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Show THE DEATHS ON THE WINBLOW a Man Wat Trillins to tlratp tba Elnal.a I Llaa. I As ws were approaching th Win- 1 slow on our second sttempt to clot 9 with her tbe tragic event which gave 9 thla engagement Its sad prominence j occurred taya Harpers. The officers 1 and crsw of ths Wlnslow wsrs gather- B ed along her rail waiting to graap ths Expected heaving Una. Grouped m around the starboard gun wero sn ofll- B cer snd four men. Thsy stood thers, ths men szpectant every nerve taut, waiting to grasp tbe eluttvs line which waa tbelr only chance to et- I cape almost certain dettructlon ths t officer, self-contained smiling a per- W feet antidote for nervousness In his I calm bearing Tbs nezt Instant they 1 were gons A flash, barely visible In 1 the glara of the sun a report, un- I noticed In ths nolle ot battle a faint j puff ot vapor and as It cleared away 1 we realized that Ave of our comrade I In danger had been wounds I killed, 1 destroyed by an enemy s projectile Ons poor fellow, falling on the curve of ths deck was slipping" overboard when hs mads a last despairing grasp at a stanchion and held on calling plaintively for help A shriek ot horror hor-ror ross from both crews as bis ahlp-mates ahlp-mates sprang to bis assistance. He 1 never knew ot their ready answer to his call Hs was dead when they fen derly drew his body back on deck Ons cry a few muttered curies and 1 the crsws hurried to their stations, soms to ths guns to work them ss they bad never been worked before and others to tbs seemingly hopeless task ot saving both vssels. tKaj, |