The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-07-21

surf with floating lumber from the
deck load, but a little brandy from
the medicine chest soon revived
him.
AS soon as the lines were re-
arranged, another shot was fired.
The schooner changed her position
so rapidly, however, That the line
fell beyond reach of those on board.
1t was quickly hauled back and the
fourth fire dropped it once more
of the head stays. In the meantime
the vessel was fast becoming a
wreck. The stern had been burst
in and the water alongside and to
leeward was thickly stewn with
lumber and wreck stuff. Scarcely
had the remaining men in The rig
ging secured the shot for the third
time when it was cut by contact
with the floating wreckage.
Two Men Overheard.
With praiseworthy perseverance
the surfmen again hauled back the
broken line, and after changing end
for end, again shot it over the YES
sells jib-boom. The blight of it, as
the current swept it alongside, was
secured by the sailors in the rig
cling, but they were 50 benumbed
and stiff, and in such an awkward
position their efforts to haul out
the whip line failed. AS the situa-
ton became more and more critical,
two men who had life preservers
on had resolved to attempt SWIM
ming to the beach, leaving the Cap
tain alone in the rigging.
They had scarcely left her when
the schooner fell on her side. 1t
should be remembered that during
all this time she had kept steadily
in motion, preservering the same
relative distance from the shore,
with a mad whirl of waters be-
tween, which would have swamped
any boat attempting to leave the
beach. The tive men, buoyed upon
the crests of the waves of the cork
belts, gradually worked themselves
shoreward and were at last thrown
within reach of the surfmen, who
Joined hands, waded out far as pos
sible, grasped them and carried
them to the beach hills clear OF the
wash of the water. One of them
was insensible but by energetic APP
plication of the method in vogue
of the Service for the resucitation
of apparently drowned persons he
was soon brought to and taken to
the nearest house shelter. All but
one, the captain, were now safe. He
chung to the rigging, anxious, but
evidently with stern determination,
although the very lonliness of his
position, surrounded by the terrible
waters, was in itself appalling.
At about half past three, just as
the life-saving crews were about
to fire again in the hope of placing
the line within his reach, to haul
him ashore by, the main-mast broke
off and he was thrown into the
surf. He exhibited rare GOODNESS
and presence of mind. and made
a gallant and successful struggle:
for quickly disengaging himself
from the wreckage he clamered to
the rail which was out of the water,
and thence by degrees reaching the
rigging of the foremost, which
still remained intact. This move
ment was watched by the surfmen
with interest, and as soon as he
was again onsconced in the rigging
the sixth and last shot was fired.
At this juncture the man lost his
hold and was swept out of sight,
apparently under the wreck. His
disappearance was momentary,
however, for to the great relief of
those on shore, he quickly reap
peared on the surface amidst the
fragments of timbers and planking,