The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-07-18
NUMBER 20.
WRECKED AMONG PIRATES.
The Thrilling Adventures of an America
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The Thrilling Adventures of an American
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Charles Stuhr, lately steward of
the schooner Gellert, who arrived in
this port on the steamship Clyde last
Saturday, brought news of the wreck
OF that vessel on the reefs of the is-
land OF Catalinita, in the Caribbean
sea, April 2l; of tho attack of pirates
and wreckcrs, of rescue by Il passing
trader and of the mutinous conduct
of the crew.
The Gcllert, Capt. A. c. Long,
sailed from this port Santo Domingo
and the San Bias cost with Il mixed
cargo and carrying a deck load of
lumber. A tornado struck the
schooner when past the Isle of Pines
and made things lively for two days.
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but the vessel, still unmanageable
was thrown by the surf on the inner
reef surrounding Catalinita Island ut
dawn of April 81.
The schooner struck between two
rocks and was firmly held. The
crew, regardless of discipline, man
ned the long boat and went ashore
dcserting the captain, the mate and
steward.
They collected some flour and bis
cult and when the sea went down
went ashore in tho dory The sal
lors had found neither food nor wa
ter and welcomed the provisions. A
camp was made.
That samo night three stark naked
natives, armed with swords and pis-
tolls, appeared. After some parlcy
they went away to get help to loot
the vessel. The crew, already much
exhausted, were frightened, and at
daybreak lauchcd the long boat and
went out to the vessel, but were un-
able to reach her. While trying, a
native coaster appeared and II mum
Der OF armed men put off in II small
boat for the Gcllcrt. The lirmncss
of Capt. Long and the mate, backed
by a pair of pistols, kept them off.
The savages went ashore, stole the
dory and the clothes of the wrecked
sailors and went back to their YES
sci.
The captain and mate, by jumping
and swimming from rock to rock, got
out on board of the Gcllcrt safely.
Wreckers, who were meanwhile flock
ing to the shore, failing to cnticc
the sailors ashore, threatened to kill
them and began building rafts Then
too, the pirates from the coaster
made another attempt to board the
schooner, bat the captain and mate
made good fight. The sailors,
thinking, us they say, that both wcro
killed, put out to sea.
They were at sea on their oars for
trader from Santo Domingo aid car
ed for. When the captain heard
their story he straightway changed
his course anl went to the wreck.
There they found the captain and
mate alive, who had driven of the
pirates, wounding several. The two
captains decided to transfer tho
whole or part of the cargo to the
trader and take it to Santo Domingo,
$50 miles away, but the crew of tho
Gellert refused to work, claiming
that their pay stopped when the
schooner was wrecked. They said
the captain had no authority over
them, and that they wcro too sick to
work anyway. Threats of shooting
did not bulge them, SO the cargo
was left on the wrecked vessel and
the trader with the Gillcrts crew,
sailed for Santo Domingo.
At that port Capt. Long charged
his crew with mutiny, and the men
were tried before the British consul
and acquitted.-Ncw York Herald.