The Republican journal., 1905-05-04

Every man ran toward the caOln,
clambering and falling over wreckage,
forgetful of their own peril, and think
ing only of the danger to the captains
son and the captains wife.
Below in the cabin, Mrs. Mitchell
clad only in her night robe, but holding
her baby close, was cropping about in
the inky darkness, vainly trying to find
the ladder to the deck
Capt. Mitchell ran down the steps
and seized her. Hurry! the ship is
sinking" he cried. "Give me the boy"
CLINGs TO HER SON.
But the mother would not part with
her son, and the captain, bandying no
words, seized her in his arms and car
ried mother and child to the deck. The
sailors had cut away some of the boats,
but over the stern swung big dory by
the davits.
Almost forcing the little boy from
his mother, Capt. Mitchell picked up
his wife and threw her into the boat.
She rose to her knees in the swinging
dory and stretched out her arms, as her
husband, holding on by hand and grasp
ing the boys night robe with the other,
climbed over the davits.
HELD OVER THE SEA-
There was an instant of awful sus-
pense when the child was held over the
rushing water. One slip by the cap
tain, one giving away Of the dainty
fabric of the child's night robe, and
little Roy would have been plunged in
to the sea. One instant. and it was
over. The mother clasped her child
again and fell fainting to the bottom Of
the boat
Steward Sidney P. Strout and Sea-
man John r. Emery made the dory at
the call of their commander, and the
ropes were cut, allowing the boat to
drop upon the sea.
Mate L. L. Mitchell was little too
late to gain the small craft. He jump
ed, but fell short, striking the side of
the dory as he went down. Capt.
Mitchell, however, seized him as he
came up and dragged him to safety.
NOT AN INSTANT TOO SOON.
The oars were seized and not mo-
ment too soon, for hardly had the dory
been pulled out of touch of the schooner
when the coal-laden craft went down.
Meanwhile Capt. Pierce of the Camp
bell had brought his ship to and lowered
boat to aid the crew of the Wilton,
who were soon taken on board the
Campbell and given comfortable quar-
tiers.
Mrs Mitchell and Mate Mitchell, it
was found, had sustained severe bruises,
but Baby Roy was laughing contented-
ly before he had been on board three
minutes. There was not a scratch on
him.
The Campbell remained at anchor all
rirhf hor hpu-cr and bor
| tingale covered with wreckage. This
morning she was discovered by the
crew of the Orleans life saving station,
who put off and aided Capt. Pierce to
clear his ship.
CAPTAINS FORTUNE GONE.
Those who escaped from the Wilton
returned to the station here, where
Baby Mitchell at once made himself
perfectly at home, all unaware that all
OF his fathers fortune, consisting of
part ownership was lost when the I'M
insured schooner plunged to the bot
tom. 1t is supposed that the two lost
seamen must have been stunned by the
shock of the collision. Spires came
from Calais and leaves wife and six
children, while Anderson, who is un-
married, was shipped from Cape Bret
on.
Capt Mitchell and his family left for
Boston this afternoon. Before leaving
Capt. Mitchell said:
THE CAPTAINS STORY.
eve were running up the Cape Cod
shore on Tuesday evening, having put
out of Vineyard Haven at o'clock.
Tuesday afternoon, leaking 900 strokes
an hour, weather cold. 1t was the
mates watch. At 113O l was below
taking nap; heard mate call and went
on deck. l saw the Campbells green
light right ahead, a little on our port
bow.
''The Campbell, instead of holding
her course also luffed. | saw no pos
sible way to avoid collision, so sprang
to the wheel and threw it hard down,
and our starboard bow struck the
Campbell's port bow with slckenin5
crash, and the Wilton at once began
to settle by the head l ordered the
boats to be cut away and rushed down
into the cabin and brought up my wife
and baby, at the same time calling to
the steward, who was below, to save
himself. The mate called to the watch
below forward to take to the boats. [
dropped my wife over the stern into
the boat; then slid down on the davit
falls. The rest you know"
This is Mrs. MitchelPs account of the
disaster:
''Baby and l were asleep in the cabin
when l was awakened by a crash and
shouts On deck. I caught up baby and
sprang out of the berth. As did so
my husband rushed down into the cabin
and selling baby called on me to follow
him. When we reached the deck it was
dreadfully dark.
81 knew the vessel was sinking, but
my one thought was for baby. My hus-
band caught me up and dropped me
over the vessels stern into the boat. l
could hear baby crying and l was so
fearful l would never see him again.
But in minute my husband lowered
him to me. The dreadful suspense |
suffered while in the open boat in the
black night, the climbing to the deck of
the schooner Campbell, the transfer to
the shore by the life savers, all seems a
dreadful dream"
Why suffer with spring tiredness, mean
cross feeling, no strength, no appette9