The Republican journal., 1895-07-11

CRAFTS ALL OVER TIE WORLD.
A sturdy old veteran of the sea leaned
over the stern railing, and, gazing medi-
tatively out over the pelucid waters Of
Providence harbor. sang Justify:
Oh, the good ship sailed the wintry seas,
My lad came home to me.
He, the old salt, retired from the active
life Of running up the ratlines to clew up
the tops Is, of pulling and hauling, to 60
barging, sang his song aboard the barge
Davy Crockett at Wilkesbarre Pier the
other day, says the Providence journal.
Though now a barge, the David Crockett
was once the most famous packet ship
atloat. During the time she was under
her own sail, and making long voyages to
distant countries, the "lads came home, -
in the words Of the sea song quoted, sure
enough, for never was there a luckier ship
than the Crockett.
Launched at Stonington in 1888 she at
once commenced a career which made her
the best known merchant vessel Of the
country At the height Of her fame there
WASH / a small boy III New York city who
didn't keep tabs on the arrivals and de
parturcs II the NDaNy'' Crockett, and on
both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts the
greatest interest was felt in her goings
and cnmings.
week in tow of a tug, and dropped anchor
ovei shoal, where She grounded when
the tide went out coming down Dbl her
anchor which pierced her ht,l. 81 much
water rushed III that the craft could not
rise EN- The next tide, and subsequently it
WIS found necessary to set the wrteling
tue Right Arm At work Monday night
she was toated and placed alongside
/ Milke,bar Pier
Even Is 4 coal barge she still retains tie
lenal kahy fine lines witch marked the
skill Of the Sfunington shipbnilder, VI ho
\ Put the speed into hei tiiat made hen
famous.
! When first i'll commission the Crockett
| Went into the san Francisco trade, saiin.
"lit et New lorl and carrying passengers
stricken with gold fever. Her tgluehead
was a lite-s carving Of the pioneer and
ana scout after whom she was named
\ SHE carried 4 tremendous sweep of canvas.
4 and was the luitest rugged ship Of her
day
! Two Of her most memorable VOYAGES
we've homeward bound trips She sailed
from san Francisco to PHILADELPHIA in w
| days, and from san Francisco to New
York il lo2 days. After several Of these
splendid runs had called the enuntry's at
tention to her speed three vessels We're
built on the same model. but never a one
| OF them in the frequent trials which en-
saed could begin to hold us own with the
| only and original DavN Cinckett and she
held her record to the last
When she began to get out Of date to
such an extent flat her passenger lists
grew short on account III superior accom-
modations offered BY competing vessels.
she was put into the European trade, car
rying general cargoes of merchandise and
| incidentally making trips to the East
/ Indies
Eight years AGO She came home across
the Atlantic with cargo of oil, and was
then laid up in Erie BASIN New York,
where she attracted much attention On ac-
count NJ her Mel known career Three
years later size was bought Nv Peter
| Wright OF Philadelphia. who converted
her into barge, painted her red, mt the
name IF Nirginia's famous mines upon
| her SIDES and set her to caliyin., coal
| Even to-day At sea the staneh old vessel
shows Aer quality under tile sails which
are SOMETIMES ~et oil hel present short
masts. With A fair wind She will make
/ the tag supposed to be towing her hustle
! 70 keep nut Of tile way.
4 picture ot fht harge san be found III
4 tile front ot I'LL ISIS Maritime Register,
issued by the government. Hel present
commander Nj Gapf. ifemge IL. Adams
IIish-Liue Fish storie,
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\ John 'IrNy. fisherman. If NV ~ Charter
4 Street, Boston, ailyeG IN New York june
/ 18th sihOald the three lbastr,l schooner
Katie q. William Nj 81. .Ioln, n. III. and
spun to Il reporter Of Tie World Tie fol
! lowing tale Of the sea.
- am one Of the crew N the fishing
| boat lolantlle VI Boston. Walter Martin,
captain. ON Thursday last the lolanthe
was off Chatham, Mass and five of her
l4-lnot dNlies At , - NJ tut of ID set
travis for fish. There Was one man in
each dory. My travis parted so rowed
ID y set The buoy aboard. | got it in and
Was placing my oals ait, when 4 II foot
sword1sh, prowling on the bottom of the
sea, got tangled in the buoy line and start
ed ahead like a streak OF lightning was
nearly pitched into the sea and the dorv
half filled with water | saved tie oars,
but one Of the trawl nets went overheard
II dared not move forward to cut the
line for fear the dory would upset, 50
had to sit still and let the fish have full
hing. hallooeu at the start like dear
life for help, but no one paid any atten-
ton to my cries
THAT swordtish towed me for five
hours before it let up. Once it came to
the top, gave a leap of II feet into the air
ana then shot under the water again side
ways. The wrench carried off the dorv's
gunwale. At the end of the five hours
the fish came to the top again and died Of
worry, | guess. They say that's what
always kills the sworltish Then | cut
the line, losing seven fathoms of rope and
one of my two anchors.
The other anchor | dropped to see
how the tide was going. 1t was running
westward. Then | began to row, going
W the sun. ! pulled all of Thursday
afternoon and night. all of Friday and
Friday night, and about A. NJ. Saturday
was 50 tired and thirsty that | anchored
in 6S iathoms of water and tried to get
asleep in the bottom of the boat. | had
had neither food nor water since left the
lolanthe. couldn sleep. and in an hours
time heard fog horn. | raised my head
and saw two lights bearing down upon
me. stood up and hallooed as loud as |
could tried y, but ! couldn't break
the anchor line. Again shouted to keep
OFF. Then the captain OF the vessel spoke
to me and asked me to come aboard. |
/ diu No. they cave me some fe; and then