, 1898-12-31
: Z. "A nERoUF THE SEA.
.,tFrom The Daily T&1eg.agh.)

we nave Dl0bSuAO ~ 6A'A5
narticulars respecting a man Of lowly station
Int of supreme daring and high courage, to-
LETTER With an appe& for a modest snmdo
save him, curing his necessarily brief SEM
nant of life, from the misery Oh WANT me
facts are communicated ia a singGl9rly we'll
written narrative by Mr. J. g. chalmers:
U~~cnhurst, Deal.
f,mo for their oouro5e aue SELF CO -Qtion,
on1 man ever rad q nobler rGIUt thanA
~ ~ Marsh, now in his lghtty,hi low, ear
% is sorely in neeu Of We Ie " Us
TO 'hushand out life's taper 10 cIanre,.
Oct. IA, 1881, it blew aegaIe in Ports
to which the oldest salt III the I u
con hardly remembera parallel Loho,
6 heavy rollers thundetcG OF oe"I De-
sea struck with sNcll ny o..
anu that The roar Of Il me1ciles
waves seemed " g"
Vlo'lnl nf Which wore ma, full ridipg out t
O ooIo ~ = anchor. while o.l,r0 hdu outcome an
sanp 1sft md we stigma 'ng fofheIp' Many
Inwover had los boh 81 Jloy"' 90 We'SS
n1iFt;nr to destruction rpon the G9dWIhs,~
AL;cl 1ov two miles Ualel Jhelr leo, WIZ"
One Of these driving vessels was u
Ind run for l.u oneIt6A-ng Downs aud drop
nod moth anchors. Running before q strong
ttide and heavy gale she had toe much way on
her. 50 that her long chain cables parted,
Swapping close to 'Ae anchors. As size Nllt'
ed help,essly towards the Good Eins 9 power.
full tug got hold Of her,'bu' was dragged
nstern by The weight o. the big ship: until
.no l5in. haw~ or parted with a crack NIKE q
cannon sho,, aGd she was left 90 dlGf fate.
-, 4i .ar, Go,s Nnril ont ON0 At
them, Tom Ad"ms, ran to the 'ccGs$art
fifth, 81. ;cla;ning, Tug !eft Eer;
ELL be ON the Goodwins in five minutes.
In response to the lifeboot CoxsWain the
velv Dos, =. ia Deal rushed - the bleach
and offered to 70 It to the GoodWilw and
le,cue the crew O. Gqnges if they coutd-
So wild was the night, so tr~elnondous me
hurricane, that, although no word was said
+ is probable that not ono of the litcb0r
rev fifteen in number, thought. in' his art e
10 sLoulg 6. Of see wis or .bains again
As thew sterted at midnight on. their hu-
nges had struck the mid
q, tie Goodwin. TO approach her MS
~ hfe boR5 was the 6, ""ult' N"apt
va fee~' i sea, breaking
res lay o helpless
beating upc' he exposed
...aivn her 'maa.t JotteHnS. &c.
ltblde her WAS llDpOS%Dlp, " - A"n0
mcsIs'might at any mQynent crush the hte'
boat; SO they anchored ' the
.',omeaCso>-vi, or right between ner and itho
nd. .
will lot weary your readers by reco 1t.
ing The repeated efforts Of these fftee" re les
"a rescue thelr distressed brethren. Bar 9d
no.e, bafled there, ed = treN%HoNnS
risks. dleuched to t. skin, the snow beatlL5
m their faces their yet woollen shirts frozen
rs hard as a board, they Succeeded at lsstin
4etti4g two lines to the Gangs Nhl "aGa were ere
wreck tLar 1t bee. the cNw oAthe
he" s TO getN7 h'co'0%
instruct the helpIesa2n. "' = az 70
themselves Of the mean}Yictims how 20 ""lE
the Deal iifeboot. Ins,of escape offered
a veteran of sixty soyeHyea9s. aeEy Marsh
to mp INTO the sea, with a lines gteeMo
vast. to be dragged through the bre.nnC Ills
board the wreck. Ills comrades tol35 On,
that he was mad, thaI he w I'D be INN
to deatl agar st the wIccE that theR 'eU
mol live for minu'ein Il iaGine SUI o'l'