The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-07
,uIrcd no small courage to face those TIMBER

and the waves sweeping across tue "e'n
gethnr. but no ono hcsitatel. feter '"'''i
sen. q stout young fellow from norway VIZ
struck on the right leg by one OF the spar
and disabled % that he had to bc carried iIi'o
the cabin. but the rest Of the men. with are"
SLIGHT mishars, managed to lash the pars
securely and get back TO the quarter deck.
IL the meantime the water had gained III
the hold and the vessel was getting a s'roilS
list to starboard, SO Capt. Maier set about 10
get her on the other tack With the All oi
the lib, and by watching the yea, they man
aged 10 wear her around, her head then beng
to northwarl and eastward, but she sun heid
Der list to starbOari After this the men did
such work az the pumps rs they could every
nan, including the captain, Tut excepting
the wouaded one, taking las tara frgulaliy'
Saturday morning found the gale undated,
and the ships deck much nearer the water
than il had leen the night hcfore. /, was
plain that she was slowly filling and settling
into H., -ea. The men asked the captain,
after they had again been served with brandy
and cold meat and bread u get OFT 1he boats
There had been three Of thee, but one tAht
had been dashed oa the main hatch had been
crushed and swept overheard by The waves
that DESTROYED the bulWarks Two remained
They were dashed bottom up on TOP Oi the
forward house one was a shipl long boat,
sharp at both ends 1t was Gbout 80 feet iOns,
and very deep and broad ia proportion; the
other was q biz East India teak built yaWl,
- feet long, ; broad and deep The captain
did not like 1t first 10 gct the boat. OYER
board but by 80 consented that il should
b. DONE and gave orders that provisions for
them should b. got up. As the ship was not
.inahins amy Roadway, tie men rugged heavy
plank from the top Of the house to the lee
rail, and then, with the Lalp Of a small tackle
rugged from the fOret0p. turned them keel
DOWN and slid first tho smaller and then the
larger boat overheard Both boats shipped
"A lot 81 water when dropped over, but man
got into each and bailcd II cut. The larger
boat unfortunately struck its bow against
the vessels side and broke it, stem, but the
damage did not prove fatal 10 IT, \ long
painter was made fast ~ each, and both rode
safely at quite distance to the Ice OF the
vessel
Meantime the captain and second mate,
Paul Fcdthohn. had gone down INTO the
after part Of the hold Of the vessel 10 sce
what thc condition vi affairs was there. rs
the boats were got fairly clear Of tn -hlp the
two officers came hastily GA deck again
Capt Maier said that the strain 81 the star
board mzzen rigging had started plank.
and that the water was pouring la through
the hold in floods 1t was necessary 10 hasten
into the boats, as the ship could not hOat
much longer
1t was now 3 O'Clock of Saturday alte-
noon \ supply oi food and a Ees u wafer
had been got up. bat SEA swept them away
4 Lag holding itty 81 sixty pounds Ot SEA
bread ana tWO small hams We're uJW brought
up. besides more water The bread and TIE
two hams were got into the BIZ boat. but ths
water was washed away. Then tOII mon
were put into each It tLc boats, including
Peter Johansen the wounded man who was
lowered into the smaller boat H. had heard
the launching Vi the boats and had crawled
out OF the cabin Oh his hands and knees
Before any more Of the men could gct from
the ship u the boats d hugo roller was aacn
coming, and all Of Thorn rushed ~ the after
house, where they clutcIed hold II whatever
they could get their hands Oh and held on for
dear life while the wave swept over them.
Tho seven men included the captain, his two
mates, three seanen and Tue cabin boy The
wave lett them ali on tire ship unhurt, and
All made a start Ter the boats again, not
noticing a second and larger roller than the
one that had just passed The men IN tie
boat yelled - those On deck and then saw
them making a Wild rush for shelter again,
lat il was too late. The solid wave swept
across the deck and when the water had sub
sided but two remained in sight th. second
matc AMI the cabin boy, who had managed
to clutch stanchions near tAe cabin The
same wave broke the boats adrlt from the
ship = minute later the mate Was ac.n
lying across the top OF the wheel house. that
had been broken from 1t tasteninss ard
swept overheard by the last wave Then a
Russian Finn was seen ~ Use up out Of the
water and strike out for the ship instead VI
tic boats At the same moment tho second
mate. seeing that the ship was going down,
motioned to the cabin boy, and the two made
a flying leap into the water and swan toward
tic small boat Then another man was seln
coming t. the surface, WLeu after getting
the water from his eyes. Ia saw the BIZ boat
was nearer 10 MN li4tlli inc ollel ana SWAIN
toward it, He was eventually picked up
Nothing was seen Of the captain after the
second roller buried him lie was heavily
bundled up and was thus unable u reach the
surface after going down The men ia the
biz boat togan pulling toward the mate,
while the smaller one WAS rOwed toward the
second mate and the cabin boy They were
both good swimmers and were soon alongside
The boy was dragged ia first They had
yelled l. the Finn t. SWIM toward the small
boat but he nd not notice them A. the
second mate got his hands OH the guuwdlc I'll
the small boat and those IN it were reaching
for him lac turned - look at the ship. The
sight made him say, See, see" The stern
had failed T. ri,e to wave and plun.ug
under it hal raised the bow high out OF water
For a moment she hung Oh the surface VI TIE
water, shaking her bovsprit from the effect
OF the wave as some big marine animal might
shake IL, nose IN play, and then she sank
down IN the swrling foam. The Finn, seeing
his danger, TUNED and struggled get away,
but the suction VI the sinking ship had
caught him As the hull disappeared hc
threw up his arms, and without u cry sank
out Of sight with the ship.
The second mate was hauled Oh board the
small boat, and then her crew began TO look
around TO SEE where the rest We're The long