The Indianapolis journal., 1883-01-22
A MONTH OF PERIL AT SEA
Nearly -Four Weeks at the Mercy OF
the Angry Wavess
.-.-~'.-.,e Az, SHIN EnfszsssaH -'AS5sitO
in the Rigging Waterlogged aud
Abandoned in the Atlantic.
New York Herald.


left Musquash, New Brunswick, for Liver
pool on the 18th of December. On the fol-
lowing day, and when but a short distance
out from st. John, the sea grew high and
the wind blew rough. The ship sprung
leak. Murphy, the carpenter, went down
below and found three feet OF water in the
hold. He did what he could to patch the
leak. The weather continued rough for
twenty-one days, and the ship had not pro-
ceeded many miles before it became evident
that she was very much strained. With
the sea high and hail blowing in their
teeth, the crew of the Endymion did
not pass particularly happy New Years
Day; but on the day following the
waves had washed away the pinnacle and
skylights and the wind had blown away the
foresail and the wind increased from gale
to hurricane from the eastward, and the
sea rose proportionately high. The Endy:
mion was running under fore and lower top
sails 1t was necessary to furl every other
sail. Relays of men were kept working at
the pumps, and the hold was kept fairly free
from water. The windmill pump and the
main pump were each attended to by seven
men. One or two of the crew were con-
stantly SICK but, nevertheless Captain Way
colt contrived to keep the pumps fully
main pumn became suddenly choked M
and the forward pumn (calied the "bow
pump") was brought into play.
Tuesday, the I'd of January, dawned upon
turbulent sea that was rolling along under
reoular intervals bnrst info n hurricane The
men were still Kent at the nnmns Al about
T.45in the evanins tl,e wind which had heen
b;owipg easterIv snddeniv ceased for about
fen minutes The crew b~eatbed more
fraal,, 81 ;n,or;,,a5 +ba+ ,ho;r tronLIa v,aro
ended for a time Almost as snddenIv how
ever os II hed Ir1lad tbe u,ird b,iIret ont
from the northward and ;ts accomnaninent
Iyeso deIngo of mi, o,,d sIeo+ Tba 500 hooan
to break over the shin with sncb vehemence
that n was danrarous for a man to stand on
decLr The contoin yo,e +ba ordor nsonaro
Yards - and ran tbe Fndvmion barora tbe
wind for an bour aftar which She broacbed
+o ON tho mort tacL
Two men ,vere kent tod to tho wbee1
The fiarce norther hIsv awoy tho Iouor fora
and main toneaiI 1eoving scarcaIv n r;hbon
of them babind Attbe same time tbe son
ran fror, and to end of tho sIin and uosbed
away ihe after boats togetltar With the very
slide nnon which tbnv reeted Aftar tbis
occidant Cantain wovcott Iet tLa Endvmion
lie 10 tLe wind Heavy snos swent over her
cOntinuOusIv The deck load of nine MIA nLs
beoon fo add To fbe dancers of the sit,iation
MANY Of the nlanEs brol-e away from thair
fastenings and salad around tLa shin
erraticaIIv and fanfasticaIIv tbraateninq
life and limb at every move fhev made To
add to the confusion the windmill numn
hroka 1own
Wednesdav tbe 9d onenad with boavv
gale frnn, the nortbword A. davligLt The
Tantain ordered ali hands on daciy ana told
them to gather up the blanks and cast them
overheard This work was one of great dan
ger in CONSEQUENCE of tbe wav in which flo
waves were dasbing the planks about One
man known as RaTnev was knocked down
hv n saa Then he was rolled eroro tho
disinteorated deckIoad wave hurled SOW
eral nlanks AGAINST him His cries hroupbt
assistance and when he was dragged ONT
from among the nianks which onneared to
be endowed with a fendish vitality il was
found that two of his ribs had been STAYED in
and that his whole bodv was seriously
bruised Poor barney was carried down in
to the carnenter's room. The weather was
so bad that none of the officers could make
ont either the latitnde or the lonvitnde of
the Tndymion. At 10 o'clock in the fore
noon the pumps were sounded and sixteen
feet of wafer were found in the hole Sound
ines were taken again at noon and n denth
of eighteen feet was discovered This dis
covery, with the fact that the wind was still
blowing heavily while there was no abate-
ment in the sea. began to dishearten the
men. AT midnight an attempt was made TO
straighten out the Endvmion-yards were
braced and flaming ropes were made taut.
On Thursday the 4th. hurricane was
raging and the sea was running high At2
AN. She shipped a sea that filled the cabin
with water and practically waterlooged
her She rolled in the trouoh and the wayos
dashed over her The first mate Arthnr
Pinkney. the second mate. George Ewing
and some of the crew took TO the mizzento6
The waves washed away the two forward
boats. the forward house. and the two heavy
iron water tanks Pinknev imapined that
the CAPTAIN and the rest of the crew had gone
TO the foretop. and he descended to ioin
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