The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-07

Tr":h' al TIn That smack, % a.,
.~liF sea prinp.'

IS busiiy engaged discharging n cargo
Of sulphur Mt trcsmont street dock
says the san Francisco Examiner
Among her crew is an apprentice
William Galloway. He is a brown
laced Scotch laddie who says mither"
! %" mother. and everything about him
! from the traNcd bottoms of his Jeans
trousers 10 the wiry-looking tufts of
hair which peep from beneath the
froat peak OF his little fore-and -ari
cap betoken the rollicking. happy-go-
| 1Gckv nature of the deep-sea sailor
| boy.
There is n story connected with
young Galloway and it is more won-
! dcrIus and thrilling in details than
/ many Of the tales Il marine disaster
! evo,ted from the brains Of latter-day
writer's OF fiction. He was lost over
| board from the kilbrannan on Il wild
/ winter night 800 miles south o. the
/ Cape OF food Hope. and his subse-
! quent rescue at n time when search
for him was about to be abandoned
| gives color TO the old forecastlc legend
that there is "a cherub sitting aloft
who looks out for the life OF poor
Jack.
! 1T was S O'Clock on the evening OF
Feb. 2 last said First Mate William
: Coalneet. I'VE Were fifty five days out
/ from Philadelphia bound for Hioga,
! Japan. and when Capt. McCallum took
/ the SAN ut noon on the day mentioned
we w-"e in latitude l4.O1 south. long
itu,e l4.4i east. At the time the
| accident occurred there was a strong
wealarly wind blowing. 1t was dark
| ua bitter cold and the sea was run
ming very nigh.
galloway was half way up the rat
! lines. unlocking a block from the
main sheet when the vessel gave a
| lurch and he lost hold and fell into
| the sea. The captain, who was stand
! ing aft near the wheel, observed the
| accident and threw n life buoy to the
LAD as he was being carried past the
stern OF the vessel on the top OF big
| wave.
The ship was brought up in the
| wind as quickly as possible and boat
| lowered and manned. | took COM
mand OF her and away we went as fast
as we could in the direction we sup
| posed the lad to lie. We heard him
| shout several times as we were lower
ing the boat but he had yelled him
self hoarse and we had nothing to
| guide us as we pulled aimlessly about
in the heavy sea
I'VE pulled around for over an
hour. and as We lost sight OF the ship
several times and the night was getting
! rougher and thicker | was about to
give up the search in despair. when
suddenly we heard feeble moan. and.
, straining our eyes. we deserted Gallo
way clinging to the life buoy in the
trough OF the sea almost under our
bow. We soon had him on board,
and it took some slapping and rubbing
TO put warmth in his rigid limbs"
Galloway left his work on the fore
castle head when called by the mate,
and told his fearful experience to the
!, reporter:
When | rose TO the surface after
! falling the ships lights went away
/ from me like flash. | heard some
! thing splash in the water beside me-
| but | could not see what it was.
/ knew afterward it was the lfe-buoy
: Captain McCullum threw to me. /
. IN good swimmer and managed to
ks~ide the big seas that came along but
1T was terribly cold and my legs be-
! gan to feel like lead. The water was
as black as ink. and when | sank
| every now and again between two big
seas thought the big walls OF water
would meet over my head and never
let me get TO the top again.
1T was good job for me that the
water was so black think. Or never
would have seen the white life buoy as
it came 10 me on the crest OF a big mur-
ky sea. / reached out and rest
ed my hands on it, and it turned
over quite naturally and fell down on
my shoulders and | got it under my
arms and stopped padding. 1t came
none too sool, for | was tired out and
from the waist down | felt like dead
man. / shouted as long as ] could.
but my voice grew husky and ! wasn't
able 10 make sound above whisper.
Then | heard big wings Tapping
over my head and | knew that the al
batrosses and mollyhawks had found
me. They swoopcd down again and
again, and | kept waving my arms.
thinking every moment that one of
them would drive its beall through my
skull.
Il lost all hopes OF being saved,
ane thought OF my mother and sis
ters IL Glss row. 1t seemed to me
that | had been hours in the water,
and that the end must soon come.
Then suddenly | heard the splash OF
oars. and there right on top OF a
tremendous sea was the white hull OF
the mates boat 1t looked as il it
was going to jump clear over me. and
! tried hard TO shout at them. They
heard me, and the boat dropped down
beside me, and | was soon hauled on
board. | could not bend my legs, but
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