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All
the
lights
went
out
:
several
chain-guys
,
snapping
,
clattered
against
the
funnel
:
there
were
crashes
,
pings
of
parted
wire-rope
,
splintering
sounds
,
loud
cracks
,
the
masthead
lamp
flew
over
the
bows
,
and
all
the
doors
about
the
deck
began
to
bang
heavily
.
Then
,
after
having
hit
,
she
rebounded
,
hit
the
second
time
the
very
same
spot
like
a
battering-ram
.
This
completed
the
havoc
:
the
funnel
,
with
all
the
guys
gone
,
fell
over
with
a
hollow
sound
of
thunder
,
smashing
the
wheel
to
bits
,
crushing
the
frame
of
the
awnings
,
breaking
the
lockers
,
filling
the
bridge
with
a
mass
of
splinters
,
sticks
,
and
broken
wood
.
Captain
Whalley
picked
himself
up
and
stood
knee-deep
in
wreckage
,
torn
,
bleeding
,
knowing
the
nature
of
the
danger
he
had
escaped
mostly
by
the
sound
,
and
holding
Mr.
Massy
's
coat
in
his
arms
.
By
this
time
Sterne
(
he
had
been
flung
out
of
his
bunk
)
had
set
the
engines
astern
.
They
worked
for
a
few
turns
,
then
a
voice
bawled
out
,
"
Get
out
of
the
damned
engine-room
,
Jack
!
"
--
and
they
stopped
;
but
the
ship
had
gone
clear
of
the
reef
and
lay
still
,
with
a
heavy
cloud
of
steam
issuing
from
the
broken
deckpipes
,
and
vanishing
in
wispy
shapes
into
the
night
.
Notwithstanding
the
suddenness
of
the
disaster
there
was
no
shouting
,
as
if
the
very
violence
of
the
shock
had
half-stunned
the
shadowy
lot
of
people
swaying
here
and
there
about
her
decks
.
The
voice
of
the
Serang
pronounced
distinctly
above
the
confused
murmurs
--
"
Eight
fathom
.
"
He
had
heaved
the
lead
.
Mr.
Sterne
cried
out
next
in
a
strained
pitch
--
"
Where
the
devil
has
she
got
to
?
Where
are
we
?
"
Captain
Whalley
replied
in
a
calm
bass
--
"
Amongst
the
reefs
to
the
eastward
.
"
"
You
know
it
,
sir
?
Then
she
will
never
get
out
again
.
"
"
She
will
be
sunk
in
five
minutes
.
Boats
,
Sterne
.
Even
one
will
save
you
all
in
this
calm
.
"
