New-York tribune., 1875-12-22
INCIDENTS OF THE WRECK.


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Weaving together the various personal mar
ratives which have taken down from the lips OF the
Fhev We're ali in bed When the ship struck and were
reused first by the humping of the ship and next by the
9 on si liz bts OF when there was plentiful store in
hand The women jumped mp and swaTmed in tl,e
psnlon-way of the saloon making the deck, where
ihev were met by the stewaress who stood in the way,
and half forced half persuaded them go back telling
them there no danger: After the screw
had broken, the engines also failed and the sails
proved useless, the male passengers then eheerfuy
formed themselves gangs aud worked at the pumps,
but az said, they were pumping at the North Sea-
and as 1t obviously impossible to make clearance
OF that the task abandoned, and the officers, crew,
and passengers relapsed into state Of passive expect
ancy OF succour from without That this could not long
he comng happily seemed certain. The rockets which
had been sent up had been answered from the shore
was pInnly Visible and at last two ships sailed by 80
near that till they began hopeessy fade away, 10
e y wcr suTe those on board had seen the wreck
and were coming to their assistance.
that Kent OF either the shreking or the supor OF
pair However that may be- OF the most notable
tion the first shock everybody was throughout
first day wonderfully COOL patient and setpossessed.
There wss no r, liar meal on Monday but there was
nlenty To eat anu drink and the opportunity seems TO
have been generally, though moderately improved.
a. were going were served with hot soup,
meat bread @ @ af " Tle had a aS Hu towsrd night the
10 he t NJ ~ % in measure Far hevonI
@ d y, & h' tho drness All dav Iony the sea had
@ ,asilin oyer the shin hut by taking refuge in the
s d r tne ables and benc6es i'm tne saloon in had
bean 70 keep comparatiyely dry As night fell
however fhe tide rose and at midnight the water came
shing over the deck in huge volumes filling saloon,
and making the' cabins loating collins.
Tben the women were ordered up and Instructed to
,ote to the rigging but many of them, cowed by the
dnes OF the sea that now swept the deck fore and aft
and sbnddehg before the fury of the pItess
gale refused 10 leave the saloon. Then happened hor
rhe scenes which the pen refuses to portray in their
fulness one woman driven mad with and despair,
deliberately hung herself from the roof Of the saloon
man. taking out mis- knife dug it into his wrist and
worked about long az he had strength dying where
he fell. Another man. incoherently calling on the wife
and child ne had left in Germany, rushed about with
bottle IN his manu- Hdhticahy 5nouuhs IVI paper anu
lowing himself moment later as great wave came
and swept him overheard At. -.
There were nVe nuns on pQaru WHO, ny tler 'erIor-
stricken cOhuc sueiu ~ nav ~ aut , e9.t M t 10 ~ , une
"eliuesh Vi the scec, f w. o, a. " " an a. , %
10 leave he soon, al W., WIZ, ~ y s % I, ,o t %
stcm a,od tn nt the,n on IN ~, co,1nanion
eAcinv ,s doyn,n the steps and sinh,nrinIu ra
tod ~ y 20 another stem They seemed To- have
Iuseu 70 ~ I'M aooo, aoain sbort,x for " sSne
VIZ -, the crew and nassengers were i'm the rigging one
vas seen with her body half through the skygt crying
aouJ in voice heard above the storm o. my iiod
n q, oricki make n ouick ~ At daylight yesierdny
rnin when fine ride had ebbed and leaving the deck
near s9mr ON The rigging went down aud looking into
dead II was not so dark but that those in the rigging
could distinguish each others features and thus nave