The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-01

His Adventures.
Captain George L. O'Brien of the
British bark Zsbrina Goudy with officers
and crew arrived in this city last eve
ming from Bangor. The officers and crew
were brought into Bangor Sunday by
the italian bark Teresina, by whom they
were taken off their ship, which was
10Th.
The Zebrina's crew had a terrible ex-
perienoe and it was only by the greatest
good luck in the world that they were
saved from drowning.
Captain O'Brien was seen last evening
and told the following story of his ex-
perience:
1--WE cleared from Mobile, Ala, July
18th, and sailed from Fort Morgan tho
s5rd. We had a full cargo and deck load
of pitch pine and oak and were bound
for Sharpness, England. The value of
the cargo was $40, We had variable,
but not particularly in bad, weather up
to August 10th when the barometer COM
menced falling indicating coming
storm. There were also heavy GROSS seas
from the south and southeast.
''The ship was laboring heavily and
making largesq Quantities of water.
''On the 18th a heavy squall blew away
the fore upper topsail.
The baa weather continued on the 18th.
There we're heavy gales, rain and much
thunder and lightning withsveryahigh
seas. The leak was constantly increas-
to the pumps. the water constantly gain
ing on US. On the morning of the 10Th
we lad seven feet of water in the hold.
This high seassand storms continued
and it was evident that the vessel would
not be able to stand it much longer. On
noon of that day we were SO fortunate as
to sight the Italian bark Teresina, and
signalled her to lay TO.
''This she consented to do and at 6 p. M.
our crew and their effects were put
aboard
'.The Italian was commanded by Capt.
Bangor and we were safely landed there
last Sunday"
This is substantially the story of the
wreck as made by Captain O'Brien to
Vice Consul Heating of this city. The
crew were shown all the kindness pos
sible in Bangor by Mr.. Roland Stewart
of the firm of T. J. Stewart & Co., and
spent the night in sailor boarding
house in that city. Monday forenoon
Captain O'Brien communicated with
Vice Consul Heating by telephone and he
directed him to come here with his crew,
which he did on the train which left
Bangor at 1. 40 and which was due to ar
rive here at 5.35 but which was an hour
or SO late. They were taken to the
Atlantic house on India street and today
Mr.. O'Brien will make arrangements to
pay them off, and send them wherever
they wish to go or will be most likely to
find a ship. Most of them will probably
go to Boston. The men had been great
ly troubled with malaria and it was
thought three or four days ago that at
least three would have to go to hospi-
tai. All with the exception of one, Har-
ry Hansen of Norway, have, however,
recovered SO that they are ready to ship
again.
Captain O'Brien and First Mate Perry
belong in Yarmouth, N. S., and will
leave for their home as soon as the men
are settled with
The Zebina Cloudy was bark of 1885
tons and was built in Annapolis, N. S.,
in 1881, and hailed from Yarmouth. She
was worth Captain O'Brien thinks about
SIS, 600. She is owned by G. G. Sander.
son of Yarmouth. 1t is not known
whether the BARK was insured but Cap
tain O'Brlen say she was probably partl-
ally covered. The vessel was set ON fire
before the men left her, and that sam
night terrible gale came up, so that the
vessel probably would not have survived
until morning. The names of the officers
and crew are:
Master, George L. O'Brien, Var.
mouth, N. S.
Mate. John L. Perry, Yarmouth, N. s.
Second mate, James McCarry, Prince
Edward Island.
Cook, B. Anderson, Sweden.
Able Seamen, Oscar Anderson, Swed
en-; Harry Hanson, Norway; George
Storm, Norway; r. Rasmussen, Dem
mark; R. Jeffairies, Dublin; f. Olsen,
Norway; I'll. Helgean, Norway: e. Cor.
den,, Biddeford; K. Leigert, Germany
A. Warnecke. Germany; seaman, Ed.
ward Walker
The ship was abandoned in 6 lat. 40. 80.
lon. 55.3e, about 300 miles southeast Of
Sable island and in the stormiest part OF
the Gulf stream.
The crew were comfortably quartered
at the Atlantic house last night and were
in position to look on the bright side
of their troubles. Gordon who is given
as coming from Biddeford says he was
born in that city but left IS years ago
when he was four years old and had not
been back or even into the state sin ca
that time.
This was Capt. O'Brien's first trim
in the Zebina behaving gone from Var
mouth to Mobile to take her to Sharp
ness. Mate Perry had been with her IS