The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-04

vessels esuxhs outsids drrzng The gale vs<
ever TIRE Of craft known 70 deep wster
voysess- There were East Irdis clippers.
wess India hrsss. barks. herksnssnes ana
schocnerx. and . few steamers
Mzry Of the East India rarkets hsa been
ont over I'D days. Fer many days prior to
The storm The sky had been ove-cast- only
occasionally wcrsd TIE sEc appear and thea
for so sroy. time - 10 render eren acsfch
sight wsls-nigh out OF the question In
consequences many ships hal iseen running
b. dead reckoning making the supposed
position us fhs vessel -nost unes-tasE one
Insger stach conditions we're vessels ovsr-
taken by the ferrinse no-fheaste-- Hina
ard sea aided each other n making navlga-
sioa rersiogs, the seas Threatening AZ every
raonasnt To roll over on the decks OF ihs
seesng vessels. soae craft. perhaps better
able 10 stand the seas bold on. steering or
q supposed frs.e coarse Tor pors. In laying
of this course the base has been iakea
from q supposed true position OF the SHIP.
Instead sighting The entrance. tie lookout
Is heard calling, Breakers ahead TO
one unaeqnsintei with q seafaring lifs the
horror which accompanies such SOUND
o~~rzrx description. Let il Re nighttime
ard the horror is increased There Is but
one thing 20 10, and that GuickIy-so CAL.
"AIi hands save the ship
The vessel is IN lee shore. the gale Is
blowing her right or. and unless she can be
made TO tea, up in the wind, head of. and
clear the coast she will beach Up comes
everybody With q rush, half dressed, half
daxed. but fully alive TO the danger The
moment the esmen reach the deck the cut
ting wind makes wide awake ali hands
Hard down the helm. Let fly the head
sheets, lee head and main and weather
eross-jack braces. Spanker Sheet As fast
IS the orders fly from the bridge the men
Jump to their stations. Round comes the
great ship. and up into the wind. The head
sails Zap with tremendous force. threaten
ing TO fy out OF the leech ropes with every
roll. Now the spanker is being hauled a.
weather. She feels it, and. as the stern
flies off. her head comes right mp into the
mass OF seething waters.
Round in the lee head and main and
weather eross-jack braces" Already the
men are at their places. and up come the
weather-yard arms into the wind. The YES
sci is now broadside 10 the seas. IL Is
question of life or death whether she will
stop. II she but continue to come up all Is
we'll. A drag has been gotten over from
forward To il is bent hawser leading
through quarterback. The drag is well
away from the ship. On to the hawser
jump the crew. Away they go with rush.
The drag hawser is run right to the bows.
and al the same time the bow comes up
rapidly.
Not moment too soon. A great sea the
next instant lifts the ship high into the air.
Had il caught her ''brosdside to- il
would have plunged tons upon tons of
green seas upon the decks. But the great
crafts bow has met IT, She rose as the wave
advanced and plunged heavily forward Is
il rushed under her.
Now is the time to catch her. Sharp up go
the yards on the head and main. The head
sheets are hauled well aft, the helm care
fully tended, the spanker eased up slightly;
the ship feels the canvas. small as the
amount on her Is; she reaches forward,
staggers for a moment. then slowly works
her way of through sea after sea. As soon
as she is far enough out to sea the vessel
Is brought up into the wind, off comes the
foreiopmast staysail. foretopsail and
spanker. A ciose-reefed maintopsail ana
main spanker alone hold her up, and all at
tempt W IAN ou II touHtc1nstc0 Dy VAC pOst-
ton of the rudder.
Should the wind still continue to increase
in violence, the topsail will be goose-winged.
This latter sail Is kept on ~ long as pos
sible. because of Its being above the waves.
Under a main spencer alone the ship has
but little opportunity to feel the wind. the
waves serving as a buiwark. Should how
ever, a goose-winged topsail and main
spencer prove too much. tarpaulins placed
in the lee mizzen may hold her up.
III she still continues to heel over the
crew will cut away the moremast by cutting
the weather laniards. II this vii. not right
her away will go the mizzen and main. and
then trust to riding ont TO sea anchor
This alone can save the vessel. Let her
once fall off, get into the trough of the sea.
aud the consequence will be expressed in
the one word of the seaman .Foundered. 2"