The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-09-26
TEE CHILD OF THE sroRM

( the toiling fishermen OH the banks OF
newfoundland, incidents arc waited to
is from the dcsolated and ravished bays,
ivers and harbors, and along the coast,
hat appeal TO the sympathics of the hui
nan heart. Here gray haired man,
,linging to the track that crosses the bay
rom Galveston to Virginia Point, raises
| white, trembling hand as n signal Of
distress from among the waves that are
gradually beating the life out Of his aged |
body; and hero struggles along the |
IRON track, while the sccthing waters, ut
times, hide him from the view Of the anx.
ious group Oh shore, and rescues the i'm.
perilled man from what seemed certain
death. Men hang with u death grip to
timbers of the brcekwater, all through
the dismal hours Of the night, bruised
and bleeding from wounds, and buffeted
by the chopring waves and courageous
seamen. who knew full well the awful
terrors Of gulf storm, leave the harbor
In lie boats and fight their way along the
bay down to the brcakwater, near the
Undiscovered light house, and save all
these poor fellows who were fast giving
up Ia disrair. \ small, frail RAFT dashes
along with the yellow and destroying
waters of San Jacinto, away to tho raging
gulf: man (Dr. Cha.nberlin) and his
wife are on it--she, half subm, rged In
water, rests her head upon his lap land d
man who had saved twenty lives said
| that he believed she was dead, a rope is
| thrown around the man, and In the shock
and wreck the woman slips into the
water and disappears, and the man cries
out-"Don't save me-savc my wife !"
Lone scamen are washed faint and sick
upon the fiat, water-bcat shores, aud
everywhere is Il dispairing. heroic fight
with the angry waters. In the midst of
all this storm, death and fury. an incident
occurred that will be long. remembered
and talked Of by the in.
habitants Of the coast. Mr.. and
Mrs. West lived at Baytown. During
Thursday the water rose gradually in
their house, and soon reached the ceiling.
a daughter of Mrs. West, by q former
husband. was with them. also Others from
a neighboring beacon house. They hung
on by the windows until about 4 p. III. =,
when finding that the water was gaining,
they got into skiff with the hope Of
reaching the high land. In half an hour
the skiff swamped. and in getting hold
Of the windows again, two children were
lost. Mr.. West then made hole In the
roof, and all were got on it. Small hand
holes were made TO cling to. In a short
time the roof was swept away from the
building, the tide carrying them up the
bay several miles. They drit,ed
about Thursday night and Friday
at the mercy Of the waves
Some deserted the roof; but MIR. and Mrs
West, child and two other persons
chung to it. The wind drove them acrOs
the bay into the mouth Of MOrgan's shiI
, canal, where the roof turned over, an,
all, except West. his wife and Mr.. Post
n were lost. West rose, clinging to his wife
d and seized the roof again; the curren
$ swept the roof over on the east side, an
v when it struck the bank the two wer
thrown up on the side Of dump. Pos
was able to reach the bank, West was
senseless, and Mrs. West stunned. but
moaning. The tug Coates had been driven
by the gale on the Point and lay Oh
the other side of the dump
A gentleman named Nelson, who had
brought her up from Red Fish through
the gale, aud MIR. Rhett, master inc
chanic, were on board. Hearing tn
means, they went over the dump an
carried the rescued pair on board the tug
About Z p. NJ, within half an hour ate
Mrs. West was carried on the tug, sh
was taken i'll and gave birth to q boy
These rugged men, fathers themselves
| yet unused to such ministrations, aide
by MIR. West, faithfully performed tn
duties belonging to gentler hands. Tn
brave little woman who had undergOn
all these perils, seeing mother, child, 81,
ter and her four nicces swept away bt
fore her eyes, gave those directions whicl
doubtless saved her life and that of TN
babe. AS soon as mother and child wcr
in condition to be moved, and the gal
would permit, couch was formed, ant
the men of the dredging fleet carried
them up to the old Morgan place. occu
pied by Mr.. Tom Edwards, where ever.
possible arrangement was made for thci
comfort. This is one Of the pathetic Incl
dents of the storm. Texas had Child O
the Alamo, and now she has Child O
f the Storm. The first was girl. and fel
victim to the fattery of men, and be
came an outcast. This one is Il boy, an,
perhaps the lie that was begun on a
ocean tug, in the midst ofstorm anil mi:
cry, may prove one OF serenity and sun
, shine.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
--Twenty.hvp thousand oeonic yisite,