New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-28
s,ryORS Rattle WITH THE SEA.
THEIR VESSEL WRECKED. THEY ROW FOR Hoons
WITHOUT FOOD OR DRINK


WITHOUT FOOD OR DRINK
To, sbipvrecked sailors. Captain V. f. smith ana
his nine men 81 foundered British parH We'o
brought TO this port Yesterday by the wary ,'
steamship Yucatan. Their vessel was the BRUSH
,, rronchnv a wooden vessel OF 324 tons. INC
rreuchny sailed from Barbados on september -
hound for prorresso Mexico. She had good saih"s
wcai.er and fair winds TIL September - ""cn y"
tho small island known as the Isle oi i1he'' WIG"
suddenly the sky became overcast ana lhe Wv.
hardly had time to make all snug before tao :, o"o
over the sea with tremendous force. VIII" ~ e'0
oame great seas which rolled in on the ship from
oil sdeS ard wave after wave wa>heu "Ne' '"o
bark A. she plunged along. Before long the DAFT" ;
docr. had been swept clean OF verytling tha' WIS
,oorolle and the men who remained Apn ae'h 10
navigate the ship ran the danger OF being "'S"cN
ovcrboard Then when the storm was al us "e'sn''
one OF the men rushed On deck ana repo''o' !" ,'
coptain that the vessel was making wafer raPu"
The hold was hastily sounded and 1t was iouno 'n"'
the sea was pouring into the vessel al All al"'"''s
,ota examination showed that her seams had parted
os q result OF the violent pounding from inc Dig
seas. The pumps manned and WIN 'ne sup
,,u,ro and pitching crafty, the men worRea ues
ner,e,v IN save the ship. But all their efforts "eIo
futile for with every roll the Dark cis'aeu III"
crosned and each minute the leak oecahc "V''
After hours OF work. during which the men hau ""'o
neither for rest nor food, they found theh'Se'e' '
to give up the fight. .,n. On,
In the worst OF the upr0ar OF sea ana WIN '"c
men cleared away the ships two boats aho' "S''"',
a chance lowered and then ano'her anu S"o' W
of They had no time to get anything 10 cut "i'N
,bsv wore also without water, for by tie tlhle u'o
boats had been manned their ship had se'ueu ~
deeply that her rails almost awash' ana net
crazy roll had changed TO slow, heavy pi''n' anu
. seemed that she would sink each moment haFuS
had they got clear Of the craft when huge sea WIZ
seep approaching rapidly from windwau' IL oo"''
rolling directly toward the bark and grew III lo''o
,,u u struck her. For minnie she was uurieu III
, notber Of foam her masts could he seen tooSlhs
in the midst OF H. and when the great "a'e ro''o'
IN tLe ship had disappeared utterly without pro
visions or drink the two boats crews tred OUT WIN
their long struggle at the pumps. shaped oomse
toward the nearest land and rowcd for Their lives
through the waves which threatened to enSun uiein
each moment All through the rest OF that day.
through the night and til the afternoon Of september
ia they vowed without rest. sleep, drink or iVoa.
Then 4, their 10y they land on the horizon ana
reaehed IL fate that afternoon. IL was the haro"
Of Bataband ,a.
They were cared for there Til they got chshce
to take passage on the Yucaian for New YORK Ihoy
had lost everything and even the captain had 70
In the steerage The Of the crew OF the found.
cred bark are beside the captain f. Is. 'oiin mar
+ smith A. Rtchc, William Hedlcy, W. r. ici-
drum q; Thorne, II. Miner, e. Wclsh, Il; sWensen
and F. Gale. They went 70 the once OF We fi ~,
Cor sni ycsteray and reported the loss Of their snip
The freuchny built al Yarmouth; ~ sland II
1873. and rebuilt In 1880 She was l2e icet long,
% feet beam and Is feet deep.