All Hands To The Pumps.

On July 16, at 4 a.m., the gale increased again from the westward. The crew were employed setting spare sail on the foremast to run the ship before the wind, but when set the sails were almost immediately blown away. At 8 a.m. the gale was still increasing, with very fierce squalls, and the ship labouring very heavily. A most dangerous sea was running at noon. The crew were then employed clearing away the wreckage. At 5 p.m. the main yard broke adrift. The crew tried to secure it but failed.

All hands were, working at the pumps at 7 p.m., on the starboard side, when the mainmast fell on the port side, breaking in three pieces, smashing all the pump gear, and making the pumps perfectly useless for a time.

Heavy seas were continuously breaking on board, and large quantities of water went down the mast-hole before it could be stopped up with sails, etc. At 10 p.m. the cross-jack yard broke adrift, which caused the mizzen-mast to fall aft on the starboard side of the poop, breaking in two pieces, tearing the poop-deck up, smashing the skylight, the starboard mainbrace bumpkin, and breaking all the railing on the starboard side of the poop.

The gale moderated on July 17. The pumps showed 2 feet 9 inches of water. Part of the crew and passengers were sent to the pumps, which had been temporarily repaired by the carpenter, and they were kept constantly going. At 4 a.m. on July 18 the fore-stays parted, and the foremast fell right aft, breakingpage 79 in two pieces, smashing the starboard boat on the skids, the water tank on the house, damaging the donkey boiler, and breaking in the after end of the house.