New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-10
IN THE CLUTCH or THE GALE
HOW THE JOEL : SHEPPARD WAS
TREATED BY WINDS AND WAVES
SHE STARTED FROM NORFOLK FOR BOSTON AND
MONTH LATER ARRIVED HEHE ~ row
or A TIC CAPrAt: UtTtEtS.s
STORY or MS TRIP

STORY or his TRIP
The thrcc-masfod schooner Joel : sheppard a.
rived here yesterday In tow Of he tug r " u .nn.
The Sheppard sailed from Norfolk 'or ucs'on With
a cargo Of coal on February Sh" has got far
her voyage and has been ont over month. on
February tho schooner encountered mort invest
gale. The day the gale increased 70 a hurri-
cane. J. was tho wors' storm Of February. ana
from that time All 'h- schooner could 10 was -
lay 70 and be blown % ~. -Du'hcaS; When -"
reachc, Boston shc VIII probably hold he record
FOR long passages between Norfolk and mat port
on the first dav - the tempest IN" Sheppard lost
her Aying-Jlb and fores'aysaIl. The next day her
-reofed mainsAn VAS blown from IN" bolt
ropce The great seas dashed continually over ~
vessel An! covered h-- with fee. For scvcnty-t~o
hours she - ICED up a. 20 b" practically nf-
manageable. and was driven 80 the Guf stream
In the warm waters OF the stream The g." inclt"l
but the storm continued with undated flry. Cap
tain II A paniela who commands the Sheppard
says that while she "as being blown across the
C;lIf Stream he saw enougr floating humber 10
build city and sighted several sailing vessels
with their topmastr gone.
The northwest gales continued Until February IS
The schooner had her 80 blown away, ami two
mainsans which ben. followed the jib one
after tho other The schooner sprang n leak In the
early part OF the ga.c and the leak kept on lncreas
Ing The pumps were manned and kept going night
and day Toward the las they were going 40 thr
rave OF 90 strokes hour Everything movable
about the decks was swept away. The provisions
began To run short. and for seven days the crew
lived on twelve pounds OF nour. Two quarts u beans
and two quarts N peas i; first TWO slices or bread
allowed 20 man ~ each meal Then that
was reduced 70 one slice. and finally 20 hall slice.
on February 10 the schooner y q l.. Green was
spoken. The Green wls bound for Philadelphia
with A load az .umDc-. She had lost her dcckloai
IN the storm The Green supplied the sheppard
with forty pounds OF beef and a little hominy. Al
she could spare from her own diminishing stores.
This supply larted only a little while. and when on
March A steamer sighted the crew WAS home
sick and hungry.
The steamer was the Ncw-York Of the clyde Line
bound from this port to Turks Island and san DO
minKo. Tho steamer supplied the schooner WIN
other articles OF food. Captain Danicls had been
working his way inshore nH best he could with the
sails left tho schooner, but had not been able 10
get observation and determine his exact position
325 miles south Of sandy Hook. which just
about sixty miles further south than the port from
which he had started month before. captain
Daniels began to feel Ike the Flying Dutchman.
crew were real and not spectrcs. doomed forever 70
beat up the Jersey coast
However being New Highlander. and believing
that The spirit OF the Rev. Or. Cotton Mather who
exceedingly potent IN his time against witch
era IT, would prevail go that he and his crew might
again the gi.ded dome OF the state House. he
sturdly sail for Boston lie had two top
sails ana four siaysais left. All the rest OF the
schOoners canvas had been blown away. OF the
Cape OF the Delaware he fen I'm with the tug Mum,
Storm King took the schooner In tow Tor Boston
town.