The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-30
A VESSEL HEAv1NG To.
A Nautical Operation Fraught with
oroat Danger.
b Peril. ut n stcr,a OH the Ocean-l.ny.
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. Ship wca:' ic's .: t:a:e-1at-
ting Away the Masts.

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Ship Wca: ,r-s :. t:a:e-l at
ting Away tho Mas.s.
Tho operations of .'heaying to-" per-
formed by nearly every sailing vessel
caught on the coast during the recent
storm. is never rnsortcd to by rsc.chant
vessels until it becomes absolutely nee
cssary. The moment u vessel il ''ilo:e
to" says the New York 'riiucs, She be-
IN practically stationary, the object
being merely Ia keep hcr''hcad TO the
seas Among the many vessels carght
oGtsid" during the gasc MAS every type
o! craft known To ''d-ep-watcr voy-
ages" There wcre Eas: India clip
lrrs, West India briggs, barks, barken-
tines and schooners. and a few steamers.
Many os the East India packets had
been out over n hundred and twor,ty
days. For many days prior to tho
storm tho sky had been overcast. On.y
occasionally would the sun appear, and
then for so short q time as To render
even a catch sight" we'll nigh owt OF
he question. In consequence many
ships had been running by dead rcck-
oning.' making the supposed position of
the vessel a most uncertain one.
Under such conditions were vessels
ovcrtakcn by the terrible northeastern.
Wind and sea aided each other in MAX
ing navigation pcri!ous, the seas threat
cning at every moment to roll over IN
the decks OF tho fleeing vessels. Some
craft, perhaps better able to stand The
seas, held on, steering OF ~ supposed
true course for port. In laying OFF this
course the base has been TAKEN from .
supposed true position Of the ship. In
stead of sighting the %ci:ranc" the look
out is heard calling: "lircasc.s ahead
10 II unacquaintca with a sc.faring
life the horror which accompanies sucli
a sound bnggars description. Let it be
night time and the horror is increased.
There is but IL thing to- do, and
that quickly-to call: "All hands save
Ship
The vessel is on a lee shore, the gale
is blowing her right on, and unless she
can be made to beat up in tho wind.
head off and clear tho coast. she will
beach. Up comes every body with a
rush, half-drcsscd, h~ait.dazcd, but fully
alive to the danger. The omc the
taS XIV NtSA Az GNCCihS "AisN
makes wide awake all hands.
"Hand down the helm! Let fly the
hcad-shccts, lee head and main, and
weather cross jack braces! Spankrr
shcct!.' AS fast as tho orders fly froHi
the bridge the men jump to thcirstations.
Round comes tho great ship and up into
the wind. Tho head sails Zap with
tremendous force, threatening to fly out
of the leach ropes with every roll. Nav
the spankcr is being hauled a-wra,hcr.
She feels it, and, as the stern flies off,
her head comes right up into the mass
of scctting waters.
Ground in the Ice head and main and
weather cross-jack braces Already the
mcn are at their places. and up como
tho weather yaru arms INTO the wind.
The vessel is now broadsisl. to the seas.
1t is y question of life and death
whether she will stop. If she bit con-
tiMics to canc up al we'll. Ai:ag has
been got over from forward. TO il is
bent a hawscr leading through q quarter
chock. Tho dsag is we'll away fran III"
ship. On to tho liawser ii!ap tho crvw.
Away they go with a crash. Tho drag
hawscr is run right To the bows. and at
the same time the bow cores up rapidly.
Not u moment too a great SEA
the next instant lifts the ship high into
the air. Had it caught her ..broads;ac
to- it would have plunged tons OF green
seas upon the decks. But the grca,
crafts bow has met it. She rose as the
wave advanced and plunged heavily for
ward as it rushed under her.
Now is the timc to catch her. Sharr
up so the yards from the head and main
The head sheets arc hauled we'll aft
the helm carefully tended, the spankel
cascd up slightly; tho ship feels tn,
canvas, small as tho amount on her is
she reaches forward, staggers for a mo
mcnt, then slowly works her way of
through sea after sea. AS soon as sh,
, is far enough out to sea the vessel j
brought up into tho wind, of comes til,
forctopmast staysail, foresail. forctop
sail and spankcr. a c~lose-recfed main
topsail and main spencer alone hold he
up, and all attempt to fall off is coun
teractcd by the position of the rudder.
Should tho wind still continue to In
crease in violence the topsail will b
= goosc-winged. This latter sail is ker
on as long as possible because of its bt
ing above the waves. Under q mai
spencer alone the ship has but little OF
%portunity to feel the wind, the wave
serving as a bulwark. Should, however
e a goosc-winged topsail and main sper
Is GER prove too much, t%arpau,ins place
d in the lee mizzen rigging may hold hi
up.
'c If she still continues to heel over til
S, crew will cut away tho foremost by Gu
ID ting the weather laniards. II this wi
not right her away will go the mizzc
-, and main, and then trust to riding o,
: to a sea anchor. This alone can q I'll
vessel. Let her once fall off, get in,
the trough of the sea, and the cons
quences will be expressed in tho or
word of tho seaman, ''Foundered."
ne REWARDS or INVENTORS.
!, Fortunes Realized fruis, the r:nrhed VI
ly and Grain Binder Patents.
The ups and downs of inventors arc
markable, especially the ups, says w.
Osmer in tho st. Louis Globe Demncr
of While acting as a patent solicitor scvc
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