The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-10
SIIIPWRECkED At MIDNIGHT.
7HRfLIJN. NLhRJTTbE or rHE LOSS
Of iuE QUEEN BEE.
Singing. PAN for the shore, sailor" Fol-
lowe dbs a. Terrible Realty " cary Uours
of Watching a Poor Captain Thrown an
the Rocks 4 Brave Momnn-Ib- Rescue.

trader. n vessel vi ~ tns bound Tor Nelson.
n. H., with several pnss"ng"rs AMI n full cargo
on board wrnt ON shore ~ midnight IN Nug. u.
on Cane Farewell SPIT. near v l-uu.
The Rev. j. T. billiard. u CHRIST thurrh. Lat
ing. sends IL n letter from ia son. Youth I'M
der II. u passenger on buari this v'sSri giving
the following interesting description OF the
NELSON. NV Znnmnd. Aug. %. On Mon
day. Aug. q. wcg"t . fair wind and lighted Tie
bright light ON tho Sandspit 1T about $50 4. VI
At . +. w. we had n Thanks giving service in
Mrs G.'s cabin. ! proposed that w" should
have one Ct SansGy's hsmns' rYllrH I"il lor
the poor odd stranded wreck. and pull for the
shore and little did We think how terribly in
earnest we should have To 10 il. An"r scrv,cc
W. had some supper in th'rn.. and stayed
and saw The red lftht cane down and tnlI
Miss g.: then went io tho forward part of
the saloon aud was ttking Ia one of tn" pas
sengers til about II 80 I. NJ. when she struck
on the sands. Then ioluv,d a scene which
nope never to src hghin-thr ladirS'nll coming
out of their cahus anI crving and screaming.
showed the greatest courage. She had ninc
children with her, only three Of whom NJ"
grown up. Alter u bit they all got quito r1lm.
and went on deck. and lent, alnYd "voryVhrrr
i could. firing OF rnch g. AMI 4 + my gun
and fred u on about tw MY times. We fired
our big gun also about "igit or ton tunes. Y
was no use. The ship wae humping hcayilv all
this time. and there were nine feet IL water IN
her. | was very sick abou, every half hour
Mrs. g. gnvr mo some port Wine twice" but
could not kccu anything down. About \. VI.
the second mntc was sent AWAY with four men ~
get ne-stnn The distance was between for
ty-nrc and atty miles, DAYLIGHT came about
faces. went to my cash hoN. and took ont all
my letters of introduction and all th" money |
s second hgs En' r a amt Sar @ ncG @n G
letters. the silver witch chain ,E.'- present on
my. birthdayl. md the box Of revolver ear;
tridGes., pui ~" revolver IN my p"rk - !
did not know hut what We might have tlc of
the Northflcct business. However; had NO oc-
casion for Il. - the men behaved all right.
aske him to put the women and children in ne
boats. SO that II there was Il rush they would be
safe. He said they wrr" al right, and that he
would Put them in at daylight At Daylight
they wfr n ,S put p Mr. g. ana her two dauE Snr
other children. with her eldest son, being put
somehow "a another
" We had only three boats left as the second
mate went away in ono, and 10y some mistake
the other two bonts. with their contents. got
clear Of the shin and could not s't back t. us
again. and So there were fifteen m"n left on
board tho ship. with one small boat. twenty foot
long. only one passenger besides myself Il
ohum OF mine. called H.. being lett on hoard
the captain. the mate. We two. the carpenter. the
boatswain. the cook. the cooks mate. two stow
ards, the stewards mate. the third mate. the
butcher ana two Spanpn.
THAT was n weary day watching-wat'hng
Tor help which mover came. tried To eGi, hut
day afternoon got tho Captain tn give orders
for raft TO b. made. Ny American experience
came in here, as | could use the aAc. and
helped the carpenter. W made as much OF tho
raft rs we could lift overheard. and then got il
over. stripped on my trousers ana coat AMI
shoes and socks. and over went with the third
mate. and we dashed two more big spars on it,
lIIurrah for III" Worcester boys!l The wnter
was very cold. and every sea came over US The
third mate got the cramp. but worry piuckily r.
fused 70 20 upward and let m. finish the raft 10y
went ,1oit lust as we were to cui the mnintop
gallant sail adrit. which was in danger OF car
rying the mast away. Wew,nt a. high A. the
crce-tree- and he persuaded me mot UNIV ling
lyl 10 come down again, rs the risk was too
great,
my clothes. wrote on q big piec" Of paper my
hume and address and the time. and pu, il in
side my 5i1iri - ,n4t n case OF drowning my
THE SKY wu- back ns ink and it was blow
Ing hard. ana the iidc was rising. on the poop
poekot. had nask hnif fSn Of P HTandy and md
rum miSed, and my, watch in my pocket, The
mate said. You viii come on the raft with me.
Hiliard.' | said. OF course | then cui my
self life line, and le did the same then got
on the raft He threw me- two great coats.
which werc Immediately washed away. mc
tirn got on. and the carpenter iand his axel.
the hOat-wnn three parts tight. IN" under
overheard in ten minutes. The steward mate.
the mate, and I stood M. holding on to
Every, sea came over US. nearly. drown,
ing the others. Ny feet were dead. no
t isrlqf Z ~ ,nd IN Gs" AND Mere eGtsnnps to
her. Al last HE mate hlklod the captain. YOU
dcnd lrfor" morning. So W" sot into The boat A.
nearly -vamping her. and God only knows how
we got through that night don't. They hal
u keep hailing hard all night The third mate.
self. and a seaman pulled the bow oar: the
b4nt~wnin seaman, ~" after OAR or"as ion
mate took spell The mat WAS very IN with
heart disease. and could no, do much. none OF
That nh G'G men doppS me- from PT r oa an
every twenty minutes, only two pulling each
would be taken hy the one who had had twenty
minutes rest. We had one bottle 81 watrr be-
tween the fifteen, and had biscuit. which |
hayed with the third mat. That half biscuit
and twelfth part Of a penguin "a bird caught.
about The size OF Il duck WIS all the food ] had
from Monday night 1t O'Clock until the follow
ing Friday al half past F. NJ. when We were
Morning at last came, with land about
twenty miles of: 80 we had drink of rum and
set tn work with viii. for life or death. tprouoh
t. We were all played out, having had no SIZE p
oar we only had two oars. and they were ma ii
too high, "" got cosoot - Shnrr about II
bou.e OF hccr which divided as well as ronid.
had had til" ngu" all nigilt and had "a bad ut
tack ln'n ana %ns very LEX, ,.
schooner WAS sighted, ana we mado II fag and
turned the Loaf head from I'll" hud and pulled
was hull down. / had u row Mith the cnItain
an oycrlog le,l boat loakiu.. badly with "A lnrDrl
OF iageed oW men, close to hand leaving II and
going on u wild goose rhilsr after "A vessel mil :
away. spoh" my mind pretty freely, Shortly
and th"n, after a BIT II brig app airing miles
away. the hOh WAS headed out again. ! chuckrd
down the oar in disgust. and said would not
pull another stroke. However, | WIS Ici %
hundcd 70 20 on pulling. We pulled u good
way, and then tic boat WIS turned round posi-
tivey ior shore. was now Thoroughly Jagged
out. and told m" captain he hud hrttnr pull my
oar. i.- he Vac N u, fresh. n" had done Moth
ing Al night No. he said, il is NOT my place
to pul. lam lophing niirr ihc boat. md t0lling
you how "a puil' ! said. Ohl the lnutc can do
thnt. he - too i'll la du ANYTHING else How
over. the captain would not come. and so the
mat" rnlfc and took my oar and went ait and
Dnl rd was very III with alue.
Just before SUNSET We made the land, and
We determined 10 beach the boat before it gut
dark. u- another might in her meant certain
death. We saw two BAYS, but dare not 30 into
them BECAUSE Of tho rocks. At Inst We saw
iittlc rie'c OF beach with cliff Of rock hundreds
Of feet high, 50 We determined to try II there
We had no ld-a tn" surf Wa So bad as IT was.
Tho mate ana got right into the bows Of the
bout, rcndy 81 Jump out ana pull her up. She
got caught IN an enormous swell, which WhA
shooting her ahead ~ "A Tremendous pnrr
Instead Of her bow kocpine above winter II went
under. and the noAt thins knew | WIS under
tho water. With somebody collaring hold of me
and th' houi going right over me-. Then wac
sho ilu.'oi nay rect ON the beach. dragEe bao Il
hfniu righl under wave about sin le"t nigh
VIM h pounded right INTO M such Il collection
OF Siluf'r amt siunoe that ! WdA nearly stun