The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-02
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loau was llitcd aboard the Ossipee with
ropes. They all were so completely oY.
hausted, physically, that they could not
stand. Almost ever since they left the
Tortugas they had been working knee deem
in water, shovelling Goals, bailng water.
and other cXigcncies necessary to saving
the ship. They were all saved, but their
clothing and effects went down with the
steamer
the LAST or HER.
"llaving got the men out. nothing re.
NAMED to be done. The storm was too
violent to think ofmooring the vessel in the
Shallower water near the shore; so we could
only wait and see the last of her She set.
tied rapidly, and at p. M, her bow was
being washed over Ivy the sea. A little
while aitcrward she plunged, and only the
crosstrccs were left above water. IT wasn
spectacle of unalloycd regret to me. had
esteemed that no mean duty had been as
signed me in bringing the steamer to New
York. | thought it doubtful whether we
shoul succeed, but hoped that hugging the
smooth waters might enable us to land the
prize in port. Before she went down the
hawser attaching the Virginius to the Os,i-
pee was cut, and the end buoyed 30 as to
mark the spot. As soon as we could we
got under way for New York. The storm
still ragged with undated violence. Ifthc
Virginius had lived to start from the cane
she would have sunk in the gale that met
us off IIatteras. No small boat could have
lived in such sea, and every one on board
would have been lost"
Lieut.. Commander Woodrow who had
charge of the Virginius while she noated,
and was the last to leave her when her aban-
donment was determined upon, said that
vessel could hardly have been left in
more unfinished condition. The Spaniard,
had broken all the glass they could find
Even the nautical instruments were so bat
tered as to be useless. The skylights were
broken out, and the companion ways de-
stroycd. Many tons of dirt was removed
from the ship before putting her in sea trim.
1t was seen at once that she would have to
he towcd to New York. The engine, had
more than enough to do to keep the water
down, and every rag of canvas had been
stripped from her spars except the flying
,jib. This was so rotten that it was Of no
use even to the Spaniards.
DESCRIPTION OF TIE FINAL PLUNGE.
Commander Woodrow thus describes the
final plunge of the Virginius, as seen from
the deck of the corvettc "After we left
her the water gained so fast in the forward
compartments that the bow was soon under
water She rolled heavily thus, the sea
rolling far up the decks. In Il few minutes
the sea was up even with the foremost and
her stern was tilted up high out of water
As she settled high sea rolled up, and
striking the forward smoke stack, which
was rotten with rust, it fell forward and dis
appea. ed. The next sea washed down the
foretopmast. A few seconds attcrward the
ship plunged forward and the stern disap-
reared. As it went down the air confined
in the cabins escaping forced "A jet of water
high into the air"
Woodrow saved the flag which the Vir-
ginius was flying when captured by the
Tornado. After being treated with all the
ndignty that Spanish ingenuity could in
vent it was surrendered by them with the
steamer. 1t is an ordinary twelve-foot
bunting flag Its most notable evidences
1 of service are grease spots. Ii will prOha-
| bly, be needed as evidence in the legal pro-
ceedings for the settlement of the sta us Of
the Virginius, after which it will returned
! to Mr. WoOdrow as a keepsake.