Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-31
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The Hazardous Voyage of Ten
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Helpless. ~ Vessel Arrives
safely In Port.

HelPsess. H. Vessel Arrives
safely In Port.
Late In November Of 1850 the
good bark Eagle, laden with timber,
sailed from Quebec, bound for Swan
sea in Wales. There were on board,
the captain, first and second mates,
cook and steward, twelve sailors and
two passengers. Twenty-four hour
after sailing, the second mate and
sshis watch" left the anchor wind
lass and moved in body toward the
after cabin. The captain met them
midship to inquire the cause, when
they stated that the ship was leaky
and trustworthy and that they
would not go to sea In her.
The captain replied that though
the ship was leaky, she was sea-
worthy, that he valued bis own life
and those Of the crew and passen-
gers, that the ship should GO to sea,
and any one who refused to obey
orders would be put In irons. A COM
motion ensued and the mutineers
made rush to seize the captain.
Almost as quick rs thought he raised
a handspike and three of the leaders
lay on the deck. The rest turning
tail were followed to the forecastle
and put in irons. The other watch
lifted the anchor, said was made, and
our bark Proceeded down the st.
Lawrence river.
The beauty, extent and grandeur
of the scenery Of this river has been
often described. We saw st. Amas
mountains, the Saguenay river, q
mile wide at its mouth, with It's
placid flow. 1900 feet deep, through
heedlands 1900 feet high as 1t en-
tered the ST. Lawrence; passed Bic
lighthouse, that shows its beacon
from q promo,tory for miles up,
down and across this great rivers
expanse ofwa.er sailed through
schools of thousands of porpoises;
came near enough to count Seven
islands, which. as rocky sentinels.
stand up 1000 feet high lit would
seem to protect Seven Islands' bay.
making 1t a safe harbor for 1000
ships.) Keeping north, we sailed
near enough to the island of Anti.
cost to see Gamachi's bay and the
Southwest point lighthouse, and
then clear out on the broad Atlantic
without further adventure.
The pumps had all the time been
kept al work keeping the water from
gaining in the hold Of the ship.
The mutipeers, upon promise of
good behavior, were now released,
ard none too soon, for as we reached
the Banks of Newfoundland, and
with short notice by the barometer.
a whole gale Of wind from the
northwest struck our chip. To handle
the best equipped ship at such q
time is no child's play.
Sails that could not be furled in
time were split in ribbons, the sea
broke over the gunwale, sswashed
the deck clean" as sailors express il,
carrying two boats, the cook house
and water casts overheard, day.
light gone, water gaining in the
hold with two additional men at the
pumps, and at midnight one Of the
pumps declining peremptorily to
suck.
Our captain, none daunted, had
the wooden duct of the pump
hauled on deck, which was'found 10
be perforated with wormho,es and
tiie writer holding the lamp he
wrapped the pump duct with can
vas soaked in pitch, placed II again
in position and n good flow Of water
was obtained. Topile on the agony
still more, the other pump acted in
a similar ungenerous manner and
had to be doctered in the same way
Such was the condition as day
light dawned with q storm that in
creased i'm fury as the day progressed.
This e.ate OF affairs continued for
se.eral days, no abatement Of the
storm, and as the waves increased
In power with the water In the hold
steadily gaining in depth and the
ship necessarily gradually sinking.
All relief watches ceased. each
man, passengers included, stayed on
deck, with the exception Of one at a
time who got one hours relief in his
turn.
Our brave little ship behaved well.
a beauty truly. but too heavily
Handicapped. She gradually settled
down in the water, so that It be-
came necessary to run her before
the wind to prevent the sea from
making general havoc by coming on
board over her side. But the sea
now outstripped in the race. and
the novel spectacle Of the sea
breaking over her stern, rolling on
over the decks and pouring of over
the bows, ensued. The position was
grand, indeed. while sad, to see a
vessel that had made a passage from
Quebec to Liverpool in sixteen days
almost painting for breath, her stern
pushed under water ne the waves
boarded her, throwing her bow up
in the air. Grand, because the
relentless ocean had asserted its
power-Day, rather old Boreas, who
in his wrath had lasbed the Quiet
sea and made her do his bidding.
Thus the seas continued to sweep
eur decks from stem to stern, maxi
ing necesssIJ -sie ..ashing Of the
stsersmen and the bumpers to pre-
vent their being washed overheard.
Several times 'sman to the wbeep'
was called as one became disabled
by the force of the waves. Thu
pHmpers were frequently liftedsu
their feet and floated as rs tne
perrr.t. afiariis merriment.
no ~ .e with the crew. was
fus wave, and went sliding
on. nrsueh one of the gunwale
yates; he had tied a rome around
his watsi tn protect him as he made
the erunds on deck. Ae he ala
several went to his rescue
snd say him laundering along at
the eni OF q long rope fastened to |,
the bandrail, the ffbold ItaIiaun
with great energy drawing himself
hand over hand toward the ship:
ms the humane and gentle sailon
aid was not ship-ehape style, 90
With . "heave no" they seized the
ope and, nolens volens the
'ody Of the scared and bruised {
falian was hauled through the I
anne place he went out. and ten
eriy laid upon the deck to recover | Z
is fright, for he was not quite | 4
rowned, though the rest Of TIE !
oyage he was less of Q thief. more !
Use, and looked Considerably \
eaner.
T r-'i Of salt food. wet biscuit and
tort Of fresh water, we looked in z
AIN a friendly sail & see; thus sadly 3
with too mach salt water =
9 reached the welcome gulfstream, =
hich is about sixty miles wide q O
lie crossing.
1t had been impossible to take the ~
u. not having seen 1t for many =
US, nor to take our reckoning. but 8
~ the captain could pretty we'll 3,
les our position, the -storm gfad- :,
lily abated, and the water beinw