The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-27

she Encountered Rough Weather, ana
Wa Rerr1rte-f llo-1.

The sehooaer FrzneEra II not dere-
( Iset floating about az the mercy % tas
l wir4z and waves. as & Is supposed tlsSt
ahe wzs. for she came into port seFiNf-
day and took on supplies arr left Tor
cruise or TIE hafffut banks Her captain
( and Greg however. had very rougn
& exuerlencs and one which they viii nor
sr-gr forget Tha Ifstie vessel was blown
our into Ire ocean. ard they losi fheiF
bearings. ard food got 80 short that they
we're IN danger OF starving 20 deatn-
ard xoula have done 50 were u not Tor
the timely sighting o. another vessel.
the captain 81 which proved 20 ~
Good Samaritan. "a ne pat the lost ores
IN sueh position that they were aose
% reach port
CAPTAIN Olsen. % the Francins. said
Yesterday while his vessel wss a. AIMS
worth 4 Dnnn's dock taking on ice and
supplies for her cruise, that he isft A.
t0Fta for the halibut banks on Mareh
- and when or the mouth OF the Co
iurubla was driven or shore BY north
eastsriy wfHa. The storm was OF great
violence and lasted for couple or DAYS,
and i was only by the exercise Of great
care THAI the vessel vas saved from
being wrecked. The captain says he was
without charts and other appliances Tor
navigation. and ne lost his bearings al
most completely. The vessel drifted
about IN a state Of uncertainty for etgh-
teen days. and fte captain and crew were
greatly discouraged. To add 10 the ter
ror OF the situation the provisions ran
tow and the prospect OF starvation was
before the crew. Finally, when there
wss nothing left but half a sack OF Hour.
the Alced0 was sighted. The captain OF
the Alcedo was very kind TO the crew
OF the Francina lie gave them all the
provisions ne could spare gave Captain
Nelson a chart, told him his bearings
and started him on his course. The re-
sult 81 hts kindly Offices was that the
Francina arrived in port yesterday.
The cook OF the Francina, Captain Oh
sen said. ran out OF tobacco, and smoked
all the straw In his mattress In lieu OF
hts faVorlte weed. The captain says
the cook used 20 go around moving Ike
a COW, and declares that his mouth was
so sore that he could not talk. When
the cook got ashore he. made a bee line
for q tobaecOnist's. and after he had fill
ID hts pipe with tobacco declared that
he I'D not like the taste and began TO
look around for a bale OF hay In order
to mix II with his tobacco.
The Francina has crew OF four men,
lnclading the captain. They are: Capt.
" 7. Olsen, Frank Nordhurg. Frank
StoibeFg and Andrew Anderson.
Gaptaiu Olsen reports that he saw moth
ing Of the derelict which was reported to
have been seen near Cape Flattery, IN
was supposed a. first that the derelict
was either the Francina or the Boring
Sea. but nov that both these vessels
have turned up these theories are knock
ed In the head. II Is now thought that
the whole story about the derelict Il a
fake
The Francina Is the vessel that was
wrecked of the Columbia river bar three
years since. She was smuggling a cargo
Of twenty-tbree confraband Chinese from
Nanaimo. II. C.. 20 Astoria. When off
the Columbia river bar she was over
turned hy a squat. and the crew and
the Chinese cargo were drowned. The
vessel was picked up and towed into
Astoria. and was sold 10 Captain Olsen
for about 500 Captain Olson fitted her
up for a fishing vessel. and she has been
so engaged ever since.