Identifier: tragedyofseasors00ellm (find matches)
Title: The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine ..
Year: 1841 (1840s)
Authors: Ellms, Charles
Subjects: Shipwrecks
Publisher: New York, Collins, Keese & Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ded, canbetter be conceived than described. More, perhaps, with the intent of cheering the men,than with any expectation of succeeding in the attempt, anorder was given from the quarter-deck, for some of the mento come up and make sail! It is doubtful if ever thesespirit-stirring words, ay, even to chase, were ever beforereceived with more joy and exultation by a crew; thecheers that followed would almost have put new life intoa dying seaman; they were delightful to hear, and electricin effect. The sheet of the fore-storm-staysail was hauled aft, andthe sail attempted to be hoisted from the main-bitts to thestump of the mizzenmast; it blew instantly into ribbons, asif to mock our joy ; nevertheless, the few hands who hadcome up were kep-t on deck, that our failure might not checkthe rising spirits of those at the pumps. At half past 6 in the evening, the scud began to drivefast, and the weather became clearer, when one of the look-out men announced, A large ship coming right down upon
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I i NARROW ESCAPE FROM BEING RUN DOWN. 259 US! Every body sprang from under the bulwark, andlooked to windward. On the quarter (to the S. E.) a large vessel was indis-tinctly seen scudding, (wind S. S. W.) and in a moment ortwo after, she dashed close past the stern, with a proximityand rapidity that were startling; she was soon lost to viewin the gloom to leeward. We had just time to observe thather fore-topmast was gone, and from her great size we con-jectured her to be the St. George, and were extremely happyto find her still buoyant, as, from her leaky state, we hadbeen indulging (and, indeed, continued to do so afterwards)the most gloomy apprehensions for her safety; and we foundout subsequently, when again meeting at Halifax, that thesefeelings had been reciprocally entertained ; they, on passingus, thought it impossible that we could weather out thestorm. This was another imminent danger most provi-dentially averted; had it been an hour later, or indeed hadhot the weather clear

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