Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-02-16

the Ioresau ana succeeded IN setting the
sail, which remained but few minutes
until carried away, and II was necessary
to clew up the port wing Of the sail.
Shortly after the ship struck heavily
amidships, evidently
BREAKING HER BACK,
but she continued to drive on the beach.
The admirable management of the
helm, assisted by the foresail, MAIN
tanned the ships position, head on, I'M
til fairiy beached l then took my sta
ton on the hurricane deck, with
desire to assist the commander and
officers in maintaining order. Some
one raised the cry of '.fire," which was
quickly found to be false alarm. Soon
after this the mainmast went, and she
began to break up rapidly. The first
seas that boarded her having DESTROYED
or crippled all the remaining boats but
the boat which was attached to the star
board forward dayits, upon that boat 1
placed our chief hope of safety, provided
could maintain possession of the boat
for the purpose of sending line ashore
at low water, but while my attention was
otherwise engaged the boat was lowered
and my purpose defeated, while she.
without any management save the prov
idence of God, was borne to the beacha
perfect
ARK OF SAFETY
for the six or seven poor fellows who
had courage to secure the opportunity.
During the trying hours of the day sew
eral of the Inflated passengers, brayely
entrusting themselves to the tide, evil
IDENTIFY lost heart with the passage of the
first breaker over their heads, and ,aban-
doning all hope, sunk without strug-
gle. Others, either washed or leaping OF
the wreck, would almost seem 10 have
committed suicide, so deliberately did
they seem to bury their heads beneath
the waves and meet their doom. To-
wards evening the second officer, Mr..
Cousins, having behaved with admira-
bic gallantry throughout the day, pro-
posed passage to shore, and, taking
leave of the narrator, left the ship, fall
ing foul of a mass of wreck under the
ships bow, which had been fatal to
many during the afternoon. Here he
became entangied, but the gallant fel-
low, using a small lpocket-knife, iabored
on while dozen heavy breakers passed
over him, and succeeded in cutting sew
eral ropes that confined a mass Of the
wreck to the hull and was
SWEPT AWAY WITH IT
to the northward along the beach. |
am happy to say he succeeded in extri-
eating himself and in landing safely.
The foremost falling aft and the fore
sail being still partially spread, several
were either killed by its fall or buried
beneath the mass of sail in such a way
as to make death certain. One young
man, particularly conspicuous for his
daring during the day, at last sought
refuge on top of the sail yard, evidently
in the hope that the mast would fall
over the bows. OF course instant death
was the result Of his mistake. On the
fall OF the foremost, at about 80 or )
p. m, the midship body of the null, the
forebody being already gone, began to
break up rapidly. | urged all who
would listen TO me to trust themselves
to Providence. the waves, and their life
preservers. Many did so, and the ma
Jorlts Win SUCCESS AT lenStn
THE CLOSING SCENE
was upon rs. The lower deck beams
gave way, and the starboard-boat side,
giving few more heavy shocks from
the surf, sank slowly beneath the waves.
Then the narrator assuming that neither
advice or example could be OF service
longer, struck out for the beach and
reached it, but in such an
exhausted state he would certainly have
gone to sea victim OF the undertow,
but for friendly hands and aid.
The Captain and his officers are
highly commended Quartermaster
Poland made three attempts TO get line
ishore, and only gave up when the line
proved too short: and Timothy o Brien,
IN reaching the shore himself, returned
nto the water and