Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-22

the boilers OF the Miowers being IN
need OF repair. our stay in Victoria, b..
C., was prolonged until O'Clock y. m +,
when our ship severed her connection
with the wharf and commenced her
long voyage to iar I'll Australia The
distance rom Vancouver. -. c., to
Sydney, Australia, 6gss nautical miles.
with only two stoppu. places on the
way, namely Honolulu, Sandwich u.s..
lands and Suya, tiii Islands The dis.
lance 10 Honolulu from Vancouver ls
.Ag, knots or nautical miles: from Homo.
lulu il Is $3.50 miles TO Suyl, and the
distance from Suya to Sydney is i57o
Mules. II took u, fully ma hour to get
clear Of the Victoria wharf and get turned
around. the channel being very narrow;
but the task was successfully accom-.
plshed at last, and the ship headed Tor
the Strait OF luin de- 'uca through
which she passed during the darkncs,
Of the night. with Vancouver Island ON
our right aud tue state of Washington
terminating M Cape Flaitefy on our
lett. 10 sail through the strait IN the
day time Is said TO be very interesting,
the sight OF the Oympian mountains
All, th. .,utb sg,r,lt,., .,u. ,ryrr.cHtupius
- .,,.....,...., '....... .. ,,.ii a.
'''1S W '-'N'''"'
the wooded shores ul vancouver ls'
land ON the north The night was
cloudy. dark and windy. and as we
- .,,, .,,. ,i,. "a, p,..e, Ella.
p''''' wv ',''' w.
heaNlnks OF the vessel pchaN 10 PIoHu'e
that effect upon some OF the passengers
which Ia the unwelromc but sure fore.
.,,....a 81 H., s,,,.,,, ,i,..,s.. t,,o,,,
'"''"N' " '''"'
Us sea SICKNESS ioT WHICH no ahlIeh' OF
modern patented OF nnpaienied mcdi'
cine has eytrpfgyed a sufficient remedy.
u,.,t,..,t,,, A., I'D A., n, ia,
"''"''""l' way -'''"' 49, W '''N
passengers ana mol arse TINS morning
Tor good and sufficient reasons. Those
who did we're rewarded for their efforts
-, ,,t.i.' 49, a..
~ oe'"h i'''''s'N W '''''"'1 ''e
ifesh ocean hTecze winch the heaEy
wind blowing from the southwest sent
across the decl of the good ocean
H., =,
''e'",e'' ""' w '"''" ""u 1t" '''''
vessel greeted the eye OF the Eeencst
and most lung.sightcd observer. We
we're fairly out on the broad face OF the
greatest ocean Ia the world and moth.
ing but is turbulent surface aud high
rolling waves were to enhance the vision
Tor several DAYS to come. During the
day sea.sicknrss fcign,d supreme, only
a lew OF the iorly.nine passengers ON
board showing ~ lOr meals l'Oftu.
uately, your correspondent was one OF
these, not because his appetite was
more fayenous than that possessed by
mankind generally. but because he had
decided with all the resolution and will
power which he possessed that he would
not yield to sea.siCkness ON his first
voyage on the Pacific. AZ "a o'clock
noon the ordinary nautical observations
were taken which showed that We were
Ia latitude a. o. 30" ~, long. t76' 50
iW ". We had sailed ISJ miles since
We lett Victoria last night and IL was
2,I57 miles to Honolulu.
Thursday MAY sytd. The day was
windy, misty and cold, ana the incteas.
ed motions Of the vessel made the state
Of affairs among the passengers worse
than yesterday Your correspondent
had interesting conversations with the
captain and several ol the other officers
Oi the ship, rs well as with those OF the
passengers who were not sick. From
inst | become known to the crew aud
passengers as q Mormon Elder, and /
was kept busy answering questions
about Utah and the MOrmons." while
several expressed themselves in favor OF
having me deliver lecture on board.
the captain being the hr,tto suggest il.
o. course had no objection, and so
the lecture was only deferred until the
weather became better. The extract
tom the ships log posted up today al
noon read as follows. Latitude Az a.
o" H., Longitude Ig2 - ~ ". distance
Travelled since Yesterday at noon {Io
miles; distance to Honolulu 1902 mliys.
distance from Victoria lq1 miles.
Friday MAY s4th. LAST night WAS a
stormy one, and this morning the sea.
now thoroughly whte.capped. rolled
heavier than ever. The sea,sickne,s
was the only predominant feature on
board the excellent meals served IN
the stately dining saloon were but poorly
patronizgd and the deck, washed win
spray from the heavy seas occasionally.
was no longer pleasant promenade i1r
those who were abe to walk about.
The usual Joke about the rough passage
being caused by the presence OF preach,
efs On board was passed by some of the
ships officers: but assured them thar
though we might have roagh passage
the good MiowerI would reach Homo.