The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-25
LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE.
carr. THOWpSON's GRfPHTC DEsCRIP-
TION or ms SHTPUREtk.
The Worst storm in Thirty Years I.ashinn
that saved his I.ifc-W ondcrfui Dreams That
were Reaiilcd-A Lost ship Recovered.

Almost every vessel that has arrived with
in few DAYS has brought news Of disaster TO
craft that encountered the hurricane Of fort
night ago. The Norwegian bark Faro which
reached this port on Sunday. brought Capt.
johnson and tue crew Of the schooner Laura \.
Webb of Deer Isle. Me-. which WIS abandoned
on the 18th inst. after five days effort to save
her. The Webb sailed hence for NASSAU, y. F..
in ballast under charter of Is. j. Weinberg OF 10
Old slip. Capt Thompson says:
You SEQ I've been ON blue water for thirty
year. but that storm lay away over anything
eyer got into before. wclcft New York on the
9TH Of April. aud worked along all right until
the 9th. when we ran into the edge OF the storm
oil Cape Henry. The wind came from L $. f..
all around to l.. n. T.. and the sea seemed to
roll up from almost anywhere. | concluded to
hcavc to. we made everything snug aud
tossed for twenty hours with all sail iurcd.
This would have been all well enough II the
sea had been all regular running aforc the
wind. That's what 1t want. II seemed to come
from everywhere. One minute her bows would
go clean under wave and before she got fairly
Strengthened again another would STRIKE her
ahcnm or astorn. Well W. stood this for twenty
hours and then ] determined to try and run
out of the gale. For six hours we Studded
along under close rcefed foresaH Then a
heavy cross sea struck her. and another fol-
lowed 50 quick that she hove clean on her beam
ends to starboard and the ballast shifted. !
saw right away that We was wrarkvd sure and
II would take mighty lively work 10 cut away the
rigg ng in time tp save life
There w,l- nothing easy about II just then. I
IAN tell YOU. Every sea swept her from -t"uI TO
stern. amt IN" men had to lash themselves To-
tn" oatirads and do Ia" best they could between
waves. Nnenthe manmast icll Apncr Newman
got his leg caught. ami WAS badly crushed. He
was sent below. and he didn't have no easy time.
either. for there was plenty Of water III both
We'll, even after every stick and spar was
oNornoard eNcspt tnr Dowsirt ana Iia ma,
badly shifted. So W. had to open the hold and
n" men wnr" sct To heaNing the hal last back
Four or five hours work trimmed the craft
enough 10 give III IN" u~e Of the cabins. Tn"
men were pretty well exhausted. and there did
not seem much 10 be done during the night. |
saw we were drifting To- III" eastward. and To-
ward morning | got ANXIOUS lest we should
drift out Of the ira 6 the coast traders. In
the morning we rugged little jury masis. ana
tried To- ~" W sail enough To give Us some
-t""rageway. We could not do much for all the
canvas W" mad l"it was mite Of th" i"r"~ail.
60 mover sec u IA SKY H. broke ON IL next
mornIn g II wis saked AN over trnS-y. aud
looked u threat in every rlit. All our small
rtorrS was m the ran H. imi.N dninhg' 81 with
SAT- water and hardly III Ia eat There was no
ghau . % cook ANYTHING. not even . cup ui cole
Zee. ne ran, athou-h II wasn't lf'I', cat
where II struck liz" shot and WIS Just about IT,
.oi. On deck or below DIS i wA- al tine same
,,r wat r, ana all of ~ r' dr'n meet through
W. 1t dpt sre suil 400 day, and when n'sht
CLOSED VA with illr storm aui -r,t wilder tAan
ever, th"r'. didn't r'riu o. Do. fnurh hoi,.
tn" next morning. April /. WAS Just such
another Now I've been wrecked i,, ,r. anil
nav" seen som" pretty hiEh -gs. hut | never
saw mo- u~' Of lashln- ny~,.t t. krrI from l,,t-
ting w.~n"i overheard. Well tle nHt, ca.nr
uu amt sud. Cap. these sea-, 1re mighty high
YOU had bitter try a lasiing. Just laughed ~
him and said wouldn't 10 no IA nt ing. n
~ tHi NJ ul" four or five tunes that hud l.t-
Tn n y. En-. S'I n al s s, wpl p, I l MI SAY r
uan Nv mlnut after had made y last that
mountain sea stru X nrr ast IN. liii a u.o right
oN' rtIr wheel dt'ok n" 20 90" md az Oh" LASH
lng " IN IA h l,rh that II pretty near rut me-
10 twu. TuW WASH an ui % after iil' sea- rolled
along ,au- forehead On tir dock 50 hard that
II closed On" of my eyes. Tint was about the
mat lashng thu first hoi,vr oi that sea would
have ii"d me right overheard.
" Two NOR days w.thou, sisht u a sail. We
yer. stu doing what w. could 70 k.'p from
driitin. too far To- eastward. hnf II wasn't
OF ma US" and most 81 those on board wer0
getting pretty well discouraged. Ahn.r New
conrase b "t than any Of th@m' on he third
morning he told his mates that he'd had adream
IN one OF IN" short spells when exhaustion so
iar overcome llin That h. Nnuli ~iHfp -uiIe.
nrrsiq,rd VIA, ras euti,s NY l".a -'ur. b.. s-i
"'ih gray nnii p'd up GA ihn itnl, anu wuiri
M sat Well set out Of tins all risAt. never
= lis"d the fellows pluck, hu, 81 tn" same
time was h"einning % trel q lit'ie dubious. W.
seemed to h. drifting along about ule mdal,,. of
Il s.. " were goine So much to eastward that
l Thought thti account .d inr our nli ga vuui o.
lns sis of som sort. Four days an nights
ter- as man could DIOR out anu -,lu mo- sail
1 10, IA sf ~ H.. Nnu a., cay ,i inr 9n in
sighted us and .au" t. our a-- stance. The
storm had amdcd son'whai. hui there was = "
good deal "i r.-h 100 Mats .us the irau~i'r DO.
cident
dos SON strsns" thn WY Ahn"r Nrwnnn-
came out. A. soon as W. .nuld ..oi niui u~nnf'
! hret morning after y. .;0t'N +tNr' gave hlu
u bow 81 PEA soap. Iurre l~ moro than ono
witness that an swear .lat l".ure Do" ad ~WHl-
lowed the hrSt sppuniul Il white cat. strraA 4
with gray, jumped on the table. ~ familiar a-
an 2ld irirni i,nd sal there watching him ul
he had finished.
nus - happened this morning. had i.''f
dr'wiwng Two or tire" times about Oh" Mrln.
her again. Wen. yesterday morning mo- AMI
my mate WIS asleep IN tie Ttru- ral IN. and
ar 'Hm'd as"ln mat the Wit was az 'hor"i
thr mute ami told him ~ cour up amt -'., ii,.
W''h tie Ernwl"d about being awoke amt
! 400 I. sure enough. Their. WIS tr" Wrhh ust .-
81" had l'if her Jury NESTS aui am. iun -'a'
saw her SIN N.V llIhr Ia iny dreams that | wasn't
I'll" lur, T. of IN" st'iu -h y Gamma which
iOw'd IA" hh 10 this p. =. says.
On saturday Inst tlf' Can i'n. two dave ont
rom Bermuda. $40 miles -ouul"unt of Sandy
| Hook "n cunt r',i q srh"0u"r - Ga nll rlg-lns
: ~ ne -',Hm'r ran r"-' enough y -,, iIlat
her r " had abandoned nor ttnt Lid!leYH
boarded ., iind HIDING h.t ~" ltad shlpi'i
/ compfruiN ~ II" water. ana tlut her huil WAS
! very liiu" damaged. q t"rmn"d to make am
/ rnur' & tow her IT,. tins city Hrr ballast WIS
suited So that she huatrd trim ia" ruaarr WIS
repaired, and "a long now hHw-er WAS run from
IN" stern 81 On" steamer nnd attached Ia th,
rlIistii OF the = 'hOon.r The SECOND mate AMI
/ \ nigh -''t VS. running aui NOT unlroqu"ntly
tn"-"ueon"r plunged bow uni, r the waS Wil
/ put I rrlhle tension on Tn" haw-er, hut %
/ proved strong enough aul 81 amer and convoy
arr.NI nrr, ~ Monday the former having