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Cutting from “the Dailygraph”, 8 August

           Thencameanotherrushofsea-fog,greaterthananyhitherto,amassofdankmist,whichseemedtocloseonallthingslikeagraypall,andleftavailabletomenonlytheorganofhearing, fortheroarofthetempest,andthecrashofthethunder,andtheboomingofthemightybillowscamethroughthedampoblivionevenlouderthanbefore. TheraysofthesearchlightwerekeptfixedontheharbourmouthacrosstheEastPier,wheretheshockwasexpected,andmenwaitedbreathless. 

           Thewindsuddenlyshiftedtothenortheast,andtheremnantoftheseafogmeltedintheblast. Andthen,mirabiledictu,betweenthepiers,leapingfromwavetowaveasitrushedatheadlongspeed,sweptthestrangeschoonerbeforetheblast,withallsailset,andgainedthesafetyoftheharbour. Thesearchlightfollowedher,andashudderranthroughallwhosawher,forlashedtothehelmwasacorpse,withdroopinghead,whichswunghorriblytoandfroateachmotionoftheship. Nootherformcouldbeseenonthedeckatall. 

           Agreatawecameonallastheyrealisedthattheship,asifbyamiracle,hadfoundtheharbour,unsteeredsavebythehandofadeadman! However,alltookplacemorequicklythanittakestowritethesewords. Theschoonerpausednot,butrushingacrosstheharbour,pitchedherselfonthataccumulationofsandandgravelwashedbymanytidesandmanystormsintothesoutheastcornerofthepierjuttingundertheEastCliff,knownlocallyasTateHillPier. 

           Therewasofcourseaconsiderableconcussionasthevesseldroveuponthesandheap. Everyspar,rope,andstaywasstrained,andsomeofthe‘top-hammer’camecrashingdown. But,strangestofall,theveryinstanttheshorewastouched,animmensedogsprangupondeckfrombelow,asifshotupbytheconcussion,andrunningforward,jumpedfromthebowonthesand. 

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