The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-03
The DAILY DISPATCH
Friday Morning, April 3 1887.
Los. OF tho uhalias Bnrou. Or,n.

Loss OF the Whaling Barque Orapo,
fne following particulars Of the loss OF the
barque Grape. OF New Bedford, are copied from
the Mercantile Advertiser, publishe4 at Cane
Town, Cape Of Good Hope:
Among the passengers by the Ensl.ud ara Cant A.
Baker OF the lsts Am lcau vhaler Hsnrv ~ (,.ra
ans rena. Sandwich Isiander one OF the crew, who
were picked up hy tia steamer on la,t A
sea on a small raft From the ststements made he
Capt Baker, 10 appears that en- xorday ntsht tbs
ls.n ins'sns, the ship having oil sail set about
ocioek capt Baker percsis cd squall rising In the
N W. and gave imm sdiate orders for eli the iisht
.ais TO be taken in. The chip was then m sde ,pnv
but the squal passed over, and the weather ws. sI
most calm. Ahortly sfter the wind came rouns go.
rom the r., AND increased soon to rale An
nsne' TUNED mp to shorten SAIL the hunts OF the
lowered on The CAPS. Orders were ,bsn .;npp -
tapt Baker 10 double reef foretoosail. ,,S LIZ
.nr men SsIe sloft carrying out his orders rousll
on Ter beam ends masts lying on the surface of th
sea ''0 VI 'no
The unfortunate men on the foretops,i v.rd
no more seen The gale was incree,inr with 6erS
sqnay weather and driz2y rain; ths mast bs.d. ne
the ship were gradually dipping ard the shin sv;.
reached ths weather bulwarks Cant Baker ord .ras
the weather lsnyards to be cut and the ouare ba.t
which sill hung on the davts, to bs cleared awsv
The boat was stove heavy sea ncw swept ovsr
the vesss! and washed away tho ca sptaiu who ,T-sr
several upsuccess'ul efforts TO regain tba ,rrscL
found he distance insrsasins between his unfortu.
Cept Baker the wreck about two hundrxd
yards from him A sntall plank, wbifh Cart Bsk ,r
secured. and subsequently two wers the frail
supports 10 which he eung Throughout that terrific
Sht for life On Tuesday the gale still continued
"A couple more pieces of plsnkiug fosted by the
captain, ard were laid hod OF by him Fhe e,ntain
rot apre In this wilderness o. waters; he heard
sf thought hs heard cry and Ns.,nng, it was re.
peated, wis n, bo nsuron he summit of q wavs hs
ssw he head of one Ct his crew, Pslla, the Sand
wish islander. Pea coon joined his captain snd.
hsv ng two for his support their little raft WIS
''renst thened, When asked q. what hour he was
washed from the wreck he tod the caatain ebou.
2ocioct, and ell hands bad gone down. Captain no
m0re men"
During the day two smsl staff with Tags attach.
ed, used by whslers ssisnals when whale 10 struck
AID part of bow of boat. were added to the raft
Provl6entially in the bow of ha boat was locker
IN which Ratchet wss found Sharks soon attacked
the hardy mariners, and hovered around their raft
One of these monsters satiated no oubt by o. hers
of the crew, made no attempt to m lest Captain
Baker aad his companion; Others d, but were
kept fl BY tho csptsin's hstchet, with which one
was badly cut, asd Pel'e using pie ce of ood 90
CLUB which hitherto had served him for g. paddle -
AnotheT ght shrouded in dsI knesa the fail raft and
its cescla crew The gaze continued all night and
the sea washed continually over than. With the
next day came more moderate weather; but Ps!Ias
strength began to fail and his reason to rive way
Ills pow 'rs Of endurance were not equal to his Anne.
fcan br ther in distres The horrors of thirst we're
nowever nvad pg the frame of Capt Baker. Those
symptoms. so terribly known to shiPwrecked ssiors
swollen tongue. with prickiug pains in the throat
sid choking sensgtions were fat by him.
pun kin, which had been washed from the
wreck came to hand. slice of this alayed their
tkrst and revived them Intent occurring them
selves on the rafl, the Eng and close upon the
raft be fore chs was seen by Capt Baker. With the
sigma be had secured, he msde rep ated attempts to
sand up and arrest the attention Of the steamer Fivs
minutes after he had waved the signal, Capt Bsher
hed the lnexprenible delight of seeing the England
take N her royals and the British enei N hoisted at
the mast hsed The steamer which was to the lee
ward quickly came up, lowered her boat and res
cued from their petiIous situation Csptsia Bakerapd
@ an viz 9TH ryofy u
Dundas, learning the painful st ry Of Capt. Baker
ike true itish tar, put about and steamed t.
wheye the wreck might probably be found Although
look placed at the heads of the steam
or, n t vest ge OF the i!Ifated II. Grape could
be seen. Ths raft and the remains of the pumpkin
on board the pgland
The SraDo foe barque, Of 200 TONS thirty.o~e
months cut, snd bomewara bound with fall ca, 20
'of sperm oil. Capt Baker considers the cargo to
have been well slowed and beyond any possibility
OF shifting. 1t is gratifying to know that Capt Ba
ker Is not suffering from the effects o. the psinfu
position In which hs s been placed, beyord severe
bstsriDs Of the arms from their naked expcsu 9 to
the weather. bis shirt having been washsx to rbands
shortly after he left the wreek