The evening world., 1891-05-05
ONE OF THE CREW,

ne, poor Fellow, Is IearIully disabled now.
Somehow or otner, Blackburn managed
to row his dory ashore on some point on
the Newfoundland coast with its horrible
freight, the dead sailor, and. as luck would
have it, he struck hamlet where there
were no doctors, and where he could get
no kind of decent attendance.
"In fact, he could get nothing nonrish-
ing to eat, aud hero in that place the poor
weather-beaten sailor had to stay for three
months. Well, the result was that his
his heels and his toes.
" He pulled through otherwise pretty
well, but he hasn't done any fishing since
then. They brought him back to Glouces-
ter, and the people there presented him BY
popular subscription with sum Of money.
"He opened small tobacco store, and
manages, guess, to get along pretty COM
fortably, all things considered. But 1t was
an awful experience, and just think Of it.
he wasn't very big man not as large in
fact as the ordinary sailor. Didn't he have
the sand thought
LAbHED TO THE WHEEL.
81 was sailing in the Isaac A. Chapman,
also of Gloucester, when we struck north
easterly storm. Itwas one Of those treacher-
ous snowstor and We didn't know exactly
where We were. All we knew was that we
were on one side Of Sable Island Bar, COS
we could hear the breakers roaring
1--WE ran through the breakers to get
across the other side into deep water, but in
doing so We lost all our dories and every
thing else which wasn't fastened.
"Our captain, Gus Hall, was lashed to
the wheel, and every sea we struck broke
over us in mountains Of spray.
"oh There's hardly year passes but
1t sees twenty-five or thirty good, brave
fishermen lost on the Banks, and there isn't
a trip made there but always has its dan
gers.
"Many wife finds herself widow with
a lot OF fatherless children appealing to her
for bread after one of these four week trips
to the deadly fog banks Of Newfoundland.
BETWEEN TWO GREAT DANGERS.
Nor is that the only danger to be met
with along this coast. The southerly edge
Of the Grand Banks rs right in the track Of
the ocean steamers, those big passenger
boats, and when we're not menaced by
storm, We are always in danger Of being run
down bv one Of these big, putting monsters,
But guess Pve talked enough. To tell
you the truth, it's not very pleasant sub
ject, and am glad I'm in comparatively
safe branch Of the fishing business.
"oh! We sail again In day or two.
Thank you; III smoke these later.
cat night we have q little sport playing
cards, not gambling. you understand. and
some OF the boys know how to make the
guitar sing and the banjo talk. But we all
have our watches to do, whether at anchor
or under way" a~,,..a .,.,
CRAcKs OF A FLEET.
The wharf ct the foot OF Beekman street
accommodates as many as twenty-five sail
There were dozen in there yesterday, and
the Best known boats among them were the
Julia 1. Grattan, Capt VIII MeKail; Ed
wilma Redmond, Capt. Fred Redmond Elsie
Harris, Capt. Charley Harris Daisy, Capt
Fred ConkIins George Moon, Capt. Dave
McKail, father of Capt. VIII Gen. Grant,
Capt. GRADER; Ella johnson, Belle CT the
Bay, Capt. Mosier, Kate Church.
A group Of bronzed-cheeked fishermen,
who were louneing on the deck just killing
time and nothing more, ,swere talking ami.
matedly when THE EVENING WORLD re-
porter left the Slower.
One of them spoke up ~ the writer
passed and said: "say, reporter. did you
never hear how tho Sarah H. Prior was
once towed by whale, who got foul OF
her anchor, for three miles at terrific old
Raitp"
The reporter answered that he knew the
Prior to be about as fast smack as ever
sailed away from Boston Harbor, but he
never thought whale could send her along
any.
"WAl, thowt as how you wanted good
fishy story" said the seaman. All hands
laughed and then the spokesman cont.
nued:
YOUNG Salts YARN.
~ want to tell you about one Of Capt
McDonald's boats from Gloucester. This
was only a few years ago. / can't re.
member the name OF her, but everybody
knows Capt. Mcdonald in Gloucester.
1t was pretty stormy and Mac he sent
three men out in each dory to set and haul
travis.
" By knifes, 1t was orful weather, and
don't blame the boys II they nuked little.
One OF the dories got lost in q storm. It
was pretty much the same old yArn-fog
and storm.
4" The lads couldn't reach their boat and
they padded around north and south, east
and west, as far as they could tell, for six
days and six nights, until they ran ashore
at Louisburg, Cape Breton.
but want to say to you, reporter, that
1t waA an ALFRED tough sight they presented
when they grounded their dory on Louis
burg's pebbly shore.
ONLY BLOOD TO DRINK.
"One Of the men Law dead as 4 oofin-