Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-12-11
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we succeeded in getting the balsa clear of
the spars | could get no main line, and the
first lieutensnt, Mr.. Simons, Mr.. White and
many others in the forecastle sung out to me,
THE line is out cut it and get on shore, If
possible, for assistance" l had small PEN
knife, but could not open it because my
hands were benumbed. Williams opened it
and | succeeded in cutting the rope. / was
then struck several times by tho spars-once
in the small of the back and once in the hips.
We thought the beach ran perpendicular to
the ship 1t was foggy and We could not
see the shore. When the line was cut the
balsa went toward the stern of the ship, and
we thought we were going to sea. We pad
died the balss with pieces of pauoling. Near
the stern of the ship heavy surf struck us
sud capszed the balsa end for end, my leg
being jammed it held me underneath the
water for awhile. Both regained the balsa,
when told Williams TO get on the end and
we would then steer tho balsa. in fear of an
other capsizc. We were thrown over again,
and the catastrophe threw Williams about ten
feet. My arm being jammed, was thrown
Oh my back. When we came up again it was
rather still water. | swan and pushed the
balsa toward Williams. Williams got on top
and stood up and looked around, and said
lnaI NC SAW bHc uas1S Vi uNuIbE fSSsCbS
ahead, which proved to be telegraph poles
on shore. / told him would steer for them.
We capsized twice more, and before we
knew it we were on the beach. / told him
to haul the balsa up in order, that we might
want to use il 20 send of TO the ship. We
landed about three. quarters OF a mile up the
beach from the wreck. Found two men in
side the surf, but they were too weak to get
up Went down and pulled them up. ]
then ran to the first house l saw, but found
no one in it. Started down the beach as fast
ns I could legs hurting mo very badly.
Found ten or fifteen people from shore stand
ing opposite the wreck looking at it. told
them to 90 further up the beach and do all
! they could to save the men, as they appeared
to be landing up there with the very strong
| current runing up the coast. We pulled
/ out several more men. l asked them where
/ the life.saving station was They said one
was seven miles up the beach and the other
/ five miles down the beach. Saw man on
horseback and sent him TO tho upper station
for aid and to telegraph 10 Washington for
! assistance TO the wreck. This was about
seven o'clock in the morning. Then saw
Mr.. Conway, who had landed asked these
men Oh shore why the life not there.
They told me life car No - was at Roanoke
Island | asked them why they did not bring
it up; they said it was locked up in the sta
ton and they were afraid to break open tho
door told them that il they would come
with me l would break open the door aud
get it out. Five OF them volunteered to go.
/ asked them if they saw my signals, and
they said they did. even the first signal.
then went down the beach with three men.
| but saw team coming down the beach,
which proved to be that of Sheriff Buckley,
of Dare City. | broke open the door, got the
/ mortar and lines, broke open the locker and
/ found powder and balls, but when | got back
! to the scene of the wreck all the masts of
/ the Huron were gone and no one was on
! board. This was about ] a. NJ. Sheriff
I Buckley then invited us to his house, the of
/ fficer- accep pted aud the other men were pro-
vided at the station with provisions. beds.
| blankets and clothing. The sheriff, with
his team, then went up the beach and was
all night with his men looking for bodies,
| tc!cgraphed to Admiral TrCnchard. at
! Hampton Roads for aid and provisions, which
was signed by Master W. =. Conway. 1
| sgncd the same telegram to the chief signal
/ officer in Washington, stating that four Off
GERS and thirty men were saved and that tho
ship was a total wreck. The next morning
/ one of the men reported two meE Of war and
/ n wrecking steamer in the ofng. We went
| immcdl lately to tho station, and tried TO call
! the attention of the ship with large blue
! ~. but could not. Then ] went up to the
/ point opposite the wreck and found the tele-
! graph operator tagging the wrccking steam>
CIR | took his flag and signaled to them
the names Of the officers saved and tho num-
/ Der of men, and asked what should do
with the eight dend men we had. They
/ swercd "Wait a moment and will COM
/ municate with the admiral" Shortly after
ward the flagship POwhntan and the Fortune
/ started up the beach and disappeared The
| Swatara tried to signal to US, but without
| glasses | could not read it. At o'clock
/ relief party, under command OF Lieut. @. w.
! Watson, arrived from Gosport navy~yard.
with Surgeon Geo. Arthur, stores, DC. All
the survivors and the bodies of the dead were
then placed on board the steamer Bonita and
conveyed to Norfolk
BoILIxG MEAT.-The secret Of boiling
meat properly is one unknown to most Amer
icln cooks. The idea seems fastened in their
heads that fast boiling is indispensable to
thorough cooking of meat. Nothing is more
erroneous than this. Fast boiling tougbens
the fibre, expels the juices of the meat aud
makes of the tendeTest sirloin or round
tasteiess, chipry, indigestible dish. The
true way to boil beef, corned or fresh, ham,
fish, flesh or fowl, is to put it into boiling
water, aud let boil hard for two or three min
utes only. This toughens all the outside Of
the meat, so that shell is formed, like the
crust on o loaf, which holds the juices of
the meat. So soon as this coating il formed
I the meat should be removed from the FIRE
and kept as near as possible just below the
! boiling point until it is done. If it is to be
/ served cold, it should be left in the liquor in
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