Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-12
A BRAVE WOMAN.
While Tons of Ice Rained on the Decks
the Shippers Sister stuck to the Post
Which a Sailor Had Deserted-Many
Miles Under Jury Rig.

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| NEW YORK, Dec l2-The sailing shin
| san joaquin, Captain Larrabee, which left
Yokohama Oh May with a cargo Of curios,
rags and mats, arrived in safety and cast
anchor off Liberty island, after having nAr~
rowly escaped being crushed by an iceberg
In the south Atlantic. She hobbled into
| port under jury rig, having travelled for
more than 5000 miles in that condition.
though Skipper Larrabee is a bluff,
weather beaten sailor man who has fol-
lowed the sea for 70 years and in that time
mad the average number of thrilling eNpe-
riences, he will not, he says, forget his adj
venture with the south Atlantic berg if he
lives !, 200 years
The San Joaquin ad fair winds and en-
countered no ice until she was in latitude
~ degrees 80 minutes south and longitude
AZ degrees 70 minutes west, just northeast
OF the Falkland islands. At p. NJ Mate
Guthrie sighted what appeared to be an
immense fog bank bearing down on the
ship from the northeast. 1t was directly
In the ships path, and the mate shouted to
the steersman, Hard upI'
A Mountain of Ice.
A Japanese sailor was at the wheel, and
when he heard the order he brought the
ship broadside to the supposed fog bank as
quickly as possible.
Scarcely had the vessel been brought
about when there was grinding crash,
ana the next moment the ship was lying
with her ~'rt side ON the submerged por-
ton of d" monster iceberg. Mate Guthrie
got to the torCcastledcCk as quickly as pos
slole His companion followed, jumping
to the deck eight feet below
Just then heavy shower of ice fell upon
the upper deck The Japanese helmsman
was 50 badly frightened that he bolted
down to the cabin Miss Larrabee, the
captains sister, who was aft, saw his ac-
ton, and realizing that unless the wheel
was attended to the vessel would be ground
to pieces she ran to his post and awaited
orders
Meantime huge masses of ice, some of
them weighing more than a ton apiece,
continued to fall on the deck. The bow
spirit, jibbOom and windlass were carried
away, and the foremost fell across the for
ward deck, carrying away the deckhouse
and smashing in the deck. The port life
boat was ground to splinters, and the fore
castle WAS crushed in.
Dangerous Berth.
The ice ceased to fall in a short time, and
efforts were made to get the San JOAQUIN
of the berg. There was nothing remain
ing of the foremost but stump 10 feet
high.
The hull forward had been stove in by
800 4 l,A"JeSIlohS vi tne DeFS, WnlCn broke
on and remained in the holes they had
made. They were removed, and the holes
We're battened and covered with canvas.
Efforts were made to get the ship from her
berth of ice, hut it was not until the miz-
zen topsail was squared that she could be
freed. A strong breeze from the north
west luckily caught the sail, and gradually
the ship drifted off into clear water.
Spars were finally brought forward, and
a jury sail was rugged ON the stump of the
ioremast The spars were dashed to the
stump with iron hoops, and another spar
was used AS a crossyard. On these a sail
was spread, and in this condition the San
Joaquin made the remaining 5000 miles to
this port