The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-10

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| From the Mobile Register.
Captain Francis Ganello, Oftl4e Italian
| bark Nluldulenu. related the follow wing
circumstance which occurred to him
while With his ves st! 1T \ireytoNn, Mica
ragna where l>e arrived On the Sth oil
June lie ordered his launch to be
rugged it'll mast and four oars and
| sailors ~ use them. Taking his ships
! papers With him, be entered the launch
and VI as about to push III When a French
| Passenger, nalnru Leon Birard, asked
the captain t. lie allowed to GU III the
launch, which request Was granted.
They pulled to within three " tol1rs Lu1l
| irtd Yards from shore, when they met
high breakers and Saw it was
aInuet Impossible to land, IT'S sea
was running over Tie bar. The
captain made signals to those Oh shore
to come vn to his assistance, but nu at
tention as paid to his ul01 enltnts. lie
then determined to Try to land, and
pointing the bow of his boat to the shore,
told his men to quill, which they did with
a will. The launch safely crossed the
first and second reefs, but when they
reached the third reef very heavy
breaker struck the boat which capsized
and filed Three Of the sailors got each
an Oar and tried to max E shore, which
they succeeded III reaching III ali ex-
hansted condition. The captain with
one sailor and the French passenger
laid hold Of the launch, righted her, and
though it was full Of water, got in and
waited for assistance.
While thus anAiOusly waiting d large
school Of sharks encircled the frail craft
and continually drew nearer. The men
fought them with desperation, though
less jaws as to have his breaches torn in
several places. From three o'clock TN
til nearly nightfall they kept up the
fight for life, when the captain made Zip
bis mind to attempt to swim ashore and
told the sailor and passenger to follow
him. The mast Of the launch was near
by, entanged in the cordage, and the
captain succeeded in loOsening it and
with the sailor ut one end, took the 9TH
err. They asked the passenger to take
hold If the middle Of the mast, but he
refused, saying that he feared the sharks.
He toll the captain that he would wait
in the boat and begged him to send
speedy assistance The venturesulne
pair were thrown On the beach by a
heavy sea in all exhausted condition.
As soon as they partly recovered they
told the citizens If the passenger yet
adrift, and Il boat with six oars was i'm
mediately rugged and went out III search
ct the unfortunate man and the launch
The captain, hav ing recovered from
his buheting with the waves, procured
eaAvt LeEek cat alld pAshed, FROM the shore
with one ofhis own sailors Is find the
launch . They searchedu the night
was far gone, and finding no trace of
either launch Or man sadly returned to
shore. The next morning at daybreak
the. goFtrn9lr went gut in y beat
with 4 picked crew and EXAMINED the
whole coast and found neither boat nor
passenger, and concluded that the launch
had been beaten> to- pieces on. the reefs
and that tie unfortunate passenger had
been deyoured by the yoracious sharks.
Captain Ganello brought certified de-
position from the governor of Grevtuwn
relating the above facts.