The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-25
GOING DOWN IN A GALE.
THE WRECK or THE BfRK FLOR
ENCE ~ TUE PICIFIC.


Froh TIC SIN fiapcisco ch,oath.
on the 30.h nit. news came os the loss Of
tho bark Florence Of this uurt on Nov. H. She
we laden with O0 feet Of frmhcr for iits'tck
co... and WIS hound from Port Discovery TO
this turt q he statement of Daniel .rvv, the
.nly survivor "t the disrstcr, h now come to
Ia nd. We print II N his own words:
=. The Forcnc' sailed from Port Discovery on
"wednesday. the 9Th NJ November. We expo
rlenccd very rough weather all the ua- sage ire
vi9u- 10 the wreck. At midnight on the l5th
gale sprdng up. We made last all sail with the
execution ~ two lower tOns1is. II was blowing
very strong all the tine. At4 \. N. we took IN
the two lower forctopsall4. Ats A. NJ. all hands
not do it, A. l0A NJ. Ms the rale Increased, the
mate requested the Captain to throw the deck
load uVot board.
The Captain refused, urefcrring to wait until
the evening. ns the gale might moderate. At II
a. Me- Two s"auicn went 70 tine CAPTAIN and
III &c inc = me icquest. Cant. Dayton rcplled
~ before At about two or three p. NJ. IA tie
gaze old not show auv sigus OF going down. the
Capt in gave orders to throw the deck load
over: Onc-h NJ of tho crew did II, the other
halt being az The pumps, keeping them constant.
oyerupHrd with the exception II lOnD feet. We
tried the uurEps and found eight or ten feet 90
wa III her lump, d WY choorfullv. tut the
sup was evidently m1hinE more water. At ~
+. NJ, the shin would not rise t. the sef, which
made a cumplctc breach over her forward, wash
iug away tie hrlwalks aud stauchtuns. At nltd-
s Of G's ~ 80 NJ -1 ',f $50 .ss,
completely. At2 NJ. / went ait to the Cap
tam. WHO was az the wheel, and asko hini ne
matter OF p;cc cotton to have some PROVISIONS
put up, rs we might not De ablC to ~ So il we
had to leave tier huuicdlv
At 2aD the Capt lin ordered the boat to No got
out. The boat hnd hren stove by "a sea. aud some
time was spent In putting piece OF pump leather
over the mole. Al 3 A. N. we left the ship,
~ everybody was afraid she would go to pieces.
We had nothing iu { . boat hut eight or ten
pounds OF biscuit soaked with salt water. one
bucket Of water, which soon GOT SPILLED, and Eve
or SIX ces OF salt pork. All the crew were Ia
the bOat-tsn men. A. 3 ociOch on the after
noon Of the sane daV we made the land. being
al the time OF leavug the shin about forty miles
on. II being too rough to land, We kept the boat
some Of the men. the Captain decided to land.
though lie SAID IL was throwing away our lives.
The men said that thcy were hungry. cold ana
Wet ~ II mad been raining since wciett the ship.
and that we would have to land some time. and
had hetter do IL while We were fresh. SO ~ was
decided % land. We put the b AZ stern ON the
beach. When we got WITHIN 20 yards OF the
beach a roller struck us, throwing all hands out.
That was tine last ever rlw of the Captain. two
OF the men aud the Chinese cook. no rest
struggled fOt awhile, but all eventually went
uown.
then made for the boat. which was bottom
up. and by kce ing the stern between my legs
and the painter managed 10 hold on Tor oVl
half an hour alter all the rest hii sunk or had
been carried out by the uudertDw. Finally the
sea left me 80 that ! could wtk up the beach.
| had no shoes on. and hut very little Of other
clothing. | tried to mud some houses. bus could
not. Come back anu Law down near the wreck,
expecting To find some Of the bodies. We were
wrecked four miles from CAPE Pcfpetua and
TWENTY-FIVE milcs from tie Jmpqua river. Tue
next morning twO Wn't- men found me. aud
took me to an Indian VI lage stvrn miles away.
stupped tn re- two DAYS. and then came on 10
Gsrdtncr Ci,y, Lciug very sick, and my feet sore
and hands swt,lcd.
The lost were Can't. Dyton nrst mate. An
der-un; second mate. Carey. SO NEW l-n.
an lrl-hnan; Malcolm Grant, - ten; McPhcr-
sot % u Lunurc. and Dusean ~ Lowell. Mass;
a Swtde shipped AT T coma. name unknown.
Tue Chinese, nine In Ill. were drowned.