The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-11

0i the propeller and q hole was knock
ed through the plates Ut TINT quarter
through which came great deal nl
water We got sail over and stop
pod the hole up 50 that but little water
come In, All hands were tnon om-
ployod IN heavlng the olrgo overheard.
The second officer und myself were
taken rom the cargo 10 clear away the
bows, This was about slX A. NJ. Tues
day, June lst The captain ordered
the forward wells 10 he sounded and
six inches Of water was found, the
after sleerage then being full, The
qunrler-maln hold wells were then
sounded and five feet aud hall of
water was found, The captain called
mo on bridge and told me 10 mind the
boats, and then called everybody alt
ana told them 10 have no fears, aa lac
could take the ship 10 ST. Johns, n. Il,
II was then discovered tint the fires In
tie engine room were drowned out,
The captain then gave orders to launch
the h0nls with the crew aud told w
that the distance from 81 Johns was
one hundred and twcuty-ono miles
northwest. | proceeded 10 launch NUM-
berOnc,whlch was my boat, aud II was
capsIlod In lowering losing the chrO-
nOmetor watch, charts, ruddcr and u
part of the provisions, she was null Of
water. O'Brien and bailed her part-
~ out when Grogan, Wilkinson and
Williams Jumped in, We could not
hang on to the ship owing 10 the sea
and lee about Us. O'lirlpn saw the
captain on the bridge beckuuing TO the
boat, hut we had drifted about one
hundred and lllty yards from the ship,
We saw the second officers boat low
cred, all clear, with niue hands and
himself In her She Came round the
vessel and pulled to windward about
sixty yards, The ship sunk about ton
O'Clock, floating boat number two from
her checks with the chief officer and
about thirty people in her We got
clear and pulled to Vindwurd O'Brien,
after the ship went down, saw the cnp-
tain and some person floating on
bale Of hay among the wreck. We
tried all we could TO pick them up, but
owing TO the boat being half lull Of
water and the ice about us, were not
able to do 50. We shipped our mast
and kept company with the other
boats about two hours, and then lost
sight Of them to the westward. We
decided then to steer clear Of the ice,
and hcave the boat to with IN oar and
a bucket as u drag till daylight. On
We lnesday morning we hal in the
boat three gallons Of water, forty
pound1ofraw beef forty pounds of bread
wet with salt water and compass
which did not fall out when the boat
capsized, Again we sailed south, with
the wind from the north and west, all
throughout severe and bitterly cold.
About 4 u. NJ. we hauled the boats
head to the northeast till Thursday
aud tackled TO the
westward til! about 3 p. NJ. and
again laid to with a drag
until 8 =. NJ, when we took in our drag
and made sail and stood to the north
east until Friday morning. At day
light we tackled to the southwest until
noon, and then tackled again to the
northeast until Saturday morning,
when about halfpast 10 A. NJ we
sighted the City ofGeorgiai and got out
our oars and pulled away until picked
up. think torty.odd people with the
captain went down with the ship. We
had blankets in our boat for three la
dies and the stewardess, which were
lost when the boat capsizcd. We saw
no ladies in the chiefs or second Off
cerls boats.