Mohave County miner., 1894-11-17
A Skilled Navigator.

captain Adolph Freitsch OF Milwaukee,
Wis, the adventurous mariner who
crossed the Atlantic alone in q cookie.
shell, 10 q Queenstown, where bis boat,
the Nina, somewhst damaged by heI
long voyage, Ii being repaired. writes the
London correspondent Of the Chicago
Tribune. Freitscb. who IL Q skilled nav.
igstor, sailed from New York to Queens.
town August 9Th. The passage from
land 10 land occupied thirty.fve days.
Four days after leaving New York the
Nina commenced to leak. The water
increased, and 1t was not until Captain
Freitsch had built and fitted another
pump that the water was got under. In
this work he was injured in the leg
South Of the banks, on August l4tb, he
experienced gale, and In latitude 40,
longitude IS, was hove to for thirty eight
hours. Alter the gale he found the rud-
der was split and had to lower himself
over the stern. and succeeded, under
trying and dangerous circumstances, In
partly repairing the rudder, bot was,
however. unable to use the tilier, and II
vas with rope-gear he sieered his little
craft folly 1000 miles. More gales were
experienced later On and for some days
he was drifting about. having lost bis
reckoning. Fortunately he met the
steamer Menantic in latitude 40, 40, lon.
Ritude Al, and having got mis- position
proceeded, experiencing variable wealth.
or of the Irish coast and three days
calms. roa rep ,rter who visited him
the other day Freitsch thus related the
sory Of The voyage:
II was thinking Of this voyage last
January. and would have started earlier
only variety Of things delayed me. I
bull! Nina myself in Milwaukee, and I
have made the voyage nov in search Of
reputation. I want to show that am a
good navigator, and already, may tell
you, have good offers from the other
side, but for the present don't know
what I'll do. However. I intend to sail
across from here to London and exhibit
my boat in England. No one shall &C
ocean The voyage was very lonely, but
for some days my accordion made music
for me, and sang now and then to re.
Dieve my feelings. l started on August
5ih, and had 6ne weather, and for sev.
eraI days the novelty Of my position
kept away any sensation Of loneliness
Porpoises rolled about me. und keeping
In the track Of the liners, Was always
on the lookout for some to report me, but
only met one.
"For some daysI had to blow my way
through storm, but my little boat be-
haved splendidly and rode it out beauii.
fully. was hove to one night, bat was
under way sgsin next morning and then
many things began to depress me. I
had forgotten to wind my chropometer
and had hurt my knee while making
ready pump TO deal with Q leak. l tell
you I felt nearly crazy then and took
refuge in the pages Of a novel, to try and
forget my situation. Twice had to dip
IN mid.AtlsntIc-once when I jumped
over and allowed myself to be towed
along by my little craft, and another day
. had to get over the side to make right
the rudder, which had been split.
"On August 26th had the good luck
10 fall in with the Menantic. from Lon.
don 10 Baltimore, and / passed my
chrooometer to an officer on board, by
whom it was set. then was 10 better
spirits, and having asked the ship to re-
port me, babe them sdieu. From this
forward had fair weather and was over.
joyed when made the SkelIings, and
then without mishap reached Queens
town. I do not intend to sail back to
America. 1t would do me no good. My
present intention is TO stay couple Of
months here"