The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-11-19

men were Captain Lee eventually Sc
cured Chief Officer Griffith, the sai-maker.
boatswain and thirteen men Of the ship
oceana. which had gone ashore in q storm
on Point Bravo. near Montevldeo.
Refreshing his memory by occasional
references to the logbook, Mate Griffith
gave thrilling account of the adventures
OF the new crew after leaving Montevdeo.
He prefaeed the story by sh owing the record
Of the vessel up to that time. The bark,
which is OF 1868 tons register, and is max
ing her maiden tfip, had good weather till
May 10, when she encountered in latitude
% deg south and Longitude % deg. west one
of those furious storms well known 10
mariners as "pamperos." The storm came
up from the southwest and lasted three
days, but had weather continued for as
many days longer.
The vessel was short-handed at the start
and there were eight apprentice boys
among these. -Four men were disa bed by
the first three days storm and two others
had been placed on the sick list soon after
the bark cleared the chops" OF the English
Channel. Practically only seven able sea-
men were left to work vessel of 1868 tons
with an exceptionally heavy spread of
canvas.
During the gale the cargo shifted and i'm
mense seas poured over the deck, staving in
two OF the boats and setting everything
awash below. The captains wife, who
stayed aboard during the entire voyage, be-
haved splendidy.
All through the last days of May the gale
continued, though with diminished force.
The bark was now headed for Montevideo,
the captain having yielded to the soicita-
tons of the crew TO make for the nearest
port She arrived on June with nearly
everything in the way of standing rigging
carried away; the bowsprit was gene, the
wire braces ditto. and there was, in fact,
what sailors call pretty general aver
age" below decks. Even the mems clothes
had been washed out of the forecastle, and
nearly all the thick glass windows aft were
smashed to pieces.
'And this was the way the water came
down on the Lodore," to slightly paraphrase
Bob Southey's famous poem.
81 cannot tell you OF my own knowledge
what all this pampero business was like on
board this bark" said Officer Griffith, ''be-
cause ] was then on the Oceana, which was
wrecked in the same storm.
But our troubles in rounding the Horn
were quite enough for me. After we left
Montevldeo, on June q, we soon got into
bad weather and struggled Ter weeks at
time through mountainous seas. Time and
time again the mems quarters were awash,
and there was hardly dry spot in the ship
below decks. Ii was bitterly cold. too and
no fires could be kept alight nor any cook
ing done. / cannot say that the Lodore Is
smart boat to run, but il she had not been
rare good seahoat she would never have
been here now"
bo UdEk hds getting pretty snort OF
provisions when she sighted the heads, and
for some time previous all hands had been
drinking condensed water, the water in the
ships tanks having been spoiled by salt
water that got into them during the gales"
The bark is In good condition consider
ing her trying experiences. She is not leak
ing. and little paint and two or three new
boats will make her fit for sea again.
The British ship Dalhousie arrived yester-
day after passage of l49 days from Swan
sea. She brought 2600 tons of anthracite
coal. OF the Horn she had a series of
heavy gales, and after crossing the line on
the Pacific side she was caught in a heavy
rainstorm with much thunder and light
ming. she spoke the British ships Lochee
and Gileruix, both bound for this port.
The Pacific Mail steamer Acapulco left
for Panama and way ports yesterday. She
had fair cargo.
The sand filling at the ferry front has
been com leted, and Is now being leveled.