The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-21
A CAPE HORN INCIDENT.

On a December morning in the ear
1889, a mail steamer, homeward bound
from, a New ZEALAND MORT. was apnroacb-
H." ~ n~.-;d;an - ,ba Horr h,,t on a
,ns ~ w. .ham =. 49,
paraiiei more soutneriy .paii "ow.ne
custom OF steamships 70 take IN rounding
that stormy, ice-girt, desolate and most
December in those distant regions is
m;ds,mwer and t,e weather ~ that
m."--;n. - 90 U;- ond 40 .t;I, GO
NoHns q. IA. r..
nreezeiess April uay III .h's cou""S' pu'
the swell OF the vast tract OF ocean ran
ceaselessly, reminiscent respirations Of q
giantess whose conflict with the heavens
il eternal, and whose breathing pauses
az vo-v eav and ear hatv,oan ;ndead.
0v.. mi. ,onc da.L hI,,. v,.s,o-,v swaii
~ o.k ~. ' y.
tn, nea ,oT sS. metal fabric mrS,r went o,,., swsep n,h;,. in
ing the water astern Of her with q mile OF
milk-vhite wake,
The frostv sun. wbose beams in that sea
have somoth;ro ~ the s;Ivery hr;II;ance
o,ns.@:" -. 49,
oi .ne eiec''ic nsn'' nasics q score oi con,
steiiations out OF the eiit aho glass anu
brass about the rows and quar-.
tiers and decks. A number of passengers
were pacing the long hurricane platform.
Ear awov on the sta rboard heam. no;sod
az 49, .ha L.an h,',a r;,a % H.
nm. ~ noVNaH m naI nj AuHa
I;na i;ubs aaa;ns. r. .;r., 80 ~ 80,
H. Hs. 49, 49, ,ha ds,;oayo h.aus
The onar G,herw,ise the ncean suent
aLadt 20 TIC con 0nas n nIa;p ~ r;cb Jaan
hi,e With The haave 81 the sweii sno',lP'
Jar;,n tha n,nrn;n, o,or,, ,nJor ,La ~
as H. rsn and m,aniSa ths, nar, ~ ,ha
5oa n;Hoan n,;tk en~p Iaht "'
Tba nh;af nf,icar was on thn hr;dnc tho
g.. S.anSfau, ha,y had u,nn and ,hhe
annn s.aa. go nauai aainor T., h,.,-
litAt Us 81 thNeA INV IS VI
oharrnon and ;o;nad he ,nafe 10 tai a
iann aro,nd ha}nra GOING heIow This
nGN .ou,a 49, naJa s;ab, nd In,
was nn d;rac,;no ht;s eves ovar The
sh;n.s So w ha aSciaimed. ~
snip,s BOWS, ne exciaLnaea: ,o,ao.w
Thha nh;as nna,a "eereI and,ba can,,;,
1870 .nlnaan. "P'"'"
Eva sh;n,s hoot" said he. sand seem.
;n snTHP uo :" "' "" 'eeh
ihRRlSS i hn, oi peop's s;,b,od wos som. ,h,.o
or fn,,r miles distant and the sneed 81 The
OF iourI III ,n aho.', ,h;;ntaan L So !, I'm
s.sa,ntn was .ha aI,rn ~ ~. ano;n. ILL.,. nmna
= ~ ~
U,aauuE IAN ."uy Ta.n..is, .nnns
l.,re VII, = ,ha, ,aIaaranh ~ ndied on ~,
S oLaIs '"a' @'es'"p" ""
co ',;.t e,gu, nn, sri er = u.e un'ei
hhate, VIII q nanoeuIar giass a.. ms eye.
again. VIC ene,ie r1oni aI ~ Ia"R ou.'
tne Pu!s,ng .ia ~. y uass na az peenn Seas
Ianguished, and IN a few minutes, to an
other of the metal tongue be-
low. ceased. and the great steamer tloated
along TO her own impetus, SLOWLY, and vet
more slowly, till the boat was within the
toss of a biscuit off the bow, with the pas
senpers crowding TO the side to look, and
sailors and walters and Storage folk
~oiaSkenlnR .ne ran .1rwaru, .,
eight wild, hairy, veritable scarecrows of
men, dressed in divers fashions, Scotch
caps, yellow sou'westers, sea boots, toll
worn monkey Jackets and the like.
sBoat alloy ~ hailed the captain, as she
slowly washed alongside, "What is wrong
with you?"
fellow standing up i'm the stern sheets
cried hack. I'm n strong Yankee accent: