The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-05

TERRITORY, THUR!
T6ee Isbsa tStalof 500. This wss
the number that set rail late in March.
1850, frcm thep II New York bound
for Csiifosnia s
Th4 calling yssssl Nsrrissds sxpe-
risnesd oonainaoos bad weather for
thiea poplhA, and Suffered 20 severely
IN eonsoquoaee that Is was rendered on,
,sea.aetky.c showing alarming sisns Of
geiag to pieces in Me opsn SEA. Ali
.SGsses q EepaiRs WusV futile; and. - .
crisis was rspidly sPpreseAing. it vss
With isslioss Of intsnss isy that . small
iAauds vaA nsightsd .s111ose due north.
Under any other circumstances than
ipoiAens SHipwreck, 70 disembark on
.thn sspook % land would have been
E6qWA neiaidal; noe it was -
glsdIy Welcomed - the port to which
Ete0YwsD nnanAs AAdfye nieh ERE
nd As(s an 6ecsoajoa, sheI1 ~ pos Aue
F6u Saar4 but he'd fead "Robiusou Cru
soe." We cry for the luxuries Of life;
We cfv for the necessaries of life; We
cry f"r life itsslf-end IN hours respite
may be - dear 10 ~ at one time ss .
seaside cottage ct another.
The immediate transfer Of the psssen-
geseA 10 IT, islAed eseps, sndsthrnogh
the eAntbing e1etinQs OF the edllai.'
olSs4sk s ~ 6os5 q Ses spoe asfe-
y landed upon the island. Twenty. five
sf the rs@aining fifty had just entered
the small bnats. and were about push
ing Cd, whom The vesssl. without the
slightest warning. suddenly sank like
lump Of lead beneath the waters. as
the same time overwhelming the email
boatar A9d t1ey ~ sax p phe eight OF
.shnidsujIs I IL ssYESs
Nsos 81 q ny s%te}s4s;sla
come iu vogue. and even natatoriums
were . novelty. But what will seem to
come surprising 10 that there were only
TIVE swinmsss on board the 4errimade
-one OF the sailors and the ships
steward. The sailor had been standing
among . group Of passengers when the
ohip went doWs. They rose b. the sur
face together. aud several ssizing the
sailor in their terror. he was pulled
underneath the water and drowned be-
'alOss Be had chsnco to make Q single
effort to escape.
The ships steward was more fOrtu-
nate. When he felt the ship sinking
hs, leapea OF - far - possible. and hnt
thougk be wss sscked under he kent
col % that when he came up be was
almost in % good condition a. il he had
purposely dived from the ships deck.
He st ones struck out vigorously for
the islsud. aud being first class swim.
mer. the chances of rsaching the island
depended upon his skill and endurance.
Before 10 bad made one-third Of the
dsstsucs not living being was visible
above the waters: and portion OF the
rigging alone indicated where the i'll.
starred vessel was drifting away.
No rowing match was ever watched
With the absorbing interest which those
40 spectators gave t. that solitary
swiwmeF stfuggliug to reach the shore.
Several times it vss thought that be
bad given mp; then be would rally and
sedosbls his exertions. Although 90
oany hsd perishsd before their eyes.
the faee Of this ono man ale ected them
more strongly than oil tho rest COM
binsd. 6svsrsl tainted from this cul.
minstion Il the previous excitement.
But the hight of ihs fever wss reached
for svssy ose, when, with 6uai. supsr.
humAs elbEt he flung himself nsar
enough 70 b grasped 81 : dozen out
stretched hasds that drew him from
death esd danger. So he was safe but
in IN utterly exhausted and hsif insen-
sibie condition. Then were their ftel-
.iegs eslieved ~ - snt6asiastie shout,
thu Was stfunsoly at variance with
their condition; but at that moment
they did not realise their condition.
Their. esnditioal, Four hsndrsd ,asd
1ety yoene women nndee thirty years
Of ags. and one yoang.mau thirty -one
yeaIs old. cut OF from their rsee and
kis1. aad e1ss up56 % island IA sn
snfrequsnasd PIT ot tAs Pasifc Ocean.
vAsre t1by might remain 8 century end
not . veseel Dosg viihis Ave hundred
miles Of thsml L wss truly awful
sa 1oe the nrs& few dsys The island ap.
pearsd IKE picnic o. camping ground.
When The sxcitemest produced 81 their
nevel situatioa I'D considerably died
down. there vase mossment on foot 70
snaalse themselves into . soeiety. The
s6lass esikinaesd wisa several Who bed
exposienco tn an executive capacity in
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