Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-04
Suove to kill the bueesnee

 had reserved one charged pistol by his master'S command for such an emer- gency, shot him dead.
 Morgan struggled to his feet and looke,r at the scene. Some of his men did not rise with the others, for they had been killed by the falling splinters and bits of iron. The whole stern of the Mary Rose was gone. There was not a Spaniard left before them. A few figures shrieking vainly for help. clutching at floating pieces of timber. might be seen struggling in the sea. The Spanish frigate had great hole in the port side Of her afterworks. She was on fire The three ships were rocking as if in a hurricane.
 Panic filled the minds of the greater part of the buccaneers at this tre- mendous catastrophe. Had Morgan to save himself ruined his own ship? They were appalled, by the terrific ex- pedient of their captain. Wild cries and imprecations burst forth.
 1.-The ship is sinking"
 we are lost.
 "Silencer' shouted Morgan again and again. ''The ship Is sinking, but our ship is there. Let those who love life follow me-'
 He sprang at the burning rail of the Spanish frigate. Black Dog was at his heels; Ben Hornigold followed hard upon; Teach was on the other side. From the waist Raveneau and the Bra gillian strove to inspire the men. old velsers from the forecastle drove them forward as quickly as he could. Pres ently they recovered their courage in some measure. for the fighting force of the enemy had disappeared. They had lost a ship, but there were two other ships before them. They swarm ed over the rail with cheers and cries. There was little or no resistance. The men of the frigate were stunned into helplessnesss by the explosion. al- though the captain of the galleon ral- lied a few men and fought until they were all cut down and the two ships were taken by storm.
 They had scarcely gained the deck of the galleon before the remains of the Mary Rose sank beneath the sea. the wounded upon her decks vainly crying for succor
 By this time the weather side of the remf ming spanish ship was a mass of flame. and there was imminent danger that the fire would be communicated to the gaIIeon. Giving his men time for nothing. Morgan set to work furiously to e,tricate himself. Axes and hatch cts were piled and all the skill and sea manship of the conquerors brought into plsy. Finally they succeeded in get ting clear and working away from the burning frizate. Morgan at once put the galIeon before the wind and when be had drawn away a short distance hove to the ship to take account of the damage before determining his future course
 Far back on the ocean and low in the water drffresi the sinking remains of the first spanish frigafe- Near at hand was the hulk of the second ship. now blazing furnace The first was filled with living men. many of them desPer- ssegy wounded No attention was paid 10 them by the buccaneers. They cried for mercy unheelef- Anyway, tbeir suspe,ss vguh soon be over Indeed. the frxt shs- -s1k and the second blew up with a fearNzl explosion short tine after they got away. A brief in sperrIon showed that the ezlieon had suffered little or 70 dznsge that could not be repaired easily st sea- Taking scrouns of hss men Morgan found that atout twenty were missing Taking 10 care for then nor for the tvo ships be hsd sos<hf 70 spIendh'y- pirate skouxh he vsA he ciappsd sail a the eaIesn ssd buFe av1y ss e ssuth- 0s - 0naiuuua1