Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-17
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and fifteen others succeeded IN getting
aboard. Then the other, q smaller boat was
launched, and thirteen persons, by hereulean
efforts, accomplished the task of embarking
in it.
One of the passengers of the second class,
an unknown man from Mona, Porto Rico, ran
below to secure some clothing, while his CON-
panions were leaving the sinking ship. He
was seen no more, and was undoubtedly
washed overheard. Two men, the second
cook and seaman, insane from fright and
despair, probably, refused to leave the ship,
and the two small boats put on without
them, leaving them to their fate.
Scarcely had the captains boat rowed
twenty yards from the side of the sinking
ship when a great wave overwhelmed 1t.
The terror-stricken occupants of the other
boat heard one awful shrek above the howl
ing of the gale, and then all was over For
brief moment they saw the captains boat
floating. capsiZed on the crest of q wave, here
and there hand stretched appealingly forth
for help which could not come. All were
drowned but two. One, sailor, of hercu-
lean build, fought the murderous sea with
the strength of despair until he reached once
more the side of the fast sinking steamer.
He dragged himself upon the deck, thep/
with wild glance in the direction of =
second boat, sprang once more int the
waves and swan toward it. It was an insane
attempt, and he was not seen again. Another
of those in the captains boat also succeeded
in swimming back to the steamer. He chung
to the shrouds, and his piteous appeal for
help could be heard by his fast recedfng
comrades above the fury of the storm.
THE SECOND BOATS FORTUNE.
The second boat was In command of Sec
ond Officer Robert Ross. He is man of ex-
perience and nerve, and all accounts agree
that he acted like hero. He is New
Yorker and was once engaged at a hfe-saving
station on the Atlantic coast. To his skill In
handling the boat through sea which ran
mountains high the survivors of this awful
peril owe their lives. 1t was small iron
craft, only thirteen feet in length, and thir-
teen people were crowded into her, so that
the gunwales were scarcely above the water.
From four O'Clock in the morning, when the
steamer was abandoned, until four o'clock
the next afternoon, he kept this cookie bell
bravely a1oat and encouraged all by his
courageous words of hope to be of good
cheer.
At three O'Clock in the afternoon a ship
was sighted, signals were made, which at first
were not seen, and for an agonizing space
the shipwrecked souls were IN agony of sus-
pense. They could not live another night in
such a sea, and if they were not seen and
rescued they knew that they must-die.- Bat
Just as despair had taken the place of hose
the ship hove to and acknowledged their fran
tic signals. At five o'clock the poor sur
vivors were lifted, more dead than alive, on
board the good ship Glenmoray, of Glasgow,
Captain Dawson In command. and on her
way from Calcutta to New York. Every
thing that noble hearted sailor could do for
the relief Of the suffering waits was done.
Some of them aroused from sleep were al
most without clothing, and scarcely any were
properly clad They had neither eaten nor
drank for many hours and were famished and
exhausted
A PASSENGERS EXPERIENCE
Mr.. Scott, one of the two passengers saved,
was found at his residence, No. West
Thirty-seventh street, last evening. He is
stout built, rudy faced young man of APP
parently thirty years and weighing about two
hundred pounds. Except for very much
bronzed complexion be showed no marks of
the exposure and perils which SO nearly cost
him his life Mr.. Scott is evidently of very
phlegmatic temperament. He told the story
of the shipwreck and the rescue N quiet,
cool, matter of-fact way that impressed the
hearer with the belief that he was man of
nerve.
'sTo tell you the story of the voyage from
the beginning" said he, I'VE sailed from ST.
John, Porto Rico, at p. m. on Saturday,
February 4. bound for New York with two
frst-class and two second-clas5 passengers
We had full cargo of say about $50 hogs
heads of molasses, 1, $50 bags of coffee, Is
casks of bay rum and twenty tQns Of satin
wood The Bahama was the Regular steamer
of the Quebec Steamship seomFa1S Piy1z.
between New York and PoEe.-@5-So, making
a trip every six weeks. We had also on board
a Vest Indian mail and about 81, 900 in sps-
cie
ssFor four days we had fine weather, with
Light favoring winds. On Thursday morn
ing the 9th, the wind freshened little, but
during the day it was not violent, and so far
as know there were no signs of tie gale
that was coming on In the evening the wind
increased still more, blowing from the south
west, and by 10 o'clock that night strong
gale was upon u.s. 1t gradually increased up
to midnight. when it had become furious
/ had turned in and was asleep when the
storm broke, but came on deck at about mid
night. The steamer was rolling and pitching
fearfully, and the waves were dashing over
the decks. Tremendous seas pounded down
upon us. The ship labored very much and
did not appear to behave well. Very heavy
seas poured into the deck houses, and water
was shipped through the companionways and
openings into the interior of the ship Great
difficulty was experienced IN managing the
ship, which did not seem to obey her helm
''At about quarter to three IN the morning,
while the captain was endeavoring to head
the vessel to the wind so that she might not ,
roll into the trough of the sea, q tremendous
sea came down upon US from the stafboard,
sweeping away the bulwarks on that side and
tearing from their fastenings two of the four
lifeboats They were strong iron boats but
were crushed and torn into shapelessness. AS
the davits to which the boats were attached
were twisted from their sockets, holes seemed
to be made IN the deck, through which the
water poured. A few minutes after this
another great sea came upon us, and found
its wey into the gratings over the engine
mn g.
that time tbs seas swept without resistance
into the lower part Of the ship. The fires
were soon extinguished and the steamer be-
came utterly helpless. She rolled about like
a log and was filling rapidly.
"Then we thought our hour had come The
awful knowledge that the ship was sinking
left US but two alternatives. We must either
stay aboard, to die like rats in trap, or take
to the boats, perhaps to perish in the cruel
sea.
cat quarter to four o'clock the captain
gave orders to have the only two remaining
boats got ready. With great difficulty they
were safely cast of. Everybody behaved
we'll The captain never lost his nerve, and
the crew were thoroughly under control At
q quarter past four O'Clock all but three OF US
got into the boats
Zone of the second class passengers had
frantically rushed down below to get some
clothing on-the poor fellow was nearly
naked. He must have been washed over
board, for We never saw him again. Two
men, the second cook and q sailor named Ma
turaln refused to leave the ship.
''The first boat was commanded By the cap
tain. In it were all those whose names are
in the list of the lost which give you, ex-
cept the unknown steerage passenger and
sailor who refused to leave the ship. One
boat was commanded by Second Officer Ross
The captains boat had not gone forty yards
from the sinking ship when tremendous
wave capsized it and every one was drowned
but two sailors, who--they were great strong
fellows-succeeded-i in swimming through the
dreadful sea to the ship which we had just
abandoned One of them hen plunged again
into the boiling surge and swan toward our
boat His effort was mad one, for he never
reached us and was drowned. The other
man held on to the shrouds, and we could see
the poor fellow holding out his hands appeal
ingly and hear his piteous shrieks as We dis
appeared in the darkness, for it was not yet
daylight.
For twelve hours we drifted about in our
cockleshen of boat There were thirteen
of us in all and the names are those OF the
only ones who were saved An hour after
we left the ship we saw bark but she did
not sea us and sailed on. At three O'Clock
the next afternoon, the 10th, we sighted
ship. After harassing period of doubt we
made out that she saw US She hove to. and