The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-06
coon STORIES or THE PRESENT DAE
Piching Up brig Drifting IN Mid.ocenn
With Only Ono soul on Hoard.

oh ,he o.h Gay OF APRIL 1906 inc Lohoo'
ln"es haa ABOUT twenty INES Oh matter on th'
strange case Oh tne Orig Lltuo queen
Syuhey. hustraiia. IL was stated that sue hat
peen abandoned IN new nenianu waters ahe
| picked up by the bark Union OF Melbourne
oa' no particulars were gwen purpose u
| give them 10 you now. ana TO tell you an IN
'cIes.ihR s'ory lusI as IL occurreu.
III November. io'I. was hiate OF inc parR
union On " 'oyase from Meipourne 10 ne"
n ma e,,e was commanded ny zap.
mVas ',, ,, anu m"e u ehus' s,anei
o'i , "au wen 'o"uu III an pa''ieu.ars' "hu
N naue TWO VOYAGES III hcr from Austraiia &c
, Wv l,o"lahu' n.iu no sa'ior eouiu ASK ior
uo.''i pei'n we were no" i'llca up WIN ury
sooue' sroeerios' I'araWare' seeus. poo.s anu
snoes' anu o'her soous IN oeihaho ny inc ISL
,u l',i W '"o h'i '"e"''' anu "ore " h'"ho
'' wins ,oyase
"nen e"uio WI "oeh ~ "'onieho On '"e
i''Hn, y, NV. 50 W ie''eNe 'he seeono inh'e'
.ounu ''' oa,h u,'',.nH "'ou' ''hen .oS ine'o
M ' "a ofea'h y, III, hi'vihs' anu tne ocean
was d"'e' eAcop' ,or ''io erouna swell wh'cn
ie e.er Ut WORK ~ was stiFi,sh' nigh'' anu
Wv nero was "a hahe "n,c,' oarh NJ. the SUITS
anu o',e".i7ci.oeu ."e V'sion 'he nun ~ ','e
"nee' ""u ,,o'ins " w, anu 'he 'ooh
o"' was miue awahe' as . ooi's,heeo ''Heii as
SUN us 'oos c,'arse. y. 'ho aech' ,hero was
no reason 70 pene'e 'has ah'.nins SNORT o, II
suuueh u,e"cn y, q WHAT'S Mou'u pun US III
uaheer' nad xl',ea apout nan an hour tlhe
"'on ""' "at'eu W viz ioonou'- h' "e''
ior"ard ne sad
WI. fi"ss1'i I" see"s u me .ia' ca.cn
Huoo, oo"iius ovei VIC e,"tpoa,u oo"' al"
VIZ. :. W. Nv mo"'u iston win mt
"""' w 'ou niea, w u"ee' sou,os l
"sNou a. went ior"aro " '"c heei Vi t''e DOW
ep., ,,., wiz" MN III,
""'' si''' IKE "''.l eiy ing 'ut 'or he'p'
'h'y "e !" ions way . oh' he"ro IL us SOON
us came on "atch'
an t',e o.ners III my Wa'ch hau tuhlp'eo UP
, ""o', u''' ou' WIN '"o eAeop''ou VI fo'e'-
my 'iie "heci anu LOOKOUT t'iere was hothihs
~. ~ oo uo,a. anu .no o.ners wore Sleeping as
'"e' say WIN 'nei' pach' nsa'hs' ','e "ui""rhs
nseeneu ln'onuy lor io"r or hVo minutes
o"' I""s"' ~ eouno' anu was ao'ut W urn
AWAY "heh inc LOOKOUT raised MS mana III
i,au reietreu TO. AS mere was no ar Stirring
IL was oiiicuit TO locate theh. AS they came
Dut 'alntiy' IL WAS nara 10 luase what caused
them. On shore you might have called them
the cries Of night birds or the croakincs of
frogs. At sea. when such sounds come to your
ears. you instantly think Of wrecks drifting
.,,mh. .:s 49,. -. WI. :. 1u
sn'hll poa.s lenhaMea iisht 'here uhti' mo
agreed with the lookout that t how ', emma
to 10 ovar tha starhn.rI Do ,s''o
10 US over tne s.arooard DOW. Being
one in Distress enIled tho rontain
ND ha ordarad ,m. - esnd IN WIZ w"pIa,.,
and burn port fire. These things would be
a reply to the castaways. and if they were on
Il WRECK anu couia NOT reach US they would lee,
assured that We would stand by them and
begin search as soon rs daylight cnm,
A., ,ha man IN NV rra 10 ra a,s''. u,'no
All the men IN my "atch were aroused. ana
all gathered in the bows to listen for any fur
Their calling. The sounds came every few min
utes' anu IN ABOUT an hour 1t was evident that
the castaways were coming nearer In fifteen
minutes more We cou'i MAKE OUT man
voice shoutina: Bark ahoy-ahoy! ForGods
no AWAY nghsr nar % m,
my two hours we're up We could faulty make
while tho voice OF the man sounded almost rs
nan as II bo wero bou~d Of ns un snout"S
the same thing over and over. and finally an
swered him and asked him to be patient for
boat and mi an nvestiga,om ' St i TO te vo
thing lad an ,,ncnnny look. WnIiInJ urnnns"
sW thy 'nm man III bnc 9 H, anI
heard no more from him for u long time
Although my wat,.I, was uD mt :, ,,',lnrk NOT
ono OF w turned in. and the old watch aka
knpt til" deck We wanted To- see "", Iny, i
come and investigate tie situation. Betwccen
. O'clock and daylight the strnnr,. craft ~" |
Ind sighted through The gloom n,nTo ,rhrd ne |
SO near that one could hnv,. thrown n stone |
aboard: thai is, tho two craft ;,rnr"nch"I
ench other, drawn together by thui nr"uiinr
mag nc tism OF the salt waters On Two woni"n
have seen the same thing in the cas-. Of Two
dead and floating human bodies. - WV
When day light finally came, there sire was. |
only 800 feet away hrUudsiIe ON. Int lar low. |
pointed tie contrary way. She Was a small, |
snug BRIG with all her canvas nrnnrriv |
slowed ana everything allow and aioft in trim
huIwnrks. looking full at rs Ss wa were nj |
him, and not word was spoken for i've min
utes. From the moment wa cnurn, sigh Of |
him we decided that he was ali al" i On tie
from the quarter deck: N'''''' '''''
Brig ahoy! What brig is tint ?"
No answer from the man iennin, on the rail
brig ahoy! What's the the matter.' y" '''' '"'
mouth TO sneak. ''
As the briu had no signal ~ distr,ss living
md was apparcntiy ali right. the condust t" Il
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