One poor wonat a baby; strapped fo her back and only small wicker basket in her hand was asked to give it up and when, she hesitated she was pushed overboard, baby and all, and was only: promised to give up all she posses hauled back again " after she had sed. Others, it is' said, were not rescued at all, but were permitted drown. "The launch eventually slipped from its holdings on the, Tock and sank in deep water, whi hose rencuel were robbed of every thing they possessed after they reached the shore.
When the accident occurred, had the armed tary" guard on board|*! demanded the launch's "life; bout, ax well as the numerous boats near' by be used for the rescue of the passengers, no. lives need have been lost and all the valuables and. luggage might also have been saved, Tt is hinted, however, that both, Juards and boat boys on board the Taunch took part in the laeti The following day other launches ing the West river took the: stranded passengers aboard, treated them with the utmost' courtesy and consideration, " marked contrast to. the inhuman wretches, who the night: before heard the cries, drew mour and viewed the eerie. and vet polled away levi the imperilled passengers to. rate,
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