The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-14

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80 5000 IA the barrier had uoIs
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~. 80 this time IL seened - :
49,. $50 would be swept ca Us
- srd crushed 70 pieces ! y
, sss -, shore rushed down 20 fsss
s y edrr and peered sfssougfs ~
~. &C., storm. waiting 70 hear sfst
1919 -s{,ieh would send both tAs men
s srd fhesy loads OF human
fvnSebt 20 The bottcrn-
a.s1xsniv the starr and ssrsrea Nffs
...sr dasfin9 from the gar o. TIE ffsss'
- preyivus TO this no vessel u tBe
Se.tsr nd f1ised flag. a. the storm
49, ~syine % surioussy as sunrise va
- ~sr~4nouv was neglected. n
sss.s1s..x,I nnu as Ii the gaIIazit sasf
49,, si.e xas approaching her doom
eud had determined 70 60 ooNh 49,
She Car 81 her country iioafing a.s.ss 49,
- storm. The stern Q. the ifeaI,a
- nearing the Disa's bow and sIssi
IN Erhardt, believing that sure g
eynefiou was Epoii him. lei so bls
snchorx and attempted 20 steam aNsy
~ - too late, however, for just q
90 0lca commenced 20 make uE
ssssnsf her bow She came into consase'
.s}1h ~ stayboard quarter OF The heg'
sSir The Olga's bowxprit and figure.
IsSI wtre carried away, and the heayy
11rsfers on Tire Tfentons quarter were
SSfr-red. All the boats were torn from
SS~fr davits and the American HEg,
ssfi~h had Hoated from the Trenton,
49, carried away and fell 70 the dsssk
~ - Olga. Fortunately the vessels
3r,{fed apart after she collision. afssa
~ {3ica steamed ahead towards the
s>'.xd 1|sfs I'm the eastern part o. the
1879 Capt. Won Erharslt had deter
sS(nexI to run her aground. The en-.
1fnrs were worked 20 their fullest
S6r&e]tv. and 1t was only a fnoHseiil
5S{ore the 0Ie4's prov stfuek and the
S1casner Iay embedded In the soft mud
r. lI,e east end Of the bay. Not life
wns lot. The water beat over hsi
dnfing the night, bit tie only damage
80 was done was 20 Hood her decks
With wnter and carry away several
heats.
The Trenton was not able to get out
into the bay again after her collision
wIfh fnc Olga She was fsew asso1lt
fao hundred feet from the wreck Of
~ yandaiia and was slowly drifting
toward shore A new danger nos
6foxe. The Trenton was sure 10 strike
a. Vhndaiia; and to those on shore Il
6eemtf that the huge hull OF the hag.
ehiu would crush the Nandaiia 30
pieces aud throw the hundred men
SIN cIingine TO the rigging into tho
water. II was now after 5 o'clock and
Hght was beginning 10 fade away. In
hall an hour more the Trenton had
lriffesi ON to within few feet Of the
V3udnlia's bow, aud the men Ni1o
we're In the rigging OF the latter vessel
were filed with fear as They saw the
Trenton approach.
Feelings hard % describe came over
me hundreds who watched the vessels
from the shore. Presently the Inst
faint rays OF daylight faded away and
The night came down upon the awful
scene. The storm was still raging
with q much fury rs at any time dur
Ing the day. The psof creatures who
had been clinping for hours 10 the
fieking OF the yandaIia were bruised
and bleeding. bat they held on with
he desperation OF men who hang By a
thread between life and death. The
y0peS had cut the flesh on their arms
and legs. and their eyes were blinded
~ tlie sait spray which swept over
them. Weak aud exhausted as they
we're, they would be unable TO stand
The terrible strain much longer. They
looked down upon the angry waters
hoi0N them and knew they had no
strength left 10 battle with tlse waves.
The final hour seemed To be upon
theua.. The great black hull
If the Trenton could be seen through
the darkness, almost ready 60 crush
into the stranded Vandalia and grind
her to atoms. Suddenly shou. was
horne across the waters. The Trenton
Was cheering the Vandaiia. The
sound Of $50 voices broke upon the
or and was hoard above the roar Of
the tempest. Three cheers for tbs
yandalia' was the cry that warmed
The hearts OF the dying men In the
rigging. The shout died away upon
the storm. and there arose from the
quivering masts OF the sunken ship i
Fespcnse SO feeble that II was scarcely
heard on the shore. The men who
feit they were locking death in tbs
face aroused themselves To an effort
and united In faint cheer for the
flagship. Those who were standing
ON shore listened in silence, for thai
cry WAS the saddest they had evel
heard. Every heart was melted &
pity. Cos help them" vas passed
from one man Ia another.
The sound OF music next came
aeross the water. The Treuton's band
was PLAYING THE Star spangled Ban
ner. The thousand men I'm sea and
Shore had never before heard I'll,
strains OF nlt<ie at such a time as this
An Understandable feeling came owe
The hundred Americans on the beaei
who listened 10 the notes ct the TIA
tionai anthem mingled with tho how
Of the storm, For moment otl,
we're they silent. and then they brok,
forth with cry that fenl the air ans
reached the ears of the struggling me,
In the rigging OF the vandalia.
Men who had exhausted ever,
means during the whole OF that awiu
day of rendering some assistance {.
their comrades now seemed inspire,
% greater efforts. They ran abou
the beach eager to do somethin
even nj the risk of he
itself. They looked despairingiy q
the roaring torrent of water tina
broke upon the shore, and knew tina
no boat could live in such sea.
Bravels NJ the Samoans had aiiesi
there WAS not one OF them who wnal
again venture into the surf. wher
certain death would beiali them
Three officers. who hac been uuIiflu
In their efforts during the day. Lieu
sherman and Ensisns Purcell an
jones, prepared a boat an.l got
ready TO launch at the moalcnt III
sea should ssibsisie. Several native
and one or two sipeie sailors voiul
teered 90 so in the boat, ard With IN
: three officers sufficient number {
men were procured 10 man tbs oar
but the steFn dll uat abate in Il,
least. and there was nc olsnoftunst
during the whole night ~ take IL
boat eut 10 the vessel.
The collision of the Trenton 40
Vandalis, which every one though
would crush the latter vessel Ia piese
proved tn iae the salvation ol the nle
IN The rigging. Notwithstanding q
tremendous E1fNe az The waves. Il
Trenton dragged back slowly. Al
when her stern struck the side IL G
Vandalsa, there vas no shuek aaa sd
gradually swung around hFa&dSsde ;
the ssinsen ship. Is soun IS the We
sells touched. the men ia the riggiu
crawied cat un the yaT,iS and iansps
To the deck af the Tfenton. The uae
escaped just in time, for a. the Ia
man left the yards the mixnenmaSt
the Naadalia ssil With crash on n
side neat to the shore. The men
the taalanAast neSt eSeapeg sn e
sanc way. iieNt. Wilson. who ~
In the nainsep. almost lost bis life
passing from ore vessel ta ths ethe
The men III the forvmAst escasaesi 4
means Of line thrown trol
the deck Of the Trenton. nE. Cofsivlrl
NhQ MAS In fka fAr.ss.saxs IA aks..s.s..