, 1879-06-04

OF th0so WIG Wcfa tukt. ...
A minute before ihc rcssel went down Capt.
Luce tonk y Inst leave Of a!rs. coll!ns, whoHa
h0 fotns1 en11n nlnI restgnod to her fato. Theti,
with Ills little hoy. tto mounted to the top q
ouo Of l1.c pBtldls-hoxos. Thia S'as aboWt 1870
The ahln. and, although tln tcais ras IN the bow,
the water freely found It's way AFT. Il u,us lap
pnnct that tle aturu vent down first, but only
lY few sesonds. From tic palAlo-eox the
see Ga aos w s e "aer oe @ par sas e s See ef s
uu Aud tossing about The multitude Of pnsscn-
gers. Oy>r sgn men. women, .aasl children,
n!tcr appearing for few accont1a In tue rush
E G r*'l . re5S as1@s ,sHa 9x stnoe e the @ ySttf. T.
was drawn down about thirty feet. He was
long time In coming to the surface 1nnl he
Thought lie must drown. DuslssE this time ae
lost hold Of liis son'a hand. When he hal
surface. anti not far from him waB hts son. The
wa.er was full Of struggling persons, now most
y men They were calling for help to God md
te each ethe,: Many were, wsse s!snE!ng 70 a eGsh
nEain. As flo got close To lllul, ul,ti wns nbout
TO take hold Of him, largo piece Of the wreck
CANT lip ont os tbs sea with 50 nWrh momentum
nna iacn iell uyss Oh one siaa. In falling Il
struck the fatllcr slight blow m the torchead,
md killed ttic SON 1nstantsy by striking iiuA Gu
the top III the head.
Alter discovering that his son was dead Cnpt.
Luco climbed Oh the piece Of wreck, which
one uf The paddlc-boxcs. u had bccn burst of
"a It was dragged down through the water by
the weight of t!nt shp. 'lllo iDncr side Of the
cusro WIS uppermoss, and the Two ends rose out
uf tho water. llal the sides byen 6onrued tip
water-ttght It would have formed d rude sort Of
boat Such as It WIS however, Capt. Luco aud
cleycn ot1,er mcn fo'tnd Temporary satelY IL It,
though their weight caused It to sink until they
At, a1t llnfr ffrhn N'lutr nt1r
was only thirteen degrees aboyo tic freezing
point, but VIA not 80 cotl as to cause much
suffering ut first Quo Of the men, seeing TINT
the pudllc-box was oyer1oaoed. swan OF to
1l,eto Ind been tiuor in the pnddlc-box to
ouab!p tic eugtnccrs 10 look In at the wheel.
This door had been fastened TO with piece ot
ropc-Ynrn. Capt, Lttco now eut tilts peco OF
upright poet twt remained on the outer side Of
thc naldlc-6ox. UslnE this rope az the rider OF
vicious horae uhes bride, tllc Captain .was
nblc to STEADY b(tnsef aEalnat the auretcR Of thu
wascs The othcrs held on to 1lin. 'lI'cy werc
soon aeparatc,s from their companions On other
piuces Of the wreck.
OF the eleven OH illo pailllc-Dox, the first ono
to fail was ,robust-1ooklng, rudtly yol.ng En-
gltslltnnu. Who was the picture of health., Ilo
Tile long night {Wednrsday) passcd, md tho
morning bruko cold alld dreasy, with dense
foe. 4 vessel might pass within the sounl Ut
their voices, mud they would not know 1t. The
pIcce 81 wreck had been !ehtonca of three
R0rbct SO much water TINT It vas as much sub
merged "a beforg. At tloou Mr.. Il. ". Woodruff,
lawyer Of this city, ded. This LETT SIX. There
were no prny'sIoas ind no fresh water. Capt.
ones OF the party tDat were not suffering from
thirst. II was fogGy all day. excerpt at noon, but
nothing hut water a1'l sky could bo seen, though
Tho hor!:on wa' elees t,eI, Il to, !laif ar hour:
on the {hldle-box felt sure Of living until nor1l-
Ing. Three did die and three were loft. These
were Capt. Luce, Mr. George r. Allen. bofore
named, anil who wns connected with tlle Novel
ty Iron Works. In thts city, unl yolnU tier
man named Frederick krnc, WHO VIVA afterwarl
to ba ihc central figure In another sllipwrcck.
Cant. Frederick kyIe commanded the Fran.
conla, Of the 1lnm6urt: Ltnc, that run Into ns!
English Clanne!. lIo was tsea before al En-
elItl Court of Inquiry. but Was acquitted Of
responsibility fur the collision. lie, however,
lost his position rs Captain.
a trunk TINT had beeb, picked uk served q
double purpose. THO weury men took tnrlis III
slttIlg on Il, their weight pressing 1t down bo-
low tile surface Of tho 'satcr on tho pad1lebox.
! III II was iouna piece Of white cloth This
torn ir"n The patid!e:box, md held ~ by each
u the party, In turn. Sitting part1y under
| wnter, with thu waves brcnAEug about them
through the open sides Of the paddle-hox. soFrsc
rot IDS rst slusp ' on 'rhurslay % evening. son.o
| Of tl,osc who Iicd scqmcd 10 sflk from sIror
| exlnustiUl, )tlcrs iost tlptr rcnson. About
nm hour bcforc f1aylIr}t un Fri,iav ,nnrnit.lr
ISunt, a.), thu tbrre slIry,yors aaw yes.cl's
Hiirht, XII Of them haiIed In cs,nrcrt mnttI tiry
Wern worn nil hut ilIu lirht ,]faa,1,parcd il
aGuut a n1iartcr Of an huur. sn"1, aft"r .]ar.
Iight q bark WIS scon bcuri,lg t,1wn ,,nG,,
thsn,. hut hefnrv her hill ra,nn in st~hs
aha rhSuped her co,,rso. mil tl,ev INV
Hcr ru more. Mt long aftcr all
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Gast. Lice, % ii, scanning a d,staut foa.6anlt
thrnnrt a ]our stretch uT rinar httnnsni,nra.
s,itniy n, II snon,ed tf, him. saw lin sniis ri
shfn standing Il" mn arrf t,f Tia for lfltr \ n,ct.
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