Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-29
DOT UPON THE SEA,
Arrival at Boston Of the Tiny Boat
City Of RsRusa--A Three months'
Voyage-Htstory and Incidents.
From The Boston Herald, Sept ..


Voyage-Htstory and Incidents.
From the Boston Herald, Sept Q.
Ninety days ago, tiny boat, less than
twenty feet in length, aud carrying two
men and dog. left Liverpool, England,
with the avowed purpose of crossing the
Atlantic to New York. The bold and
| hazardous project was the subject of much
amazement mt the time, and about five
o'clock yesterday afternoon the tiny cratl
WAS signaled approaching our harbor Al
six O'Clock, the Collectors ting started
down the harbor and met The venture,
| some mariners at about eight O'Clock
opposite the lower light, and towed them
TO this city. The boat which has thus ac-
| complished a voyage 50 hazardous and Sc
altogether novel il named the City of Ra-
gusa, is twenty feet in length over all, six
feet beam. and two feet eight inches in
depth. drawing two feet of water; she j.
yawl-rigged, and spreads seventy yards OF
canvass; is fitted with two-bladed steam
propeller. worked by hand, and her hull
is of wood, the boards being only ope-hali
inch in thickness In this miniature shiu
are all the arrangements for cooking, etc.
and the capacity for carrying provisions
aud water sufficient for the voyage sbic.
has just been so successfully terminated.
The crew consists of two men. John
Charles Berkeley, the commander, and
Nicholas Primcraz, These are the two
men who, actuated as the former says by
n mere whim, were Induced 10 make
! this attempt which few could regard a.
anything but ioolhardiness, after seeing
the craft in which they launcLed their des
tiuies and hung their lives by mere
thread. The former bad followed the So
from boyhood, and has passed an eventill
life. He saved two lives off the coast ot
Kent on the Sth Of September. 1858, fol
which he was awarded 4 medal by the
British Humane Society. He il
an Irishman, and has home
in Du5in His companion is al
Austrian. On Thursday, Jnne I'd. these
daring spirits launched their frail bark,
and, accompanied only by dog, left Liv.
erpool. In ten days they put into Queens.
town, where they were obliged to remain
four days in order TO have some caulkipe
done on their boat. which was leaking, and
left there on the 10th, having on board one
ton of ballast and five hundred weight OF
coal. They took the northerly route, the
same as that taken by the Cambria, the
prevailing winds being westerly, aud. for
the first tbirty-hse days, they suffered a
great dead. being kept wet through coptin-
uaIly. They were also unable To cook IN
the first part If the voyage, and were com-
PEELED 10 eat their meat raw, which added
to their discomfort and helped 10 dis
courage them. After being eighteen days
out, they became short Of firewood, with
no means of getting a supply. At this
time they very luckily picked up II barrel
containing about 4 gallons of tar, which
was a perfect godseud, they using the tar
upon the decks, and the barrel for fuel.
On the 4th of July they celebrated the day
OF the great republic, drinking the health
of President Grant in some prime Irish
whisky, with which they were supplied.
On the evening of that day there was a
heavy gale, through which, however. they
rode safely. On the 2Sth of August. they
lost one of their crew. tho dog. who died OF
scurvy. They had much heavy weather.
but the little bark bore herself nobly, and
the men themselves Expressed surprise that
she rode the heavy gales 81 stsunchly. She
was leaking all the way, and the pumps, oi
which they have two, were kept mt work
constantly. In the severe gale of hast Sat
urday they experienced the hardest time OF
the voyage, but suffered no disaster save
the carrying away of the jigger boom. The
Hfktet huHiDti VI ih1ttS iitut Ill tftt utN
was 1853, which was made in the first part
of the voyage. and the smallest eleven
miles. The average speed was four knots
an hour. A number OF vessels were
spoken on the voyage, among which was the
bark Radchff, ON the 18th OF June, bound
for Quebec the ship Maxwell, August 9th
aud the homewsrd bound steamer Russia,
August "a. From the first two OF these
they took in supplies of provisions and wa.
ter. Two whales were very neighborly
Oft Cape Clear, coming near enough
to be touched with the hand, and Civ
ing the voyagers some alarm lest they
should upset their ftail ship. One o.
''Mother's Cary's Chickens" attended then
from the time they left Queenstown TIL
they passed Georges bank. The men say
that they bad tho most perfect confidence
IN the success of their enterprise, and in
the toughest gale could go to sleep will
the greatest composure- Only tho late
ness of the season prevents them from re
turning bome as they came. Their origin,
al intention was to GO direct TO New York
but they concluded 10 put into this port
and VIII 60 from here to the former place
and will remain this side Of the Atlantic
auotber summer They We're towed Z,
| Long Wharf by the hig. aud there can b,
! seen this smallest of all crafts that evel
| traversed the broad Atlantic.
sspOOr Euyenic.