Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1
Next day Wednesday the the wind being favourable
we weighed anchor at 12 o'clock and started on our voyage, and
had a good breze^eze^ through^out^ the day but most of the passengers
were sea sick
The Rochester was a fast sailing vessel
of about 1000 tons and there was on board 1020 Saints including
seven of the Twelve; 160 not of our people and the ships
company making in all 307 souls.
On the seventh day of our voyage
we had all the pleasure with a touch or two of the
disasters of
A Storm at Sea.
In the morning we found strong head winds
which soon increased to a powerful storm and the scene
which followed was full of grandeur and considerable
discomfiture to our company.
The sails were taken in as soon as
possible and it took 16 men to close reef the main topsail
The tempest in its rage was now all
powerful & the sea piled up into mountains. Ever and
anon our ship was thrown up on the crest of one of
those ocean mountains and then pitched into the valeley
beneath rocking tremendously and occassionly shiping
seas
In the midst of this was a cry for help
was heard in our cabin. I rushed to the scene from
whence the cry came and found the ropes giving
way which held the luggage piled up between decks
Had this broken loose one surge would have hurlled
heavy trunks barrels &c into the births [berths] of the men
woman and children which would have endangered
the lives of many. On seeing the foundation
of this mass give way Willard Richards and
myself sprang to the place of danger and braced
