Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-16
IHE WAITS OF THE IA PLATA.
etatemeufs Of the Rea,suain and
ssuarteruaSter.
IcEHd@Ti'.-F - fi~ IesScf D-~cr5I- . fgfs1t
o' 0H lie RAP Ujh,OH " ri ~ DRINK
Hop n sls.t-1bs Rescue

Gldl reporter ~ tine >uficTiuSS uf Henry La
mont. hu-,t~,-ain. and John Hooper, quarter
master, OF irt >t1amCr la Plata. from mid
6aN, GA sunday. November -. whom the YES
SCI .n.lntcT'd- until the morning .. WrdneS-
DAY. becsu1bsr2. when they were rescued by
the Dutch schooner Wilhelm II s0SI"sOpn.
The saow.as Is condensation ri this ac-
count
The principal narrator was Lamont alike
because 81 uis superior position. his better
education. ~ gr 'atCT fluency OF language.
and the less eugrO,Sing agony OF his pain.
He declined and properly 80. 10 express the
Total absence Of reserve in his views as to
The cause of ti" ShIPwrPck. the-". a least in
deesil, a. 10 seemed u him. Is well a. To me.
should b. reserved for the formal inquiry. at
which. a. his position as hoat-Vs,,iu Of the
IjntOTtui3t" vessel. me viii b. the most i'm
pOrtant witness now proceed % allow him
10 speak
Iamoaf-.-I came on deck a. midnight OF
SATURDAY. November = 1 had last eaten a
& O'Clock tha- night. went on TIE bridge to
SuppTiUtCEd The steering. The snip would
not keep hsr head To- the wind hut Kept con-
1inually falling of eight points AND lurching
into the trough OF the sea. l stopped on The
bridge until O'Clock. when Th0 mate, Mr.
Rush relieved me. and told me 10 go down on
1bc main at ok ami secure the iOlty-bDat. IL
was then blowing "a whole gal" from west
ToT'-wc>t- Tie ship was lahUriuE heavily,
sud caught % felrtuily when she 70 of into
1EC trO1SH OF t2r ga. The ship E"t Suffered
no damage Ht this Time. the seas were break
Iug over her without harmiug ines - FAY aS |
snow $40. after . a m after hal secured
Tnc fply-IDrj. great SEA came IN right
sJp9m-~i3a had fallen Oi into tGn trough of
ghe ~ct again. ypu >ce-aui swept T'I- jolly
boat clean aw,v. mapping OF tn dayits a.
~ they i.s.a Hr. % carrots This wave carried
: man overheard. lie might have been saved
1UT hy kept "ti.ti fun seven miluta-. bat I
could get ,o assistance from d." crow - help
Tire uDrr fellow. on board. amt I Sv.rrH 1f them
fDy a So. so iabhgrly dog. Ia.v wanted
SViIit. NOS 81 lad set OF men. Lu' Pre- Iu't nvcl
Ic5g- Inside ti.ll. Two hours o...E this Il-
other scJ washed the StaTbpat wgi~t-5DaJ
away fitr-t.at- ~ she sept filling away
So. AMI ..gsV...U- so heavy seas nt 80 the
100. Of tGr l.'lu tTy~Jii to Try tu ksrp her up
10 IN. wind she h,t NUtl rtTfE 'N- Fp can
Vas g.. fore G.4iy ~tHHTuIUE a. mn power.
AimD,' a~ soon aS W. hal 81. tHg sail. tte
4DUt outside .fLr ~Hcr-} carried away. .,ll We
left taC frE sail tlarTIEg tp the mercy of the
winds. St..g after tine loose canvas vas beat
IL. - tH.t J.se captain desired q: tr br t-If
sway aui N~siI went NJ sIuI crI Do :iTiI..
Between F" a-.N % O'Clock was ~lc,i by Mr..
TicNrtt~ tLt chief Of thr telegraph stat. tp
lake a. gang IS men down into tine tank. auI
pass tine r-G 81 the wire UP and keep il clear
a. 10 paid UU.- rs little 8fry- II IS clock we
tad PAID 0ut about thirty miles. when the
cable was Cu-, because IL ina p-'p deter
mined tu I-, me ship before Tia wind which
The cable. hanging from the bow. Wpuit nave
gTCyruteri-siIv wouldn't have pail OF with
81 -. III. telegraph tank was not forward,
but ag,au tisC dga k-hOUSe. further ant than
sIuid>L5I-. between the main and uIZZen
lua>f~- sine Wa~ very much down hy IN"
Stern. Nu' I8y ing put the cable olt l,1t ictrl
BeI head ANY further cut oi Tie Wst.E- / was
clear To- everybody that she was doomed - -
40 the h"t TOM Inc first mate dis hl~ duty
40 an. last. ike "a man. There ist gathered
a lot al EIr.rl~-iUUTte-u OF fitt-sl--Ol tine
StaThOIIl - e.. and tiny got ga" St1~boJrl
BOAT ready ,tIi prJvI-IDle-t, ana SOM 'Ist
got ga heI- waiting for the emit j aIl Hooper
were both WIKI TINS crew. NHru this hal
been done. there came a Tot % other men
who had ben ipGsug around lily. AMI
crowded into her when they saw hes really.
i said To tuvTn. What tire devil ia yoJ all
want hcIv5 NoU will have tine boat over
crowded. why moi 20 and get the Juat over
gher"-tH" I"Ii tuaL-Tcaty for yourselves
" ell. ola" man saw the sense 81 tIrS-it was.
believe a.. man VINO >i"cr"d 'il' boat iaIt
rDdte7j-yui Nn went ami unhuoisrt tu ritv.t
IOCllr~- IA. was pu board standing on the
Skid~. ~,yII fp TIE mate. 'Nrd better M
hook CUr fac-l"~. because. when sine "p,~
down the .,gI viii litt clean. TIe-uIt' said.
'H"-t ou "a -iI. uUty-' aud Just tIeu sea came.
SrT,s>~ tii- waist. We were driven u.t WAYS.
/ got H1lt II fBe Stern dayif tackle along
with ;iIe i.-Ita. AMI then was wa~Ici On -
1ht EllIsvl. rIE-'-g. which ciHtr.."t. / got
q heavy ...v. h, if-u was drown up thus
YOU l'. -,r tII- mark Df tE- b.t.-" on my
1orchcr now pulled myself t"yeth"T AMI
Ian up Tn. IilZzcl rigging - 1a~f as : coIii.
ami tie d.ci- ataft was under water. TIE
other tagi-ttdt osi tine port sleeve by this
Time a.r,j- i'It ON tn surface a. Ga" deck
went under wafer. She HD+tf q e. .GT in a
Haudsuu" manner. ] hailed hcf :roun the
niTZyU T.g-t.E- tuJ they cail-l NO. back
10 me. Down went the mast Gu Ter water
1hi~ was tie ship sinking amt down
went. toO. } hal let 20 III rigging. bur was
sucked down into the vortex. 1 went down
good way %. don't Know how IA but
His ] know. that / was gaping ami swallow
iug sea water. / saw somebody above me i'm
Iue water. ami put out my haIi u clutch
him. but on second thought le.t him alone
and took InE chance by myself Up came
again. alone. TIE first thing | saw was a
fiic buoy living about l GOT holi OF that,
and Pat n GA over my head. aui then /
GaUGHI q grip 81 floating tOpEaliIntmJSt.
and rosie easy. just thea / saw ;nc qsIartrr-
Insster-HODTar. theTe-clinging 10 a spar
z Il
don't know. 4 cant LOlt on much longer he
replied Just then saw one Of tire air rats
which we EstJ inflated IN the morning float
in@, and cried. on, my God, q0artcrmas-
Ter. there One OI them RATS coming toward
NOU- Look Ouf behind YOU and eaten 1t. AMI
linen Euii on and III Join YOU lie east loose
md SWAN 81 faIs Yards To ths ran AMI got
mold az %. AMI followed u II az once. This
tTiHs> Mc down 10 the time l reached the
1aft'
u was no. until then tina; Lamont aui
Hooper hal rarAulon fUrtUay~, AMI HJpper'>
experiences PRIOR 10 this time have now 10 be
IhrDB!ri-t-
Hooper was at the wheel. when close
a. . O.CiUC.. tle mat" came 10 M amt said.
y OUt better i-tyc the wheel; It'~ every man
for himself now ! FIRST went To- the raft "
ing ON TIE bridge, which the doctor AMI one
Of the telegraph men were standing b.; but
LAW There Was NO chance of it, going clear -
j Stool. 50 gave them "a haaI 70 launch il
fo Wlu,tw:Ei Then l still thought there was
no chance There. - left IA" brId-,. and went
Alt, aud S"t into boat which Lamont and his
Z. jill
- ] gyt an a ~rt broke over her an smashed
her ga two ami fell through the middle OF
her right Iutp the sea hal a hart Struggle
10 come To- the surface, and when | did |
found hai been carried down by the suction
o. TIE iDu.t'.i hall, and tnat the miZZen
1lEsiHE was following tine huh AMI coming
right down atop Of me Some one SANG out.
'LOpk out toT me rigging and before / hal
lime Ia SWIM away the rigging caught me
across the back. AMI took ne down q SC nd
time. ] went down u long way this time.
III COu.t hDij my breath HO longer, and
fuCu / has 10 swallow the salt water. ~
last found myself drifting clear III the rig
ing amt t'HiiIE Up tO The surface. | came
right W. uH,irr "a tDpgdllaut ydsi. AMI cuj
my mead upon one Of the bolts OF IL. / chung
40 the ~l:t-, ami looking round | saw the
bOdt~Waiu not lar from me Ii said Just
VIVA; Le has toll YOU. and that brings YOU
ooWE To CUR getting ON the raft When
reached lt ! found that both the air tubes
were SOUrf.. although not fully inflated
We sat or the best inflated one, pressing our
knees against the other, with our feet down
On the canvas connecting them. The franz
work OF the AIR raIt was bottom ZIP. We tai
nothing tO holt ON by. and Were continually
under water up Jo the waist, with the sea
breaking over our heads every now and
men once took my leg OUJ OF the water
anu SIf'iCtl,d 10 out on the air cone ODDD>i II