The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-01
A TERRIBLE VOYAGE.
/ VESSEL PLAGUE-sTRICKEN ON THE oCEAN-AR'
RIVAL. IN PORT WITH TWENTY MEN DEAD
AND SEVERAL STRICKEN : ONE
HUNDRED AND NINETY
DAYS OF MISERY.

The San Francisco Call of the 18th says:
Sailed February 6. Crossed the equator in
! th4 Atle--aic March 49, longitude 26 degrees
~ Passed River La Platte March 30. and
Falkland Islands April Is. Was off Cape
! Horn April 90. Crossed the equator July l6,
lopeitude LA degrees W. In the North At
laptic had moderate weather, which continued
n River La Platte; thence to SO degrees S.,
in the Pacific strong gales from westward.
Was 35 days from so to so.
In the South Pacific had fine weather and
rood S. E. trades to 9 degrees 30 minutes N;
thence had continuation of northerly winds
t3O degrees N, 143 degrees W.; thence light
Winds to within three days of port, after
which strong N. w. winds. The first case OF
sickness was on the 18th of February, and
one after another was taken down, and by the
time the equator in the Pacific was reached
there were only eight we'll enough to assist in
working the ship. They have been OF very
little use since passing Cape Horn-about able
to be around, but not able to do any laborlous
work.
Thus. being short-handed, considerable &C
verse weather greatly prolonged the passage,
and great praise is due Capt. Leslie for bring
ing his ship safely to port with SO small
crew. The ship in every respect is In first
class order March 13 at midnight, the crew
refused duty, and threatened to use the
second officer rather roughly. The Captain
was called Immediately, and the disturbance
was quelled without any serious result.
The following is list Of deaths, all colored,
with one exception: Feb. %, Charles Pawey,
died of consumption; June II, }. Moran,
died of consumption; June ~, Robert Mat
thews died Of consumption; June "a, John
Adams, died of affection of the throat; July
a1 Of of
throat July s, VIM. Laurenson, died OF vene-
real disease; July IA, John Summers, died OF
affection of the throat; Aug. 4, James Kellar,
died of affection of the throat; Aug. 8, Chris
SAWYER, died of affection of the throat; Aug
8, Samuel Kellam, died of affection OF the
throat; Aug. 8, Edward Paulsen, native OF
Denmark, disease of the lungs; Aug. liz, Ben
Smith, affection of the throat. Those who
died Of affection of the throat appeared to be
more or less suffering from scurvy.
HORRIBLE VOYAGE.
In the foregoing recital of incidents by the
Merchants Exchange reporter, our readers
have the skeleton of terrible experience at
sea. 1t is something unheard OF that twelve
men should die on board ship during even
a protracted voyage, and that twenty-five
man should be down by the dread scurvy
on arrival in port. On Monday the Bremen
was sighted on the bar by the pilot
boat, and the pilot took charge. Yesterday a
message was forwarded to the city appnslng
the consienees, Dickson, De Wolf Co.,. OF
the situation, and requesting them to send a
crew on board to work the vessel into port.
For this service the steam yacht Elaine,
owned by Menzies and Bingham, was placed
at the service of the conslgnees, and
twenty of her crew were dispatched 70
the piague-stricken ship. tug was also SEM
outside the heads, and at 3 O'Clock IN tne
evening the Bremen dropped anchor IN the
bay, after voyage OF l9O days.
The Bremen was designed as steamer, ana
for some wears sailed between Bremen and
New York. The engines were regular hre
eaters and much too expensive. and eventual
lv the steamer was sold to E. Bates u Sons, o.
Liverpool and by them converted INTO san,
inc sbip. She is 1923 feet in length, Az iee'
beam, and &c feA in depth OF hold. Her ION
mace il 1855. and she has 1890 tons OF coal OF
hoard withal, being high out OF the water
and capable of carrying another lOOO tons
Her upper sparring is light, and IN Gains o.
LIGHT weather she must be very dltncuis yes
sci to drive. This and the fact that Amos
every man of her crew was disabled Dy ais
ease during the voyage, accounts 1or tne ca
cessively long passage.
VISIT ON BOARD.
of Mr.. Menzies, Call reporter had an OF
nortunity of visiting the, Bremen in compan
with the British Consul and one OF the con
s;onees. Captain Leslie, who must have bee
harrassed to distraction by the difficulties
fetching port under such extraordinary on
cumstances, was in communicative mooo
and answered all questions with alacIlty an
. das;re TO explain. The owners OF the shl
ara among those assailed by Mr.. Piimsoli
misc. npulous money-makers, who nelIhe
care whether their ships swim or sink, PR
vided thew are able to grab the insurance.
AT the time the Bremen sailed, crews wei
d;ficnlt to obtain, and colored men wei
sbinned--tifty of them. The whites on ooar
comprised the captain, three officers, the ca
nenter steward, sailmaker, and two stow
wavs. A few days after leaving Liverpool OF
of The men died of pulmonary consumptiol
Before reaching the Horn scurvey develops
itself in unmlstakable symptoms among
number of the crew, and off the Horn tne 81
ease had reduced the crew so mucn tnat
Temporary shelter was rugged on decK' e.
five or six men were employed IN acuve gu
with the others resting below, ana some
them detailed for relief on call
When the ship got into warm iat.tuue 7, y
reaction from the cold weather OH the 10
was violent, and as the Captain expresses
"The colored men dropped of like Sumo
e %xunl We w