k into the cabin to save
the ladies. Miss May was far over on the port side as they
entered, and Colonel Crosby, calling to her to get out as quickly
as possible, met her half way as she came across, got her to the
companion-way, where he pushed her up to Mr. Howland and Mr.
Montant, and sprang back into the cabin. The bravery of this
action will be realized when it is stated that the water was then
pouring down the companion-way in a steady stream. To enter the
filling cabin down this narrow way, in a vessel keeled over on
her side and rapidly sinking, seemed certain death. This Colonel
Crosby did, and with equal courage, the seaman Fosberg rushed in
with him. The scene in the cabin was frightful. The rich and
heavy furniture had shifted, and Mrs. Garner and Miss Hunter were
caught and pinioned by it against the sideboard. Mrs. Garner was
screaming and her husband was making frantic efforts to release
her and her companion, by throwing off the heavy articles which
held them down. In these endeavors Colonel Crosby and Carl
Fosberg desperately joined, pulling away the furniture and
handing it up to Mr. Montant and Mr. Howland, who threw in (p. 450)
out on deck. The water, meanwhile, continued to pour in and
the cabin rapidly filled. Although nearly submerged, the three
men never stopped their perilous work while it could be
continued. Their labors were, however, ineffectual, and were
ended by the sinking of the vessel. It was only four minutes from
the moment she capsized till she went down. Mr. Garner was
drowned, clinging to his wife, whom he would not leave. Colonel
Crosby and Carl Fosberg, toiling to the last second, were
engulfed, and nearly lost their lives. Swallowed by the flood in
the cabin, they only escaped by swimming upward, guided by the
faint light shed through the water from the broken skylight. The
aperture was fortunately large enough to enable them to pass
through, and they reached the surface, and were picked up by one
of the many boats which at once began to gather around the sunken
vessel.

The yacht sank so rapidly that Miss May, after being saved by
Colonel Crosby from the cabin, was again placed in the greatest
danger. She had not instantly quitted the vessel, being advised
to remain by Mr. Montant, who, with M