Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-05-14

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wcck. and I-,biishci ty sprciAl arangemsp,
uhh hini thrus,sh the Amesican Ircss As.pclA
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sTCTiON WI
When tho captain Of tho Craglevin
Icrcciv,,l the approach of tho rvpcllcr,
be- was much surprised. hut ho did not
hesitate for moment "a 10 his ooursc.
lie signslcl 10 the transport. then about
q mile % the north. to kccp CA tho way
whilc lic Icgrci q mot the enemy. II
had lyVn dryiicl il British naval circlcs
that tie propsr thins 30 10 Ia regard 10
q ry,Vllcr V1s . ram her ~ quickly o.
possible Uhcs1 vessels wcrc necessarily
slow and unwis!iy. cad u a heavy irun.
clad could tV-p clsar "a crabs Ions
cnou.hio ulh down ugoa oac. there vas
oycry reas1a q bs!..sc taai tho hall
bouuc,f." o. ,As rs.,ll.s wgrv called By
nri.lsh i-l.-t.. could l. crushed Ia D.
bow ~ ,.s:g. liau ami SUM 80. flll %
coll.ss ral determination. tho captain
o. a., Gre. .sg.a tc9o down upon The ~
pCllsF.
II bt-t .scg-lary O. enter intO Go;ails
oftA. t-sl.aS action. Before the Crag-
loyla Wa vlghia halt q milo % her cno-
my the vss 1ifgl by two crabs. III u
which L-l Ga; looso from the rcpcllcT.
AMI IN l.ss than twenty minutes 10th %
her f1Tews w,FV extracted and her rud.
dcs shattered n tho meantime two o.
the swilios; cy-ts had pursued tho tans-
roIt. AMI com!ng w with her. ono of
them hsl fastened - hcr ruddcr. with.
cut. hovcyOs. making any aiicinp; 10 In.
iuro u. When ths captain ~ the steamer
saw tha, ous % the ga devils had him
by Tie GcFa. chile another was near by
rady 10 attack him. DO prudonily
stopped his ,nyiaes and lay 60. tho crab
keeping be chips head 10 tho "a.
Tho captain % the Craglcvin was .
very dlGcrcnt man from The captain %
tho Adamant Ilo was quito M brave.
ba, ho was wiser Snd morc prudent. 10
saw that tho transport had bcon cap
tur,d and forced 90 lay 90. ho aw that
the rcpclllF mounted two heavy guns al
her bow. and whatever nigh, 10 the
character oi t'oso gum. there could 10
no raSonlblc doubt that they wcrc suf'
iicl,nt 10 sink hn ordinary nail steamer
lIls own vessel was entirely out ~ his
control, and even N be ohoso 90 'ry his
guns on the spring armor % the rcPclcr.
IL would probably result IN The rcPclier
turning her fire upon the tran'Por
With disabled ship. and the lives OF
~ many men In his charge. the captain
of the Craglcvin saw that u would IT,
wrong for him 10 attempt 60 tight. and
ho dil not fire gun With as much
calmnoss a. the circumstances would
permit ho awaited the progrcsi u
events
In very short timc a message came
Ia him from Repcllcr No H. which
stated that In two houp his slip would
L. destroyed by instantaneous motor
homls Every opportunity. however.
would H. given Tor the transfer TO the
mail steamer of all the officers and men
CA boarl tho Cmglcvin. together with
such - their posscssions a. they could
take with them In that time. When this
had hccn done the transport would IL
allowed 10 proceed on her way.
To this demand nothing but aoquics-
ccnco was possible. Whether OF no,
there was such thing as an insiantanc.
ous motor bomb tho Caslcvin's officers
dii not know: but they know that n left
20 herself their ship would scon attend
90 her own sinking. for there was a terri
bic rcn, In her stern. owing 90 a pitch oi
tho vessel while ono % the proi.llcr
shafts was icing extracted
Preparations for leaving the ship were
therefore Immediately bcgun. Tho crab
was ordered 10 reloaso tho mail steamer,
which. In obedience 10 signals from the
Cmglcvin. steamed as near that vessel
a. safety would permit Boats were
lowered from both shiTs. and the work
% transfer went on with great activity.
Uhcrc was no lowering ~ nags on
buard the Cnglcvin. for the syndicate
attached no Importance 20 such outward
sigus and fornaliiics. II the captain ~
the Ilritish ship cho-c To haul down his
colora be could do ~. but II he preferred
% leave them still bravcly floating above
his vessel. lo was equally wclcomc TO do
that.
When nearly every one had left the
Cmglevin. a boa, was sent from The o.
lellcr. which lay near 10y. with a note
requesting the captain and drst officer
of the British ship 10 comc on boarl Re
Icllcr No. II aud witness tho method of
di-charging the ins,antaneous motor
honib. after which they would IT, put on
huarl the transport. This invitation
struck the captain ~ the Cragievln with
suuiri5c. but a little reflection showed
him that II would h. wise TO acccp, Il.
In the llrsi place. 1t was In the nature OF
command. which in tho presence q
six erals and a rcpeller IL would hc
ridiculous 90 disobsy. and. moreover, he
Was moved 10y desire to know some
thing about the syndicate's mysterious
engine 81 destruction. u. indeed. such a
thing rvally existed
Accordingly. when all the Others had
LIFT tho ship. tho captain of the Crag'
levin and his tint officer came on boarl
the rcpel!er. curiously observing the
spring armor over which they passed by
means ~ light gangboarl with hand
rail They wcrp received 10y tho director
at one Il the matches of the steel deck.
which were now all open. and conducted
by him 10 the bombproof compartment
In the bow. There was no reason why
tho nature Of the rcpeller's defenscs
should not bo known 90 tho world not
adopted by other natlons They were
intended as a protection against ordi'
nary shot and she'll they would avail
nothing against the instantaneous motor
bomb.
The British officers werc shown the
motor bomb TO h. discharged. which.
externally. was very much like an ordi'
nary shell. except that IL was nearly as
long as tho bore OF the cannon; and the
director stated that although. Of course,
the principle OF tho motor bomb was the
syndicate's secret. II was highly desira'
BE that its effects and it, methods ol
operation should 10 generally known
Tho repeller. accompanied by the mail
steamer and all the crabs. now moved 10
about two miles To the lccward % the
Craglevin. and lay TO. Tho motor bomt
was then placed in one Of the great guns,
whilO tho scientific corps attended TO the
necessary calculations of distance, etc.
Tho dircctor now turned 10 the British