The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-07
IN AN OPEN BOAT.

work on ii sketch Of a wrecked bark sinking
in a stormy Ca. The sailor is an elderly man,
but lc work. away with confidence. md there
Is something about his picture that indicates
ct once that the man knows all about the
scene he j. portraying. Such, in fact, - the
caac. for the picture accurately represents the
dis,.,r which resulted in landing him III the
hospital. while four Of his shipmates lost their
lives out of hand, the rest having been saved
only after floating about III an open boat al
acl, with ro food worth mentioning, Tor more
than - week. The old man j. David Lund-
bad. and ho was thc carpenter Of the '"edfsh
BARI Aur.,ta that foundered ut ga late on
lie afternoon Of Saturday, oct. ID, 49,.
The Augusta sailed out Of Swansea WIN
car II coal bound tor \ pinwail, On sept.
:, unlcr tic command Of capt VI. Ihier,
alJ ..as manned bya crew OI hitech, al told,
iloludlls "A stodt young British cabin boy
..mci Tom Masten, vino was shipped at
suanso1 the voyage out tor more than
month VAS as plcIlaut Is one couIi ash Tor,
there loiag Il succession 81 iaNoring winds
until after the Azores had been left astern,
where the northeast trades were found and
clrcd day after day without starting a
brace On Thursday, Oct. ~. CAPT. Maier
fond. after working out his noon olserNa-
TONS that he was IN latitude ~ - iOrth
and llngitudc 4 dcgs west. The SKY dld not
loo: very favorable just about that time, ana
the barometer was falling, but Capt. Maier
had 10 idea that he had worked out his last
problem i'm navigation when he announced
The position Of the ship and her course to
Mate Spangberg few minutes later. The
creased in force and the weather got thick 50
that tho lighter 5taysails, royals and topgcl
lant sails were taken ia before nightfall Tie
men were all kept On deck during the dog
watches sowing the lighter sails. Alter
o'clock. finding the wind 1slll increasing rap
idly ia force. Capt. Naier got Ia the ai'ankef
aii thea hauled up and Iurled the man
coarse. and pat up the ship square Dciofe the
wind which was then hauling 10 the east
ward The rain tcil ia solid sheets. and the
darkness was zach that the men lad 10 feel
tncir way about decks and up aloIt IN short
cninz sill Ii was not until after midnight
thqf the canvas was snugged down 10 INT the
captain There were then set the two main
tcpsails. the foresail, and fore lower topsail,
and the forcstaysail. There was heavy,
very hard. but when the pumps were tried
soon after midnight, she wa found to be dry
st daylight on Friday morning the wind
hal titled into gale dead from the east
ward that drove the deeply laden bark
through the u-ly black waves III say that
strained tic hull spars and canvas terribly.
Tha "a would sweep under and toss Lrr up
where the iuli force ot the gale could strike
her and make hor rigging scream and howl
until every other sound was lost, and then
she would plunge down into the hollow and
send the boiling water away from her bows
with Il roar that vas almost as loud a. the
howi.ng 81 the rigging overhead. She was
rushing along on a far course for her destl-
nation. and her captain was loath 10 shorten
sail further. but while he hcsitated the storm
did il Tor him At ; O'Clock as the vessel
rose on an unusually large wave, The upper
maintopsail Lew clean away with noise
like The explosion OF "A dynamite bomb, les.v-
IN the bolt ropes and few shreds Of canvas
t. form the outlines of sail, like the lines
that represent sails Ia All artists iGee hand
sketch
Thus admonshed, Capt Maier prepared 10
shorten sail still further The maintOpsai
yard was lowered to the cap, and then the
mnn b.9au a. reeve of spilling lines Oh the
lraail intending 10 take that in next, and
e,tcgWaid the fore lower topsail. She would
have tl,n been allowed 10 run for 1t with
Rama bower topsail and forcstaysail set, but
bc.oi, th.s wore ready to start tack or sheet,
tIc l0i.,.u blow away rs the main upper
tor bad dou, IL was Immediately fol
lowed by lhe fore lower topsail, ana shreds
ii tao to pieces Of canvas went flying OF 70
lc.,..ad like Il flock OF somc new sort Of Wild
fowl
TA.W was go ubourJ o'clock. The effect Of
taking 30 much canvas off her was at once
apparent Her speed decreased, and the seas
tlif hal before vainly chased her nom rose
upcrl sUooped down GA her quarter deck
ID way that meant mischief Pretty soon
one iir.,r that ordinary swept Oh board and
went crashing Glony forward bursting in
cabin doors AID Windows, and knocking bul-
uyra 81 .hnors. Another followed, com
plctu. the wreck Of the bulwarks and leay-
uI., .c dock bare II everything movable eX-
ca. .h d., pare spar5 dashed Oh each side
tor.lrl Of the quarter deck such warn
u-. ,.dld not be ignored Such seas, If
the, continued TO board her, would pound
her oit 81 sight IN no time. She had to be
hay 20 or founder
So $3.50 tno word was passed u heave her
co. ca a. iort tacl; and the men crawled for
v-r. tc-wecn s-Ss and hauled down the
l1r.s j3y.-ils. y quantity Of oil was also
poMeI over forward to prevent the water
from brcaking OH board, and then the wheel
Wa put down and the yards braced Under
the influence 81 this work the vessel slowly
got her head around 10 the south Bat al
tAJp@A the cal prevented TO certain extent
tAc'hr,al.ing 90 the seas about the bow, there
wds either too little OF 1t used or IL had not
been Over long enough to prevent disaster
- she got bioadside on 10 the sea huge
wave broke lair on her deck She ncelel her
l,O stGncL.ons out Of sight under the inilu-
Cucc Il the blow, ana then the next wave
picked her "a IL were cat OF the slough and
tossed her cs a child might toy boat. The
Increasing blast struck her, and her sole re
maiaEg sail tie lower maintopsail, blew
away hl.c a pun oil smoke. She threatened ~
fall away then aad roll herself under IN the
trough Of the sea. but the men got up bit
OF c..nAas ia the weather miz2cn rigging, and
she ta.n came a. and rode somewhat easier
FOR the first time since the gale began the
III .Lt before the men thought they could