About one o'clock in the morning
All were apprehensive of worse to come , and this was especially true of the seamen who recalled all sorts of terrible omens and warnings that had occurred during the early part of the voyage , and which they could now clearly translate into the precursors of some grim and terrible tragedy to come . Nor did the croakers have long to wait . The second night after the drowning of the mate the little yacht was suddenly wracked from stem to stern . About one o'clock in the morning there was a terrific impact that threw the slumbering guests and crew from berth and bunk . A mighty shudder ran through the frail craft ; she lay far over to starboard ; the engines stopped . For a moment she hung there with her decks at an angle of forty-five degrees -- then , with a sullen , rending sound , she slipped back into the sea and righted . Instantly the men rushed upon deck , followed closely by the women .