The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-01-23
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The excitement incident to the flooding
and wrecking of the saloon had hardly sub
sided when the vessel was engulfed by an
other sea. This, too, came over the star
board side. It struck at / o clock.
Chief Officer Folger was in charge of the
bridge at the time, and with him was
Third Officer Klimmet The gray streak
of dawn was breaking in the east, and the
two officers, few minutes before the wave
struck, were busy watching the antics of a
bark, probably Norwegian, that was
standing to the eastward under close reefed
topsails. She seemed to be making good
weather of it, notwithstanding the fact that
she sometimes disappeared, hull, sails,
topgallant masts and all, in the hollow of
the waves.
Folger was the first to see the accumu-
lative wave. 1t was travelling from north
to south. 1t was nearly abeam when first
seen and the chief officer manipulated the
steam steering gear so as to alter the YES
sell S course and take the sea dead on end.
The ship did not answer her helm as
promptly as she might have, and when
Folger saw that she would not come up to
it he bawled out in German ''Klimmet,
hold on for your life. -
ANOTHER HUGE SEA.
The sea was travelling very fast, and the
words were hardly out of Folger's mouth
when, bang, the sea struck Its aim was
as true as the eye of a needle for the
bridge, and an avalanche of water fell over
the two officers Folger was on the
weather of starboard side holding on to the
rail. The sea tore out the stanchions that
held the rail in position, cut out the maho-
gany rail as clean as whistle for a dis
tance of twenty feet, and, with part
of the rail still in his hand, the chief officer
was driven against the lee rail- Klimmet,
who was standing nearer the port side, saw
his executive officer fash by him, but he
had enough to do to hold on himself.
The sea was broken in two by the bridge,
and the aft part of it crushed in Nos. 3
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Klimmet rushed to Folger, who was lying
face down on the bridge deck, as soon as
he could, and picked him up.
''Call the Captain" he shouted to one
of the men below the bridge stairs, ''Fol-
ger is dead
There was a scurry of feet and dozen
willing hands picked up the chief officer
and forced the broken piece of bridge rail
from his hand He was unconscious and
breathing heavily. They carried him to
the ships hospital, and the surgeon, ex-
amining him, found that he was black and
blue from head to foot. He could find no
bones broken however
The sea continued to rise, and Captain
Gross then ordered four bags filed with
machinery oil to be hung over the side.
One was put over the bow, another just
forward of the bridge, the third amidships
and the fourth aft. All were rugged on
the starboard side The oil, as it dripped
through the holes in the bags, calmed the
sea- and the Dresden had no more trouble
with tidal waves Chief Folger remained
in the hospital five days, and turned to
this morning for the first time since the ac-
cident The bridge on the starboard side
was strengthened with improvised supports
and stanchions when the ship arrived in
Hoboken today.