Evening journal., 1896-12-21
SAILORS IN GREAT PERIL
Crew Of the DC Zaldo Lasked In
the RIGGING Two Days.
BRAVE BATTLBwITHAHEAvY SEA
rns carpa.Ina,. oaIlaat ne.sus Of the

rhe carpa.inn's Gallant Rescue OF the
Grow Of an Unfortunate Bark Disabled
Hurricane- Re.cuing Iioai Smashed
Alongside the shipwrockcd Graft.
NEW YORK, Fec 2i.-To the melan
choly record OF shipwrack and suffering nt
sea thorn ara to be added the experiences
of "a crew which has inst rcochcd this port
Theirs is % tale oi @ sturdy light to bent
past the port Of missing ships of lost spars
and tattered canvas, of deck rendered
untenahle by seas and Of cay and night
/ spent clinging 90 lurch.ng and frozen rig-
gng.
Shipwreck makes but ghastly resdine,
and This story % disaster and hardship,
which was told 10y the men of the now
derclict bark q. de Xaldo, IS of piece
with all the others After fighting hcr
way through many gales the bark was
finally storm beaten when almost in sight
of hnrbor
Bound TO New York from Pascagoula,
the gale that conquered hcr was met on
the Jersey c0ast last Tuesday. A stouter
OF perhaps "a moro fortunate bark the Car
pasisn, effected ~ heroic roscuo of the crow,
smashing her llohoat and nearly drown
ipg the rcscucrs I'm the doing. From the
Carpasian the men were subsequently
transferred O. the Mallory line steamship
State of Texas, which brought them TO
this port Saturday night.
Tho mon were landed from the steam
ship yesterday and sought refuge In the
sailors homo 100 Cherry street. where
they told how lifo had been saved and ship
lost
A somber yisagcd lot they were, seven
In number, and from "gu the world. p
The master, Captain McCole, was not
With the men, nor WAS First Mate Vim
cent Against these two dark hints of
cruelty were made by the seven seamen,
and ii their threats are carried ont the
United States shipping commissioner will
have to listen to their complaints today.
The grievance, whatever it was the men
would not tell They preferred TO tell il
10 the commissioner direct
judging from the story they did tell, II
did not require man 6 inhumanity to make
dire their distress. Tho storm that wrought
disaster was encountered on Tuesday
morning and in a locality 60 miles norti
Of Delaware hrcakwater
The bark tho men said, carried In addi
tion to q fun cargo between decks % hoavl
! I
edge on it that the others lacked, and The
deeply laden craft had hardly huoyancl
enough to lift her decks clear of the swol
len seas The gale was from the north
west. and 20 meet it the bark was hove e
under q main lower topsail, goosowing
cd so as TO spill the weight of wind on
of the sail and yet allow the vessel TO keel
her head 60 the sea.
/ Took to the Rigging.
j The gale developed into a hurricane, ac
3 eompanicd by fierce squalls of sloet Tn
4 men worked at the pumps thatniVht, and
according co their story, there was sta
} water i'm the hold whom tho captain CAV
orders Co cease pumping.
81 went below Co get bit OF rest. salt
Noble. the second mate. "and Just abuu
daybreak the first nate yolls down Oh
{ hatchway. 'Au hands save Ship and
tumbled mp with the others. The bar
q was nearly on her hcam ends and dow
1 by the head We rot tho foremust oYe
the side TO case hDr, and sounding tn
& pumps found eight feet of water in tn
( hold. Then the deck load broke adrilt
D and with the lumber flying about and tn
seas breaking over the deck we had to qui
e it and climb upon the deckhouso for safe
q ty."
e Then big wave swelled against th
s / house, and it was so nearly carried ava
+ that the men deserted it and took TO th
/ rigging. The sloet had given everythin
e an arctic coating and, fearing TO trus
e their benumbed fingers TO retain hold o
r the glazed and lurohing rigging the me
- lashed themselves for safety.
= Ali that day they olung aloft. with Oh
gale believing about their ears, the bar
broadsde to the seas and dipping her yar
arms into the water with the wild rollin
OF tho beam on seas. Night drifted in
] and somehow they outlivcd it, and Oh
g next morning found them still ciingin
P to the swinging spars Then toward moo
p "a sail showed above the waving sealin,
snd tossing toward them came the bar
Y Capasian.
e In gallant style she rounded 60 ner
y tlb wreck. launched her lifeblat and ser
t &c to the rescue. -Four men jumped int
?. the boat, and then wave hurled it again'
e the bark and the little craft was bad
d stove. but despite that she made the retui
d trip In safety, and after long efforts ti
It rest of the men were rescued in the sam
way
Captain Goss Of the Cnrpasian trcatg
his charges we'll. and on falling I'm wit
l.. the state of Toxas two days later transfe
n red them TO that vessel, the commander
!. the Mallory liner having signilied his viii
/, ingncss to receive the crew.