The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-01-23

issued TO the larboard side of tn, Vase,
ano ti'e men We're piped to clear her .ui
$40" the rum i'll the hold. Tnonrh 49,
wa1sr was almost level with tn. mort hoIas
through which the larboard guns wan, ,...'
out, nodan2er seems at first to hava ha ua
apprehendcl. The sea dashed in with o, ussn
wave, ana disturbed the mic, in tho lo rsly
ueck, am the men amused thens,lve. VIII,
hunting the Al III the water. "lacre w..
narrator. ~ Ina
by 0oclock the weight of the rum bar-
tels ana OF the sea water brought tha I Io,,
BOARD PORTFOLIOS still lower. and tho I. ar-
Penter applied to the third lieutenant " :,
1--WE o o. n to fright ship as she could NOT
very short answer. The captain-cnnta
Wagnorn-was on board, and also rho ~
mlral; but admlrals and captains ~. a..
cohsultet III such matters. The lives ~
!nose at SEA, as OF chose on land, are main1v
IL, ,lar., the hands of suborylinates. In =
n neaH sh hia va, Time the earpenter re.
answered: 'Sir, if you can manage thu shi',
better than | can, you had better tnLap
the command" In a minute or twn afta ns
ward, 1t Is true, the fooIhalrly officer or.
dered the diumme" 10 be called to heat to
was no time to beat his drum or even time 70
get it. Let us try, said our sailor to tho S
lieutenant Of his gun, ito bouss our .,,,n o,,t
without waiting for the drum as IT. viii
help to right the ship" They n,,sh ~ w ~
gun; but it ran back ON them, and thew lev
the shin hoi is S' snkins amp oe efis I'd III.
hole!' He did SO, but I believe he WIS
drowned, for never saw him again. T ri.
lowed him. saw the port holes as full of
heads a. they could cram, all trying to Get
out. gu
What q pictured Imagine all those poor
fellows struggling to escape through a space
not large enough for one-tenth Of them. I'M
an incline as steep as the peaked roof of :
house, and with a hungry sea rushing in
behind theIml Above all think of the Door
women! Our sailor. holding on to the hest
bower anchnl, which hung above the port.
seizes hold OF one, and drags her out. but At
that moment the draught Of air from be.
tween decks. caused bv the sinking Of the
ship, blows him Off his fest. Then the h,,o,e
mas goes down. and draws him down with
it. He r. es tn swim. hut cannot. sthouph
feet: hut when the ship touched bottom the water
boiled go u deal. and felt that could swim.
and heoam ~ risr" So even II a vessel with a hun
dred guns goes down AMI takes you or me with her
there is some nse you see. in having learned to
swim. When he comes to the surface he hears
what sOttnl at su"h a mOment.--the cannons
ashore firing their signals Of distress but he can see
nothing. His face is covered with tar, barrel OF
tar havn- bean st lvel in the ship went down
and its contents spread over the water He strikes
1t away from his eyes rs we'll he can, and looks
about him.
The fore. main and mlzsentops Of the huge shin
were all above water. and he climbs up into com.
he finds the admiral. baker. aul see, the woman
he has just pulled cut Of the port hole rolling by
He seizss her M" more. and hangs her head over
one II tn" rat;ine, IT the Mixzeu sl,rouds like
clothes to dry. which Is the hest he can do for her;
hut \ surf cum.s and knocks her backward, and
savoy she went. rolling over and over'' Strangely
enough the poor creature II saved after all BY the
boat of frgate living at Spithead. whose captain
has just put on the "lmust look to those
who are in more danger than you. my lad," he
sings out our ellor. ~ he goes by.
"Ay. Nv. SIR is the reply; II am safely moorod
enough
III. captain of the ROYAL George. though. strange
to say hc could not swim, was picked uO alive
hut cut Of nearly THOUSAND men. which, was the
ships coinpi. ment. although some on leave,
and sixty marines Ia gone ashore that very morn.
ing, only very few were saved: government al
lowed five pounds to them for the loss OF their
things. Il saw the list. and there were hut seventy
fve."
For severa, days nfterward bodies would sud.
denly up to the surface at the spot where the
ship ha sank. forty and nifty ut a tlma. The
watprn,en made go vi thing Of IT. they would take
from the men their buckles money and watches:
then. making fast rope to their heels, woad tow
them to land"
The poet who sings Of the calamity tells US me
tempest gave the shock" and. indeed. there was
scarcely any breeze at ALL The ship was anchored,
and had not even stitch Of canvas on her to keep
her steady.
sixty years afterwart the interest Of this terrible
event had by no means died away. and we'll re-
member, boy. going OH board the ship that
stationed above this scene Of the calamity. to seq
the divers who were stil employed upon the wreck.
The aspiration of the poet.
Weigh the vessel up,
Once dreaded by her foes,
was never realized: but almost everything was
taken OFT of her and more fancy articles
paper halves work boxes, etc. - affirmed to
have been made from her tinlbers, were sold.
am afraid than the Royal George, big as she was,
could ever have furnished. At our seaside places
Of resort you may purchase them even now 1T the
Dasars-.sld- fashioned articles with this tomblko
inscription ON them: "This desk' Tor letter weight
or paper weigaD twas made out 4 the wood Of the
Royal George. sunk OF Spthead In l7sc. with 900 of
her crew