Year: 1873

our snip was struck was can for al nands 20 come
on deck. rushed sp me g%sngwsy % a. once ono and snd
is. myself and some OF my mates-tried to get one
OF the boats ready but the panic was 80 great


ns we Sod S d T. rne cans cus
sHeIpI nelpT they made a rush at the boat,
and don't believe YOU could have kept them back;
no, not even II you had threatened TO shoot them.
Didn't we see the Loeb Earn comingf Well, yes.
believe somebody ihust have seen her. for there
second oiicer saw her Is minutes afore she struck
us: but, OF course, can't say: The Captain came
over our buIwarks, and he ses to the auartermas-
ter, why didn't you call mes" He blew the
whistle, but It was too late then. she was down
on US with . crash like o thunderclap, and
the water came pouring in terrincally. Don't
say anything against the Captain, Tor he had
only laid himself down that night on the sofa about
halfpast IL. When she was struck the passen-
began to MI the boats. There were about so OF
them In one oil the long boats when tne mainmast
hers on Sma on sa1 peyer ed o.1s rSn
some had their heads smashed. others had broken
their arms and their legs. The squeaiing OF the
The mast struck me across the forehead as 1t fell.
and the boatswain was killed by my side. some OF
the sailors picked up with their legs broken, but
all We could do was Just to move them out OF the
way, poor fellowsi The mainmast brought down
the mizenmast along with it, and that, TOO, smashed


boat with so or go people in it. l think everybody
in that boat was either killed injured. Could not
we have got some OF the Others INTO me boats,
and excited. If they had been quiet and
waited Bit we might have saved some Of them;
but there was no order, not bit. But
there it's always So I've been shipwrecked three
times myself, and nobody knows what them scenes
are that don't go through them. The L0ch Earn
smashed two OF the boats with her spars and rig
ging, and when the two long ones had been broken
LETT, and two OF them were small. 1t was them
masts, however, that did al the mischief after
wards II they had not a fell, and n we only could
have kept the passengers quiet bit, don't be-
lieve 20 OF them would have been lost. WHY did
not they jump on the L0ch Earns bows There
warn't time for that sir. She was going at l2h
knots and we were doing IL, so that she bounded
back and was gone from almost directly. Our
captain remained on his bridge all the time
she went down below the water. went
20 or 80 iathoms. On coming to the sur
face again / looked round and saw many
poor struggling creature in the water. Then
there was boat near me- and Iheld on to the keel
until could get inside. | pulled in three or four
women; leastways gave them a hold on to the
boat until they could be dragged in. Then pulled
on some OF my clothes and jumped into the water
were thrown out to me aud at last l was hauled
on board. That's all can say about the collision,
but should just like to say q word or two about
our captain He was always very careful. and in
the fogs seemed to like trusting much to his
officers. He was the last man on the bridge aud
remained there till the very LAST moment The
second officer was q very good off1cer, but It's my
belief the captain had good deal OF suspicion OF
him and used to watch him close. don't like 20
he might have called the captain sooner than he
did.