The daily Alaskan., 1910-04-27
SMASHED BY TIE SEl
The Story of a Sh.pwrsok I0 the
 English Channel
FIERCE FURY OF TIE SToBM

Wind and Wave Battered ths Ship
 Tm Only Shattered Hglk Ra-
 mrass-A Battle Against the Be.
 msuta Tbaa Ended Co Defeat.
 We had watbegcl the western lands aul entered atitude wheHe ,as prudent Haaner shor,eus aa and See,# wary eye on tbe barometer. for Iae PaEarer may talk lightly of mountainous seas oH the Horn, bat not . 0f winter gale lu the mouth of the English channel when Che coast is sreBu with gGeckaee from ,h6 Lizard Co Heaehy and his imagination aecus- toned tg vast expenses ef lonely seq pictures 3Ii sorts of erslf iosEinE one lul-har I8 dauEeroua proximity. ! X faFGgiug gale from the northwest 1gr uare vicious than tbe ordinary north Atautc gale, had kept ths sh.p lively all day and sel an hands 1sur- ing ul pay day. It was not gHdi thg
 afternoon watch thaf .bs weather out laok became really threatening Noun .8iBggs walls Jl eEseH water swung all os ,ha darkness aad buAeted Der aside s tbey passed Fierce squalls uate Der H rapid succession, euveI1U- ing her iu smother Of spray. heeLnE Der uaal Che yarJarus dipped .U tde aEesls at the waves
 AZ eight bells Lhe wind uilel and hauled point t1 the westward. then hurled itself against tha ship WiEh ac- gEmg'ated fury Tlere was a sudden confusion uf flying coEd8Ee, over vheImaE seas hammerilg upon che decks and lhe caHaouade or canvas
 stripped Erom the spaFs and blown Hss EhlstleluHu co ieeWard
 Relieved 0f her top hamper she siaE- Eersd erect dripping Ike a bali tide rock and shaken with Che shock gf che
 seas pounding her sides. Halfway on lle upward oscillation she poised, checked by tle renewed onslaught of tle gale as lt by ybe impact of mate E-al obstacle Rags gf canvas stream ed lrgm Der empty yards Every wire Qt her rigging lWggsed and stretched under lhe strain
 The deeE round tbe malnmast hPay- ed and vas starred with Whlta Assures running along l-s well oiled blanks Ile heavy sJee spar dimuIei on one side. then bgckled and crashed ever allrl .u a BBgla gt WrgcEage
 Tat ends ut severed wire whipped lhg air. and twisted shmuJs aHed Go and fs5 along Jhe ruined l WsTks and struck showers ot sparks from tbs tor uTg8 Eel work Ele hatch covers were stripped from Edeir coverings boats smashed Jg hreW1Qd and su ghs intricate suuers.ruc,urs gf ghs vessel swept and broken Shouted orders were blown back, iHaa5.b Jo the men covering under the brlaE 1f che poop aud useless if audible
 What seamausli8 could c0Dtriye was done Neu worked f1l tHa-r uyes Gud lE tgaraaId au lhe sea swept degE hacking the jagged ends of Iron wire Hul tGe lay gf cutting wrscEgga 1drift s gone with wooden sPam and hemp ea lo1dase Although che plates gaped and rIFels suued. the heavy spaF held fast aIlags.de, pound us against tha iron bull ls she role lu Ihat trough uf the sea-
 A couple O. spare snar5 were 4shed together ua launched with infinite danger through Doe gap in the lEoken Ellwarks But no imPFoFsad sea an- ehog could aal3 her t5 WindWard amiJ the -uull- lf such a sea She was u9 longer a ship. but a ruined rabrie. crushed and sasgiug Go lsewarl under che weight of t6e elements.
 Morning brought aR abatement Of tle fury 0E tha gale Standing 0n the poop surveying her shattered huik, her skipper uaed quietly t9 his mate and asked. aIs the port Htehoat se8- worthy
 Carpenter reports that it i5, sir, re- piled bis subordinate
 The skipper stood for awhile in sE IeBea noting the sluggish life 0E tho deck under bis feet suppose we've got Co leave her" be said "What dye th-lEEf
 Itls Che sole occasion where the mas ter mariner win deIn Go consult and be advised by his inferior officer
 -sae cal't Hoat much longer. sir replied the other sympathedcally. ft might be that ln his time be. too, would require Go seek similar advice.
 eAh.a said Che skipper heavily, -and I saw her launched" Be crossed over Co tha taak dge rsll and laM his hand on lL flnulng it aBectouayely "Au right. mister. be sail at last "We'rs right n the track og shipping Pass che word along t9 puI a bag of biscuit aboard and on tae breakers vIth wa- ter."-pau N8u Gazette
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