The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-15


and as Haven For Immigrants.
The letter from tho IyrHLLtaEScEps
CORRESPONDENT! in tho Sta,ler party, now
touring Ia tho Land Of Flowers" pub.
lishcd two weeks ago wa, read with tho
greatest Of interest and many injuries
were made as to whether az. NJ. s."
would again DO heard from. The fol.
lowing special from the party answers
tue query in a most satisfactory mau.
ner. Tho tourists have gone through
an experience, graphically told below,
thatthey. will tell to generations 10 come.
Not only did they strike Florida n. the
time when the state cauch, moro cold
weather than was ever before known,
but they were alrnos: involved in a ship
wreck that wa' no laughing matter.
SPefal Correspondence ofae inidIigsac.-.
On BOARD THE YANKEE DooDLg,"
LAKE WORM INLET, Feb. s.
Iaupposo every perIon has a. differ.
ent times in his lite regretted that he
did not possess certain qualifications
aud / never regretted anything more in
my lie than my inability to adequately
describe our experiences, both serious
and amusing, this morning The boa;
is rolling and to'singso that 1t Ia almos,
impossible for person to write. The
captain is n: the wheel, our "tirs., and
second mate and crew" maxim. coffee,
Gorby sort OF overseeing the job and |
am writing. this letter. We are half
stranded on a BARN this inlet. Tappan,
Heiskell, Seamen and Salade have beeu
taken ashore by crew from the Rob.
inson Crusoe," II boat anchored safely
inside the inlet, and here we are ''play-
ing the ,haad OUT on the Yankee
Doodle Every Jew minutes heavy
sea strikes Us and dashes over the stern
and into the boat. The anchors ara
out TO keep Va from drifting ont to sea
aud We ara waiting for change OF wind
aud tide to get out OF our predicamen..
Before We le!thome our party decided
to SO rs far south as Lake Worth, and
TO reach that point it is necessary to
run Outside" about fifteen miles bs.
tween Jupiter and this inlet. Early this
morning weset sail from Jupiter with
aasrong west norwest" wind. 4 heavy
"norther" had been blowing all night
and it was by all odds much colder this
morning than any weather We have ex-
perienced here. We safely ran through
the rough breakers outside Jupiter in.
let, and the sail down to this point was
made in about an hour and half. and
in undertaking to run in the inlet we
stranded on bar. After considerable
tall hussling We succeeded in working
our craft into deeper water and casting
tho anchors. 1t ia now y o'clock and
we've been here since $50, and there
is apparently no lie. up in the rough.
ness OF the sea- With the turn OF tho
tide the captain IS goIng to try and run
in or find SAFER anchorage. We are only
a few hundred yards from land and ma
get q good ducking yet before this is
over.
Any one who is at all familiar with
the make up Of our party can readily
understand what amnsin: things would
occur during al experience oil this kind.
Our captain mad orders to make Lake
Worth this morning, and as We were
anchored at Jupiters, 90 no one could
get ashore without walking on the
water, every one had 10 make tho trip
by boat whether lie wanted 10 or not.
Lie pIeservers were brought out long
before we struck" snag, and after
that there was plenty Of yelling aud
waving OF hats and handkcrchieis as
si2nals OF dis,ress. Our first anu Sec
ond mate and crew" got out the small
boat and succeeded in breaking an oar
in about two seconds. and had to come
aboard again. a boat then came over
from the .'Robinsoa Crusoe," and they
helped TO get US better anchorage, and
when through carried, off our first aud
second mate and crew." being unable TO
make back 10 our boat through the
rough seas There was some tall swoar-
ing for awhile then on account of short
age OF officers and crew, and as matters
seemed 20 be getting worse. andas no At
ten.i0n was paid to the signals OF some
OF our party, the captain decided that
matters looked squaIly enough to put
out signal Of distress. rhen out
came the stars and stripes" and they
were hauled up. upside down. (rhe
universal signal OF distress.) Shortly
afterwards tho "Robin.On CrGsoe" cent
over bout, manned By Two men from 4
sunken boat short distance from us,
that had como 20 grief in this storm.
They succeeded in taking four OF our
party ashore, by the advice OF cur cap.
tnin, whero they arc. we Imagine, iairly
comfortable, ~ we can zee tho smote OF
Il fire ovsrncar Il grove OF palms, on the
behcn.
STILL on BoAEDrHs" YANKEE DooDLg.")
LAKE WoHrH, Sunday, Feb. 10.
The above stars indicate an intorrup.
ton aud IL came IRON the captain in
this shape:
Boys, our anchors aro dragging aud
we will soon drift out among tho heavy
breakcss, and swamp. We'rc got to
mako II move"
All hands were called on deck. the
main sGil and dying jb wrro hois.cd,
anchors lifted and All effort mado 10
Bottcr our poa:tivn. 1t WIS impossible
10 make my Roadway against tho heavy
lido and all wG succeeded In doing was
TO drift in nGaror shore into what looked
Ike smoother wator. but in reality, we
did not better our condition rs after
events proved. 1t was hardly IN hour
before it WAS much roughcr than tho
wafer ws had left, md besides, VIC were