The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-06-27
LOSS OF THE MILNE.
THE AMERICAN BARK MILNE GOES
TO PIECES NEAR BARRANQUILLS,
SOUTH AMERfCA-CREW AND
PASSENGERS SAVED.
Cor. N. o. Picayune.
BARRANoUILLA, s. A.! May 26; 1879.

nave otOh q JoiiJ Onh tHCtuCuo W 70
late.
| We lett Pascagoula or the It'll
of April, aud after tedious paN
sage through calmsand heat*ind
arrived off the mouth of the Msg
dalena river on the 9th Of May
We had strong, fair wind over tn.
bar no pilot could be procuredt
In crossing, through defect IN a
buoy; and the strong current, We
struck the bottom. In about 20
minutes the bottom planBs com.
menced to float alongside, and |
knew that the brig Milne would
soon join the noble army of martyrs.
The captain left the ship to get
assistance, and l was lett in charge
with eleven passengers OH board,
three ladies aud three children
amongst them.
Then the fun commenced. The
ship was soon in the breakers, not.
withstanding l had both anchors
down. Towards dark we tried to
get our launch overheard to land
the passengers. The boat spun
over and over like tops and part.
ing her fasts was soon lost to- view.
We then commenced the cOnstfuc.
tion OF a life raft. The night was
dark and stormy the breakers roll
ed around and over us with the
roar of thousand guns, and every
one that came added another crack
to the timbers of the vessel.
We got the ladies aud children
on top of the cabin and waited
for daylight. 1t was a horrible
situation tor me, trying to deceive
them all and cheer them up. Rein
ed delicate and educated, they ex.
hibited the pluck of the devil. Not
mnrnur from one of them. Dur
ing the night, as the time grew
worse, l heard one of them say to
her son "I.think we will be drown
Ged te-aight; are you willing to go
with your papaand mamma 2" "Yes,
mamma, we will all go with God,
won't wew That broke my crest.
/ rolled off the house, and fighting
my way through the surf, forward,
staid there. At midnight the rud-
der was gone-at daylight the ship
was going fast. AT 8 o'clock we
threw the deck load overheard. At
II steamer came down from the
city, but having no boats were un-
able to communicate, and turned
back and left us. 1t was enough
TO break a mans heart to look at
those poor woman and children
with the lashings around them.
feeling sure that they were doom,
ed, and not whimper. 1t was a
hard job to laugh and try to persuade
them that they were in no danger.
They knew l was lying to them.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the
cabin bulkheads were all gone and
the vessel commenced to keel over
on her side. We cut away the
masts. The matches blew out and
the decks started up. 1 made ar
to shift the passengers
to the fOrecastle, as We were break
ing in two.
About an hour before dark the
steamer hove in sight again with |
two lifeboats, and we soon had one
of them under the bows. They |
were manned by volunteers from
vessels, and good men
they were, l tell you. One by one
we passed them out. first the wo-
men, then the children and then
the men. The boats came and
went through the breakers as
though they were endowed with
reason. Then came the crew, then
The cat, and the last boat took the
nate, your humble servant. Twas
! lovely object for Canal street.
and barefooted, my
eet swollen to twice their
'ize, and turned purple, u blue cot
on jumper and pants constituted
ny apparel. The sea seemed to
,e angry that we were escaping,
ND roared louder and dashed more
'ngriiy. The captain sung out:
: Come on, sir; tits getting worse"
turned out, and saluted the poor,
i'd thing. "Good bye, old brig,
IAN do nothing more for you.h The
nen in the boat gave "A jump for
he boat, and missed her. In a
econd they bad hold of me, and,
IS we let go the line a breaker came
caring over the vessel from one
md TO the other.
The play was over
At2 O'Clock in the morning We
rot to Barranquilla, and in dreams
wed over again the experience OF
Ire last few hours.
One passenger said TO me, whon
got on board the steamer, We
lust have a splendid navy, sirp l
sked whyf He replied, :" If they
NIL .such men as you out, what 8
Iust the ones be that they think
re sultablep i.t U I
1 landed in,the town "busted,r in
le superlative degree everything
Dne, papers and all. I was, aud c
m now, in as poor condition. IS :
rindle Bull Kellogg could wish q