The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-03


wife We can take tee boats
.Fie replied again that IL was 10 use
Mrs Gsmbeii had looked up as spoke
the hast time, AS II she was Interested
told them that there were boats on the
ship and that We eopid al least make an
attempt 70 save our lives. Then told
them that would go up the stairway
and rsach dow for the baby. and for them
To hand il 20 me- / knew that II | got
that baby the mothers instinct would
Head her to follow 1t wherever 1t went and
that perhaps they would come out Of the
cabin and try 10 save themselves.
The ship Was sinking.
"Aa this passed through my mind much
quicker than L can tell it. Every wave
washed into the companion way and down
into the Calm, each fresaet being larger
than the rest. AS / turHed 10 go,
thought 1 saw In their faces look az
IL they understood me and would comply.
As / mounted the coinpan.onway ana
reached the deck l turned and iooA d
down, expecting Gambesl would hand ne
the child | called twice for him 10 come
and give tbs baby 10 me. but ne did not
repiy again Then he ard the captain tell
every one 10 get into the boats ] turned
and saw that The ship was already sink-
ing: that the starhoard rail- was under
water and the schooner was on her peain
ends Just then I heard some man gong
aowa the companiopway. heard his boots
scrape against the metal covering OF tae
steps This must have been Brown, whom
the captain sent down after the woman
ard her child. In another minute had
slsptsed off the boat and into the sea
stx.. nass Il fxrss. Hat
the wreckage several times. until reach
ed It's side | was helped into her and
looked around 10 see the Gray disappear
N the waves and the darkness of the
night.
II believe that Mr. Gambell and his
wife meant TO come out on deck and
try To get INTO the boat but that before
they could make Il move. the water rushed
Into the cabin with such force and in
such quantity as 70 make their escape
impossible. II was all over IN A minute
Within two minutes AT the most after l
got on deck | slipped into TIE water from
the starboard raj dod SWAMI % the launch.
For a time. there was nothing 81 Il on
the launch The IN u appeared To be 100
horri,ted al what they had passed through
10 speak. There was no room for Thought
and none for words far nothing bat
horror a. the awful fate OF the good men
who were still on the Gray sinking 10
the depths below, end from which We
had all escaped. After a while | called our
for Rarney. who was my partner. There
was 10 response and knew that Ranney
was lost Some one called out for Ranney
and shere was n reply Then l believed
thar he. too. vas gone. And 50 II was for
an hour or more as the dark night gave
way slowly to the broadening beams OF
the sun.
Heard Voice.
~ dawn We heard q voice come over
the watere Il YVES loud heavy voice
and We knew il Vas Reilly. He was On
a piece OF wreckage aud was very nearly
gone. but had strength enough left % sing
gu, good and stronE. Then Job John.,pn
nolted along and he too was hoped INTO
the launch.
As swan cut 81 the launch. | noticed
The ush*r launch with four men I'm her,
| thought recognized the forms 20 Ran
aey who was my partner, ana u Ginther.
The ether two dgd not recognize. The
lauHch sat iow il the water ana appeared
"a have considerable wafer in her | 30
aot know whether shc lived long af,eT
the week ~ eos. The darkness settled
down IKE 4 g-tl between Us ani the sink
irg ship and when iay broke we could
gee nothing but roll ug waves and bits
~ wTeskage stewed mere and there."
NJ + Roberts. sight Waterman az the
R,3a!.r hotel. On FfffA avenue. believes
that there Is a possible hope FOR the four
men ln she second launch il don't know
sho they we're" said M Roberts last
night hut 5hsre Is in my opinion a possible
chance for ths n. The saa was not - rad
bat that The boat could live all right She
sat pretty low in the water and this may
have given others the impression taat =he
was sinking gr3r N injury received ram
contact WITH the raging 90 ths GRAY