Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-06-15
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Ayrshire came to view. A party of
wreckcrs, In going through the ships
hold, came across the old risted can
non ball. Its presence excited a little
comment among the wreckers, and
when they went ashore they told their
story or the strange find in the hold of
the Ayrshire There were some of the
people who came over In the ill-starrcd
snip stu living In the neighborhood and
they soon explained the presence of
the big twenty-four pound cannon ball.
u was sent TO the Smithsonian insti-
uute Ill Washington, where with the
curiouslooking old mortar and the life
car II has since remained.
only one life was lost in the rescue
OF the passengers and crew of the Ayr
shire. IL was that of n man who be-
came too impatient to wait for his turn
To 20 inside the car and insisted on go-,
ing ashore on the outside. A heavy
wave turned the ear over and. he was
washed of and drowned
The new style ear does not differ
materially In appearance from the old,
except that II Is larger and has small
air-holes pierced through Its top side.
One important change, however, has
been made In the construction of the
ear, The old design had rings through
which the cable slips were attached
TO the car by means of chain so that
the car frequently turned over In pass
Ing from the wreck to the shore. In
the new design the eye through which
the cable slips pass Is rigidly attached
to the ear, thus keeping 1t In an upright
position.
Atlx Inf l,I a..
women and children ashore while the
brecchcs buoy Is used to send the men.
The mortar shot and the method OF
paying out the line also furnish an In
tcresting exhibit The shot which IN
used now IL a cyllndrical-shaped piece
OF Iron about two inches In diameter.
about twelve inches long, and weighs
nineteen pounds, In one end an eye ~
cast 10 which the line Is attached Tho
line IL wound around upright sticks set
In board, and when SO fixed and
ready for use presents n figure ST an
lnnumcrablc number of diamonds.
sending out a Life Line.
When the shot IL 10 he fired the limo
IL upset into u box Just as II II wound
On the sticks, and pays out with light
ning-like rnpidlty, never foullng or
making u hitch.
In connection with this exhibit are
some specimens of the material fur.
nished by the Woman's National Re
First Moratnr aud Hall. W
lief association. The government makes
no appropriation for clothing or any
thing for the rescued, and as they usu-
ally come ashore with only very
scant amount of clothing the associn-
ton kindly stepped In 10 supply such
articles as n shipwrecked mariner
would naturally stand In need OF,
Clothing, canned fruits and jell'es, and
such other articles as would minister
to the comfort ana aid OF exhausted
men and women are kindly distributed
ut MI llfc-saying stations along the
coast
Mrs Chief Justice Waite Is the pres
ident of the society. and Mrs, Gabriel
Kent Is its vice president, both OF
whom expect Ia visit the fair during
the summer, but who have left the ex-
hibli for the present In the hands OF
Lieut.. Mcclellan