for assistance were heard from.
the doomed steamer.
With considerable difficully and at very great personal rick a rope was got on board the time:
and by this means most of those
board
on
were saved_
Had this rope not been thrown and light displayed there is every reason to believe that owing
to the darkness and the tremendous
tea, most, if not all of those saved would have perished-
Large portions of wreck such a, 3. Ships spars, broken boaté, as also portions of the Praya wall were being hurled about by the
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force of the winds and waves in
all directions and there was consequently, not only no small. danger to life and limb but those at work had great difficult, keeping their footing
ran.
and thus
great danger of being carried
The persons Raved_
out to sea
were more or less exhausted by
exposure and had the been promptly, effected many of
and had the rescue not
them would have been drowned as they could not have retained their hold for any great length. of lime -
The men rescued, were with
all possible despatch and atver,