The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-11-24

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na,.;,o,s ,,laca 81 a,,,ost dssna;,-
;na1,, hona that in so,ae wav ral;af
r,;sb+ eo,,a and +bns thav nassed
the ted;ons honrs If the night
Whar r,orr;n~ hroLa +hev cast
+ha;r evas fo,.syarJ - the br;dga
which was still, ahove water and
hal;ev;ro that r. tbav could reach
Il +bara woula NOT he less while
+bav would have snace "a stretch
their cramned limbs and move a.
ho,,t. tba,, .datar,r;nad ~ make the
otta,hrt .Tba MAJ devised was To
rio . sort of boatswain,s chair ON |
the ,na;nstav h. which thew could |
slide down and lower themselves
~ the br;dge--a contrivance SINH
ior "a +be ;braacbaa how annaratus.
This thew s,,cceeded - accomplish
inc With Lace d;ff;c,,ltv than might
ha ;mao;ned and an nassed down
without trouble excent the captain.
who was-tbe last e. make the ven
tmre and was for some roinuttes
s,,snendad in nid-a;r hv the foul |
;ng If tha raar Finally there
moved - be no recourse hut to
cut tha balvard which was done.
lett;nc tha scbair,, slide down with
great valoc;+v some az or 40 feet
The canta;r was considerably
h,,,;sad IN matino tba massage. but
ali hands being at last where they
could EXERCISE themselves a bit.
their shirts were somewhat re-
v;vad
Although It was now broad day.
LIGHT thew could perceive no signs
of land and therefore knew that
unless the bazv condition of the
atmosphere should pass away they
could NOT be seen and would be
Obliged to endure another night
ON board the wreck. The master
still had IL in his mind to make the
first possible feasible effort to
reach the oil and turpentine stored
in the forecastle head. and as the
forenoon wore on and the tide fell,
he concluded that as favorable an
opportunity as they should ever
have had arrived. Therefore, at
verv great personal danger, he
jumped from the bridge and swan
forward with all his power, beset
by a strong current and with the
sea continually breaking across the
forewaist However. he reached
the goal and encouraged by his
success the chief mate followed.
Bv the aid of a line thrown by the
master he succeeded also. and to-
gether the two men explored the
dark repository of the treasure
mon which their lives seemed
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