The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-06-14

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and the beach that lay before II was wclLnirh
impossible After twenty minutes Of grim effort
It was hnally gained only to Ind that the vessel
had passed It and was drifting on
Perhaps lie best account Of tho remainder ~
the terrible march to It's ultimate end Ii given
In the report Of the service OF 1850 which says
OF Il.
From first to last the difficulties Of the ITO
savers and the porils which bcset them never
slackonod moment The wheels Of the cart,
In coast phrase. saEdod down 40 rapidly that
IL. sank 80 quickly In the nnlratod soil-that tho
conveyance had TO be- kept on the move lest II
should be- lost. often the cart had to be- partial.
" unloadcd and portions Of tho apparatus car
ricd by the crews to tighten II sufficiently to mako
progress possible ana NJ other times the men
would have TO ding themselves upon the wheels
and hold them with all their strength 10 prevent
the cart from being capsizod by the inequalities
Of the submerged ground or the overwhelming
inburst Of the sea rushing high over the axles
The escapes were numerous II was with
great difficulty that the men could keep their feet
In this constant onslaught and p,lting OF DRIFT
wood. hui not a man fell away or ninohcd from
the work before him
Not the least difficult Of their tasks was that
OF Keeping the lines, and especially the guns and
powder. dry IN the universal dronch around them
and It Ia difficult TO understand how they con
fAN'h ~ A1ls hHlNf lIuIl tue NUMBER OF uCttnl
hrngs, wherever a momcntary pause Of the yes
sci ms she grazcd bottom or a slowing OF her
notion offered an opportunity for action at least
II dozen times. and probably more. the cart was
hurriedly unoadod on the nearest omincnce tho
gun planted ana the shotlinc nrrnnged for tho
effort. when the wreck would suddenly roll away
upon her course. and the men would have to re-
load The cart and toll on again after her. In this
way and with these Interruptions. they worked
down along the beach to station No ~ and
quarter OF mile beyond IT, when chance OF.
fcrcd for another shot, but the line parted. Tho
crew again moved stubbomy on. It was now
noon. and suddenly the man so long seen hang.
ing In the rigging fell into the sea and was gone
The crew still followed the vessel with unslack.
ened activity. Half an hour later they saw an.
other man drop lifeless from the ratneB
"Laborlng forward now for the rescue OF the re-
mnlnlng AVE. they suffered misfortune In stag
gorng and laundering through one Of the worst
sluicoways with the cart. the gun toppled on into
the Hood and was lost. desperate search was
made at once and finally II was found In four or
ave feet OF water hshod up and wiped dry and
carried thonceforth by the stout keeper on his
shoulder man was dispatched back to No IL
for dry shot'line. while the crew. moved on to
point thrcequarters Of Il mile below the sta
tion whore they got another chance to fire a
shot. which however. fell short. the tide having
forced the firing party farther and farther back
on the hills as they advanced. and the line. too.
being weighted with moisture.
The cart was again reloaded and the march
resumed. mile below the station the man over
took them with the dry shotline and, chance OF.
ferlng the last shot fred This time Il was
a successl The line tew between the foremost
and the jib'stay. and, tho cut sweeping the blight
OF the line In to the side Of the vessel the sailors
got hold OF II aud fastened It to the fore and
main rigging
As the schooner st continued 10 drift and
roll, nothing could yet be done, but while tho
u a tor TuW ~ TgWa. l.U DID,.
trudged on with II, three or four kept fast hold
OF the shore end OF the shot.llnc and kept pace
with the wreck In leash At tho end OF another
quarter OF a mile the vessel suddenly struck tho
tide setting north, stopped swung head ofshors
and worked back TO her anchors under the comb
of the breakers, The time had come at last; and
tho whiplnc. with Its ArVurtenances, was bent
on to the shotlnc, hauled aboard. and made fast
by the tail OF the block TO the manmast head
The wreck now sued around broadslde TO tho
sea and rolled rrghtfuly Tho hawser followed
the whipline on board. and the brooches buoy
was rugged on, but the vessel rolled so that IL
was Impossible TO set the hawser up on shore Ia
the usual manner, so II was rove through tho
bulIs"ye In the sandanchor while several lien
held on to the end to give and take with each roll
OF the vessel, The work OF hauling the sailors
from the wreck was now begun with electric en-
ergy After two men were landed the vessel
took the ground, hut the circumstances Increased
rather than diminished her rolling, and some con.
cUion Of this powerful motion may be- derived
from the fact that In one instance the hroeches
buoy with a man In II swung In the onshore roll
fully fifty feet In the air
The strain and friction upon the hawser were
so great that the ngnum.yitae buseye through
which II ran AZ the sand,anchor despite the hard.
ness OF the wood, WIS worn fully half an inch
deep during 30 minutes Of use. Within those 30
minutes, however, the i've men were safely land.
ed the last man getting out Of the buoy at half.
past two"
And so closes the story of that which In The
department at Washington. is spoken NJ casually
as "A nights work on the Jersey coRst"