New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-24
left ON A LEAKING SH1r.
rur CAPTAIN AND THREE MEN DRIFTING
o., REFUSES TO LEAVE HIS sHrr-1lahr
Hh NEE rr,apv IxJuRyp-rHB HOLD FILLING

pxvusrs TO LEAVE HIS sHIP
ruppy INJuREp-THB HOLD FILLING
Tho steamship Zaandam. from Anas'o'u, nar
..r,vea at this port on Saturday nisns psr,ga
.s.engers wero the crew OF the diss"iou parrs
Ssassor Sa1Us a Tho Brimigo was bound from az.
!" tor IaverpoolIrhe story of the disaster ~a'
WY ., tba crew to TRIBUNE reporter yes'oi""y
",s - net q when sixteen days out OF port tho ""
s.ersd "" a strong WIND from the southeas" ~
s,ed TO northeast and blew great guns =" '.o .au
roor md at p. the sailors began 70 '.sooaou.
a, .unset the bark was punging into 'no .ara
.as in the teeth Of roaring gaze nnue. ,,ocr all
on,v Che was on the port tack out a' 49, s"S ,aor
Oh called TO get the bark on the starDoaro '"oA
as aa dark as o pocket ana tnc w.
-. h,ov,pg hard enough to sphs 'uo nrn.s
Th. vessel had board ioao VI aouId
,n,,er 40 she did not plunge as heaViy - eA Con-
.,herwlse but for all that the spray "ene snd ,nen
~ every time she pitched and now al" ,uon
~ sai r,d hoard her and sweep the dechs 00" o
,h,ng movable. The crew managed " ",
~ 90, her ON the starbosrd tack henorioh' ~.
80 AZ tho wheel The bark gave iureh M. - ,,,,
xyhes, spinniug The spokes caught oau'o ,no o,hor
q. ,ne aeck broke one of his arms ana nv" w. 80, 20
ra 90. taken below and Henry Hakeim "" o, ,or
,ake tho helm He managed 10 s'eer 'no ,ror, him.
81. while and then the wheel got away ironi A.-
,sd hip down and broke his leg Two 'noh w.
-, IN, Of rho wheel and the bark was go' ootoio Ao
.nc Che ran before the wind with her io"ei
.au cleved M for q while, when suuo'ni' 'H0 "N
dropped almost to a calm. -, ,a,r
n, 40. tben fonnd that the bark was leakihs o"'''
rho numps we're manned with the hope OF heepNt ~
FREQ when suddenly the wind sprahg UP ae"'-
,osr main topsail was blown from the ooi'ropeS nu
h a,ors set the fore topmast staysai That was Ai'o
hown away and the bark was laid on her uoaii ei,u'
she lay on her starboard side and the iahS "a
mt. an riggipg were cut the port side' icl''h5 '0
1zen mast 60 by the board in the hope of rishhs e
mt that did not do so and the manmast was CUT
Then che righted The upper and lower iore ,op''"'
were set and she psycd of before the Wihu Du' 'n'
,onssu Yards could not stand the s'rain'
snd "a the bark buried hersolf 10 Tremendous
,ea they snapped OF amidsnips anu H~us
dang,ng nv the sails The wreck of the topsal yaras
WAS cut down aud the crew rsgsd up y ma, norn
got sail on It. it wa: now w,vrd and dropped
tn lisht breeze About this tins Oharies feleisV. ~
fell from the topmast to the ueek anu oIUrv ~ Ear
eight days tho bark drted about seeiny no san -,
On August IL Captain Geitzer called no n eo seet of
Tss%ss @ anS snS aSo from They could run TO the
tranh Of steamers After come talk the crew decided
that 1t would be better to 90 to the MAJ.
The bark sisOssS began the 2sss Sasnda% The
caIed the crew aft again and asked ANYBODY woud
stay the ship with him rao .1an na.9 sS% The wreck
and sent boat OF The captain sent the thsee S
sn OF o the ,ea1sr ars. no aI Saa aresd 10 stay on
the bark. There eight men on tolu Mho 9h VII
aboard the zsndAm The steaerss csp dr aake 81 nor
would he leave the bark. Some prov,sons Were pus s
aboararhe wresk aud the zaandans oo1tiet d ne,' GO ~
pulled away, the captain shouted that he "ouiu 10 u
he'll OF Halifax" , ,,o,, IN,
aFrom the condition Of the bark wnea ier ner era
don't thing possible that he eau got 10 hsHaA' s"a
the sailor Ia con Guiding his story 90 ,,. g., sot,
The Brmisa bark of o26 TONS euiIs IN nd aan ~
Smith Il Co., OF Windsor, N. s.