The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-11-16
RES, UE AT SEA.
Three Days Without Food or Drink
Living on Sharks.

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The brig Nellie Ware, Capt. Ashbury,
from Minatitlan, arrived at this port
Yesterday after stormy voyage OF forty
days. Capt. Ashbury made the follow
ing statement to reporter:
We had fine weather TO Thursday,
Oct. 10, when off Jupiter inlet we en-
countered hurricane from east-north-
east, blowing dead on shore, which was
not very far distant. We carried con
siderable sail until it was all blown
away. Kept constantly heaving he
lead during the night, and got sound
ings nearly every time, bu could not
exactly tell the depth. The last sound
ing we supposed to be about seventeen
fathoms. At a. M, our last sell was
blown away and we were drifting to
leeward very fast, At a. m. the wind
shifted TO the southeast, when we wore
ship and headed off shore. Friday,
Oct. 90, forenoon, terrible gale was
blowing from southwest, which came
in heavy puffs. At p. m. that day
the wind moderated, and it cleared In
the west. We got all hands to work
and cleared the wreck. On Saturday,
4 Oct. 81, we made what sail we could
and bore up for New York. The u xt
day Sunday, at Z a. NJ, in latitude %
deg. 40 min. north, longitude N deg.
SO min. west, we saw dismasted yes
sci about six miles to westward OF lis.
In the afternoon we beat up to her
and found her to be the schooner Katie
P. Lunt (of fremont, Me.), Capt.
4 Lopaus, and bound from Brunswick,
4 Ga, for ST. Jaso CUBA, with a cargo
of pine lumber. she was IN q most
deplorable condition, her masts and
!, iibboom gone, and her decks swept
clean. We sent q boat to her and took
off her Captain, his wife and crew, and
brought them to this port.
Capt. Lopaus was interviewed, by a
Herald reporter and stated as follows {:
We sailed from Brunswick, Ga, on Sun
day, Oct. 15, with light westerly winds
and fine weather That night the wind
shifted to the north and east, bic wing
fresh. On Monday it was blown 6 o
} strong breeze and we shortened sail. L mr.
. ing the day the wind increased toa stroD g
| gale from northeast. The weather be-
came hazy and the vessel began to leak.
4 Next day, Tuesday, the weather moder-
ating. we made all sail. During the
night Of Wednesday, the 18th, it blew a
fresh gale from the northeast. We put
the vessel under short sail, and as she
was leaking badly all hands were put at
the pumps. Wednesday morning. the
!, wind moderated and came more from
/ the eastward. At 10 a. m. we wore ship
to the northward and set the Ib, with q
heavy sea running from the southeast
and the vessel laboring heavily and still
: leaking badly. Atthis time we were in
Latitude % deg. 12 min. north, longi~
/ tude II deg. SO min. west. On Thurs
{ day, at noon, the wind increased and we
| shortened sail. The barometer was very
: unsteady. Bymidnight it was blowing
r heavy, the vessel being under three
reefed sails, and all hands at the pumps.
Friday, at daylight, there was every
sign of hurricane. All hands were
. kept at the pumps, and the barometer
: kept falling fast. At half-past ga. m
the vessel was thrown on her beam ends,
and we had to cut away the mainmast to
l right her, which carried away the fore
Q mast. When she righted the decks we're
9 swept of everything ckOad, forward
Q house and loose spars and gear. The
I vessel was full of water. It vas blowing q
0 hurricane. At II a. M. the barometer
: stood very low and the sea vas making Q
|, clean breach over the vesseland through
!. the cabin, Shaving the bulkheads and
II everything in the cabin, and. driving al
K hands on the top of the house, where
81 they lashed themselves hs best they
could for safety. My wife, with her
child In her arms, was washed off the
s. house, but having rope made fast
around her she was hauled on board, but
. without the child which was drowned.
: Myself and another child we're washed
: in the cabin and nearly drowned. When
= I recovered myself the child was gone,
: having been washed through the cabin.
n h At midnight the wind shifted to the
Q northwest, which made the wreck Lay
8 easier, and gave US little shelter III, the
v after companionway, which was not
;. washed away. The weather moderating,
!. we, took a look around. and found the
. provisions, except q can Of tomatoes, and
the water all gone, and the decks split
] open. Saturday, the 2lst, we kept q
!. lockout for sail, but none, came III
) sight. Sunday we made a sail SIX miles
; distant, and heading to the northeast
: after while we made her out. to be 8
:, brig. under short sail. We .hoisted a
!, shirt on a board as signal to her, (which
: she. did not seem to see, as she, kept, on
!, her course until noon, when she was al
Z: most out of sight. She then tackled and
: bore up for us. While the sail was com
!, ing toward us we. caught a shark, which
!. we we managed to roast in 40 old stove we
a found. Partly roasted We found il
!. tasted good and sweet, but had no water
q to. drink with it. At half past 4 the
i wind was very light and the vessel COM
! ing very slowly toward us. Shortly
! after she sent boat to us and brought
us on board the vessel, when we found
: her to be the brig Nellie Ware, Capt.
Ashbury, from Minatitlan for New
t York. Capt. Ashbury did everything
! in his power to make us comfortable,