The Helena independent., 1889-04-14

mia from sho,e ana the Ninsic Ssas aho,,
10O wards AZ, Al ni fhe Fher The Adler was
inst ahead ~ The N,nsc and tha Olga and
raliions wore inst shasd ~ the Ehs1 Tha
VandsIla sss hsyond tha Caiucne
mile an shore was The rranton thaIast ~
the warshtns IN arrive hsye and heIny
mnch lnroa, than any IN the a,har shins in
,ha hav ihara was No room, tor mr. nsar the
shore so sha WAS obliged IA drnn anchor
hevond the Vandalia Inst within the outsr
cnyal ysef The sail,ng crafts wara in the
shallow water west of t6e men.of- war. The
rTenion ana vandaiia had the most dan
eerons berths In the harhor while The nosi-
| lion M the Ninslc ~ as con sidered the safest
'rha storm cowmancad an tha
aftarnoon NJ EyiJav March IL and
nv evening the wind had increased IN n
Gale and nearly ali the war alma had their
engines working 10 relieve the strain upon
the anchoTs The crews ~ mast ot tba
sailing vessels threw ont extpa anchors and
went ashore. The wind commencsd ~ fall
m mIdnight ana rain Increased in
| fnrv. Great waves were railing from the
| OMEN ocean and the n,tching of tha vessels
| was fearful Evsry man was ksnt nj
work Rv q o,clocI In m. morn,ng the
| sItnation was alaym,ng. nearly avery ves.
| sel in ina harhor ~ "a dyagvIng ana thara
was Imminent danger of a Collision
/ Tha shora nannIa hagsn 20 nssanhla nm
heach. Fve,vhndv ina hesn sronsed from
sIe,1n hy ina Tremendous fury ~ the storm-
The tide was eoming In rsnidlv and the
| wayas xara washing aver ths styaets n l0o
feet ahoye the nsnai blyh o. ster marx The
rain feIl like sleet and men and vomen
who were ant tried "a sbaI,ar Ihemselyes
| with nieces of hoard or other objects before
THAR facas Thrnn,b ma hiactnass ~ tha
niyht conld be seep tbe liehts af the men
of'war and even ahoye he rusblny and
| roarin, NJ shs wind and Nv aves tha shnniing
Il
| family across the water 4, canId ha sear
The yessels xsa,a d,ssginy ard ayarv mo-
| mani n seemed "a thonvh two or mora of
the great war ships were about 10 come To-
gether and the watchers on the shore
waited In breathless anxiety 10 hear the
crash Of the collision. When daylight came
Il was seen the positloDs of the vessels were
entirely changed. The furious wind
had swept them from their former
moorinys and they were all bearing
down In the direction of the reef
Black smoke was pouring from their fun
nels, showing desperate efforts were being
made 10 keep them up against the wind.
| The vessels were tossing about like corks.
| one moment standing on their beam ends
and the next instant their sterns would
| rise out OF the water and expose " view
| the rudder and the rapidly revolving pro-
pellors Then the huge prows would be
lifted hiph In the air, only 20 plunge into
the next wave and deluge the ships with a
| torrent OF water, Several small fishing
vessels had gone ashore In the western part
| of the bay The Eber and Nipsic were
| very close Together and only n law wards
| of The reef THE little gunboat Ebef was
making A desperate strupple for life. hut
every moment was belng drawn ON the
| reef Suddenly she .hot forward as IN
| making last struggle, The current. how
| ever bore her on 10 the right and her PROV
| struck The mort ouarter of the NIpsIe. THE
| shock carried away several feet of the Min
sic's rail and one boat.
TUE loss oE THE FnER.
Tho pnar ,han fa,, r.oL .nd so,,aa ,,,,,
a.. sa,,.s 'S ~ aS,',aNa ~ .'s,',,s -asn
she Shs oKa l.a ann W., cmerh.a w, p,"s,uss'
one seenleu unapls y" inake hly luI,her q
| -, n',n'i, s"u"t a'uuuu u.oeu
.iue 70 the wihu anu dIliud slowly Toward
,,., W. .se,. H. tl, nvneh. more g,eas wave
.,a1 n,'s G sn1 IoSs h,en oh 's ctes. anu cal,
l,ou neI ~, y. onusiu" On we .esi' ohe caine
uown M WIN aw,ui loice hnu III an ihs.ant
uee wv mas "o. . s'suso .. ne, W pe seen, sssn;
ome auuun ,a,ty upon noI eo.unl, ioleu
osoi swai"S ,.'a VIZ oprn sea M anu a,sappesieu
,,s io, ,,o". E'siy uino., mus. naso peen
shae,e,ea anu nal. 9i uhs pooI wIe'ches
ss,t tbs wa,srs cosIns shans % maj, esay ansy
20" sno wae'.e oiooink eposc ,he., hsaus'
cIy " norIor wen, w from .ne nun
uIsus VI peopie On tne peacl' .nen Win WIN
n, ,h., naa,a, i,, h D '1n ,h Tna, ,s ousc
e A. VA "erhes, rh p'ma WILL us Eve, 49,, 'oun
o. h'.,o,a 49, 49,, ,nsan .D ,.o BUT SUI.
could have lived and waited io saye
any creature who might arise from the
water, Al first il seemed as II every man
ON The steamer had gone To His death Hut
! the breakers ON the reef had hidden the
few strupgling souls who mad come 10 the
surface. Presently man was seen cling
lng 10 the Milling under A small wharf lie
WAS grasppd by willing hands and drawn
upon The shore lie proyed 10 be T,ient-
, | Getedke. OF The Fber' and was The only
ofiicer al that yessel saved. Fonr OF her
. saiIora were saen struggIino in the water
about The same time, and were oulcklv
! rescued by the natives and ali taken 10 the
American consulate. Five ofiicers and
sIxty-slx men were Lost
The Adler was now close 10 the reef. about
. 2OO wards west of the mint where the Eher
struck and br0adside was Approaching her
doom llkewise an. In baIt an honr she
was lifted on ton OF The reef and turned
comnletely over On her aide Fnrfunnielv
she was thrown go far nm Thai nearly
the entire hull was ont OF The water and
her decks facing the shore. 40 the men
were Gamma rstIveIv nrotected They had
, bnt a few wards to swIm IN shore and
/, the crearter humber wers rescued ~
the IN oficers and men aboard twenty
Il W. 49, N"N.