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nSHEEMEN'S MEMORIAL AXD llLCLRD liOOJi. 



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Remarkable Escapes of Schooners Onward and Seddie C. 

 Pyle, on Georges — Loss of Schooners A, JR. Andrews 

 and Mescue of her Crew — Lost in the Fog — Hes- 

 cued from the Jaws of Death, 



On the night of August 2d, 1867, while the schooner Onward, Capt. 

 Wilkes, was lying to on the western part of the bank, she shipped a 

 heavy sea, which capsized her and carried away both masts, bowsprit 

 and the upper-works, even with the deck. The man who was keeping 

 watch stood in the companion-waj'-, and, seeing the sea coming, jumped 

 below, pulling over the slide in season to keep the water from pour- 

 ing into the cabin. It is supposed that she rolled completel}^ over, 

 as, when she righted, part of the shrouds were under the keel, and 

 floated on the opposite side. Some of the ballast also got shifted, 

 and the fish were thrown underneath. Everj^thing movable in the 

 cabin and forecastle was thrown about in the greatest confusion. 

 The stove was pitched into the cook's berth, and he narrowly escaped 



