The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04
ON A VOYAGE OF DEATH,
With shavings and Scrap Iron Instead
of Food.
From the San Francisco Can.

From the san Francisco Call.
A queer bark has drifted into port-a
bark that is broken and torn by a hundred
storms the survivor of one of the most
remarkable voyages that have ever been
put into type for the public's mental di-
gestion. Had her story been told in pages
written by sea fictionists the reader might
well be incredulous, dispensing with the
thought of what he had read with know
ing smile and the remark Clever tale,
but highly improbable"
But the vessel is actually with us Her
crew have unsealed their lips. The men
have been seen by numbers of curious
people, who have noted their hungry-look-
ing countenances and pitied the owners as
they cluster on deck and hang over the
barks patched bulwarks, watching the
busy city from Howard street wharf
These men have declared, God be prals-
ed, we have averted an awful death" The
creaking deckplanks and unoiled saigear
seem to echo in unison, 1.-THE winds and
the seas shall soon now claim the ship
This is her last voyage"
From Callao for Humboldt came the
Adalguisa "They sent us out on voy-
age Of DEATH said her mate, Richard
Roberts gazing intently at the vessels
shrouds that sag bow-shaped in their
looseness and hang limp and deathlike to
the skeletons of masts,, ''and IT was plan
ned that the ship should never return to
DutA ne WiilS IlttNli Win d hlllullnB anger
in his eyes.
The Adalguisa's sails, stil bent to their
spare yards, were dropped in ugly fes-
toons of blackened canvas full Of holes
and rotting I'M the boltropes From the
day she was launched, in 1856 not q cent
has been spent upon her for repairs Her
rigging may have been replaced from
spare gear picked up along some city
front but beyond this the ship stands in
the same costume in which she was dress
ed on the day she first voyaged out to esa
The deck is worn down to the,thlnnest Of
splintery boards. The crooked bulwarks
are patched with one-ineh lumber, while
over the main hatch are spread several
slOVenly nailed-tOgether sections Of dry
goods boxes. the hatch covering having
been washed overheard one time when the
vessel was lying in Callao harbor Chain
plates, channels and anchors are red with
years Of accumulated rust, and the rat
lines Of every spar are patched and nearly
all broken.
Old ropes hang carelessy from aloft
and look as II they would part " any
strain were put upon them. The forward
house is grlmy with dirt and smoke. and
a Jagged galley stoveppe peers bashfully
out Of its top as n afraid 20 risk too much
Of its sOOty self under the gaze OF out
siders. The after cabin is bereft Of every
comfort Of seagoing craft A dingy old
stands an earthen jug, a can Of pepper
and a bottle Of what may be Identified as
vinegar. There rs no other furniture In
the room except few chairs and q couple
Of cheap pictures of Italian war vessels
There b. no bedclothing on the ship.
Her narrow hunks were bare as "a syc-
amore tree IN autumn when her mates and
skipper came on board. Luckily they had
plenty Of clothing and Old socks, ana the
weather was warm on the trip up.
Ia this condition the bark Icft CaIlao.
Fine weather favored her, 70 she escaped
going 10 the bottom. n blew d little when
she was on San Francisco. and then she
commenced 10 Leak The crew were starry
ms. 80 her commander, Capt Pedro Gar
dalia. made ibis port with an haste. This
occurred last sunday, bat The vessel WAS
not allowed tO dock uunl yosferday. 30
her history WAS not made known until
then.
Mate Roberts WAS "a board when he