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The Daily Dispatch: December 10, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
f-naked boy was dead. Capt. Monroe walked back to the piece of wreck and directed his comrades where to leap so as to strike in the shallowest water. One by one the leap was made in safety, until but one was left on board, and that one was Mr. A. H. Derby, the clerk of the propeller. He was seen sitting on the wreck with his head bent down as if in despair. Captain Monroe called him by name, but he did not answer, although his mouth opened. To a second hail, he again opened his mouth without giving an articulate sound. Captain Monroe and Engineers Manchester and Cummings went to the wreck and after considerable difficulty got off the helpless man. Capt. Monroe took Derby on his back, whilst the engineers steadied his legs so as to prevent the waves from washing him off. In this way the party waded through the water, ice making on them at every step, the surf dashing around them, the bitter wind freezing their hands and faces, and the blinding snow obscuring their view. On