The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-10-06
OVER THE SEA.
Details Of Capt. johnson's Remarkable Voyage
Across the Atlantic. ~,
From the London Daily News.

From the London Daily News. s.. a's7st
The boat Centennial arrived at Liperpool
August 81, after avoyage across the ATTAIN
tic. She was sailed by man by the name
of Johnson, Dane, and left Gloucester,
Mass, on June 18. johnson is in good
health, but suffers from want of sleep, and
his legs are weak and stiff, owing to the
confinement of the voyage. He is smart,
intelligent man of about thirty-six. On
arriving at New Brighton he was cheered
by the passengers on a ferry boat. He did
not land at the landing stage, where a
number of people had assembled to meet
him, but sailed mp the river and was ulti-
mately met by the proprietor of the Rock
Ferry hotel, with whom he arranged to ex-
hibit his boat in the grounds. The Cen
tennial was shown to the public to-day.
The Centennial is boat of the kind known
in America as a dory. She is twenty feet
long, partially flat-bottomed and has a
centre board. % She is deeked over, is built
in three water-tight compartments and was
supplied with provisions for ninety days.
She was built expressly for the trip, and is
of pine, extra timbered with oak. She
carried one mast and can set mainsaib
two jibs and square sail. johnson left
Gloucester on the 18th of June, the people
cheering him heartily as he sailed away.
The weather was fine at first, but it after
ward changed to fogs and headwinds which
lasted until the 22d, when he put into Shake
Harbor, his compass being affected by his
iron ballast. LIE started again on the 25th
and had a fine passage and fair winds until
the 7th of July, when in latitude Also
north, longitude "a west, a heavy gale from
the southwest sp1ang up, during which the
boat shipped heavy sea, which started
the combing of the hatchway, and the wa
water got in and spoiled some of the pro-
visions. At this time he spoke bark
bound from Mexico to Liverpool, and the
captain invited johnson to go on board,
saying he would drop him off Cape Clear,
and not mention anything about it; but
johnson declined. The gale passed away
and he had fine weather until the 10Th Of
July, when a strong breeze came up from
the southwest, and he made a good run
until the I'd of August, on which day, be-
ing about 300 miles from Cape Clear, he
spoke to the brig Maggie Gander, from
New York to Swansea. After running for
couple of hours with the brig, which
shortened sail to keep company, johnson
hove his boat to in order to ride out the
gale, which had greatly increased. He un-
shipped the mast for this purpose. Abont
half an hour after being hove to the boat
got broadside on to a heavy sea and cap
sized, but Johnson got on the bottom and
remained there about twenty minutes, when
another sea struck her and he succeeded in
righting her. This was about o'clock in
the afternoon. just after getting into the
boat he saw shark alongside, and its fms
struck against the bottom of the boat. He
fastened knife to an oar and cut at the
shark which then went away. The boat
was half full Of water, but he pumped her
out and weathered the gale, which lasted
till the next day. 4 Everything was wetbed,
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and he lost his kerosene stove and his square
sail by the upset. The weather continued
foggy for four days, during which time he
could not dry anything. 9at g. 4iioi4m
On Monday, August 18th, about one hun
dred miles off Cape Clear, he spoke to. The the
brig lAlfredon, from Liverpool to Balti-
more, and got some bread and wafer, his
own bread having been damaged by the
salt water. Nextday he got soundings to
the south of Cape Clear, but it was .foggy
and he could not see land.9 q On the 9th he
spoke to the ship Prince Lolnbardo, which
gave him the bearings of Wexford Head
as fifty three miles east by north On the
10th he sighted Milford. but the wind be-
came contrary. and he put into Abercastle.
He sailed again on the 18th, and reached
Holyhead last Friday, and Liverpool yes
terday morning. johnson estimates that
his average run during the voyage was sew
enteen miles day. He was provided with
medicines before starting. When asked
Yesterday if he would care torepeat the trip
johnson replied that he +" thought he had
had about enough Of it, ~ ....t .- w