...relates Mr. Collins, who fortunately escaped to tell the tale of heroism. " When I reached the topmost round of the ladder the vessel seemed to drop from under me." NH CENTENNIAL HOME FOR THE AGED. BY AH ROBINSON. Among the many benevolent and charitable institutions...

...relates Mr. Collins, who fortunately lived to tell this tale of heroism ; " when I reached the upmost round of the ladder, the vessel seemed to drop from...off Fort Morgan, which watches over his iron tomb. "His sword is rust, His body dust, His soul is with the saints, we trust." Beholding the disaster to...

...relates Mr. Collins, who fortunately lived to tell this tale of heroism ; " when I reached the topmost round of the ladder, the vessel seemed to drop from under me." A more amusing incident was this : While the I tasca was passing Fort Morgan, her commanding officer,...

...pilot." "There was nothing after me," said Mr. Collins in telling the story; "for when I reached the top round of the ladder, the vessel seemed to drop from under me." Among those who went down with the gallant Craven was Chief-Engineer C. Farron, who, though an invalid,...

...said, "After you, pilot." " There was nothing after me," said Mr. Collins. "When I reached the topmost round of the ladder the vessel seemed to drop from under me." Farragut had witnessed the frightful fate of the "Tecumseh," at the same time the "Brooklyn " stopped...

...said, "After you, pilot." " There was nothing after me," said Mr. Collins. "When I reached the topmost round of the ladder the vessel seemed to drop from under me." Farragut had witnessed the frightful fate of the "Tecumseh," at the same time the " Brooklyn " stopped...

...Collins, " You first, sir." "There was nothing after me," said the pilot, "for when I reached the last round of the ladder the vessel seemed to drop from under me." ' When divers went down to examine the wreck of the Tecumseh, a week afterward, nearly all her officers...

...relates Mr. Collins, who, fortunately, lived to tell this tale of heroism; "when I reached the upmost round of the ladder, the vessel seemed to drop from under me." 1 1 Another account is somewhat different, but lessens not at all the nobility of the act. Captain...

...saying, "After you, pilot." "There was nothing after me," says Collins; "for when I reached the upmost round of the ladder the vessel seemed to drop from under me." The Tecumseh's officers and men numbered 114, of whom only 21 were saved. At this critical moment the...

...After you, pilot." " There was nothing after me," said the pilot, later, " for when I reached the last round of the ladder the vessel seemed to drop from under me." The sudden loss of the Tecumseh had the effect of causing some disorder in the Federal line. It was...