Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-08
THE STOLEN SHIP.

south OF the Sandwich group klHTmAn
shoal, Palmyra island and other shoals
and islands had not been closely suf
veyed, aud we were spending tA" sH'n
mer in this work The brig was craft
of geo tons. ana being n government YES
sci was under strict discipline
About the middle ut September we
were Mt Tanning island whom heavy
gale came up from the we :, and We bti
to run for tae oprn SEA- to the east Ian
gale struck rs about 3 o'clock M the ult
ernoon and hung 10 us until noon tbr
next day During this time we were
running a little east Of north aud bdyas
all we could do and when the gale broke
we were At least 200 miles 90 thr north.
east Of orr island Il was rldatterpugn
before we got the brig about. unl sine
had scarcely hren headed back when
whalebnat came down upon rs ffam the
northwest. aud when we got hrr crew
aboard we heard avery interesting story
There were eight OF them "a first
mate. two harpopuprS ANA i've hands
All belonged 10 the British whaling bark
Penrose Of Liverpool. Twenty DAYS
previously she had ran INTO Honolulu
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shipped three Portuguese sailors 10 rr
place hands who had been lost nj ssa
On leaving Honolulu She had eruisrd a.
the southwark. taking whale occasion
ally. and on the day the gale broke Sine
lowered for whales about 2no mile
north Of the group we had been survey
ing Three boats were down at once ~
the bark ran into q school ASthp br"ptH
was light only Il shipkreper was lell
aboard, and he was sailor who wa
Just recovering from Il hurt
The three Portuguese were IN the emp
tsin's boat, which made fast to ii b.y
bull whale within quarter ui mile 81
the bark and was Immediately sirucs
and disabled, aud the line had to bc cut
Meanwhile the other two boats hGl Gagp
TO the eastward after the school ana
they had no sooner made fast tban thctr
victim ran of at full speed Owing a.
the direction Of the wind the shlpkerpsr
could not work down 70 the 80 ,,,.in r'II'I Ill.
h,.,t ,,,.. :, ,,.r -" "s- 't't''t' -
oo'i' m ..... ssr ',,,k. but was acting "a q
uoat to sustain the crew In this rmsr
gency the three Portuguese offered g.
swim to the bark ail return with aap.r.
reached the craft IN safety, hut had ID,
sooner got aboard than the yards wsr.
trimmed, her head WIS brought % the
south, and she sailed within 3rD feet 81
the captain as she made oiI The iarh
skinned rascals made no bones uf tht
fact that they were running away viii
the ship Indeed. they boosted Of d
and derided the men hanging TO tin
steven boat
1t was u heartless, cold blooded thin.
to do. The two other hoats ware tiy
miles to the eastward and II WAS ~
hour after the bark made oli before th
men cut loose from their dead wha!.s {,
fathum the mystery, They found 60
wreck of the captains boat - distoyu
that only one single man remained wIa
1t, the others having been pulled dow
by the sharks. By the time they hH
heard his story the bark WAS more tha
hull down and JUDI then the gale hyuk1
The boats were laid head ON 70 tie ss
and drift.l slowly 10 the east, diyiauu
their men 10 IA 10 give each an cqua
show Ia live ont the gale During th
night the second mates boat WAS las
sight of and IA ii was never heard 6
again IL must have hecu swaapai la
we been running course the surytyju
boat could not have fetched IL, ha, a
we brought about she got tbs chance t
do 10
A. soon ad the story had been told au
captain decided t. 20 IN search uf ii
stolen bark II was question, beV
ever. whether she had OutHyed tine gal
She must tave received tho iull iurgn
1t. and being So short handed sha ".
Liable to disaster The main qus,Iu
was whether she would sral OF aa.
We had adopted the former course,
the bri. had habit 81 huodRg bO
decks when lying head an TIM mal
Of the stolen bark whose n.me ~,
Cummings felt certain that The hgrt'
guese weull len her drift Ia thar CA
we wuuIl buyc 10 cover hundred m5a
OF ocean 10 the westward hrlnre begl
ming 50 look for them Nial dill tB,
want Of the craft: What could they +,
with her. There was only uun relso
able answer They woul rgu her teW
among the southern islands, lind ssu
safe spot u lny Ner away Gud tAgn "ur
good time Tins meant eating tluu
IN. smoking ana hayiH. Ha weak tnG
Tuey w8ul net dare 81 try lang vu
age Nor 20 pat INTO ANY prominent port
was Mate Cummings hglet that q
Portuguese would hcal idr Cbustu
island hundred miles to the south
where we u4d h-cn surveying ana ii
brigs Caur>. was accordingly lHt
the afternoon II the third day after pit
ing Up tine boat we sighted the bs.
dead AHEAD We were then not 6y
twenty i've miles from the island I'll
stolen craft Ind evidently benH tgsg
things pretty eaSy She Wss uu4uF sHa
sal when We first esprl her a.Euals
the weather was Tine and 4 ID ure q Eai
The thieves bad no fear 80 pursuit ia
perhaps an were captains except Z
shipkecrer and would not ohgy ga
other orders We hal her almost ut
mp when the fellows became su rletut
then they set everything below Is,
Rloft aud 10 our intense Caasgiu wa
covered TINT the bark was "a faster SAL
than the brig Il was I oglocs ia t
afternoon when we sighted her, Ia
a. darkness fell she had gained i rauF
Of miles on Us Having got tile alarm
was hard % tell what they would he
do, but after a long consultation 6
captain decided to rgaul CAg.s Ia
island and lay a course for Jarvis lsllu
The bark was headed directly saa
when Ne lasf saw Nor