Arizona republican., 1905-10-25

| us to come in. We went to our saloon
 and he would not let us come out, SC
 we employed ourselves in putting val
 uable things into our pockets and put | ting things into our suit cases and locking them. Presently we under l stood, for two men came and gave us
 life preservers, and we were allowed to come out into the dining saloon One Japanese had recovered by that time enough to remember some Eng
 fish and told ss that we were fasten-
 ed on a rock; that the vessel was SC injured that she would gradually sink but that by using the pumps constant | ly they hoped to be able to save all passengers before the vessel went
 down.
 "The Japanese were manning the boats, and presently one put off to
 find a landing. It was an hour before 1 it returned, and then we were called | out to the deck. By that time the yes | sel had settled until the floor was al | an angle of forty-five degrees. As we | stepped to the deck a wave dashed up | and broke over our feet, and from that | on we stood in water. We could not | stand up with our shoes on, so we | clung to the railing about the air shaft | and took off our shoes. l tied mine to- | gether and fastened them to my life l preserver and fixed FIoy's.
 There we stood, clinging to the air shaft. with the waves washing us | other would go down and pull up by clinging to the others. One boat was sent off for the sailors had found q landing place, and had stretched Q ca ble from ship to shore. It was almost impossible to get a rowboat near enough to the vessel for any one to
 reach it. but finally one was filled and pushed off and another came.
 George slid down the rail and
 reached for us. Floy went first and
 climbed on top of the rail. George held
 her until the boat was near enough
 and she jumped in. He had barely turned back for us when some excited
 Koreans jumped into the boat, and it
 capsized, throwing every one out into
 the ocean. I cannot begin to tell you
 of the agony of that moment. George
 dropped down on the deck calling FlOy's name and gTasping in the dark for her. She says she heard him away down under the waters and tried to come up to him. Her hand came up and he caught her by the arm, until a wave raised her up to the railing, when he and a Japanese pulled her over on the deck. When they brought her on deck l thought she was helpless. but she said, I'm all 'ght, Mrs. AIcCune. ' It was so dark we could scarcely see each other, but I caught one glimpse of Georges face which terifies me yet when I think of it. Just after Flay was safely beside me, a box about two feet square slipped from the upper side of the deck and came across, gain 5v,.-- -I Sc to be in the way, so it struck my ankle My foot was perfectly numb for while, but no bones were broken.
 At another time it would have been interesting to watch the dexterity with which the sailors climbed out on that capsized boat and rocked and rocked it until it lighted itself, and then the skill with which they baled the water out and made it ready for use. We started to get into it, but found we could not all go, so we stayed and waited for the next boat. By the time it came the vessel was so tipped that we had climbed to the top of the rail- ing, and the waves would dash up to our waists.
 Ut was Gods providence that there was lulI just as the boat reached the vessel and the waves were quieted so that we stepped from the rail into the boat without any danger. They pushed off and we were drawn to the shore. We could see better now, for the fog had lifted and the rain was not so heavy. We could tell when we were near the shore by the dashing of the waves, but the lantern had gone out, and we could not safely land. After a great deal of calling back and forth, the boat behind us managed to produce a light, and we, cautiously as We could, drew up to the shore.
 The landing was a dangerous place; the boat had to be headed just right and guided into a crevice in the rocks. Then a passenger was helped onto the rock and must crawl up to make room for another. I was the first woman out. A man on shore caught me. and a man behind held me. As my foot touched the shore it was clear. Before my other foot could touch the rock a wave dashed over me to the waist, and I almost went down. But soon found my bearings and crawIed away to make room for F1oy and George. We climbed up a rock I would have feared in the day time, and found our selves drenched to the skin. but safe. It was six o'clock before all the pas sengers were landed, for there were 118 ! on board. The first and second-cIass l passengers were brought ashore first, ! while guard stood with a revolver at l the door of the third-class cabin and threatened to kill any who tried to | pass.
 we had been given bread as we left | the ships cabin, but it was all washed ! away, and we sat there hungry. wet ! and exhausted. After daylight it was found that the island had a few Ko- | rean huts on the other side, and also | that there was a little harbor there. | After we were all off the ship, the ship loosened from the rock, and half | as she was, the captain ran around the island, not more than half | ? mile, and ran her ashore. Then they the baggage and mail as fast as they could, everything partly wet and some soaked. We had come over thp hill Tn 10 i'm, Ia,