The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-31
TIE SAGA OF COL CARROLL
BLOWN JPIN THE PETERSEN Nd
CRATER, ron ONE THING.

EoINas NaAS Asaa :" Ntr nv w.
Ulyuses and kneas. their wanderings
and their adventures. have been sung Tor
aRes. but here IL Col. Patrick Pitman Car
roll Of Seattle, Wash. who. having fought
IN vars on sea and land. suffered ship
wreck. been blown up in mine. fallen
nv a bushwhacker's bullet and been
unarssd hack TO health by q beautiful
yo,mg VirEiniAn and having had other
adventures almost as varied. took up
i;ne pursuits % peace dispensed Justice
ana finally went into the lumber bust
mess and put money in his purse.
Col. Carroll. who - equally well known
a. Judge Carroll. told the story Hmm
sslf al the Imperial Yesterday. Ne hap
pened o. be in New York because he had
come back from an eleven months bust
ness tour in Europe arranging foT for
eian agencies for his own and two other
humber firms on the Pacific Coast knd
making contracts.
Fl wns born on Sc. Patrick's day and
I am just turned 81 said the Colonel.
who wears HE mustache with the ends
growing chinward. az he did forty years
aRo. In London was one Of the guests
Of honor at the Irish Clubs dinner and
responded 90 the toast Our Guests
I served through the civil war. first in
the navy and then in the army. Then
was in the Indian wars with Miles, and
then | settled down in New Orleans TO
practise law. | was on the bench for
q while. and then was Attorney General
Of the State before | went west Yes. |
have had some interesting experiences
when the war started | was only
n years old A. member 90 a naval
battalion | took usrt in the frat hattie
OF Bull Run. and was a witness " the
conditioa Of Washington IN the night
Of July 81 isei. when. after the flight
from Manassas Pennsylvania avenue
was piled from the Treasury Building
TO the Capitol with artillery 50 thick
that you could walk all the way on gun
carriages. II was stuck ia the mud
Many az the horses that had pulled the
RlIns from the battlefield were dead of
exhaustion.
sAfterward I served with the Potomac
6otilla. becoming a miishipmsn. Then
I was in Dupont's feet which lett Hamp-
ton Roads October - Of that year and
which later took Port Royal. BEAUFORT.
Fsrnandina and other ports I was on
the transport Governor. an old SIDE wheel
Btsamer. and On Sunday-November /.
think IL was-we got into gale OG Eat
teras.
, Our vessel gradually went IN pieces.
MsR seams began To open and we Lost
eur ruddsr Then her hoebeams split
and we had 10 lash them together 10 hold
~ aida wheela IN place. We rugged up
. dummy rudder. hut that too was carried
away.
zine water began 70 MI the hold The
pumps got out of order and men were
sent down TO bale but the loose cargo
aunbled about at such a rate that this
was dangerous work and men volunteered
20 10 below for the work who never came
out ahve. Finally the fires were put ont
A big sea swept the upper deck and tore
away the upper par e the d~ckhuuse.
The provisions ia the for~s-asi'e were
ruined The fresh water give ont and my
life and reason were saved by p.ckls
/ A ksg OF these was flung against = stan
chion and smashed and the contents
scattered. picked up one and ate u
and the acid prevented the thirst that
made many men on board 20 crazy
-On the third day i, turned cold md a
sleet froze all over M" vessel Ine men
were exhausted and refused - work
ONLlAHr iLtI -tAlA " w" W. ~ NNslA
and again they returned ~ their posts
At the urging ~ the officers bat finally
hope was given up.
That night the great steamer Wander
biIt which had hem presented Ivy the
old Commodore - the Cover nmeut .
passed US but paid no attention 10 our
signals. Next day the gunboat Isaac
Smith hove in sight She threw out a
and not only was cut bat II damaged her
propeller - she had al she could do -
look after herself We were in DESPAIR
lit was not until III. next day that
the Young Rover, bark rugged vessel
with steam. bot under sail only. came
near We had exhausted our rockets.
but she Jaw our haE upside down and
came near She could not Eet near
enough 60 help and hurried away to find
the flagship. the old line frigats Sabine
To make the sabine respond quickly tine
Young Rover noistsd the Confederate
fAg a. she sighted her The frGate put
on full ss;l and chased cut after her The
Bower rounded us. came To and hoisted
her OEn COlOTS
Then the frigata saw our plight She
threw out her anchor and finding that
che had enough chain dropped artern Of
our bow. Sailors chairs were rugged and
hawsers were thrown from the frigate
An effort wss made To- Use the gahs 10
swing men aboard her from us but
the men dropped down between the
vessels and some were crushed To death
Then they tired getting rs 81 by putting
small boats under a hawser and having
the men GO hand over hand ca the fTiRate.
but when one 81 the vessels would wallow
the rope would slacken and the men
Wotsld be crushed or washed on
They next tried using Tn" small boats
AZ ferries. following the rope from ths.
steamer to the friGate. hut the boats
Allied or were crushed.
Finally they. did what they ought %
have done in IN" beginning. dashed ths.
vessels together and op.ned the port
holes Of the frigate. jumped head
Grst through one and fell UNCONSCIOUS
Thoss Of us who were rescued went through
that campaign.
I'm ~ I was with the James River
feet covering McCl"llan's r-tr et and was
IN the naval battalion that took part in
the last days fight ~ Malvern Hill After
UnAG / was transferred 90 the Runboat
S0nOmR. which WAS IN Wilksata Wet