Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-17

| He giveth life, ave. life in all its sweetness
| Old loves, old sunny scenes will He restore
Only the curse of sin and incompleteness
Shall faint thine earth and vex thine heart
no more.
Serve Him in daily walk and earnest living,
And faith shall lift thee to His sunlit heights
Then shall psalm of gladness and thanksg
Fill the calm hour that comes between the
lights.
A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
Arrival in New York of Three Survivors OF
the Estate of virginia'-Graphic Mar
ratives.
The Rev. J. H. Warfeld, of Boston,
and Daniel Clark and wife, of Buffalo,
three of the survivors of the wrecked
steamer State of Virginia, arrived in New
York on Friday, 10y rail from Halifax
The last two named give graphic &C.
count of their experiences.
When asked to relate her experience
Mrs. Clark said: "When the State of
Virginia struck in the fog on that Satur-
day night there was no panic on board
even the ladies expressed their belief
that the ship would soon float. There
were many OF us IN tears, as we al!
realized the danger of attempting to
land through the surf. On Saturday
morning, about ten o'clock, there were
fourteen of us, all Women and children,
who were lowered into one of the surf
boats which came alongside from the
island. When coming toward the break
ers the men in charge of the boat turned
1t and attempted to bring it to land
stern foremost. Then a great blllow
struck us, and it seemed as if the boat
was going up in the air on an end.
The surf was rolling mountains high.
Then the boat turned right over, and we
all went into the water together. was
SO dazed by the suddenness Of the catas-
trophe that I was only partially con-
scious. really cannot now describe my
peculiar feelings. Invent under the boat
and while in that position, I managed to
get hold of life-preserver. When
came up it was on the opposite side of
the boat, and managed to get hold of
the keel. The next wave righted the
boat, and Immediately another huge bill
low struck and swept me clean over.
Then I was carried by the waves again
toward the life-boat, when man got in
to it and stretched out of his hands. Mrs.
Moulin, of New York, who was strug-
Cling in the water beside me, seized hold
of the mans other hand. he dragged us
into the boat, but in an instant, we were
again hurled out by the breakers. saw
my companions about me struggling in
the water, but did not see them dro wn
"Just before we reached the breakers
saw boat behind us IN which was nv
husband. have not the slightest idea
how reached the land, nor have anv
conception of the manner in which got
life preserver or me while under the
keel Of the surf When I was able
to collect my thoughts gazed around
me. My clothing had been nearly all
stripped from my person by the waves.
Then I saw the bodies of Mrs. Walker,
of Elmira, and Miss Coleman, of ALBANY,
on the beach, where they had been cast
up by the breakers. Both were quite
dead. When 1 was getting into the boat
on leaving the ship one poor woman who
was drowned, and whose name I did not
know, asked me for pin. I gave it to
her and she pinned her money to the
waist Of her dress. When we were pre-
pairing to get into the first boat Capt.
Noodles daughter, most interesting
young lady of twenty or Whereabouts, was
urged by her father to enter. She clung
to his neck, and, kissing him, refused to
be parted. He urged her to go into the
boat and save herself. Finally she re-
luctantly gave her consent. Then the
boat was lowered, but Immediately Miss
Noodles feelings overcame her, and she
begged piteously to be allowed to remain
and share her fathers fate. She was pulled
again on board, and so her life was saved.
We were rowed away. After reaching
land was unconscious for long time.
I was so much overcome by fright and
suffered so much from my injuries that I
could scarcely realize what had taken
place. It seemed all like dream to me-.
I supposed that the boat following us
was also swamped. I knew my husband
was in it, and was more than overjoyed
when came across him twenty six hours
afterward. When Mrs. Widestrand, who
was in our boat, was thrown upon the
beach she had, as she supposed, her son
John in her arms. In frenzy of excite
ment, on struggling through the surf to
the beach she exclaimed, 81 have him,
have him." at the same time clinging te-
naciously to the strap Of his little ulster.
To her horror she then discovered that
the buttons had become unfastened, and
that in her struggles the child had slipped
out Of his coat. Her grief, when she dis
covered that he had fallen from her grasp
and been drowned before hereyes, when
she thought him saved was uncontrolla-
BILE. We did all we could in our sorry
plight to comfort the heart-broken wom-
an"
Mr.. Clark seemed to have the events
which occurred Immediately after the
ship struck wildly portrayed in his men,
DRY. "a few minutes before the ship
struck" said he, "Captain Noodle had
given orders to alter the vessels course.
He evidently knew he was approaching
land. When we struck the shock was
slight. None of us felt much alarm, as
the captain thought we would float off
with the midnight tide. The fog was
very dense, and all this time the engines
were being reversed; but were wedged
in the sand and seemed to settle into it