New-York tribune., 1891-12-27

time darkness had set in a Jacobs ladder had,
with much difficulty, been constructed Detweeh
the two vessels and the sick taken 10 piace III Da
safety IL was the intention to continue the
work Of rescue as rapidly as possible during tne
night until Ill had been saved, put the ele,neh hni
as il determined not TO be cheated OUT oi un.ii
victims interposed and cut the work OF rescue
short By a combination of events which seemed
10 have been purposely arranged, the 1uil welgho
of both the vessels was brought to pear on .ne
hawsers which constituted the Jacobs ladue,
and snapped them asunder though they had
been pieces of twine. Nothing now remaincd eN,
cent to endure another long night. Of dread and and
suffering during which the struggle sgsrcT 1or lie
One incident which proved fatal TO some ana
came very near being equally destructive 10 ali
occurred about midnight. Some one without any
authority shouted to the Sabine Una. tne s 'g, thc
captain of that vessel gave the order to pay ont @
her cable and drop down by the side OF, OF tne ,n
Governor so as to give whas % ~ Here again
the fury of The elements was felt, ana the Nes-
sells dashed together with such force as 10 make
il apparent that few repetitons OF that CON
on the Governor The capStan on the Sabine was
therefore hastily manned and she was drawn back
TO her original position.
While the vessels were in contact numDer
OF the men on the bows of the Governor made q
leap for life Some of them landed ON the deck
of the Sabine and some in the rigging, and others
fell in the water between the two ships In an
instant all KINDS OF IlTItS, rcu, Dlut, Sicch '"'
white, were shedding their rays upon the surface
of the sea. II to the sights and SOUNDS OF ,ne
night there could have been added rolling CLOUDS
OF smoke one could easily have imagined t'iat ne
was standing upon the verge of hades ana gazing
down upon the shreking and writing agony
below Those who beheld the scene there pre-
sented witnessed something they Will never LOT
get Many of the men in the water were sa'eu'
but few were lost. ~ ..
Early the next morning the work OF rescue was was
resumed A boat with its crew was successfully
lowered from the Sabine, and by means OF rope
il was drifted down to within twenty or tnlrty
feet from the Governor. Had the boat, by any
mshap been permitted to strike against the Gov
and her crew inevitably lost. A line was thrown
10 the boat and one man at n time; sndlng uown
into the water worked himself along as best ne
couId 10 the boat, into which he was lifted by the
crew. When the boat was full 1t was pulled ny
thr sailors on the Sabine to the stern OF tnat
shin. Slipnooscs were then placed around me
men and they were hoisted to the bulwarks NO
language can portray the feelings when tn,s suu,
den transition from imminent danger to place OF
safety' produced in their minds During the en-
fire day until about or O'Clock IN inc
afternoon was the process of rescue continued,
when the last man left the poor old SINKING snip.
BEFORE darkness had again set in all that was
left of the steamship Governor had gone doWh
amid the surging billows to the bottom or the sea
With many thanks to the little .gunboat Isaac
smith for her good intentions: with admiration
for the sloop of war Young Rover on account OF
tine strategic movements: and with hearts over,
flowing with gratitude toward Captain Ringold
and his noble crew. for saving them from watery
grave. all except six Of that exhausted and un.
fortunate company were safely resting on the
decks of the Sabine.-tGeorge Pritchett.