, 1889-04-18

Ro,o tell in sheets and the m-n and wo-
u,-n who we're nut tiled 10 shelter them
selves ny p,aunv pieces Of boavi AMI other
o,.j..c'r before their faces. rnrouHh the
tnacsu.ss ot the night could be seen -
iix.ts ut tue men of.war and even above
tn. ~,n,l and wav-s
rHx SHOUTING or THE OFFIcERs
and u,en on board Came family across the
water. IL cUui be seen that the vrssels
were dragging Every moa,ent It seemed
~ though two or more OF thr great snips
were sbout 70 come together. and the
watchers on the shore waited Ia BREATH
ivss anxiety 70 hear the crash OF COLI.
zion.
Whes daylight came it was seen that
che pcsition OF ths vesseIs waS entirely
chsn1sd. The farious wiud had swept
en~m from their former mooriugs sud they
Wrre Hll bearing down Ia the direction OF
che surf. Black smeke was pouring from
their funnsls sbos,sg that drspsrsts ef-
forts were bsing made TO keep them ny
against tue wind. The vesseis we're tos:'
Ing about like corks-one moment stand-
ing on their beam euds and the next iu-
stlat the stefns would raise out OF the
water and expos tc view the rudders and
rapidly revolving propsllers. Then the
huge bows would b.
LIFrED Hi0R IN THE AIR
only to plunge into the aext wave and
deluge tiie snips With torrent OF water.
seven email sailing vessels had gone
ashore n part of che bay. The Eoer Ad-
ier and Nipsic we're very ciose together
aud only |. fsw yards OF the reef. The
little guuboat Eb-r WAS making . des.
p-ratu stsug9ls for life, but every moment
was being drawn toward the reef Sud.
denly she shot forward M il making last
Struggle. i'he current, however, tore her
of TO the right and her prov struck thp
post quarter of the Nipsic. The shock
carried away several feet OF the Nipsic's
rail aud Que boat. She was going to her
doom Ia half AN hour she was lifted on
top ut the reef aud turned completely over
on her side. Fortunately she was thrown
90 far that nearly the entire
HULL WAS OUT OF WATER
and the decks faoin1 the shore, 10 the men
c,.~a completely protrct,.d and had but u
few yards swim TO the shore, aud q NJ er
uu.uver we're tescuru. VI tn- l3U officers
and meu aboard twenty were drowned or
killed. When the Adler struck many
officers and meu we're SERIOUSLY injured
Just after the Adler struck the attention
of every one was directed toward the Nip.
sic. Sns was standing Of the reef with
ch0rs whion she b Ad out were not holding.
Fue steamer was betting toward the polut
where the Ebrr vent down. She had aii
tho steam possible to carry, and had just
succeeded 10 getting clear of the reef
wh-u the little schooner L,lv uot IN her
track and was cut down. The o . was
BEARING DO~ ON THE SiPsIC
I the time and the latter vessel was try
In Z to AVOID u collision with the German
nsn she struck the Lily. Of the three
N III aboard the latter sCh0Oner only Cap.
tain Douglass WIS wed by managing to
grasp one OF tue Olxa's anchor chains and
drawing hlmself up on the steamer. The
Nipsic then vot we'll away from the reef
and the men were preparing to hoist
heavy 8.inch rife on the for ward deck
overheard " assist her anchors when the
Olga again Came down upon her. and
struck the Nipsic amldships. Her bow
spirit passed over the portside OF the N psic
and after Carrying away boat and spllnt
erlnv the rail came in contact with the
smok-stack.
rne smoke stack was finally struck
I, irly H. the center anu fell to the deck
wITH a CRASH LIKE THUNDER
Great c0nfusion ensu-d, the crew believ-
inx the aLeaiuer was going down and
maay men ran NO the rigging for safety
The iron smoke st .ck rolled trom side TO
side. the men ON deck rushing around to
keep clear OF its track. Heavy blocks
were finally placed under IL. but by that
time the Nipsic had swung around and
was again approaching the reef. Having
lost the smoke stack the Nipsic was un-
able to keep up steam power and it was
useless to attempt to steam out from the
rr-f In the face OF the wind. Captain u.
Mullen. VINO was on bridge, gave orders
to beach the vessel. Oae auchor was
slipped and the few pounds OF steam
which could still be used Kept ner in deep
water unti she had cleared the end Of the
reef. Wnen she finally struck the sandy
beach
THE VESSEL SWUNG AROUND
forming AN acute angle with the line of
the shore. Oriiers were given to lower
no boats. Fave sailors Jumped into one,
bot the falls did not work properly and
before the boat was lowered one end drop
water and drowned. Another boat, con-
tanning Surgeon Derr and half dozen
sick men. was lowered 10 safety. but cap
sized before it reached tue shore. Tue
natives who we're standing in the surf
seized the floating men and passed them to
the beach. Several other men on the Nip.
sic ran to their aid, jumping overheard,
a mong them being lieutenant Davenport
All reached the shore ia satisfy except two
sailors. BY desperate effort line WAS
Rot TO the Tow Of the steamer and
double hawser passed ashore and made
fast. Ma'aafa's men gathered in ~ at
numbers Ia the surf and along tine haw.
sers TO assist the men to the shore. The
waves were rolling high on the beach and
the under tow was 70 strong that the ma
fives narrowly escaped being washed out
into the bay.
THE TERRIBLE FORCE OF THE WIND