The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-09

. Nf@AA r---f
for Richmond late one afternoon ter
rifle gale was blowing. ana very heavy
sea running When two days out me
seas commenced TO break over lD'
packets decks with immense force. The
"grcenwav" pitched ana rolled like a
cafb0at Am hands were kept below for
twelve hours and not "a passenger dared
rrr,a ,,, fo, raaffy "a week Tnc pluclty
craft batuod with the seas for several
days. aul Captain Couch felt deal ol
uneasiness when he round ntf btlhk
steadily blown from the CUR stream
ACCIDENT hIier accident mace hdllrl'
gloomy for the passengers Ihey knew
nothing Of their extreme dangers, now
ever. for the stern captain th0u6h IeoQf-
ni1inB iuf DANGER, kept DIT di !ioih ~"
packet drilieo. several on htF SoaIs
were smashed To atoms heI hic- poat'
We're losI nei coohiH5 shh'iS M"S pieV-
ucally carried away hef puiWdih5 oc-
moAshed, ana the siaehch ciait Naa
stove ln from stern 10 DOW. wore th"h
NLNpt worth OF lititHl was lo-t over
board and. after nearly Two weeks o.
drifting, the 'GreenWay. "a Ntutahe
wreck, barely reached Npfloih NOT
soul was lost
WENT no SEA WHEN a CHILD
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'p."l" oY.t " "T sti' ,ti I u' ~ ~ i
llel..tgG - - .'.,,,
,non9ei d. ,,1,.ir, in mo hrofi.e Volng
t,t ti'.... .s l,i- a., nj i.o,, ,,,i,
80, ' r 90 s a r.fin Nov ilfs
etNNu s."l' "a "e. %. 80" ~ -
latnci We lHtH toDldih ot NlSiiiHyil-
packet Inc young salioI toOk alteI ms
~ Iner N hls ioNe TOT .le sen az anu S.ai,- S.aG-
uaily cilmbtd mp 70 inc position OF captain
of the packet schooner w eymo9lh lh
1oso. hn,Ie were 10 5'o@ii,,' i'. p,t ing
t"vol hlcAlnyi. an. -NN" tVlN n.y.. ~.
ana nearly bi INC tialti uD1"tei W.
ENo cues was ON noaiu we ,e paCne,s. ,
Anc lahavls ~, 'lil,1D .i"i'a ,.
"i.e l,, 49, bonisSr,eI,,
speof. Inc st4tt-rooihs were hanusoiieiy
.Sihi0i4NAI anu many ".ii-ve- y, '.ti'i' I'-
pleaeuro. others for health and many
social features were INDUCED in during
The weeks VOYAGE These trips were Of
ten nothing less than yachting parties
on pleasure bent
Captaln Couch with his genial nature
and bIn warm dicDOsiUOn bubbin4 over
with fuu soon became a great favorite
with me Yachting parties he engaged
intfhe epirif of the occasion and al
N,,rvs fook "a hand in any uractical Joke
fhat som. society woman planned lie
Was one of the most popular sea cap
fains iu America There were few men
with a wider acquaintance He knew
nearly every passenger that ever travelled
ON his ship. ana everybody liked him
Frequently he admitted the passengcN
10 his private museum, up near the pilot
houee and entertained them with a rich
collection of valuable curios Among
so.ne ~ fis rer.et snecir,ons yrere q
.Z0..v Z ,t,, ,,' M , a. ,,r,y rro,',.bt
over from T,nelani to Tan0esfovn i'm lC0T.
choice trinkets blessed bv the pope. a
win a ncn-knife bv a prisoner In Vera
cruz prison during the Mexican war: the
fpipe of Peace" which was smoked by
a famous Cherokee chief ln North Caro-
lima before the Revolutionary war, and,
indeed many grOtosQuo-iOokmg curios
closely associated with some of The most
notable events in history. These afforded
any amount OF amusement TO his lady
passengers. Many OF them revclled I'm the
gaptafn's museum for hours at time.
40 crrp,A Aafc4rT CAPTAIN
a
captain Couin connhahqel StNeIH sdn-
ing vessels pnQl lNA, Mheh ne acceHtc9
the position or hrst Ofncer on the Ola
Dominion steamship Roanoke of the
New York ani Virginia Steamship Com
pany. Captain Thomas skinner Yas IN
COnimani rms snip WAS a sid w hsrler
a,oJo tons rogister with double beam en-