The sun., 1893-06-14
THE VIKING SHIP IN PORT.
SHE PUTS INTO NEW LONDON ALL
SOUND AND WE'LL

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and Met Some Berer, but Otherwise tn
Voyage Wa. .Uneveutrui-Uow She Looks
- an, -
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"nu hisn'S Ut SON "res'i,nk WIN e'0,n ~, .So
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ranroS , .."antr'o,rL, ,oet Iore si.,osor
..a, - Iii, - Saa. d,a,rht AMI sldos
nho,t o.. soat az ot w,,or Eror, bsr hon
hnY. c,,dod drncn,.s hand rIso nm obon,
fan feet' with great ovos starinq nercely
| ahead Nthn s,.rn ~ tha tail NJ m. dr.yon
! Io.hi,o rho .,r ~ a, olmost eouaI he,gbt
| Moto hor ~ Al tono hnrdop Sat mast in b,r
| 90 fcet high. two.thirds OF the yay to her
bow. nut ON this a cross yard and n big
| SQUARE .ail mnde OF alternate strips of brown
| and wbito conyas. and Mt tho masthead n
| Haunting scarlet bureee. bearing great black
| raven and the letters "y-I-K-I-N-G." Place
tho flag OF tho United States at the bow and
the ensign Of Norway at the stern and you
have the viking In fact. provided you have
built her in tho cinker style and rallied
bor with hio iron anirae II must not
no ner WIN olk iron on sp.Aes . ~ NUS. ,us., nos
ruddor which looks like a narrow. fiat
stick. and is tied on to her starboard
omarter and that the filler from the rudder head
or rat at right is angcs with the keel There you have
Norway MOI % have D built n by subscription and mann manned
anu sent 10 the noriu fa,r Aver sle ID
and the {, proceeds used in building seamon's
The idea Of building a viking ship was hcr
'up SuS anM ss.or ~ tho
wcsiah master mariner anu now euitor ol .ie
lishel in Christianin. He conceived tho plan
from , nowsn,ner article suocostng TINT n
ship be sent over here to commemorate tho
Wanted first discovery of the country by tho
vikings. Tho viking which is close COPY OF
way. sailed from Bergen on April 80 after
triumphant passage to that place from Chris
tania Capt; Andersen. who is only So years
man who, with his present second mate. Chris
ten Christensen. had many narrow escapes
Atlantic from east to west in 1e-ioot boat
says, is as sea worthy as duck. and Just as
buoyant. Her first officer, Gustav Gundersen.
also q sailor Of great experience. told this
W. ". ye SSe1sy had
CARPENTER. A temporary canvas awning was
erected over the bow from stem to stern, as
stay running from the masthead to the bows
We called It tho "forssaiL" There was % lib
fed our craft greatly and helped her speed. Al
together We spread about POO Yards OF canvas
We passed the Shetland Islands. and then
sailed directly for Cape, Race. NEWFOUNDLAND.
Of adverse Winds. The first land we made was
Becaieu Light on tho east cosst Of Now,
O'Clock. and that same day We spoke the ocean
tug lncraham, On June fourteen fishermen
us Gpe canso ana
first copy Of newspaper we had seen since
iesT5nf n ;bs NorTry Juno ve srbtsd Cana Cod
all hands at !, and made stitl glass p punch in
famous vineland. as we suppose. discovered |
by our ancestors. From that time on We have |
and fog horns eyerywhere. Everybody seems |
glad to see tho Viking, We did not know that |
ReGsption CSmmttee had been organized to
gates from It at New York until smackman |
told Us of Block Island this morning. But our
New london. % New New YORK. % and i internediate hd m
t6e ana nor our We rs best to
here.
Our first gale on the voyage was encoun.
log from the eastward from O'Clock in the
a sea anchor and let the vessel drag pouring
oil nhf on fhe waves She breasted Ire the billGws
seas. however. broke on her low bow aft tho
Dragons head and filled us half full OF water
before the worst OF It was over. On the 2Oth
OF May we had another gale. but we profted
6y yads oHr experience per In the other hurricane and
Ieefed: Isef She few along Ike bird. md her
deck was as dry as Black Ball packet in a
calm. ,.
don't mind saying that good healthy
through tornado in than the Viking would
be. hut haTe hhd tWo ships lost from under
my ieet. and ieel qualihed to say that the Nik-
hs ing Is superb oa sea nent; IL the old Morse
DOatS MAZE rs goqd weather IN crossing the
pond as she has; their crews were rot In such
great nen uatger hi,sr nrt al AZ o vi our crew, not
Y nan az ~ hah Eeen nurs anu NOT man was on the
slfS llst nurinG me ttif. All OF the sailors Will
,oIh ,U ne tS. ta ySu 'hat we are much In love
we struck d,ceoerf;s ana Hoes IN 80, west In