Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-29
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aud out of the way lest they impede the efforts oil
the mariners engaged in attempting to the
vessel HUT the has lost nothing of its
strength. its capriciousness or it's magnancy. and
when the unexpected happens and the ship strikes
II is, unfortunately. too true that, however
Staauchly built her skin, the attendant horrors
are seldom wanting or the resultant calamity less
direful than II was in oden days.
Almost all shipwrecks may be regarded in three
aspect--the pathetic the heroic and the pictur-
esque The cnematograph has not yet, so far as
aware. recorded the various phases OF Il
reai shipwreck The great liner, teemins with
life. the micrOcosm OF a big city. her people, eX-
pectant of fine and favorable passage. confident
in the knowledge that those in charge are fully
competent hopeful that everything possible has
been done for their comfort and security: then
the fog or darkness closing in, uncertainty, un-
easiness. the crash. the grinding on the rock
There follow the passionate sweep OF the seas and
the complaining echo OF the surf, accompanied.
perchance, by the raging of the wind and the
terrible blast OF the rain-fed tempest. Then
tragedy TOO frequently in sight Of hundreds on
shore who would be willing helpers, but are able
to render little assistance. A few hours
later and rattle of wreckage on the storm-streWn
beach is all that tells the fearful tale Yet photog
ranhy can aid in the realization Of such events,
and as the photographs reproduced with this ar
ticlc show can more especially when the deserted
hulk is time preserved. indicate, if only in
adequately, the fury, the misery and the desolate-
ness CT StNpNEeCh-
When fire is added TO the other perils then the
spectacle becomes magnificent in its horrors De
scrihiug the burning OF the Queen Charlotte. OF
10 guns the Hagship OF Lord Keith. off Leghorn.
fla March. 1900. spectator tells how the ship be-
came euyeloped in black clouds of suffocating
smoke from which here and there CLEANS OF
Iurid fame arose, Then the fire became more
vivid rose higher and higher, grew brighter and
brighter crept quietly, but surely, onward and
upward envelopng tue masts, the yards and all
The delicate tracery Of rigging and spars The
boats on the booms. the quarterback, the poop in
one direction, and the forecastie. bowsprit and
uasts IN the other. each In turn epwCapped
in flames amid the pickering of which the dark
bodies of the gallant officers and men stood out
distinctly "a they attempted 10 smother the fire
with blankets aud hammocks. or poured streams
OF water upon the burning parts. In spite of their
almost superhumau efforts the flames rolled on,
making the destruction OF the ship inevitable,
While to add TO the striking effect the guns, as
they became hot, exploded. threatening the al
prQach OF those who would have gone TO the sue
cur OF the crew. At length the fire reached the
snagazines and the vessel blew up, sending
dusty column OF debris and wrechage high into
the air. All that left unburnt Immediately
sunk down by the stern; but when the ponderoas
contents OF the hold had been washed away the
ship suddeniy 10 emerge almost her