The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-16
BRITISH SHIP YEoMAN LOST.
AT Least Two Alleged Shipwrecked
Mariners say So


Aarshfieid, Or, March i5.--Daniel Clark
and Thomas Moore. supposed To be the
oniy SURVIVORS OF crew of thirty-one rer-
sons from the British ship Yeomsn. ar
rived here last night on the schooner
Leeds. The Yeoman went down on the
morning of February g In Lat. 81 N.
Long. 45 W. She was bound from Ant
werp TO Redondo. Clark related the de-
tails OF the loss Of the ship and crew and
his escape as follows: .Tt was my watch
on deck. The weather was perfectly
calm, but feared a heavy squall and be-
gan 20 shorten sail. | had ordered sail
taken la, but scarcely had the sailors
started to execute my command when a
sudden squaii struck us. and the waters
became very rough. A heavy swell like
tidal wave struck us. capszing the ship.
l was forward at the time. and as the
sea swept the deck | was carried with IL
overheard. A iuil followed and the shin
righted. ! got on the ship again. to find
no one on deck. The cook was lying In
the galley with hts head split open and
hardly alive. I went down into the cabin.
and found Capt Fnrguson and the second
mate were drowned. I went aloft 10 try
and spread some canvas. but the ship was
continually sinking. | then decided TO
abandon her. cut loose a 1ifeboat from
the dayits. got the cook into It, and Just
got clear OF the ship far enough to keep
from being swamped by the suction as
she went down.
I'VE were fourteen days In the boat he
fore the schooner Leeds sighted us aud
picked US up. during which time We suf-
fered more than language can express.
We had TO fare all that time on sixteen
sea biscuits without a drop of fresh
water. We ate two biscuits apiece each
day until they We're exhausted, and would
drink salt water and throw Il up again
Ffrs
mouths and throats got as raw as a
beetsteak When the biscuits were ex-
hausted we became too faint 10 pull an
oar or guide the boat, 80 we drifted TO
and fro until picked up. We could not
speak our names and our eyes were
swollen shut. We were so hungry that
We ate the uppers OFT our shoes, also
sucked the blood out OF each other
MIR Clark exhibited his log. which
showed great red hlotehes. certifying the
nuthfuiness of his story. Continuing he
said:
II have been around the Horn rlne
times. but this was the toughest trip
ever experienced. We lost four men
overheard In gale of the Horn. and
Paui Hessing fell from the topsafIyari
and Was killed, We were twenty-four
days In making seven miles aud drifted
to the southwark. II was nothing but
bad luck from start TO finish Had not
tho Leeds been blown 500 miles out OF
her course 1t would have been all day
with u.s.
San Francisco. March I5.-The dispatch
from Marshiield. Or. about the wreck OF
the British ship Yeoiuaa is not credited
here. The Merchants Exchange has no
record OF such ship. the nearest name
10 that being the British Yeoman. which
sailed from Astoria for England last De-
csmber The schooner Leeds which is
said TO have picked up the sole Survivors
OF the crew. sailed from San Pedro for
Impqua twenty-five da . ago. and If the
wreck had occurred a month ago any
where near the California coast IL would
have been reported before this.