Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-22
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
VRHCKHDBY A Big WAVE
Trying Times of a Fishing
Schooner's Crew.
Income TAX Is STRONGLY OPPOSED.
Democrats Declare They
Will Defeat the Bill.
MITCHELL IS NOW growing ugly.
He VIII Not Do What the
Duval Club Asks of Him.
MITCHELL IS NOW GROWING ugly.
THROWN ON THE BEAM ENDS.

THROWN ON THE BEAM ENDS.
Fearful Experience of 4 Captain and
Crew of . Fishing schooner-AN
Her Masts and Heats Were Swept
Away by q Monster Wave-Subsist-
ed for Five Days on Brine.Soaked
Biscuit.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21-Ths steamer L.
Bretagne, from Havre, arrived this morn
ing, bringing Captain William Harmon and
crew of fifteen men of the Gloucester hsh.
ing schooner Susan L Hodge, II tons bur
den, who were rescued ct sea last Friday
in latitude 43 20, longitude 1924. The
Hodge left Gloucester for fishing trip on
December Is, with q crew composed as
follows:
Captain William Harmon, Seamen Peter
Brown, Thomas Clausen, Thomas Murray,
Knute Kloster, Peter Olsen, Cyrus Polk,
Fred Winneberg, Martin johnson, Edward
Christensen, Edward Stevens, Ed Hoff-
man, John Rogers, Charles Adams, Will
liam Kann and George Cole.
On January IS, when In latitude 1880,
longitude $3.50. furious gale broke. The
schooner was hove to under storm trysail,
and all hands were dashed to their places
on deck to prevent the heavy seas from
washing them over. Time and sgain It
seemed as If she would be overwhelmed,
but the little craft CALAMITY rose to the
crests, and the crew, drenched with flying
sprsy, breathed easier for q few seconds.
At last an enormous wave bore down on
the craft and seemed to hang overhead for
q Re ond, and then, as Captain Harmon ut
tered the warning, "Hold fast, men," 1t
broke across the deck. The masts snapped
clope to the deck, the bowsprit broke short
and everything movable went verboard-
anchors to companion matches. The echoon-
er went on her beam ends. The crew,
though deluged and half drowned, caught
their breath and waited for tho boat to
right, but she maintained her listed posi-
tion and 1t was evident that tho ballast had
shifted.
Cries of anguish issued from the cabin,
and when Captain Harmon and two men
made their way aft on the almost perpen-
dicular deck they found Edward Stevens
with almost q ton of pig iron ballast piled
on top of him. Blood was issuing from
his eyes, nose, mouth and cars. As quick
~ as possible the ballast was listed aside
and the Injured man was carried to his
bunk. Although he had q very close call
NO bones appeared to be broken and he
was able to tell between gasps that the bal
last had broken through the floor when the
beat keeled over and caught him.
1t was impossible to replace the ballast
80 as to bring the vessel to an even keel
a passing steamer. From Saturday to the
following Wednesday night the sixteen
men saw nothing of any vessel, but on that
night the far off CLEAN of a steamers mast
head light was seen and shortly afterward
the crew could see her side lights.
Torches and lanterns were lighted and
every effort WAS made to attract attention,
but to no purpose. The steamer never
slowed her engines. Friday afternoon the
smoke of q distant steamer was seen, but
she did not approach near enough to see
the Hodge. At about O'Clock that even
ing the La Bretagne hove in sight and bore
down upon the wreck. The Big liner stop
ped and in Q few minutes . boat was low
cred and manned and pulled to the rescue.
1t was necessary to make two trips to take
off all the men.
Csptsin Harmon and his men express
the highest appreciation of the pluck and
kindness of Captain Rupe, of the La Bre-
taRs and his officers. Stevens, the injured
man, 10 able to stand but is still very sore
and weak. His eyes are very much blood
shot and his face is bruised as If pounded
with q mallett.
Captain Harmon states that the Hodge
had Is, 600 pounds of cod feb in her hold,
of which 10000 pounds was j.ttisoned af-
ter the masts went by the board. The
crew chopped away the tangled rigging and
tried, but without success, to rig jury
mssts. All the boats we're swept overheard
as well as all the beef and salt pork and
most of the water supply. There was
nothing, on board to eat but brine
soaked biscuit and this the men sab
sisted on for five days and nights, care
fully outstanding the supply Of water.
While the torch signal was prepared at
$50 O'Clock last Friday night the kero-
sene oil can exploded and In an instant the
schooner was on fire. The accident hap
pened amidships and by the merest chance
no one wss hurt.
The flames gained hesdwsy too rapidly
to be extfbguished. 1t was at this point
that the Hodge was seen by the officers of
La Bretsgne. Captain Harmon and crow
saved only the clothing they wore when
rescued. They will probably return to
Gloucester.