The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-30
F0UN OKRlNG IN MlD-OCRAN OF
THE sH1P MA1HiLDE.

The account following Of ths loss oi
the ship Ms,hilde We get from the s
r. CArvniel< of July 23d:
The steamer Nswberu arrived yesser>
day from A.xstlsn, having on board q
part Of the crew Of the foundersd lum-
Der shin Mathilie. the frat ma:e and
seven of the hahds The rescued mar
liners relate q tale which graphically H.
lustra,s, 'be rerils d them that 81
down to The sc. in ,hip.. The Ma
tbilde. commsnded by Capt X H jones.
sailed from ESquimalt. Vapcouver q
Island. on Jans 5. 1880. fer Csilao. With
cargo Of COO. 900 feet Of lumber. she
had on board seventeen people, among
them the Captains young bride. an in
terestiog girl 10 years al age. from
Port I.pdio~. W Z. to Sho0 Ne wss
married day or two besme ths chip
sailed. and who volunteered to bravs
the long voyage with him rather than
he separstsd from him during the
honeymoon. Tho rwn dovn vss . sue
cessf'i. one for the 6rst eighteen days.
IN THE TEETH OF THE TgMexsr
The history Of the subsequent disss-
tr"us incidents 10 gathered from the log
kept by the mate. George Stevens.
which ,eils the story with sailors
simple bfev,ty. which il the more
graphic because unsdorned. On Mon
day. June 2ist. she encountered strong
NNW gales. which rose and set. run
ming heavy sra. The vessel hressted
it nn,il the following afternoon. the
gale mesn;iuas rising steadily, accom-
panied With heavy squalls. until Ut 8
a'clock 10 the evening. sail aftse sail
having been tskes in till no canvas bat
the stay sails was left. the ship vas
hove to on the port tack At midnight
the gale had become . hurricane. &C
cempanied with tremendous bail
squalls. the ship straining. crcaking
aud moaning like despairine sensa,e
thing on the rack of the elemental
rage. IL vas . night Of horror aud
suspense. ths hurricane rsving around.
hurling the sss against and over the
doomed ves,el with destructive farce.
the pelting h.ilstoues peuriug down
like voiirys of grspe from masked bat
'eries in the orooding clouds. the iniy
darkness aad the horrible pitching aud
tossing OF tho frsil vessel on the sngry
sea. which l-sped aud fr-tted for IT'S
prey and still the elemental rage rose
higher aud fercer every n,nment. 1t
tore the .taysail from the bo!tropc; 1t
wrench.d the cresking ship in every
jaint. 10 that ths water begsn 10 pour in
1t every opening seam. 'All hands to
the main pump wss the order passed
THE CAPTAINS HEROIC WIFE.
The msn. clinging to what support
they coHld get. made their way as rap
idly as they c6uld for the rolling Of the
ship to the puwps. and ct 10 work for
their lives. The Captain's young wife
WAS there as quick - any. and stood to
the work ia that dreadful hour, cheer.
ing on the men With brave words Of
hope and incitensnt. Even when the
water rose to her neck she was still 1t
her post. heroic, wndaunted. The raw.
ages of the hurricane continued in
creasing In fury hour after hour. In
the language Of the nate. The sea vas
runnig from oil poiu of the compass
At $3.50 in the morning . heavy ses
broke over the jib-bcom, carrying it
away and the foretopgsllans mast with
It.; twenty minutes later the f0retop-
mast vent by the boasd. carrying away
the main topgallsnt msst. In tbs rage
Of the tempest i IVES impossible - cut
away the wreck Of the rigging. An
hour later the foremast went over. car.
rying the topnsst and mixzsn- -topgal-
liant mast. At $50 the msinmsst SET
tied. Stacking the stay of the mizzsn-
topmast. which then went over the side.
Amid this scene Of destruction the crew
could do uothsWg but stand to the
pumps. bus despils thsir despsrats sf-
forts the water stole upon them. the
spars having sprung soa,s Of the planks
on the lee side. giving the sea fresh
ingrsss.
THE HURRICANE VICTORIOUS.
About 8 o'clock thsy succeeded in
eatsing clsar assst q t1e Heaiae wreck.
but cosh not stay the cncr0sching
vstsr in the holf. Af II o'clock there
was II feet Of II. Then the mainmsst
became unstsppsd and sank through
the bottsm Of the vessel. Still her dc.
voted crew would not fnrAke her.
They quit pumping. lashsd tbs altar
house 70 the rail and ringholta being
nearly ell ahoat. and took Oh the hatch
10 prevent - rising water % ~ hold
frna cosbpgsssing the Iwpeisced air
into hurseing the deuk. Akh0H.p past
IL ths hold vas fan eff3stss, but
hops dhvnsd upep tAem = - dis
covefy that the gale was modersting.
Only ts b dashed . few moments latss
as the s~a struck the rudder. tore i
frsm its iAstsnings and carried il away
leaving The ship unusnAgeable. Theu
the crew gave up their brave battle fol
their ship but anaings theB ths 80
was eoipg down aA1 ~ shev tevs al
exhausted. they concluded to stay with
ths wreck till morning
rHB SHIP ABANDONED.
The uext soroisg, fading the shir
br~skiss up. they bsgeo preparation.
for ab.ndnning her. The bsets ueT(
not nut and ons vas loaded With pre-.
visions ssd wstsr. ~ pooa they teoh
On ohs~rvatioo asd toaDd says The
mate. that ne usrs is latitude - dsg
and 9 mia. north. lon9issds tl3 deg.
and 90 mia. vess. AZ Z Pm. boals I'll
rady. Iron life boat in charge u H.
Caps.in. II H Jones. Master; Willisa
Mouea 6euonA Mater Reeeg 0il0ore
ssnvasd; CharIes WsdA Thnnas Fer.