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Thursday Sept. 27th 1860
5 o'clock 35 Minutes AM. This has been a terrible night. Even now it is as awful as it can be. One of the worst - strongest gales - one of the [[underlined]] most terrific N E storms [[/underlined]] is upon us. The "Georgiana" has gone ashore - so of the "Rescue" & my [[strikethrough]] Budington [[/strikethrough]] (Expedition Boat!) From [[insertion]] where [[/insertion]] we are, we can see that the Georgiana men have all escaped to Coopers Island, a rocky desolate place. On this same Island we have been expecting all night to be dashed. Thank God the anchor of the George Henry has proved sure & steadfast. Not a hair has she flinched from fulfilling its function! O that the anchor of my hope in the Cross would prove as faithful! The men of the G.H. are engaged preparing the rudder for unshipping [[underlined]] instantly [[/underlined]], if the G.H. should drag her anchor, past her chain & founder upon the island hard by. Every few moments I go upon deck, not to hear the raging elements, for the whole cabin below resounds with the howling thereof, but to see the scene around. O how my heart weeps for the destruction that is before me! But more than all, [[underlined]] for the human life at stake! [[/underlined]] Here are 30 souls, beside near a score of natives aboard the George Henry - & on the Island where is pounding the "Georgiana" are 22 officers & Men & [[strikethrough]] beside [[/strikethrough]] several Esquimaux who were aboard the G. where she went adrift. 1/4 of VII The "Georgiana" is this moment abandoned. She lies close by [[insertion]] a [[/insertion]] high reef of rocks! Poor fellows! - but we may soon be of their number. The Bay must be stove & fast filling. How thankful we should all be that the light of the morning has dawned upon us!
At 9 1/4 o'clock Capt. Budington ordered a Boat to be dropped from the George H. & allowed to drift to the Island (still keeping a connection [[insertion]] to it [[/insertion]] by a whole line). Mate Rogers & [[blank space]] were the bold spirits who volunteered to accompany the Boat to the Island. The object was to rescue the company of the "Georgiana" from the terrible exposure to the pitiless storm raging.
As this is [[underlined]] the worst storm [[/underlined]] this far, that Capt. B. [[insertion]] now thinks he [[/insertion]] has experienced on these coasts during the 10 years that he has navigated in these regions, I will endeavor to make record of every important fact incidentally connected with it, commencing as follows: [[insertion]] 1st [[/insertion]] Word for word just as Capt. B. kindly dictates to me 
[[strikethrough]] Evening of [[/strikethrough]] Wednesday Sept 26th/60 The day commenced with light winds from the N.E. thick weather. At 12 Meridian commenced snowing breeze increasing. At one oclock PM (of 26th) the Boats came aboard - at 2 cooled down the try - words. Wind increased to a gale with thick snow. At 8 evening blowing a gale - let go the Star-board anchor, paid out all the chain we could