The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-09

understood the Injured men will be
brought ashore for treatment tomorrow.
Carpenter Shawbe was buried at sea
The other vessels Of the feet show marks
Of their rough voyage. their upper works
and deck hampers being damaged
The squadron weighed anchor IN the
roads Thursday morning and put 70 sea
Friday evening the weather thlckened
and BY night was blowing a gale The
Indiana returned TO the roads. owing TO
the condition OF her turrets. The rest OF
the fleet. however. poked their noses into
the storm and headed south. When about
nfty miles OF Hatteras The feet felt the
fun force Of the blow. Open squadron
formation was maintained ard the vessels
were pat IN order for siege OF weather.
The battleship Maine rolled in the big
seas. the water washing her decks Al ev-
cry plunge IL was Ia Friday Afternoon
when the accident occurred which cost
three seamen their lives. Three Others
were rescued only by prompt and heroic
work
gang Of men was ordered forward 10
make more secure the iAshings OF The big
guns, The deck was deluged and The
wind was freshening every moment. The
men were a. work with the Iashines when
an unusually heavy sea cur.ea over the
bows and swept aft SIX OF the gang
were picked up and carried overheard be-
fore they couh escape the wave When
tAe cry of Man 0yerboardr' was carried
back there vac n scene OF momeutarv
confusion. but IA an instant the spIenetd
discipline % The crew was apparent Life
hIoys were cut loose ard the order given
20 get a boat overheard. The high seas
made this work one NJ rsriI ans difrcuitv.
but , boats crew under Naval Cadet Wal
ter r. Ghersrdl. son Of Rear Admiral Cher
srdi. retired, was finally lowered fne sea
uanship alone preventing the fran craft
from being crushed against the sides of
tire big battieship While th4 engines
had been reversed a. the first signal from
the bridge. the momentum OF the shin has
carried her some distance beyond tho ano,
where the sesme1 were swept overheard
and The set OF the current was carving
them farther away every moment. 7nn
ship's crew watched the rescuers ss thew
pulled nsufglly IN the heavy seas the
waves running 50 hlsh thar tire Htfia h9sf
was az times hidden from thA vesso~s
deck as tt rushed down into thA trough
Meantime the drowning men foarht bravo
~. and three - them managed ~ keep
aaoat unuI thelr mates hauled then, ogt
the water They were, Seauer uasss1
Crou!n ard Freeman The rer,atrf-s,
fhree. Brown. Nelson ara KoCel wAra ~ot
- be seen The llfeeoat crulse-s hack
and forth over the sea. bar The brave fs,-
lows $40 AffHa AEh ll4s struggle FsE
q sailors fate CADET Ghe~arsf 49, hts
boats crew were hiEhlr cornp1irusnted by
are officers for their brave work.
Frs1ay njsa5 tae feet aad heavy vrafA-
er - u. bat MANAGED 20 keep Within sig
mailing distance q one another. Tora-s
morning the squadron was hove . ars
wsarherei o9gt TIE rest % TIE gaze IN ga.
manner TIE offers say tt wse one =,
the worst gales TIRE feet las ever exrer-
teucet
TIA Fsrn made thls port Nef9-~ tss vr,~s.
- re ~ate. being forry-as Eht hours aAa-s
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arrived yesterday ard experienced n, ss-
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