The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-08-27
Fate Of the Brig
Ivan =. !.
BY M. QUAD u
Copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.

| the north Atlantic, ] was there IN u |
bark which had brought lumber, hard
ware agricultural implements ana ON
er stuff. and on our arrival we FOUND |
| the brig Ivan already at,anchor.
The commander of a Russian man
j of.war on a cruise has more power
| than the cZar at home, The latter
must at least have some excuse TO
send citizen TO his death The for
!: mer has only TO report him dead, and
the details are never asked for
i Several Of the crew on the Ivan
were triccd up and logged inplaln
view of us on The first day of our ar.
rival, and II wasn't long before we
learned that the brig was floating
hell, ...s .:.-...,..:". ...:. g..
One dark and rainy night, while J.
was standing anchor watch on our
craft, one of the Russian sailors swan
of to u.s. He had come for talk.
He knew nothing whatever Of geogra.
ply and could not tell in which d.
rection any coast lay. He asked par
ticularly about the coast of Brazil.
the distance, the people. the rivers,
etc. He finally told me the crew of
the brig to a man had decided to mu-
4 tiny kill the officers and run the craft
ashore and each man shift for himself
until tho excitement had blown over.
The days went by. There was the
usual routine of noggtng aboard the
1 Ivan, and sailor who sprang over
board rather than be lashed was cool
= " shot down alongside the brig with
$ out being even ordered to return.
The next day at O'Clock in the after
!, noon the mutiny suddenly burst forth.
. There were six merchantmen in the
e harbor, but had the Russian COM
y mandcr called for assistance 1t would
not have been afforded At least fifty
= OF us saw the Russian captain shot
e and thrown overheard, and after MIN
Is went his first lieutenant. Then FOL
u lowed the paymRsttr and two others
!" and the crew had the brig TO them
10 selves Before going out of the bar
1T Dor men were sent TO every vessel t'
= show their raw backs and tell how
ID they had been wronged, and as thu
brig turned her head to sea she wa
L chcered =. .... ... ...>.
is IL was week after when we 10
nt ready for sea. bound for Rio Janieru
= We had no idea OF ever hearing iron
-, the Russians again. but when tou
days out We ran across New hei
ford whaler named Scott which CAV
us some exciting news Two days pe
fore she had been brought to by tn
= Ivan In midocean. An armed boat
crew had come aboard and robbed tn
OF whaler OF whatever they fancied.
re The next news came to us two day
Tna later. A gale sprang up from th
nv southwest and before 1t was fou
re hours old we were compelled to lie L
cir II struck US about o'clock In the ar
We ernoon and did not reach its height VI
ey I'll about 7 next morning. Everythin
n was boiling and bowling when "
70 caught sight OF the Russian down
nd the southwest She must have run D.
nj fore the gale much longer than we dl
NV for she was not In sight when II broh
he upon us Being higher out of the W
nut ter and more heavily spared. she WI
el also drifting faster About oclat
me she drove slowly past us at not mo-
ne than cable length away, and we sa
~ many evidences that things were n
shipshape aboard her
m lust Mt sunset the brig fired n
mp for us to heave 10. There was
the ugly cross sea running, and we dout
CHS ed II they would lower boat,
lr- obcyed the command to lutr up, /
a sloveny way the brig was handled
-, she made ready to take a position
tho our stnrboard quarter proved that
lg- erything aboard was at skies ana Sc
ing ems. There was a fight on her DEC
ese before the boat was lowered, ana
nee er pulling halfway to us the ya'
.n' which had eight men in 1t, return'
w. 1t was lying alongside the brig wh
4 n solid shot was fred at US, owl
to the heavy sea the aim was bad, n
ave Il flew above the topmasts, This
ion, ton startled us all, and the capta
itly had determined to put the bark
APP her course and try to run away WI
ses there came a sudden and awful exp
ned sion.
or We soon realized what had occurr
af The Ivan had blown up Sne was
rat windward of us and about half III
is away There was dark cloud.
me awful shock. and she seemed to
to,v lifted bodily up to n height OF 100 Il
The and then TO dissolve. Some OF
are fragments fell upon our decks,
for the sea was Uttered for mile aroui
zeal. One man escaped-just one soliti
in man. He was one Of the eight n
cot In the boat. Perhaps the other sex
a'' had left the boat when the explos
tn, came. The boat was not injured Il
yer, came floating down upon us with
vet man sitting bolt upright on thwi
light He wasn't cut or bruised but
rous shock had acted altogether on
mental faculties. He had become
NJ idiot and was deaf and dumb on
lved Of that. His face took on child
eed- grin which never left II, and he
the Quoted himself lust like idiots do.