Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-19

sumo little support under the excitement
generous offers Of assistance in the way Of
clothes, etc, were rendered on all sides.
IN TWO HOURS AND A HALF
from the time when the first gun was fired,
and in not more than an hour and three
quarters from the time the first boat was
lowered, the whole 372 men, women, and
children who had been ON abe Europe were
safely enjoying the hospitality of the
Greece. What risk was incurred may be
judged from the opinion Of Mr.. Hubbard,
second officer Of the Greece, who says he
feared we would not get off with a less loss
than a score Of lives.
When bed time approached the people of
the Greece had to shoulder another diff
cult undertaking, that Of providing sleep
Ing places for more than two hundred new
corners, without including the Europe's
crew. Good management on the part of
Mr.. Self, the purser, and his assistants, ac-
eoinplished far more for us in the cabin
d a could have been expected. The pas
sengers OF the Greece changed their rooms
freely for u accommodation, as many
Derths as possible were put up in each
room, and when all the rooms were full,
everything feasible was done to ensure a
uegree OF comfort TO persons who were OBJ
nged 10 sleep on sofas in the saloon. But
Tor the poor emigrants very little could be
done, and most of them had to make a
couch Of hard boards
THE NIGHT
was not an especially cheerful one. The
sea was Iunning very high, and the steam
er rocked decidedly more than was conduc-
I've TO slumber. Even under other circum-
stances the mournful image of the Europe,
abandoned and %forlorn, beating about aim
lessly on the ocean, would have been suffi-
elent to enforce ~wakefulness upon many a
mind. At last gray dawn began to appear,
n the decks Of the Greece were soon en-
nvened by numerous passengers who had
passed a restless, anxious night, and who
welcomed the day as about to decide the
suspense concerning the Europes fate.
As soon as the little crew were on board
the Europe they made sail, and endeayored
to turn the steamers head to the eastward.
The ship was then lying with her head
about southwest, the wind coming from
about west. They soon saw that to turn
the steamer would be a work Of time. Her |
great depth and weight and the small GUAM
tlty OF canvas carried made her extremely
dlthcult to manage without steam. After
an hour or two had been spent in futile eff
forts to get her head to the east, il was de-
cided on board the Greece to try to tow the
Europe into position. The experiment
narrowly missed involving
AHEARTRENDING CALAMITY.
First a rocket with a small line attached
was thrown over the Europe. The rocket
fell a little short, burst on che steamers
deck, and knocked a man down, although
apparently without ~injuring him. The
line was secured on board the Europe. and
the Greece began to pay out the hawser to
which the small line was fastened. During
this operation the Greece had approached
very near to the Europe, and after passing
her on the port side had stopped and backed |
l little, for the purpose, | suppose, of get
ing at u a distance s could be covered
Iy the hawSer. The latter, however, proved
90 short, and it was thrown overheard.
lust then, before the hawser was quite clear.
he Europe seemed TO feel the wind more
han before, and came forging
Town with her bow pointing straight for |
freezes stern. For a moment he pas
OF deck stood in breathless sus-
'ense. The officers by the wheel-house
again and again for the engines to
ahead. The engines failed to respond.
\ minute later the sharp bow of the Eu-
ope cut fair into the Greece's stern. like a
nife entering a cheese, and with a shock
carcely p~erceptible at any distance away.
Then the engines of the Greece began 10
move, and in less time than it takes 10 tell
{ the two steamers were clear of each
ther.
What was the damage to the Greece and
7as there any danger? were two questions
-bfeb nnvu carsonu1v - a~o-k.l II -
numbering about eleven hundred souls.
examination showed that by wonder
nj good fortune no alarming injuries had
cen sustained. A hole about four feet
ride and seven feet high was found i'm the
rejecting part Of the stern, some distance
bOye the water line. A small room was
orn open, and the gap was anything but
leasant TO see. However, there was moth
ng to be feared, as only a following sea
ould do further injury, and there would be
lenty of time to patch up the rent before
lind and sea could change. Ifthe Europe
ad struck us a little nearer the centre of
stern, if she had been rising on a wave
nd had pressed under the Greace's stern.
T if she had been pitching head downward.
be result u certainly have been to In
Ire the screw or steerage gear, and then,
VI OANr thCAG hOulu nave DCEu IhO I {
steamers drifting helpless on the |
cean. Indeed, if nothing worse than
amage TO screw OK steering gear had be- 9
Illen us, 1t would have been little short of
miracle. Men were AZ once set to work !
} patch up the rent in the Greece with
cards and sails. They succeeded so well
we suffered no more inconvenience
ian wet floors in the after cabins and pas. !
lGes. r
The untOward result of the experiment
} aid the Europe ought to have stopped ]
further efforts in that direction. The
a was running so high that the two
Gamers could not be brought near together
ithout great risk, and the chances of
wing even as splendid a vessel as the r
urope ought not to Offset the risk Of losing
HUNDREDS OF LIVES. I
But the Greece continued to bob around Z
lie Europe in risky proximity to that a
Gamer. There was not a man on deck b
no did not feel an uncomfortable sensa- G
on for about twenty minutes or half an
Especially was this the case when.
st after the astonishing escape described,
e lay abreast of the Europe, the two great E
only a small distance apart and grad r
ally getting nearer and nearer to each
her, threatening the awful disaster that n
have followed if the two ships had
ound together, side against side, even for a
moment. There was a very plain look of
lief on all our faces when we heard a hail q
ON the Europe that all was right, telling
to 60 ahead. Then the Greece's bows A
ere pointed westward. 1t was about noon
hen we bid goodbye to the Europe and L
e bold men who lad undertaken to save
II. She was then heading about south,
it'll all sail set on the foremost, and a
rong westerly wind blowing. In another :
'ur or so the EurOpe's topmast's sank be- '
the horizon. b.
ROUBLE BREWING WITH SPAIN. !.