Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-07
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! rushed below and brought ND a
blanket and great coat to wrap him
IN. and he was promptly swung over
INTO the boat where Carlton received
and supported him.
lhree bags OF bread. with tarpaulin
10 cover them, two kegs OF rum, four
CASKS oil water, with oars, sails and
blankets. were thrown pell-mell into
the boat. A Ratchet and a bundle OF
spun-yard completed our stores.
Inc eompasses were considered now
TO be useless. or were omitted, for.
get which.
The wind still amounted TO a gale,
though less violent, and II famed the
growing flames. so that the fated brig
burned last The lightning still fash
ed, but at the horizon. and the thun-
der was heard to grumble above the
hiss OF the sea; yet We needed tnem
not, though they added to the terror
and the grandeur of the scene: and,
most proyidentially for US. the fur OF
the storm was past.
Tattooed Tom was the last man who
left the brig. and the moment he was
IN the boat he exclaimed, with q loud
voice, that rang above the roaring oil
the flames. which now gushed through
every hatchway and aperture, above
the bowling of the wind and the break
ms OF the frothy sea-
Shove off'--out oars. there. 10 star
board--pull round her stern-pull Will
a will TO windward-keep tho boat
bow TO the break OF the seal"
We pulled silently and vigorously
] and soon got clear OF the brig. through
) the four stern windows of which fou
] lines OF light glared redly on the ocear
All our strength was required I
E achieve this. for the brig. being tn
e larger body. attracted the boat towar
5 her. However We got safely to wind
9 ward. which was absolutely necessar,
for TO ieeward there fell Kissing int
" the sea a torrent of sparks and burr
4 ing brands from the rigging, which WI
g all in flames now.
y Resting upon our oars. or only usin
n them TO keep the boats head to Il
a break of the sea. aud to prevent b.
being swamped-an operation durit
- which they were as often fourished
u the air as In the ocean, when We 70
n on tho crest OF one vast. heaying way
ID or sank into the dark vale OF wat
1r between two-resting thus. we gaz
ID in silence and with aching hearts
the destruction OF our home upon [
e. sea.
I'd We could feel the heat OF the CO
ar fagraton even TO windward. In qua
e; ter Of an hour she was developed fro
q: stem TO stern in a sheet OF fire Il
n rose skyward In the form of pyl
81 mid. BY this time every vestige
re her spars. sails and rigging had d
81 appeared.
IN The entire deck had been consum
Ter the bulwarks and nodded -plank-sh
rapidly followed. and through
IN flames that reared dercely from
he hollow of her hull We could see
he black timberheads standing upwi
Id like a row of fangs.
put Rents appeared next in her sides
hi- the flames burst through the inner
outer sheathing. and with hiss
ich sound as they met the waves of
.ri- briny sea. Then a salt steam n
an and it's strange odor. with that
/. the burning wood. was waited at I'll
Eu- toward us.
At last she gave sudden heel
an star board. and with a sound un
1T anything | ever heard before-a del
a.t. of water e1tinguishing a mighty ii
nm the waves rushed unanimously In
nee all sides. She vanished from our
irpt in mist and obscurity. and a be
ury darkness suddenly replaced the 9
that for q time had lit up the hea'
sst. sea. dazzling our eyes and slekel
vs2. our hearts.
a.. continual