Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30

surged back and fell apart, while the
shrieks of women and children roared
above the intolerable din
And then there was booming roar,
laundering crash, and the riddled Am
aranth dropped loose from her hold, and
drifted helplessly away.
Instantly the fre-doors of the Boreas
were thrown open and the men began
dashing buckets of water into the fur
naces-for it would have been death and
destruction to stop the engines with such
head of steam on.
As soon as possible the Boreas drop
ped down to the floating wreck and took
off the dead, the wounded and the un-
hurt at least all that could be got at,
for the whole forward half of the boat
was a shapeless ruin, with the great
chimneys lying crossed on top of it, and
underneath were dozen victims impris-
oned alive and wailing for help. While
men with axes worked with might and
main to free these poor fellows, the Bo-
reas' boats went about, picking up strag-
glers from the river.
And now a new horror presented it.
self. The wreck took fire from the dis
mantled furnaces Never did men work
with heartier will than did those stall
wart braves with the axes. But it was
of no use. The fire ate its way steadily,
despising the bucket brigade that fought
it. 1t scorched the clothes, it singed the
| hair of the axe-men-it drove them back,
foot by foot, inch by inch-they waver-
: ed, struck a final blow in the teeth of
the enemy and surrendered. And as
they fell back they heard prisoned voic-
es saying:
Don't leave us Don't desert US
Don't do it =
And one poor fellow said
4 am Harry Worley, stoker of the
Amaranth !! My poor mother lives in ST.
Louis, Tell her a lie for poor devils
sake, please. Say | was killed in an in.
slant and never knew what hurt me
though God knows I've neither scratch
,,o,, b,,,;co +b;c ,oo,,on+ I+,c howl 4l
burn up in coop like this with tht
whole wide world so near. Good by
boys. we've all got to come to it at last
anyway.
F The Boreas stood away out of danger
and the ruined steamer went drifting
, down the stream, an island of wreathins
T I'D climbing flame that vomited cloud
of smoke from time to time, and glaret
more fercely and sent its luminou
tongues higher and higher after eacl
emission. A shrek at intervals told 0
captive that had met his doom. Tn
: wreck lodged upon sand bar, and whel
t the Boreas turned the next point on he
S upward journey, it was still burnin
with scarcely abated fury.
y When the boys came down into tn
+ main saloon of the Boreas they saw
pitiful sight and heard world of pitifu
t sounds. Eleven poor creatures lay dea
and forty more lay moaning, or plead
t ing, or screaming, while score of Goo
+ Samaritans moved among them, doin
what they could to relieve their suffer
5 ings-bathing their skinless faces an
bodies with linseed oil and lime water
: and covering the places with bulgin
! masses of raw cotton, that gave to ever
face and form dreadful and inhuma
appearance.
A little wee French midshipman Q
fourteen, lay fearfully injured, but neN
+ er uttered a sound till a physician {
Memphis was about to dress his hurt
n Then he said:
2 Can't get well ? You need not b
y afraid to tell me.
n No, IL am afraid you cannot
l. Then do not waste your time with N
help those that can get we'll.
But
Help those that can get well !! 1t
lie not for me to be girl. L carry tt
1T blood of eleven generations of soldie1
Y in my veins =
The physician-himself man WI
,e had seen service in the navy in his tin
touched his hat to this little hero an
passed on.
a The head engineer of the Amarant
se a grand specimen of physical manhood
IN struggled to his feet, a CHASTITY spect
" Gle, and strobe towards his brother, IL
second engineer, who was unhurt Z
said:
es You were on watch. You were bos
es You would not listen to me when | be
ged you to reduce your steam. Tai
IL that take it to my wife and tell h
J. it comes from me by the hand of n
Ill murderer Take it land take my cur
g, with it to blister your heart a hundr'
re years-and may you live so long !
REST IN OLD AGE-I covet rest III
J. ther for myself nor my friends so lol
as We are able to work but when a
or weakness comes on, and hard lab