Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-20
ened host OF eowsrnly men ana nyster1ea.

W lAlAt SIG uftN up a HliiNtAlhS btiN with
The other. The woman was nearly naked,
h'.t she never needed the cod Mother
f God" she cried take my little one
and make sure Of him" | shook her off,
and pushed on A terrified navy sought
to Keep me back. and he scratched at my
face like a cat: but | reached the davits.
The men had the boat swung round and
the carpenter was about tu let her run,
when a mixed mob of English and
foreigners took possession, and in an
instant the little craft was packed with "A
urItrrIng heap Of men who had quite lost
lurlr senses | saw the captain leave the
ridge with dying spring. and saw also
me gleam OF the pistol barrels; then |
heard on the starbOard side the rapid
"~ma>h. smash" Of revolver shot. and
the captain shouted. You hear what they
are getting on the other side. ont of il.
II take you one after the other" The
-I.lurS were fighting hard. but the men in
the boat fought also with the oars and
h"lthO0ks. One seaman had his head
. split; another received a wound from "A
nuathoOk, which took his cheek away in
one nasty flap.
Still the rufiians did not know how to
lower away, and one OF them began to
lash at the forward fall with an ak.
Come down, you sir" You be -"
| Crack! The man flung up his arms,
dropped his ak, and fell headlong into the
sea Now down with you,' said the cap
tain livid and half blind with fury But
no. furious fool succeeded in letting
! the boat 60 by the head. and the whole
crowd of pOltrOons We're emptied into the
~washing sea, where they gaSped and
struggled till the last two men throttled
Zach other and rolled under. One of the
>tarhOard boats was successfully launched,
and the chief officer stood, revolver in
hand. Women first here. Thompson,
You will steer her. Take four men, and
no more" The young English lady was
lowered down, although she Clung hard Ia
| her father and begged him 10 let her stay.
NO, darling, goodbye. BE happy" he
said. and then stood CompOsedly amid the
| hurly-burly. A pretty actress and two
Irish women were next sent down, then
four children were put i'll, and then the
sailors sprang over the side and prepared
TO help others An Irishman shouted,
Now, boys" His voice seemed to send an
impulse through the crowd, and the rOughs
iure themselves away from the women and
dung themselves reCkleSsly-sOme into
the boat some into the water. The Off
Ger fired two barrels and missed each time;
Il sailor showed off, and we saw an
overladen boat lumber heavily away
astern.
All this scene of horror took place in
ieas than two minutes and the ship set
tied more and more every second. The
prize fighter and his gang were not sue
Cessful in their attempts to steal the boat
forward The purser and the steward
armed themselves with firemens rods
and beat the fellows down: then the
Daker-a quick young lad. who had
learned his business as a seaman in add
ion To his trade-let the boat slip and
four gallant men withstoOd the ferocious
rowdies until eighteen women had been
pitched over the side and CareleSsly low.
cred A seaman took the tiller, four
Stokers, the purser and the baker jumped
IN st the last moment, and the second
boat went adrift. Meanwhile the captain
mad reloaded-alas what a pity he only
mad two barrels-and a third and fourth
boat went of with half their
proper complement Another boat
might have escaped, but six men
Sprang from the port side and
actually stove the cutter in. At last
only one light boat remained, and still
there were over 700 of US jammed in the
narrow space left by the awful list. The
captain had dropped his hands: he could
do no more. The third mate took hand
pike and went smashing among the men
who were wrestling around our last hope.
One sailor said: We've stood il long
enough, Tom. Let's have our turn And
ne, with three sturdy Swedes, managed 10
get at the dayits. They were just in time,
for the steamer began TO sway as they
tloated, and they were all but swamped by
the charge and leap Of crowd who flung
themselves into the water. Then was
left with great multitude, whose agon-
lzed ClamOr stunned me. | felt mighty
cOnvulsive movement; then the sea seemed
TO flash down on me in one mass, as if the
wall of water fell from high crag. Then
heard a humming noise in my ears, and
with a gasp | was up amid blackened,
wriggling sheet uf drowning creatures A
Loaf came past me and | struck out Justify.
raised myself 10 the gunwale Shall |
hit his fingers" said a man NO, let him
come, and then l was laid, sick and dizzy,
on the bottom boards of a crowded boat
You know that we were picked up after q
nasty time, and am at my home minus
my kit.
lNOTE.-This Is exactly what might
take place and what will take place If the
liners are sent TO sea short Of boats.-ED.l
Pail Mall Gazette.