The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-04-18

broke again. The cause Of tho breaks
was the frozen line which speedily
ohafed in two on the rigging, where it
rested to facilitate tho work Of hauling
| against the dragging current. But the
break was not the worst of the mishap
| Wulf's steadfast companion in the work
ct hauling at the line stood on deck un-
supported, with the line twisted around
him for stronger hold upon it, and it
broke behind him. The full power Of tie
| ,urrent falling upon him alone was
I more than he could bear, and before the
others could reach a hand to grasp him
be was Whirled into tho sea. Seeing that,
the life savers hauled away gallantly to
get him ashore, but benumbed with cold
and weakened with tho long pull ho had
Kept up for two hours he dropped Off
and sank in tho freezing surf. The Ca
fastropho to the lines ending in the death
Of one out of the two most actively CO.
operating OH board the wreck nearly led
to second, owing to the frantic desire
Ct a crowd Of spectators on shore to
lasten the rescue.
Keeper Veeder steadily insisted that a
.ifeboat or raft could not 1.-Two in that
sea, but raft having been brought to
,he spot by the Massachusetts Humane
focievy ho yielded to tho clamor of the
,.rowd and with his men helped to
launch it. The moment it struck the
heavy sea the oars were torn from the
hands Of tho rowers and two of tho men
twept into the surf Tho raft was next
ossed high upon the beach, and tho men
overheard barely escaped with their
lives
Z Meanwhile the situation Oh board the
wreck, as afterward disclosed by Wulf,
7as appalling Of the four men who
helped on the line which broke and
tragged q victim down with it, two,
enc OF them the captain, froze to the
:igging, where they had stood while
'.auling, and in that lifelike attitude
!,erished before the eyes Of their would
1e rescuers. This was unsupported on
shore until, when another shot line was
fired over the wreck, only one man, the
ieroic Wulf, laid hold to secure it, Aft
tr making it fast he went into the for
yard cabin, remaining there SO long
that the life savers believed he had Civ
IA up the bitter struggle and gone to
Ind a dying bed out of the pitiless
torn. A circumstance Of an hour be-
ore gaye color to this belief. A man
F.s,ho had not been seen working with
the crew on the lines emerged from the
after cabin, passed his companions on
deck and disappeared into the house for
ward. He had indeed gone there to die,
his brain turned by the saddest of all
the tragedies on board that i'll starred
ship. He was the mate of the ship and
had stood the whole morning waist deep
in the freezing water in the cabin hold.
ing his child in one arm and with the
other supporting his sinking wife. Of
the men driven into the cabin, after
hauling until they were exhausted on
the first line, two had died in the pres
ence Of the mato and his helpless ones
The woman was the next to go down,
and seeing its mother floating lifeless
on the water, which swayed under the
motion of the rolling vessel, the litt]o
one whispered family to the broken
hearted father, ''Papa, won't God tako
US to shore?" AT last tho child perished
in its fathers arms Crazed with grief,
he rushed from that floating tomb to
hide and wait for death. Wulf found
him in tho other cabin lying motionless
in the water and dragged him on deck,
promising life if he would bear a hand
to haul off the line that had been made
fast.
Cheered by the sudden appearance Of
these two when they feared that all on
board were dead, the surfmen again
walked tho line to windward, where
the strong current Stacked it toward tho
ship. That limo and also another broke.
a third was fired into the rigging, but
tho sailors were unable to climb up the
ladders after it, SO it was hauled back
and fired low over the rail. Although
both very weak, Wulf and tho mato
hauled off the buoy, and the latter was
placed in. Wulf sang out to the life
savers, "Haul ashore!" standing by the
rail to slack the offshore end as fast
as the buoy Travelled. The mate was
badly frost bitten and was hurried to
the station wrapped in blankets. The
mates was heroic and his powers of en-
DURANGO marvellous. Unaided, for he
alone remained alive, he hauled the
buoy off to the ship and was saved.
The rescue of Wulf and the mate was
by hauling tho buoy
through the surf, and as their clothing
had already been drcnched and was
frozen stiff from the journey through
the icy water the poor men received
shocks making them unconscious Not
until after hours Of treatment at the
station could they tell the hapless story.
Hut there remained no sign of life on
The wreck from the moment Wulf
5prang into the buoy, and the life savers
gave their attention to the rescued men.
The vessel became total wreck.
None on Hand.
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