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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,