Evening journal., 1893-09-02
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The four masted bark Lord Brassey.
which passed down from Philadelphia on
August 20 with big cargo Of oil
for Calcutta, was towed back up the
river to her port yesterday, terribly
battered from the great storm Of last
week. As she passed up the river last
evening she Iseemed a complete wreck,
and it will be many days before she will
be again able to put to sea. Her troubles
began soon after passing out,
however as in short time a
terrific head sea was breaking
over her bow, and at noon the barometer
began TO fall so fast that al hands were
ordered aloft to shorten sail The wind
increased in a short time to a hurricane,
and the sails were blown out of the gear
Huge seas were seen curling higher than
the foreyard and breaking over the bow.
The lee rail, midship bridge and bull
warlSs were under water, and it was
cared the vessel would founder unless
something was done to ease her up.
To save her from going down 800
fathoms Of steel and manila hawser were
put out to try TO keep her head to the
sea This did little good, however, and
heavy sea struck her in a short time on
the lee side Of the bridge house and
Quilted It Of everything. The vessel
labored heavily and strained as the seas,
which continued to grow larger, broke
over the vessel sweeping the decks
Of everything In its way. A con
sultation Of the ships officers was hello
and 1t was decided to iettison
the cargo. Over 400 cases of the oil
were brought up, cut open with an axe
and thrown overheard. The oil had
some tendency at first to reduce the sea
The storm increased, nevertheless. and
It was decided TO cut away the masts
and rigging as the last alternative 70
save the vessels cargo and crew. At
3. 80 p. a. the sea began to moderate
Stay sails were set to keep the bark up
TO the wind, and she bore away toward
the capes, where the same tug which
towed her to sea towed her back TO port.
Delaware Men as Cherokee Boomers.
w A. Davidson and George NJ. David.
son, formerly Of this city, but now of
Minneapolis, Kan, will probably take
up some Of the promised l:.ad in the
fertile Cherokee strip, which will be
opened with a rush on September IS for
settlement and homestead entry. These
Delaware men have been through the
famous land four different times, twice
before there were any white men living
in that country and twice when Okla.
homa was settled and now that the
strip itself Is about TO be opened they
are planning 70 help settle it up. George
N. Davidson and another young man
drove from their northwestern Kansas
home down TO the strip last month
They went In a light rig with a camping
outfit and two ponies and drove every
Gay except one at the rale Of ffty
miles a day. Their object wa
70 see what the country look,
like so that when the strip opens the,
viii know which way TO strike an'
where TO stop. There viii be 5000
people waiting on the borders Of tn
strip on the night before the 10th, bu
there is lots Of room for even more thai
these. At least 1000. 900 acres of tn
5000 coo in the strip are admirable 70
settlement and homesteadiug. Probabl
BOY, 600 acres, however, are reserved 70
Indians. school purposes and other pun
poses by the government The regula
i'ons governing the opening of the stri
ere far superior to the helter-sk elite
regulations under which Oklahoma wa
settled