Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-03-24
SMASHED s By THE SEA
The Story Of a shipwreck In the
English Channel.
FIERCE FURY OF THE STORM.
Wind ara We've Battered the Ship
Till. Only Shattered Hulk Re-
ma see--A Battle Against the Els-
meats That Eneed In Defeat. :

We had wea.liered The western is
l.. lls 4 I'd catered Atl.at.es where the
81 itlent l.....ilar shorteIs suil aud
A~.i.S a @aI, L e Oh the barometer.
fNc the ea,,.lri may tails lightly of
l.. puntaiil rs seas off The Horn. but NOT
Il Miuter gale in the mouth of he
! dish channel when the coast is
) .ewn WI Nrc, kage from the Lizard
i Hc,i ny aid his iina.ination. accus.
toned 10 VAST e.panscs Of lonely sea.
pictures all sorts OF craft jostling one
a..uiEer i'm dangerous proximity.
\ favoring gale from the northwest.
not more vicious than the ordinary
north Atlantic gale, had Kept the ship
lively ill day ard set all hands figur-
ing IN pay day. 1t was not until the
aftcrno. IL watch that the weather out
look became really threatening. Noun
tainous walls Of green water swung
out Of The darkness and huffe;ed her
aside as they passed Fierce squalls
s.aote her in rapid succession. enyclop-
ing her in Il smother Of spray. heclins
her until the yarlarms dipped in the
orests of the waves.
Al eight bells the wind lullcd and
hauled Il point TO the westward. then
hurled itself against the ship with ac-
cIlnulated fury There was a sudden
confusion OF flying cordage, over
NhelminS seas hammerins upon the
decks and the cannunade OF canvas
stripped from the spars aud blown like
tbistledewn tn lceNard.
Relieved OF her top hamper. she stas-
gcfsd erect. dripping like a half tide
rock and shaken with the shock of the
seas pountiia- her sides Halfway on
t'c UPWARD oscillation she poised
checked by The renewed onslaught OF
the sa'e AZ Il l,y the impact OF mate
riIl ohSiai, Rags Of canvas stream
cd from her rnil.'y yards Every wire
- her ri--..ii., ,NanceI AID stretched
nrdcr ID. STRATA
The letl r,s,ipd tho planmast l,cav-
81 and was starred with White fissures
r'.,nia= along lis well oiled pauks
'iAe heavy steel spar dinlpled on one
side. i:isu h,. ilad and crashed over
itear,l ii a ,s,,l:-lc of wrc Rage.
Tie cid> a sei cred Wire whipped
IT. air. a,il twisted shrar,is sawed TO
~. fro al",i; the ruined huiwarks aud
ru-k s.owcrs of SPARKS from the tor
tired irc,i worfs. The hatch covers
were rtrfr.s,i from their coverings,
= - lset: II fiaw"o,' and all th,,
j. =, a;e >n.er<truciurc If the vessel
e.t ai,. iral.en SHOUTED, orders
ere l.low4 lack. ;iaudil,le 10 the men
.n.eri'.- uadrr The iieak of the poop.
sad useless il Edible
Nha; seamai.s,iip could contrive was
cone. Men worked fsr their lives, find
Is. foothrld ~ The, spa swept deck.
lAarkin. the ias-el ends Of iron wire.
Hu. the day of cutting wreckase adrift
Is gone "iih weedcn siars ard hemp
en cor!aS". Although the plates capped
aff,, rivets started, ti!a Ii>;vy spar held
fast alongsiil". pourd; !. against the
lion hull as SIR, rolled in that trough
of the sea.
a couple of spare ,spars We're dashed
together ard launched with Infinite
CANCER through the gap in the broken
huiN'arks. But no inproyised sea au-
rhor coull hold her TO windward amid
the tumult OF such sea She was
no longer q ship. but a ruined fabric
crushed and sassing to lcaward under
the weight of the elements.
Morning brought an abatement Of
the fury of the gale Standin. on the
poop, surveying her shattered hulk,
her skipper turned quietly to his mate
and asked, is the port li:eboat sea
worthyy'
Carpenter reports that 1t is. SIR" re-
Piled his subordinate.
The SKIPPER stood for awhile In ST.
lence. noting the sluggish life of the
deck under his feet suppose we've
got to leave her. he said. What dive
Think
II Is the sole occasion where the mas
Ter mariner will deign to consult and
be advised by his inferior officer.
she can't float much longer. sir"
replied The other sympatheticaly. 1t
might be that in his time he, too.
would require To seek similar advice.
All said the skipper heavily. and
saw her launched" He crossed aysr
to the teak fife rail and laid his hand
On ii, f"ndlins it affectionatcly. IAN
right. mister. he said ut last. We're
right In the track of shipping. Pass
the word along to put bag of biscuit
aboard and ill the breakers with wa
'er'-Pal Mall Gazette.