The sun., 1893-07-16
- STORIES OF THE PRESENT pAH.
p,r.i,et BriE Trompf ssd the Woman
on Board OF Her. 'f.

Draye had n contract to sopply the
nh, ,,au., Museum Of Natural History with specl-
=, birds. reptiles. aud animals found on
..,,.. OF Brazil lie arranged with n ccr-
,, . csrt. Tronpf who owned O small brig. to
- partnership voyage. the vessel to pick
"a salable cargo. while tho taxidermist gath
- his specimens. Mrs. Drave accompanied
ber husband rs an assistant. All told. the peo-
w. ~. an tho brig numbered fourteen. Alter
..r,nlIne year on the coast she set sail from
80 g. no1ue. intending to call at tho Cape
ysrds Islands About midway between the ISL
..d on st Paul and the Verdes the craft en-
.N,,,sred bad weather. About q o'clock one
,oninr. according to tho story. they wore run
,,,o nv An unknown ship which struck the
Sris nm the starboard bow and carried away
s.r rheadsear. Four Of the crew OF the Trompf.
:, ,be brig was called scrambled on hoard the
s,r,,per during the moment OF contact and
.ns disappeared in the darkness to be heard
Of no more
Nah bark homeward bound from tho Hottentot
eoast She had been badly damaged In q
souall and was practically helpless when the
collision occurred. Those left on board the
Trompt supposed she would soon 60 down
ana we're in panic to get the boats out It
ala not occur to them that the cargo OF the
bfis. which was mostly dye woods. would pre-
want her from sinking. nor could any one re-
member that the carpenter even sounded the
veil TO see II tho hull had received injury.
There was rush to get OF. and the only good
seamau ship exhibited was in getting away in
tho boats with heavy sea running. Every
body supposed that Mrs. Drave had taken
her place In one OF the boats, but as a
matter OF fact she was asleep in the cabin
Al the time OF tho collision. and was not
awakened by It. No ono went down to arouse
her and she was stu asleep when the boats
nut of. It was queer enough. but almost every
week you read OF mothers rushing out OF q
burning house without though OF their chill
dren. or OF wives and husbands forgetting each
other In the fright OF an accident. Draye was
was in the other. commanded by the mate. and
the real truth was not known until next morn
ing. They weEs E, then .dc pisked up BY - steamer
Twas there at the time. and heard the story
eoassmity and Compare notes the e0 Anstrians ne,s
came to the conclusion that their brig was
still aaoat; II STAYED in she would waterloo,
wind and current set her ashore. They were
thoroughly ashamed of their action in desert
s s to e anna an Tas
derelict. An American barkentine named the
James R. Ross had Just come UP from the
or tse Wss eeeSeS that thai ehe bfs
Ed . double crew aboard ss We left Foao.
other circumstances to bother US as we'll
There had been two or three heavy gales. with
here Was good deal % Of = eSssswors s as to the
position OF the brig when she was abandoned.
She was scudding when struck. She certainly
lost her bowsprtt. but the crew was divided as
to whether the forethast went over the side or
not She had certainly broaohed to when the
that the Wheel was iashed. smother denied It
vas sure It was all right
sd by tho coast current. and we must look for
her IN midocean and in the broadest part Of
q
one little speck Of iand-ths Bermudas- Seen
Ga m.n1
r. sS:si Ths S.is ya. zsll sui. snS almo:t neS.
No natter how she driisea she would be in the
track Of commerce, and Mrs Draye was de-
great deal and Would Know @ enouch is to fiy a
:Ss AZ! s, e;s,s ~ V, Il s!sh. %s ds:t !ss e
fspt f tho S0qs n.stSesd e rom ao0eeSs dsSs
and .as now At sns sasn ss sent Lay
rocket er burned . fare. We next ran to tho
north SoO mtlee, to the west lOO. and then to
seven different vessels. but none Of them had
sighted the derelict Most OF US have an idea
s es s1ssk R
how erroneous this Impression Is. One day at
an hour Mfoe SHIFTED xhseboas
y, S'9 a nVe men in It. and We altered eur course
Of fnsh who had dns
whale and been towed out OF sight OF his ship.
gale came on and ne had to run before L
We sig hted them. They had sighted as many
sao miles OF. three without being seen. But
brig We should have passed them By.
haYnG gone as far south as seemed wise. |
headed north. This was to mako a search |
ran n to the north to the latitude Of the Azores.
sells From one Of, them. an English mer-
ehsintnan; 6 si We got what We hoped would prove |
three days before which WAS apparently in |
sst sed As matter Of fact he sighted tho Trompf.
he simply didn't want to see II. knowing that |
;ayeseeatlop resi- =, y meant detention He had made
getting s' the s,isads shss snd onsituas
TTe changed our course to the southwest |
Before running the distance we spoke four
Yet; From Greenland on the north to Cape |
81 Rogue on the south there were hundreds
Of craft crossing and recrossing the Atlantic. |
en ont that derelict brig seemed to dodge them |
siL having run our course to the southwest. |
W We hguTed on the direction Of her drift and bore
Up ior the northwest. with our bowsprit point |
ing Tor the banks OF Newfoundland. We had |
tun = about hundred miles when we spoke the |
91eiie of Halifax. q brig bound for Liberia. |
ssous lust before midnight. he had passed o
o,ig uriitinR of before the wind. Her Iibboom
tn Hna bowsprt and foretopmast We're dragging
her
De abandoned.
i9u will ask why An Investigation was not
Smaaef In spite OF all you may have read and
ihsata. II was none of the Captains business to
investigate He could not have spared men
enoush 10 sail her into port IL he found her
"o,th ssa saving. and he was sailing close hauled
NJ J ~ aid not want to lose the time. To pick MP
= esIssnlpwrecEed crew at sea means to crowd the
ss;,in ssSin and deckhouse Of the. rescuer. In q
sstaulng craft 1t may mean shortage OF pro-
sin ,M.9ns and water. To lose half day OF fair
S.n So.nn az sea may lengthen q voyage by week
S"nets OF vessels count hours and ships
SSeuN. In this case not even q shout was
rlsse1 to see II It would bring an answer The
time by quietly IN akipg up his m Ind that
si sne wreck was abandoned. He had run about
ninety miles since sighting g the brig and as the
srinu hai hold steadily, she must have drifted |