The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30
DREAMED OF A SHIP.
And One Finally Came to the Rescue.
A Thrilling Sea Story.
From the NeU York World.

A Thrilling Sea Story.
From the NeU York World.
The Mineola is as trim and taut a little
schooner as ever sailed the seas. She halls
from st. Johns, and from the time she was
built. in 1891, has been engaged in the coast
ing trade. w. d. Lent is her skipper. Her
voyages, ever since she was launched, have
been graced by the presence of the shippers
wife, who became bride the very year the
Mineola slid from the ways. Mrs. Lent is
woman with a superior knowledge of the
sea, and assisted her husband in keeping the
ships log and in a thousand other ways
known only to woman, relieved the mo-
notony Of the voyages. Therefore, when
the schooner left Fernandina, Dec. %,
bound for Demerara, with a deck load of
lumber, every one on board felt pleased
that the captains wife was again to be
passenger.
The MiDeola met with variable weather
and light winds until the Light of Dec. 81,
when she ran into heavy gale. She
scudded under close-reefed sails, with the
seas rising mountain high. New YEARS
morning broke in an uncomfortable man
ner and found the Mineola in anything but
an easy position. The waves were running
to her masthead, and though her sail was
reduced to little moro than mere rag, sne
was pounding heavily. The water raced
across her decks every time she fell from
the summit of one wave into the trough of
another. The Mineola was always consid-
cred good sea boat but by the way
she was rolling and pitching on the seas
New Years day she might have been taken
for dory crossing bar. -.
The crew made frequent efforts to ease
her, but despite all their attempts the
Mineola pitched and tossed along the ocean
until she sprang leak This was at
O'Clock In the morning. 1t was not an
ordinary leak by any means. and in a few
minutes the water was running into her
hold in half a dozen places. Mrs. Lent, the
masters wife, was below when this occurred,
and as che water rose Ia the hold she was
driven from her berth to the deck. She had
not arisen when the vessel strained its
planks, aud, in consequence, she rushed on
deck clothed only Ia her night dress.
A moment after Mrs. Lent appeared on
deck. particularly high wave carried over
board the galley and flooded the deck
houses, the only places of shelter on the
schooner. Even the deck was unsafe, and
the only place OF safety that the captain
could find for his wife was on top OF the after
deck house. He helped her up there and
covering her with his coat, told her to hang
on for her life.
Then all hands went about clearing the
deck load from the vessel. The pumps we're
sounded. but owing TO the volume of water
hAAAbSooACAO
tain just how much water was In the yes
sells hold.
The outlook when night fell was so hope
less that those on the water-log zed schooner
almost despaired. The necessity Of hand
ling the ship was 30 great, too, that no one
could find time TO attend to or assist Mrs.
Lent, who all through the night chung to
her unprotected hold on the deck house. In
the morning ali hands were nearly ex-
hausted for want OF food aud rest. Mrs.
Lent was suffering more than the others,
since size was almost unprotected from the
water and cold, but she bore up bravely.
The ocean was secured With glass; but
night fell again with no vessel In sight.
The schooner ell this time was staggering
along under a double reef foresail, dead
before tbs wind.
Three days passed without any additional
events 70 distinguish them from the fret
day EXCEPT that all on board were greatly
exhausted. Mrs. Lent was nearly dead
from hunger and cold. On Jan. Z the
crsH we're abls ~ make sOundings, when it
vas found that The water 10 tue hold was
stlil rising.
On tue morning o. Jan. Q. Mrs. I.sDt
eNoke from q nap end said Ia feeble tones
that sbe bad bad q dream.
- dreamed. y said sbo, that q large sblp.
snoss sDfoscs we're alive with EaeD, came