Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-12

Mnrsrilles. Jan. 10. dispatches from
;hc village of framaman, near the
French mail steamship itusSir, strand
"a in violent storm, with Gupascsng"rS
,ud Il crew of II on board say that all
lturtS 10 reach the steamer have failed,
owing TO tie tremendous height of The
FcaS which are running. The latest in
formation, however, is that the Situa'
tion Is more hopeful.
When Eightfall onShroudcd the Rus
sic on Tuesday evening, quite number
Of the crew and Passengers were seen
clinging to the furc-riSging and the
deck rails, making drslairilrg signals
for Surcur which those ashore were
EoWrrless TO afford. The gale in
creased in fury all night long, and.
though a Pickering light was perceived
from time to time. apparently waved
it was feared thc steamer would either
break mp or disappear in the shifting
sands hcforr morning.
\ thousand persons awaited along
the shore. and the fishermen prepared
To launch Il boat at the first sign Of the
abatement of the hurricane. When
day broke 1t was a great relief for the
watchers ashore TO find that the bow
ana other forcparts OF the ship We're
still above the water. though the stern
had completely vanished. y group of
men on the steamers bow renewed
their mute appeal for help.
AS the day wore on more persons ap-
pearcd on the deck. forming three
groups one at the bow, another ut the
bridge. and Il third around the funnel.
Thus IL was seen that most of the
crow and passengers, who. Il rc"tilicd
ing. \ signal message was received ut
3 O'clock in the afternoon saying that
mp to HAT time no one had persisted.
The ItuSSic lies partly on her beam
ends. with her deck facing scaward
and the seas have carried away
her hatciwHys iilln- the holds ami
cabins with water. Every possible
rXpclicnt wns tried from the shore to
save the sufferers. The coast guards
men and fishermen manned life boats
aud made several intellectual attempts
to reach The steamer. " hich was shifted
by the inrrSsant pounding of the seas
lri.lc nearer the shore.
shortly after = o'clock, during Il lull
the men Oh shore succeeded in getting
Il life line to the Eu>Sie, but il snapped
as it was being pulled ol, beard. OTHER
similar attempts failed.
a tug approached as near as pos
Sihlc to the wreck and then flew kite
10 which Il life line was attached. in the
direction OF the ltGsSic, but it failed to
reach the stranded vessel. Floats were
also sent out from the beach with lines,
but in no case did they succeed in reach
ing the steamer. EOrketS were fired
frritlcssly until the ammunition of the
rocket -murtArS, which was very nleagre,
ran out.
The tugs which matte repeated efforts
to approach the EuSsir were themselves
mcnaccd with disaster, and obliged to
rclnuuish the attempts.
narrowing scenes We're witnessed at
the Offices Of the steamship company
here, outside of which were gathered
the weeping wives ana children and
other relatives of the crew. who mOStly
hail from MarScillrs. \ message. post
cd mt $50 y. H., stated that up to that
time all on board the RuSSip were alive.
IT evoked pathetic explosions of joy.
The sinking OF the stern in the sand
proves to have been lucky thing for
those on board as the bow of the mail
boat is tilted high above all but the
biggest waves, and affords Il refuge
Othcrwis" it is believed that all would
long since have periShrd