The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-03-02
DOWN IN THE SEA.

twenty-five or the Crew CT thn''SteamShip Pa
hama Lost by the laundering of the VesSe,
Thirteen OF the Crew Saved Story Of tic
Survivors.
The steamer Bahama, of Quebec, in tho New
York and Porto Rico service, sailed on tic 9Th
inst from st. Johns, Porto Rico, with p full
cargo. She had fine weather until
from New York. AT 8 o'clock in tho evening
the wind began to increase and by midnight
was gale. At 2 o'clock Friday morning the
steamship was struck by a heavy squall and all
sail had to be taken in. In very short tin1o il
was blowing a hurricane and immense quaint
| difficulty that the steamship was managed, and
with the engine going full speed Capt Aetwood
did not get her head to the sea. The head sails
were set to drive hor off before the sea, and ust
| as the oxped:ent was succeeding tremen-
dous SEA- was shipped. It struck on the
away and the deck WAS ripped up Tho hole
IN the deck was a big one and through it the
water swept, filing tho room and the bnnkers.
The firea We're put out and the steamship be-
cana 1lpmaDageable, she rolled heavily and
the seas swept her deck frequently. Gradually
on hor beam ends. 1t was apparent that tho
steamship would 60 down and the captain Or
dered the crew TO got the two port limo boats
| ready for launching. In twenty minutes the
steamship began to sink rapidly and the cap
tain ordered the boats lowered. Tho captain
| seventeen othore, while First Officer Williams
and Second Officer Ross took the small lfe-boat
with eleven persons Oh beard. This left throe
or four men in the sinking steamer.
The captains boat got away first. When the
small beat was getting sway from the steam
ship MIR. Scott, a passenger who was in her,
saw the captains boat swamped, but nothing
could he done to save any Of those that wero
thrown out and the email boat rowed away
When the captains boat was swamped two or
throe persons were seen swimming back to the
steamship, but those in tho small boat could
not tell whether they succeeded in getting on
board.
Soon after noon on Friday full rugged ship
was sighted. 1t was not an easy job to get to
the ship because the sea WAS running high, but
the boats head was put against the wind and after
pulling half milo reached the ship, which was
the Glenomrag, from Calcutta. The Glenrno-
rag reached New York Friday afternoon and
the thirteen rescued men came ashore and
quarters were found for the crew.
Sensational Suicide in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee society circles are stirred from
posure and subsequent suicide Of Joseph W.
Curtis, private secretary and trusted confident
OF +. N. Finney, general manager of the Wis
consin Central railway: Curtis is a married
man, father OF two lovely children, and was ar
rested Saturday on tho charge Of abandoning
child by leaving it on seat in car on the
milwaukee,, Lake Shore & Western railway.
Curtis strenuous!y denied the whole charge
up to the time Of being released on bail Then
he !essned the strength Of the chain of evidence
against him and retiring to his room, he first
attempted suicide with laudanum, and that not
proving effective or speedy enough, he threw
himself on his bed and with a pistol blew his
brains out. Curtis was member OF the churc
and a leader in society
Nappears that girl named Lizzie Becker,
goodlooklng ana intelligent above her station,
has been employed as q servant in Curtis fam
lily for two years. The master of tho house
s &c her year Or moro ago, and child was
the fruit OF theic illicit love. Then it was de-
termined to get rid Of tho child, and last We'd
nesday evening Curtis and his mistress ar
rived at the Union depot zach carrying bun
de-. The woman departed on the Milwaukee
road and the man left one of the bundles in a
car of the Lake Shore In tho said
bundle was wrapped the child.