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submarine the boe Le of our- schooner, and
mencuevr-ed her to show her stern to the
eubaar-dne , and so present. as sma'H a t.at-get. as poaafb.Ie to the gunner-s of the Buns ,
The Hilda ....as eetting along fairly smart, and t.o put 8 boat overboard vhfLe she va s
going fast 'Was to court ddeaeter- , The schooner's '.lay decrea sed a Lf.t.t.le , find the
mate, who ....a e standing by the boat, gave the vord to lower avay,
into the water, and Sheppard, Hitten and myself jumped into her.
The beat, vas put.
Her patrrter- was
raet., end the speed ....ae too great to eecape swamping. She filled and -t ur ned turtle,
throwing us in the water. Then us found our-seIvee cIear- of the ecbooner- and the
vat.er- around the upturned boat. Sheppard and I were able to swim, but Bitten ve e
helpless. We got hold of our ehdpmat.e and made for the boat . The schooner had
now gone
We he Id
out of s i.ght-dhe smoke making vfsd on impoMible for any great distance.
on to the keel of the boat, hoping t.he t we would be able to get her rie;ht
side up, but the lop was too gr eat. , The boat, WM'1 a tank or life-boat, end so
floated hi.gb in the water . For two And a ha Lf bour-n , 'W~ held on to the kee L, 'tIe
were tired, but never a vord vac :':"li(l About eiving up. P.y churao were p.lucky, gr-f-,
tty men, and I f.allowed t~1.r Lead cn holding on . The sulY.l1arine..ll.'appeared on the
scene about. 9 :30 A.H. , and as fur as I could reckon the time was noon when the
wind moderated a Iit.t.Le , ~hile we vere on the bottom of the boa~ , boldine to her
- - keel,- the \lav&-s were -t oO?lln-g ov-; r- ue--i;;"-:;i.y eLl. the tinre; ft;10 -ti~ ~hjected U~ ~~
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to increased exertion-the beating of the water on us and t he str~in of watching
for the heavy waves tired us more than the mere holding on .
Somewhere about t.vo
o'clock the wind died out and the water became emoot.h , We rested a little time ,
and actdng t.oget.her-, we "jollied:' the boat, And she came over- on her keel . We
followed her 8:0; she turned, And t.brev our-seIvee into hor ,
My chums had kicked off t.hef r- long boot.n while in t.be water, but I he Id on to
t.he long r-ubber-s I hac'! on . Two of us u eed a boot each i n batIdng .....hi Le t.he third
in turn kept the boat. heed to the long Lapn 8:'1 Lhey CI"Wle rolling eIong , Sever-a I