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Harper's Young People, November 7, 1882 - An Illustrated Weekly
Of all the sufferers from shipwrecks, women are the most to be pitied; for children do not know the full extent of their danger until death relieves them, while women usually overestimate it. Their mental agonies are therefore greater than those endured by men, while their physical privations are as great, without the same strength to bear them. Mrs. Bremner, wife of the Captain of the Juno, bound from Rangoon to Madras, had perhaps as terrible an experience of shipwreck as ever fell to the lot of any of her sex. The ship's crew consisted chiefly of Lascars, with a few Europeans, among whom was John Mackay, the second mate, who tells this story. Soon after the Juno set sail she sprang a leak, which increased more and more on account of the sand ballast choking the pumps, until on the twelfth evening she settled down. From the sudden jerk all imagined they were going to the bottom, but she only sank low enough to bring the upper deck just under water. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 60554
Author: Various
Release Date: Oct 22, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English
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