By Friday morning, September 11, the crew was still in control, but the steamer had begun to take on water through the drive shaft, broken or open lights (windows to illuminate the below-deck areas), and elsewhere. The ship was tossing violently, making it virtually impossible to feed coal into the boilers.
At 11 a.m. Captain Herndon told the passengers that the ship was in danger and enlisted the aid of all men to bail water with a bucket brigade. By 1:00 in the afternoon the rising water in the hold had quenched the boiler fires, and the ship’s immense paddlewheels came to a halt. The SS Central America was at the mercy of the sea.
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