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

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.X \ ,-s;.-77z%1E1 scope CT the life
: -I/U.z1 saving corps, the
I2\i II/H situation of the
" D S/zr %n passengers, many
w. .- of them helpless
,~ in the face OF
danger, is we'll nigh hopeless. At such
times all depends upon the GOODNESS and
bravery Of officers and crew or chance
heroes who may come from the hold OF
the cabin.
The Atlantic, bound for Now York
from Liverpool in March, 1878, ran out
OF coal Off Nova Scotia and turned to
put i'll at Halifax for q supply. Atnlid-
night the 3Oth Captain Williams, Chiot
Officer Smith and Third Officer Brady
left the deck, giving tho second and
fourth officers charge of the ship, Sh
was supposed to bo off Sambro light, 80
miles. Orders were to run a certain
distance, then call tho captain IIe was
not certain OF his position, but depend
ed on his rcckonings. Tho prime condi-
tlon OF speed exactcd by tho owners,
however, kept him from lying to for
daylight.
At 3 o'clock Fourth Officer Brown
gave orders chat the captain should not
be called, as the ship had not run til
distance required An under officer
proposed to 60 eloft and look for land,
b1t Brown told him it was too soon for
that Brown then went below to inspect
tho storage, leaving Second Officer
Metcalf on COCK alone Metcalf went
down in tho disaster. Brown returned
to the deck about $3.50, and shading his
eyes with his hands looked for Sambro
light, but could SEQ nothing. He could
not hear the "rote" of breakers The
ship was running at seven knots, or less
than half her rate of speed. She struck
between $3.50 and O'Clock, while all
who survived, with scarcely an exccp-
ton, were below in their berths. There
were on board 1, 900 souls, so of them
cabin passengers. Out of all less than
half escaped, and these mainly through
Che energy and GOODNESS of Captain Will
hams and Officer Brady, both of whom
were aroused from sleep by the shock
Of the vessel on the rocks
Brady was locked in his room, tho key
being in tho pocket Of his mate, Officer
Brown. He broke out, and the first man
he met on deck cried 'My God! The
ships gone ashore. " Running to the
coptaip &c hcrt ba r,1ooroJ ,,,; II, re, NV
and put two women in. A number of
mon made rush to get in, but were
held back by Brady, who insisted that
the women end children be saved first
The wrangling and confusion caused
delay in launching. Some of the men
jumped in in spite of Brady, and at
that moment tho vessel reelod and fell
on her beam ends carrying the boat
and it's load down. When the ship roll
ed over, Brady scrambled across the
watery decks to the mizzen rigging,
then made his way forward, whero he
saw rock just ahead. He unrove
cope from tho foretop sail and the sig
nal tag halyards and sent quarter
master off with one end toward the
rock. Tho man couldn't reach it and
was hauled back. He afterward drown
ed on the ship. Another under officer
jumped in with an end Of the rope, anG
seeing that he was making Roadway
Brady followed. The two reached the |
.ock and hauled off a stout rope, which
shey had made fast to the ropes they
carried ashore, before leaving the ship
By this rope about 25 men were landed
on the rock-enough to crowd it.
At this point tho volunteer hero of
Che wreck gave a hand. This was Will
liam Hoy, also a sailor, but crossing in
Che Atlantic as a steerage passenger.
He lay asleep in his bunk when the YES
sci struck. Tho shock seemed to him
like the letting go Of an anchor sud
denly, and waiting awhile he heard the
bottom strike heavily, When he got on
deck, he was confused, because he did
not know the way about the ship and
expected the 1nasts to fall. A heavy sea
was coming in over the ships rail, and
he climbed into the lower rigging, al
ready filled with people. In five min
1tes tho ship fell over, and the heavy
seas washed at least 100 of the people
in the rigging overheard. Hoy, however,
his hold and soon saw Brady
and his men working at the rope.
Climbing forward, he heard Captain
Williams ask for some one to see if
here was any communication between
;he rock and land Hoy volunteered,
md following Brady S rope got upon the
'ock. There were seven or eight men
ahead Of him. The quartermaster who
irst got the line to the rock was hauling
;he men up from the water, and Hoy
ook his place, releasing him, as an off.
,er of the ship, to look out for conlmu.
'ication with the land Hoy remained
1t the rock three hours milling neon1e