Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-12-19

continuous shower of bullets and
shot
Il saw that some desperate means
must be adopted l singled out
several boats, AID rs l started Tor
them noticed solid fleet of nine
boats. AL If which were tied together,
and from the centre of which there
came torrent of lead. l determin
ed to tackle this band and directed
( the bow of nv steamer to the sterns
of the nine vessels. When / had
gotten in good position L rang for
more speed. and dreve the iron prov
/ of the steamer into the rear of the
( schooner which was on the starboard
side of the feet. This proved to be
! the Schooner Julia A. Jones, Captain
Jno. A Wilson. The stem of my
boat plowed through the stern
of the vessel until the anchor
chains hung over the companionway.
| So firmly did the steamer strike that
It was with some difficulty that /
could get her out. The schooner
! began to fill at oncs, and as backed
clear | found man bad climbed
over the bow. This was Peter
Mullen who said he was a sailor on
the Ju;is Jones. sent him below.
All thus time the McLIns was n
good target for the dredgers fire
and they poured constant stream
INTO tue plot house, COOK 10 Jin, aud
ia 'nct all parts of my boat were
struck. After backing away l once
more headed Tor she rem ,IuInS eigut
I boats, and this tIm- l succeeded IN
striking the J c MshDney Just u
[ little to the s,urboard oi Ter rudder
/ She sank q = short time.
/ BY :his time the rs m.ining drefg-
ers began TO make sSIl. aud with 4
I good breeze jh-y soon di-tppeare I
7 IN tho darkness l singled out n
. large scnoy uer. and when l b died
I The Captain be hauiei down his IIh-
( Tuis U.S. Captain Wright j lues, Of
the Maggie CuI bItt. / boarded tins
boat ani found uuculled oystes, and
( took him IN tow for Cent-ev.l.e
Bv ;ae time 7 had made fast 70 the
CarbItt there vas nUtl boat II 81 ght- ~
ii Ceuyrevi.:-, Ctpt. Hoard
pla~el E p Winston. of the
NaEonev. AIgustu- Brennan, Peer
Muller. \ l.. Pickett. w. Coleman,
Pat Cassidy. Joe Marshall, TEosuas
{ L',ru0rs -ui John Hart IN jail,
charging them with resisting arrest
AMI attempting 70 kill.
The strrauer Governor Thomas Is
also IN Chester river. Captain W
L. rarr, of Jacksan's Greek. zlId the
b,ttls was plIuly heard from his
houss, and that the entire neIgub1r
hood was cut Of doors Captain
IaGr aud th-. residents OF tba: sec
tiou are willing tn pin their faith TO
brave Captain Howard, of the Nc
Lane.
HEAVY Loss OF LIFE
Peter Mullen, cook on the Julia
Jones. stated 10 N American cores
poudent that be WAS the only one Of
ii crew Of eleven who escaped. He
sand When the IcLsns struck the
beat. he seized tie anchor ctaius and
escaped Tue rest of the crew, he
said. were Ia the forepeak and could
not get ou-. 1t vas also stated that
a man named Coieman. aud color
sd man named Brsmhie, OF The crew
OF the Aioboney, were drowned The
exact loss OF life cannot now be
but people believe that
Dol less than dozen Of the dre3gers
psrIsbsd- WhIle Captain Howard
thinks that several of these fellows
set 1t il hard to see how
mauy Of them could have done so, BIS
thev were pinned IN the hold when
the IcLane crushed into the two
boats. They had crswled into the
hold hoping to escape from the dead
" fire, and when their vessels were
cut down they sank so rapidly that
the crews. or a portion of them. must
have gone to the bottom with the
Captain Howard rescued
some of them, but it Wss impossible
for bim TO save shem all