The Portland daily press., 1891-12-03
WAS COMING HOME TO Be MARRIED,
Now His Rody Lies Beneath the
Stormy Atlantic.
The Sad story of the Mate of the
Schooner Bradley.
He Belonged In Malice as uaes Cap
tain Leo Who Was Saved.

NEW YORK, December 2.-Capiain John
Fl. Leo. master of the American schooner
William Fl. Bradley, which foundered off
Cape Charles In a cyclone October 10. who
arrived on the steamship Orizaba Mondsy
night, came up to the city yesterday.
The Bradley had crew. all told, Of nine
persons. Besides Captain Leo, who halls
from Rockland. Me-, and who is the only
survivor, there were First Mate James
Patchen, % years old, of Castlne, Me-, who.
on his return, was to marry Emily Wescott
of his native place; Second Mate George
Sutton, an Irishman who hailed from Bos-
ton; Cook Elijah Loveley. colored Of
Charleston, S. c.. Harry Webster, Nova
Scotian; Gustav Olsen, Swede, and three
Scandinavians, whose names the captain
could not remember. The schooner was
riding we'll when, about 2 80 p. m, huge
triple-crested wave, which the captain de-
scribed as three seas rolled Into one. and as
high almost as the cross trees, fell upon
her decks. threw her on her beam ends,
and swept everything movable overheard.
The second mate and five men were on the
quarter tautening the lashiDgs Of the long
boat. The captain saw the wave coming
and threw himself under the boat. Every
body else was washed overheard.
Coming from his place Of refuge, he saw
that The schooner was about to founder
and sprang into the sea, where ne grasped
the companion steps, which were floating
close at hand, and padded himself away
from the vessel. BE saw the cook holding
on to fragment Of the small boat. which
had been smashed. A wave washed over
bad disappeared. Captain Leo thinks that
all the rest OF the crew were either killed
outright, or so badly injured by the sea
which swept the vessel that they could not
make any effort to save themselves.
After while the wheelhouse fioated
near him and no abandoned the steps and
took to it. He kept his feet in the water
TO avoid sinking his improvlsed raft. He
had t. lie on his stomach. which In time
became badly bruised and swollen. He
was frequently rolled over with the raft
and consequently swallowed great Quanti-
ties OF salt water. which, however. he was
able to throw up. AT night the moon came
out. and about a. M. he discovered a bark
hove to" close by him. He was too weak
70 shout, but he managed to paddle across
nar Dow5 and utter more Of gr0an than a
call. A man sprang Into the main rigging
and threw him line, which he caught and
by which he was hauled on board.
The vessel was the Spanish bark Fama
do Canaries. bound from this port to Santa
Cruz de la Palmas. She had ON board pas
sengers and crew numbering ia persons.
Sne was leaking and badly damaged, but
the rescued mariner was kindly treated by
all hands. She arrived at her destination
Novemb T 3. From there Captain Leo
went to Teneriffe and thence took passage
on the steamer Julia to Havana. Captain
Leo says tue United States consuls at San
Ia Cruz and Tenerlffe gave him no assist
ance whatever, and he does not know what
he could have done except for the kindness
n Il tfaf.E Al
for Peak. Fiean u Co., the Liverpool bis
cult makers, who furnished him with
clothing aud passage to Teneriffe. At
Havana Consul Williams sent him to a
lodging hGuse, aud furnished him
with thiId class passage on the ORR
zaba. HoSevtr, Captain Fremont Cobb of
the Am, rican schooner Charles j. Schulz
lodged him while in that port, and the cap
tain OF the Orizaba gave him better accom-
Todations than his ticket entitled him to.