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


talking in low tones TO his wife / said:
Come, lets get out or this. quick or
something to that effect. He did not APP
pear 10 hear me. I again spoke TO aim,
turning him around and grabbing him
by the shirt. He said. There's no chance
for us We're lost
II said. Give me the baby and get your
wife We can take the boats.
lie replied again that 1t was no use.
Mrs. GambeIl had looked up as / spoke
the last time, as Il she vas interested
told them that there were boats on the
ship and that we could al least make an
attempt to save our lives. Then told
them that I would go up the stairway
and raach dow for the baby. and for them
20 hand IL TO me. / knew that II j get
that baby the mothers instinct would
lead her 10 follow II wherever Ii went and
that perhaps they would come on; Of the
cabin and try 20 save themselves.
The ship Was sinking.
"Aa this passed through my mind much
quicker than 1 can tel it. Every wave
washed into the companion Was and down
into the CABIN, each freshet being larger
than the rest. AS | turIed IL SO.
thought I saw In their faces look as
IL they understood me and would comply.
As / mounted the conpan.onwaf ana
reached the deck, / turned and look d
down, expecting Gambeli would mana me
the child. ] called twice for him TO come
ard give the baby TO me. but nc did not
reply again. Then | be ard the captain tell
every one to get into the boats. ] turned
and saw that the snip was already sink
ing; that the starboafd rail- was under
water and the schooner was or her pealn
ends Just then ! heard GONE man gong
down the companionway. heard his boots
scrape against the metal covering OF The
steps This must have been Brown, whom
the captain sent down after the voman
and her child. In another minute l had
slipped off the boat ard intl the sea.
Tnan / made for the launch. diving under
the wreckage several times, until l reach
ed its side was helped into her and
looked around TO see the Gray disappear
IN the waves and the darkness OF the
night.
II believe that Mr.. Gambel and his
wife meant to come out on deck and
Try 10 get into the boat, but that before
they could make "A move, the water rushed
into the cabin with such force and in
such quantity as TO make their escape
Within two minutes at the most after |
got or deck | slipped into TIE water from
the starboard raj, and swan to the launch,
For a time. there was nothing sad on
the launch. The nt appeared n be too
Mortified at what they had passed through
10 speak. There no room for thought
and none fer words; for nothing but
horror at the awful fate OF the good men
who were still on the Gray sinking to
the depths below. end from when We
had all escaped. After while | called ont
for Rarney, who was my partner. There
was no response and knew that Ranney
was lost. Some one called out for Raaney
and there vas M reply. Then l believed
that he. too WIS gone. And so Ii was for
an hour or more. as the dark night gave
way slowly TO the broadening beams Of
the sun.
Heard "a Voice.
al dawn. We heard q voice come over
the waters 1t was a lcud heavy voice
and we knew II was Reilly. He was On
A piece OF wreckage and was very nearly
gone. but had strength enough left % sing
ous good and strong. Then Job Johns,n
fioa;ed along and he TOO was he.ped INTO
the leunCh.
'Aa swan out 10 the launch | noticed
the other launch with four men in her.
/ thought I recognized the f3~Gs ~ Ran
ney. who was my partner. and % Gluther.
The other two / did not recognize. The
launch SAT- low T. the water snd appeared
20 have considerable water ~ her. do
uoI know whether she lived long after
the wreck or eas. The darkness settled
down IKE a pail between as AMI the sink
ipg sAip and when day broke we could
see nothing hat rolling waves ard hs.s
o. wreckasa stewe1 mere and there"
NJ i, Roberts night Waterman AZ the
Rainier hotel. On Fifth aveuue believes
that there Is 4 possible hope fer the four
mea In the second launch II don't know
who they were" SAID MIR Roberts last
night. "but there Is III my opinion a possible
chance for th@ n. The ss1 was not ~ naA
hut that the boat could I've ~ right She
sat pretty low IN the water ana this NAV
have given others the impression that so.
wa= stalking from an iutury received er3ai
contact Nth the rigging Of the I;rav. |
10 Es't want ~ inS'sll any false hope in
the breasts - any VINO had = ends -
relatives On the Gray. but my opinion 81,
that thers f. just 4 possibility that tle
Italian lsUcch might have hve3
What nf 1oana sntpes.
II want "a correct the statement th-.
selpes ard Others lay in their hunks ia ;he
cabin without making any effort to gat eat.
/ was Sn}pes' partner and We stood to-
gether 90 the ships side q she iav IN her
final struggles In The trough ~ tie sea
Gesture waa the FIRST 70 leave tne cabin.
7 followed h:ga ana THEN came Snipcs. We
stood teEetHrw o0 the deck ~ the Gray
a.