The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-11-19
PERILS OF THE SEA.
SOME REMARKABLE ESCAPES, WITH
ADDITIONS TO THE LIST FROM RE-
CENT RECORDS.

1870 49,
CENT RECORDS.
some ships are lucky and some are
,lowed by misfortune, and strange
rjngs do still occur at sea, after the
amer so implicitly believed by the
lariners of old. Though steam is driv-
DIV the clipper ships off many oceans,
ad with them goes some OF the ro-
lAnce, the men who Ego down to the
ea in ships" still have an exciting vo-
atom. Wonderful manifestations Of
gr power of the sea and the freaks of
talms come to them, whether they are
. ''pufiiu' Billies" or scaly fishing
uO0nerS.
rs an aftermath of the big September
form. three wondrous tales of deliver
ire in the face almost certain destruc-
ION were brought into port. Two of
M. miracles were worked out on the
-Ne FathOm Banks and the third on
Y nter Quarter Shoal.
The experience of the smack NJ. A.
}aston, of the Fulton Market fleet, is
he most thrilling She was capsized
+ The banks and righted in an UMPIRE
-dented fashion. Captain John Nor
au her skipper, was lost, but here is
he story of Carl Anderson, one of her
ltW:
We were feeling for an anchorage
chem we made out a Sunken schooner
lead ahead We simply had to slew off,
,lrh put us broadside to the noun
..nous seas. Captain Morgan and
<aT Peterson were at the wheel and
AL run forward to stand by the fore
sail halyard to gibe her, when d big
oil truck us and over we went. | Just
U time to grab bit of rigging and
n On. though | had no idea but that
we're all lost. The captain and Pet
.-.r we're swept overheard and we
a. -cted to follow, when a wondrous
happened
re sails were lying over in the
-.r when a bowling gust of wind
.-.- along and swept under them. a
swept under us at the same time,
With the lift of the wind the vessel
ted and stood up as right as trivet.
- lls ike a miracle, and we all raised
1T and turned to work the smack, "
t..nrain Jacob Hansen of the schoon-
~ Knight was at the wheel when a
swept over her carrying him over
r, crest. AS he came to the surface
.. ~, tooner was knocked on her beam
and the crosstrees of the foremost
20 within reach. He seized them and
-lvpd. He found the crew clinging
LIE weather shrouds, but he got them
.gp slanting deck and worked the
.f until she righted.
an another schooner of the fishing
if is asserted. three of the crew
swept overheard by one wave and
to the deck with a return noun
ot water This has happened time
gain. and is one of the most per-
-..lt miracles of tue sea.
a third story is that of Captain
ut j. Walton, Jr., of the coasting
.oner DE Mory Gray, and his bride,
laughter of Jersey farmer, who
lrdly seen the sea before she en-
5sd ON this exciting voyage to Phlla-
.a.ia. The storm struck the coaster
..r She was off Winter Quarter Shoal,
I'd away her lifebOats and tore her
sails to ribbons. The crew lashed
us4lves to the rigging. The cook
The captain took Mrs. Walton into
ui2zen crosstrees, and there for an
..r they held her fast, though I'M
uted combers smashed against them.
Fir bodies were bruised and hands
T. The masts of the Gray were par
with the seas, which roared and
,pd so much like breakers that the
H-ain thought he had struck the
..-t. suddenly the gale shifted to an
lore quarter and the schooner Scud-
toward Long Island under bare
ON the earliest times mariners
written about their experiences
--orms at sea and told of wonderful
frances. Here is quaint tale of
Duke of Cumberland cruise to
'J Rico i'll the Scourge OF Malice,
= wear 1891:
"A, Winde was taken for the begin
If the Storme, and the Suorme
IT, was looked for: which came in
... about the shutting in OF the day,
such furie and rage, as none could
e stole upon us unawares. For |
nat of doubt that | never heard
Wlnde so high If the Shippe had
cen so exceeding strong sided shee
not have endured SO rough
-4-her: for oftentimes the Sea would
m Waves into her of three or four
IT Water; which the Shlppe being
., - within board falling often, was
auch as both the pumps were able
lst out againe; though they went
t.uually all Night and till Noone
next day were never thoroughly
st.
ne Missen-Saile had been in the
ming we'll furled, and yet the Storme
.. caught it, and with much violence
el. it. that with much adoe the Missen-
J nd was hailed downe: and SO the
lsArter Decke and Poope saved from
anger of renting up. The Winde con-
led in this excesse of violence till
and then abated her some
+ AT: but then began the effect OF his
wing to shew itselfe, for then the
-a began to worke, and to swell fare
CHER than before. His Lordship's
'1ippe is very goodly one, and yet
would she bee as it were in Fit and
oand about vast Mountaines of water;
nat a man might leave out the Jest
# lie verse, and say only, undlque
outus. For | protest, besides that
Which was over our heads, our prospect
uy other way was quickly determined
sta Waves, in my conscience, higher
han our Mayne Top; and that which is
round about us; for the Sea
anne upon every point of the Compasse
mat the poor ship, nor they thaC
turcted and cunned her could not tell
oW to cunne her to bee safe from the
J.raking of these vast waves upon her.
Could anything seem more lmprob-
l1le than the experience and mlracu-
ous escape from death of Captain En-
of the German iron sailing