The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-02-08

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(shoulder, rib, loin), patties, liver.
kidney.
ing his forebodings the brave fell
low little thought that in few
short hours he would be borne
back to that home a corpse.
In the meantime, while the rest
of the life-savers were awaiting
his return, a miller named Ogles-
by had Joined the party, and
learning that the powder had CIV
en- out, offered them some sport
ing powder that he had purchased
the day before. Surfman Barnes
was therefore dispatched to the
mill for it. Before the latter could
return, however, or rather before
a boy who overlook him on his
way to the wreck on horseback,
and to whom he gave the powder,
could gallop down with it, Belanga
arrived with his, and operations
were resumed. An eight ounce
charge and one of the fresh dry
lines were used, but the line failed
to stand the too heavy charge and
snapped close to the shot.
A Desperate Situation
The situation was now desper-
ate. For the eighth shot a line
from the Dam Neck Mills Station
was taken, and this also fell short;
the projectile splashing into the
water a few yards inshore of the
ship. Thus out of eight shots the
line had reached the vessel but
once, when it lodged for moment
on the stays and slipped off. That
the ship was within range of the
gun was demonstrated by subse-
quent measurement, and the sue
cessive failures to establish COM
munication is attributed to the
improper elevation of the piece
and the commission of the Keeper
to use the smaller No. a line, as
he had been instructed to do in
such emergencies. Surfmen Ayres
and Stone had now come up with
the boat and preparations werc
made to go off. This was at II
o'clock in the day.
Belanga picked the following
men from the two crews as oars
men, viz: George W. Stone, John
Frank Tedford, of his own Station,
and Joseph Spartley and James
E. Belanga, of the Dam Neck
Mills Station. The latter was his
own brother, while Spartley and
Tedford were related to him by
marriage (brothers-in-law). AL
though the tide had fallen off the
sea was still bad; yet for all this
there seemed an excellent prospect
of successful outcome to the
hazardous undertaking. The boat
got away from the beach in hand
some style and was headed we'll to
the windward in order to stem the
current alongshore, and the crew
responding with will to the keep
er's CHEEKY "DIive her boys! Drive
her!" the ship was soon reached.
The German, both with its human
freight, still lay in the position in
which it was first seen at early
dawn, the rope which held it being
attached to the ships quarter.
Scarcely a word was spoken as
the two crews met, Belanga was
the first to break the silence by
hailing Captain Halberstadt with
the inquiry, Chow many men have
your" The Captain rc-'ied,
twenty-five" The keeper then
called for seven sailors to jump
into the surfboat, intending, doubt
less, to land them all in three
trips. 1t is said that the Germans
were disposed to spring into the
surf-boat pell-mell. but a few
words of restraint from the Off
GERS were sufficient, so excellent
was the discipline, and but seven
men as called for, including the
Captain, were transferred to the
station boat.
These were Immediately sup
piled with life-preservers carried
for that purpose, and Belanga was
on the point of turning his, craft
shoreward when suddenly an inn
mense wave swept around the rear
of the ship, combed over the two
boats which had tailed somewhat
astern without the notice of the
surfmen, swamped them and turn
ed them completely over and over.
Thus in a moment every man
was thrown into the sea. the long
boat remained attached by its
painter to the ship while the surf