The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-23

On this Afternoon of the tenth day the
captain ordered three boats down TO tow
the Tornado to the eastward. The idea
was at first hailed with satisfaction, but
after we had labored for an hour without
seeming to have moved the ship as much
as 100 feet, the men refused to do am
other stroke OF work. never could I'm.
derstand Just what WAS the matter at
this juncture.
While the Tornado had pretty full
cargo, we ought to have beeu able to tow
her in any direction at the rate of two
miles an hour. Do our very best, we
could make no headwny to the east. We
may have been on the edge of a current,
or the speI of terrible hot weather might
have weakened us more than we sus-
pected. AT any rate we nearly broke our
backs pulling away, at the oars for sixty
minutes, and then gave It up. The cap
tain coaxed and threatened, but finally
retired to his cabin and the boats were
hoisted in.
The eleventh day came and went, then
the tweifth thirteenth and fourteenth.
At midnight of the fourteenth few
cats-paws began playing about, but the
ship had no more than got steerage way
when 1t fell fiat, dead calm again.
AT sunrise ON the fifteenth morning the
same thing happened again, and again In
the afternoon, and we may have made
something like mile TO the south.
From the first day of the calm we had
VISITORS in the shape OF sharks. There
were only two on the first day, but after
that we could always count ait least a
dozen. But for the presence of thege
monsters the men could have found some
relief from the heat in THE water. On the
fifteenth day, after a long spell OF box
hauling the yards about to cajtchdHhe puffs
which had no weight i'm them, the ships
carpenter announced that he was going
to cool off alongside If It cost him his
life. Some of the men had gone below
and some were lying about wherever thsV
could find Shade, when he went over the
bows. 1 was seated ON the heel of the
bowsprit, where could get q bit of air
as the ship rose and fell on the CLASSY
ground swell, and was THE only one
aboard who witnessed the tragedy.
Before dropping into the water the man
looked about him. The dorsal fins of at
least fifteen Sharks we're cutting the
water, and he muSt have fully realized
the risk he was about Ito run. further
more called his attention to It, but he
growled out something about my minding
my own business and made dive from
the rail. Every fin went out Of sight in
an INSTANT, and Thought the man would
never rise Ito ithe surface. He came I'D
after a few minutes, however, and SWAN
off ito % d.stanc Of about ten feet. He
was treadlng water and brushing his
long hair back, when l saw a flash of
white in the waiter near him, and the
next instant he was pulled down. He
threw up his arms, but uttered no cry.
Fifteen seconds after he went down an
carpenter In his mouth. For full min
ute the monster circled about on the
surface with his victim kicking and
struggling, and then he disappeared into
the depths, to be seen no more. Several
of the men came sauntering forward in
response to my shouts, but nothing was
to be seen except a ripple Inn the sur
face.
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very queer thing happened It was clear
moonlight night, and ait midnight the
man ON lookout, who was stationed for
forums sake on the bows, awoke from O
nap to find a dereltct close aboard. The
whole crew was routed out to take action
In case SHE dTdtted aboard of us, but
that did not happen. She approached
within a Cables length and then came to
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