Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-08

Captain Gillies left this port think
ing he could weather the gale, but
found he could not. He tried to turn
back and the water put out the fires,
leaving his boat helpless i'll the trough
of the sea.
Following are the 10 men who lost
their lives
Alexander Gillies, captain, Buffalo
George Gibson. first mate. Buffalo.
Will N lancy, chief engineer Buff
falo.
John D. Taylor, steward, Buffalo.
Nelson Skinner. first assistant engl.
neer.
Louis Gilmore, Waterman.
Richard Mclean, wheelman.
Robert Williams, wbeelman.
A. j. Richard, lookout.
Henry thompson, lookout.
Conrad Banker, fireman.
William Gregory, fireman.
John Heaiy. assistant steward.
Frederick Miffort, oiler.
Edward Smith deckhand, Rochester,
n. Y.
M Bell, deckhand.
Three unknown.
William Gill. one of the rescued, said
that when the We sci went under she
settled on the bottom leaving the upper
mart of the spar, to which he and the
second mate were clinging, out of the
water Then he said
AL this time the hail and sleet was
coming down IN a cutting sheet, and
we were covered with ice in a few
minutes, for though the top of the spar
on which we were hanging was % feet
above the water the big waves struck
us and broke over us and the hail cut
us like shot.
al knew 1t was about o'clock when
we went down and it seemed to me
that daylight would never come.
"When daylight came we couldn't
see a sail anywhere near us. Hour
after hour we waited there and then
we saw the Mariposa coming. For
long time we didn't know whether she
would sight us.
"When she finally sighted us and
we saw her head for us, | tried to tell
my mate but couldn't, and he looked
at me w tn a happy look on lis face.
1t was terrible ime to us before she
came up to us, and then | knew we
were not safe yet, for the sea was rum
ming mountain high, and the big steel
boat was rolling like a skiff. Every
wave sent her up in the air until we
could see her white bottom under her
water line. We knew at once that her
captain would not attempt to lower
boat, for it would have been chewed up.
"When the Mariposa got within a
cable length of US, man with strong
voice yelled to US to hang on.
"'Don't give up he yelled, and
we'll get 20 off soon.
''Ihen the boat cireled around us,
coming as near as she could, but when
rI1< fox hi Low
swept her far out, and she went off to
starboard, rolling heavily when she got
in the trough of the sea. Then she
came back again, and again she missed
us, and we couldn't have taken line
had one been thrown to US. Again she
went around, and we watched her and
watched the men on her rail waiting to
give US lift when they could. On the
third trip around she ran right along
side our spar, and, as she went past, a
dozen men reached for US. | don't
know who got the mate, but Mr. Smith,
the engineer, got hold of me and he
dragged me from the spar and over the
rail of the Mariposa. An instant later
we had passed the little stick on which
the mate and had been hanging for
almost day, although it seemed a
week"
Inc SecOuu IHdIe, LOUIS Idr OICo, Sdlu
that in the rush from the hold, one OF
them. a Waterman, was trampled to
DEATH The crew was frantic to get
out of the place. Six or eight, he said,
must have been drowned like rats in
the hold. They were not warned of
the sinking of the boat. The first long
dip of the stern was the first intima-
ton they had that the final danger was
at hand and then they made frantic
rush to get on deck. The hatchway
was too small to let them through
together and the result was that one of
them was trampled to death and several
were left to drown.