Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-03-28

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way Keep her west by noihe,' says
he, and nothin' 10 the west'ard, and
goes for'ard without sayin' another
word
"WelI, SIR, we did have one of the
most elegant wages across the ocean |
most ever seen--iine, moderate wealth
or, and able to lay our course for the
most the time. Considerin the season,
il were wonderful. The twentieth day
ont We sighted the lightship of the Nan
tucket South Shoal, the wind benz mod
crate from the north'ard We seen it
ut noon, and passed about four miles
south Of it, and says | to Harry Ed
wards, Where's your hawk now?
says !.
"Says he, 'Tom Pm ashamed Of you.
If didn't know You was good sailor
man might think you'd lived ashore
NIL your life
"Says |, Damn the hawk; we'll be
in Water street in u couple of days
more
"'Thcrc's many ship gone ashore
'twixt here and the Hook, says Harry.
lilo ilewed aforc you counted ten, and
that always did and always will mean
somethin'.
"Jist then nll hands was called for to
check in the yards, the wind cantin to
the northeast and the snow beginnin' to
fall. The wind froshenod too, 80 as we
didn't think il prudent for TO git the
booms out and kep' her under plain
snil AT four bells wo took tho main
royal. fore and mizzen to- gallan' sails
and llyin' iib off her and slowed the
crochick and spanker, the snow bein'
by this time thick M tar. She were
steered along west by nothe half nothc,
no M to allow for u s'utherlv set and
likewise for leeway AT eigh, bells it
were u pipin' on to gale OF wind, and
we lurled the to'galan' sail and put
couple Of reefs into the topsals, steorin'
her still west by nothe half nothe and
nothin' to leeward. Under this canvas
she staggered along, tho wind still breez-
in continual and the snow dreadful
thick, and Mt s o'clock we be to come to
it once more and slowed the mainsail
and lib, reefed tho foresall and close
reeled the fore and main, furlin' the
mizzen topsail AFTER dom this we
hauled her up another half Pima and
stcered her west nCr'Wcst.
"lt were II awful Job II gittin' them
topsails closc-reoiod, and more particu-
larly reelin' the toresail, but we got it
done Mt last, bein' nigh hand unto two
hours dom of it, and as | were n
layin down the fore riggin' | comes
athwnrt Harry Edwards which says to
me, What do you think of it now"
and says !, Il don't SEQ nothin wrong
into it. we got good departure this noon
and knows list where she arc, and we've
get her MI snug for the night; things
seems To mo good enough, or lcastwisc
nothin' aMrmin',' whorcat he made an
swer, yet he ilowod afore you counted
furder than eight
"Well, of course we didn't go very
fast under this snug canvass, but mt
midnight we hauls the foresail up, backs
tho hoad-yards and rounds nor to for II
sound, lgittn' forty-iivc iathoms, ooze
and dark sand. Then we filled away
ngain, and running her till 4 In the
mornin', when we sounded agin and
found we had shoaled the water to thir-
ty-Rve lathoms. Everythin' were NIL
right, and We went on, the gale con-
tnuin very heavy, and the snow thick
ns mush. Wegot n cast at o'clock, Mt
noon and ag'in Mt 4 o'clock in the after
noon the last cast glvin' us seventeen
fathoms white sand, and this agreed
with tho old mans rcckonin', and put
her oil Fire Island "Wc'll let her 20,
said he to the mate, for couple Of
hours more, and then we'll put her
head to tho southland and heave her to-
With the course we've been steerin
she must have tho Long Island shore
close aboard, and don't care to run
her furdcr till | can see somethn'.
Away wo went and our side WIS a-git-
tim supper, and il had just struck three
bells, when there come shock that
pitched lis OIL Of our chest, aud then n
second and u third one, and then she
swung round hroadside to the sea, and
all three masts went out of her, aud the
sen began maxim II clean breach over
us. A LOT Of the passengers ruined up
ON deck nj the flst shock, and was
caught by the sea and carried away to
leeward and with EN- went three or
four of the watch on deck and am
'em my chum, Harry Edwards, The
rest Of liz kop' III the forocastlo on the
weather side and was slightly purtoctod
from the sea. For the fust half hour
after she struck, she thumned awful,
hut finally she bilged, and settled in the
sand. layin' moro easy. The sea hows'-
ever continued to break over US, rem
derin' it impossible for us TO do y thing,
The boats on the starboard side WIS
stove almost Instantly, and the lee ones
| filled and broke down with their own
weight.
IAN attempt Was made 10 fire sonic
rockets, but they had got damp and
wouldn't 60 OH, and tho blue lights WAS