WARROW ESCAPE OF THE MONARCH AND TRIUMPH.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 63, 26 May 1877, Page 3

WARROW ESCAPE OF THE MONARCH AND TRIUMPH.

Private letters .xeceived^ai Plymouth [ from Besika Bay, under date 3}ec. 2d, \ report a narrow escape of collision between; -the -■■■ ironclads Triumph and Monarch. The Triumph, from Malta, anchored m the bay pn the 22nd, ajbout hklf-a-^ile ahead of the Monarch. During;" the; night; a very heavy gale bleWj and a terrific squall, the Triumph, and :althpugh . she had a hundred fathoms of cable out -she drifted with fearful rapidity straight towards, the Monarch. It was evident thairin a few minutes she Would fall, right upon, the other's . ram. - The Triumph's, second anchor was let go as speedily as possible, but the effect it produced was only slightly to check, not to stop, the rate of progress. The ship dragged bpth her anchors after her as >if they were mere playthings . Presently the jibbopm of the Monarch was over the stern of the Triußaph,and everybody on board the latter ship was expecting a collision, but, fortunately, ,justwhen a few seconds would have •sealed.the fate of two of th£ finest vessels' afloat^ steam came to the rescue, and began to, make the Triumph move ahead. jßtpthher anchors were weigKed, and she started m search of better, quarters. Such Was the fury bf 1 the 'storm, :hbweve^,that she was driven lia'ck, though under full steam, and about 10.30 p.m. found herself close, alongside the Monarch, so. close that any one migiit" easily have gone from one ship, to the other.. Everybody on board expected momentarily to hear the- ironsides crushing, ; but for tu^ riately. tiiey escaped. \ The Triiimph was steariiing ahead full power all the time andat last during a lull;- managed \o sheer off. from the other, arid once more got ahead about a mile and a half ; tiieri both -anchors were let go ; again j but again the v sqtlalls; camie . on m greater force than! 6ver,i|arid ag^in she^dragged theiribpth; There was nothing forit but to get *hem up ; once more, and go through the whole perfprniaTice again. This was repeated altogether three times before a spot Was found where the anchbrs, 1 wpuld hold^ bnt at last about three' o'clock : in .the morningthings M^^re made snug, and the 1 ship successfully mbpredj though eyen tlxeri^ it ; :was.-;con-- . sidef'ed necessary to keep; the screw going m order to take sbnje off the cables. The captain of the'Triumph did not leafe- the deck for a' mpmerit from the first alarrff tftrfcil things were quite safev <> ■

Prompt Treatment. — The following mc - dent is related m nn exchange — Tn some of the lip-country districts physicians are few and far between, like the traditional friendly call from au angel. In one of the small mining camp's far away m Black Hills there lay a big Cornishmnn stricken with fever. His wife being unskilled m remedies for the ailment, hunted high and low for a doctor, foiling, however, after a long nnd patient | search, to discover anything better than a veterinary surgeon* " What would yon d-o, i doctor/ she cried, " if your brother was delirious with fever ?" " Madam," replied he "I know no more than you, J can only cm - e horses and other animals." " Well, doctor," she said, "my husband's as strong as a horse? What would you do for a horse? And for heaven's sake be quick m telling me ?" " Madam " replied the vet., " I should open his mouth, pull his tongue out j on one side to present his biting me, and give him this fever powder, paper, si ring and all." Blinded- with tears of gratitude, the poor woman paid for the fever powder, and hurriedly departed. Histoi-y says that the man got well, but he has a hole m his tongue, and his poor wife goes round with only three fingers on one hand. Public opinion has been aroused m Oamaru. Three married women used strong language to one- Alfred Guy, for which he asked- to have them bound over to keep the peace. This (the local papers report) was' a neighbbui''s quarrel arising out of the peculiar domestic arrangements of (he coinplainanf, who appears to have had a "housekeeper" as well as a wife; the latter of whom and his. family, he some time ago deserted, though at the time referred to m the case, he : was living with them again. The defendants severally denied using the I particular language complained of, but one of them admitted telling defendant that lia ought to, go to Brigham Young's territory if he wanted bo many wives; and another "thatif they'd got hold of the woman (the housekeeper) they would have tarred, and feathered her." The Magistrate said he quite believed the language complained of was used, but still the provocation given these ■married women was, that Guy had committed an outrage on society m turning out his own wife and children and taking In another woman. The provocation which they had received he considered was. enough to cause them to use the language com-: plained of. In conclusion, His Worship, addressing Guy, said—" I must express my ". astonishment 1 that you should have appeared m this case. You. are. either., insensible to shame or' else ; you have a tremendous amount of assurance." Editors (says the "Post ") have had rather "hard' lines" of it lately m various parts of the world. A Poverty Bay one came to grief some little, time back m a recontre with a master-mariner. Then our N.ejsoh friend was pummelled the other day, and it seems apologised- for his sins besides. Again, an. unhappy journalist m Germany has been calling the triple alliance an " antediluvian .monstrosity," for which he has been prosecuted .by the authorities and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Finally; at Cape Colony a climax Jhas been reached by the tarring and feathering of a Mr O'Brien, the editor of one of the local journals there. By-andrby we shall probably hear of an . editor-having been hanged. W« know one or two m whose cases the application of the sus per coll process might be benificial to the : interests of society .-at large. TKe "• Guardian " has devoted aleader to Messrs Pike and Maunders, pointing oiit that; they have done pretty well for themselves out ol the county system. More than half . the revenue "of Yiricent County, is -m salaries, it seems, and while, Mr Pike has got "himself m the County chair at a good fat salary," his brother Maunders, M.H.Ei., draws a monthly cheque as "clerk to the County ;■ What next ? A ybung v man m a music shop was lately -overpowered ; by a fastidious young lady, who wanted to purchase "Mr Hood's asong of the— a gentleman's under-garment." The young man is still alive.