Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-02
FROM VANCOUVER TO SYDNEY.
sYpNEy. March OH. 1900.

freeze from Alaska awaiting rs, which
made our ears Jungle aud invested our
somewhat lclhargic limbs with consider
able agility, with the result that we we're
very soon seated in front Of a cheerful
wood FIRE at the hotel, at which place
we were made very comfortable during
our stay Of twenty.iour hours. Next
day about S y. m. We saunlcrcd aboard,
were assigned our cabin and then pro.
coeded to learn the ropes. After watch
ing the loading operations. which was a
very animated scene, we paced up and
down IN the vain cndeavor to get warm.
To be sure, steam pipes were laid IN our
part OF the ship, but It was so wonder.
fully cold, the steward said, that the
pipes were frozen. A glance at the in
terror OF the Wauimoo showed Us that
she was not built TOT cold weather. The
aoors Of our end Of the ship were all
made OF tiles, and in such weather Is
We experienced then. the coolest that
Vancouver people remember for many
years, with the iron above our heads
and At our sides and tiles at our feet, It
will be readily understood that we did
not rejoice much when the steward
crushed our hope, by telling Us that the
steam pipes we had be examining all
the evening were frozen up. In sheer
disgust We took ourselves to bed to get
warm, and were only awakened by the
sound OF the winch on the deck over
head and the noise Of the crew as they
were casting loose from the wharf about
ToclUCk next morning.
The run down to Victoria, about
eighty five miles, occupied about six
hours and would have been quite an
ordinary everyday channel run but Tor
the extreme cold. Sometimes we we're
almost within stones throw OF shore,
at others a mile away, but wherever we
were, the scenery was much tie same
Pines skirtod the shore, which IN some
places was quite rocky, and pines GOV.
trt d the hill tops as lar as the eye could
reach he snow which was to be seen
~ patches on either side among the
pines seemed to make everything look
very cold and cherries. Victoria was
reached early In the afternoon and we
went ashore to get up a circulation but
passing through the streets we were
soon weafied by seeing the sign 10
let" on every hand and made our way
back to our refrigerator in time to hear
the whistle sound for visitors to pass
down the gangway aud passengers to
come on board,
In very snort time we were on our
way towards the much talked Of Race
Rocks, with the breeze OF the morning
strengthened to strong wind aud
light snow falling. Indications pointed
10 a rough night, but II was somewhat
Teassunng to look on the bridge and
see a stalwart hgufe whose face was
almost hidden by heavy muller whom
we knew TO be the pilot he storm
seemed to grow In intensity as darkness
approached and when We retired the
wind was blowing gale, and the snow
was binding. The noise Of the monot
onous ioghorn, which was sounded at
quick intervals TO warn approaching
vessels, and the slight anxiety as to
whether we would run aground on Race
Rocks, as the Wsrrimoo did short
time ago, kept US awake sometime.
II seemed as II we were only asleep
a lew minutes before | was awakened
by an awful feeling coming over me
The wind was still bowling through the
ropes and the ship was pitching Violent
~, which told US that We had safely
passed the rocks and rounded the Cape
and were fairy on our way across the
mighty Pacific ocean. Every few min.
utes the waves would wash overheard,
aud every dip OF the ship showed us
that one Of our ports was not screwed
up lightly. Gallons OF water rushed In
on the lower part OF my bunk and ran
on to my companions, saturaling our
beds and almost causing our grips to
boat around m the cabin. At every dip
we would hear the swish OF the water as
II ran from side to side across the noor
and every plunge OF the boat caused
the Two huge anchors at her bows to
strike the water with such terrible force
that II seemed to us, lying rs we were
in such close proximity, that they would
surely come through the side. Some
Tunes when the ship had dipped heavi.
ly, throwing tons Of water ON the fore
poop, much OF which would pass over the
breakWateT down onto the open deck
below, Il seemed to US she fairly stag.
gered as a man might do who is struck
very hard. Once during that memoir
anle night when big wave broke oft a
heavy IRON yrntiatoT, several sleeping
passengers were suddenly aroused by
the doWnpouT OF several tons Oi water
which broke down all the buuks ia that
section and flooded the cabins. For a
while It seemed to me that something
serious had happened because the ship
went SO smoothly afterwards. The fact
was, as We learned later that the en-.
gines were eased down to dead slow"
10 enable her to RIDE the waves.
In the pleasing contrast with the
crash aud CONSERVATION among some vi
tue passengers was the CHEEKY "all's
wel' mng out every hai hour IN
clarion tones from the throat OF some
lusty sailor in bis unenyiaDlc position m
the crows ueT..' y was Tuassuung To
Us to know that experienced men were
watching constantly i~ danger in spite
OF tue severity Of the Gather although
as far as most OF the passengers were
concerned all was lar from being we'll,
For my own part, It SO much personal.
ny might be excused, as soon as my
eyes were opened in the small hours Vi
that moruing the feeling ol seasickuess
Was upon me. To be sue, It was In a
milo loum, but il was there, urglnF ME
10 SIT up, then 10 lie down. and iniusug
general festlessness INTO my bones IA
spite Of all pTeVenlaiygs. a glance az
my companions bunk showed me that
he was Sleeping the sleep OF The just
A look Of p ace and CunIenlment Oycr-
spIead ms PLACID features and hrs Tegu-
lar breathing tod me that II was my
turn INST, lie might be sick but not