04-10
$, D. HARRIS. EDITOR AND PRoPRIEroR.
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mizzen rigging, the sea cut off his re-
treat He stood for six hours lby .
woman who had been placed iD the
rigging. The sea was too high 70 81
tempt his rescue. At 3 p, M, . cler-
| gynan. Rev. Mr.. Ancient. succeeded
| in getting him off. Many ofsthe pSs-
bse1gers,d saloon and steera&e, died IN
the rigging from cold. Amongothe
number was the purser of the ship.
Before the boats went out I placed
two ladies' IN the Iife-boaf, but fnd-
ing the boat useless, carried them to
the main rigging, where, 4 lett, them
and went aft to encourage the others
70 60 forward on the side Of the ship.
| At this junctu the BOILERS exploded,
and the boat roi!eti over to leeward.
the ship at this time being on her
beam ends. Finding, myself useless
there, Il went to take the ladies for
ward, but, found them gone, nor did !
see them afterward.
Many passengers at this time could
! not be stimulated to any effort to save
themselves, but lay in the rigging and
remained on the side encouraging,
helping and directing 'antif about Is
were landed, when fiudingithst my
hands, and legs were becoming nse-
less, / left the ship, two other boats
being close to her, aud embarked the
remainder. -""z e'i'i'
On reaching the shore, l dispatch
ed Brad y, the third officer. off TO Hall
fax across the country, to telegraph
news of the disaster, and to obtain as
sistance. Mr.. Morrow, the Cunard
Line Agent promptly responded. and
sent two steamers with provisions to
conveyt the survivors to Halifax where
they will be cared for, and forwarded
to New York the first Opportunity, In
charge OF the first and fourth officers,
the third officer aud four men being
left at the island TO care for the dead
as they come ashore. Captain Sheri-
dan. diver, has received provisional
authority as TO salvage Of the cargo
and maierials.a The second officer
was lost with No. 30 life-boat.
'a9AsTEERAaElPAss AssENGER's STORY
F. HALIFAX, April "a steetage pas
sengerl makes the following state
ment + turned into my bertl. about
eleven O'Clock Monday night. The
night was dark but starlight, and the
weather fine. knew tho ship was
going into Halifax for coal. Theilast
remembered was that two bells, one
O'Clock, struck. then went to sleep
and woke up with the shock, and re-
marked to my mate, "There goes the
anchor." thought, of course, i've
were safe In Halifax harboE, bat, as
soon as she made the second, plunge
L said,r Good God; she's ashore!"
With that we got up and dressed. Tho
companion way was throngea 0with
the lower steerage.i Seeing that the
sea was commencing to break over
the ship and lower down the cempan-
ion way, got as many as possiblefo
take to the bunks and hold on by the
iron stanchions. ThereaWe remained
until after, daylight The ship, had
plunged over and the steerage was
full of water, only one side being out
OF it. o S22iAFG aail 10 dEUTI
ioOurho only chance of escape was the
ports. "A pumber of men, probably
twenty. got out through the ports to
the side of the vessel. Efemained l.
until all who were alive were out.
There were a great many. drowned in
their banks aud others were drown,
ed while trying to reach the ports, I
got out through the port, and held
fast to the side of the ship for about
two hours, and then went to the shore.
by lifeline. When i left the ship
there were still great many in the
rigging. ai.,.a1, II, ~, ,..i.,, o..,.T,
The Natural Bridge In Danger.
The Southern collegian Of the 7tip
inst, gives an account of a singular
which itsfates was, then
going on at the Natural Bridges A,
gentleman while passing over. the
bridge was startled by the appear
ance of volumes of deep blue smoke
and jets of fame rolling out from Ee-
meath the massive arch. He could
plainly detect the smell of sulphur
and found, upon examination, thgt
the ground was warm and steaming
for some distance around. Great ex.
citement prevailed in the neighbor.
hood, as it, was generally Thought that
a volcanic eruption was about to take,
place. A statement of the, case was
laid before Professor Campbell, of
the Geological Department of WASH
ington and Lee University, who ac-
counts for the curious. phenomenon
in this wise:
a"The bridge is composed of noun
tain limestone, with large fissure fill
ed with grahamite, which, as ia well
known, is kind of bitumenous coal
or asphaitum deposited in seams in
of this peculiar kind. The
grahamite was not, of course, set on
ire by any one; such an act would
necessarily be impossible as Offend
ing against the laws of Omnipotent
AT some distance from
The high-water mark, but not near SO
high as the name of the great Virgin
an, who is sometimes termed the
Father of his country" detected
'ulphurous deposits and traces of me-
allie oxides. The action of sulphur
IN the metallic oxides, even in small
Quantities and in the presence of WA
er, will generate a heat TO q degree
sufficient to ignite q mass
" as combustible a nature as the gfa-s
lamite. The water, L take it, was
upplied by the thawing OF the snow
md the unprecedented rise of Cedar
Creek in the early part of last week.
such 1 am Inclined 10 consider the
ause of this great chemical action,
.nd do not lean toward attributing is
o. the subtle action of-electricity,
AVE a section of geographical fornia-
ion OF the bridge, which was carefnl-
y prepared number of years since,d
s-above limited, access TO which may
'e had at any time by all wishing TO
xamine into the causes sthemselyes.}
s.a Very respectfully, az 81
j. l.. CAMPBELL.n
The Collegian speaks OF the occur-
ence as great national calamity, as
he Great Natural bridge, one of the
Worlds curiosities, would probably
e totally destroyed. sf-..-, ..,I,.
Grant for a Third Term.
The New York Herald thinks that
President Grant win inaugurate
igorous foreign policy,-that is, an-4
ex Cuba, or Canada, or Mexico--hes