The sun., 1896-08-23
ODD HAPPENINGS ON SHIPS.

ODD Eject or Poor Food-Gsas In . 5hip's
Csbin-A Pois oned Crow-Saved by . Fender
While q reporter was talking with some idle
tug SSa:assn who were sitting on the string.
piece Of South street pier whore tugs lie while
awaiting orders, tho conversation turned on
strange. true stories of sailors adventures, and
the reporter asked the men to relate each the
most remarkable story that he knew to be true
The first ono said:
when l was working in Philade deIphIa, sew
eral years ago, the Italian brig Leonore came in
at the capcs. after q passage of ffty. four days
from Lisbon. We got the tow and the mate
passed us his hawser. took couple Of turns
with It and sung out to him to mako fast At
that o couple OF men started to do SO, but they
had only got ono turn around the windlass
when one of them dropped 1t and Rrasped
his arm as II he was going to scratch him
self. But tho moment lie did this he gave
. yell and then the other man began to
scratch his leg and yell, while the mate
reached for tho back Of his own neck and howled
As bad Is both the others together. Then the
man At the wheel seemed to catch the Infection
from forward, for he dropped the wheel and sat
down on deck. leaving the brig to steer herself;
but what astonshed US still more was that the
Captain. o portly, solemn faced man. deliber-
ately put his glasses down on top Of the cabin.
elasped his hands across his stomach, leaned
as wS Of erssy in
tow and no mistake, but after minute they all
~ quiet again and and then We M learned the trouble
sea washed the deck cask Of water overheard.
Of water. ITheresfter they had hard luck in
winds. and eventually had to work on short
OF rash broke out on every soul Of them. and it
was rash that itched beyond endurance, and
yet made them so sore that when they tried TO
N In hav TT hAn aal N hat
they could not help yelling. They had been
entering ;Sss that way for couple of weeks whom
You would think that a ship was about the
Ssss PGs in tas w1rd {St air TGudns
with two men who were suffocated in their
... 6unkS for want Of pure air. y was on the
Chs Of
Ensinssr george qaInteS. and sSiN DICK Wsber'
neers' cabin one frosty night for an all-night-n
sleep, Next morning when the steward came
down on the floor. with his head near the door.
and unconscious. The rest were In their hunks,
The boy was dead A.. and the rest we're supposed
Kirkley and Quinton revived. while Hull,
whose heart was still beating died. They had
been suffoeated by gas from leaking coal
We towed the Norwegian bark Donna Zoycs
when we got her there we had to cali on the
ionRahoremen TO help make her fast. because
there was not one man on oohrd OF hor nt Tor
duty. The ambnlances carried themnten all
told-to tho hoapita where one Hoon died but
the rest got we'll. She'd sailed with that crew
70 CadiE. and there she'd got a cargo for Rio
took aiok, and at Rio they were sent TO the hos,
ptal, whore the Captain got better and returned
on board. Then the vessel went to Aracaci.
whore the Captain had to be left In the hospital,
dertook bringing her to Now York. During the
whole voyage no ono had known what allied the
men, but the health authorities over In Brook
lyn found ihay had all haan nns hy yvh ia
lead used In painting q water tank"
II was working In Milwaukee one summer"
said q fourth, when the Captain sent me around
who was there, Az, ! reached the door couple
of grain TRIM mers that knew were Just lifting
man out OF Rrocer's wagon. They carried
him into the hospital and said he had been
steamed out Of the harbor as soon as ho was
clear of her rail. The man seemed 10 be dead at
1rst, and no was almost. For Two weeks he WAS
delrious with brain fever. and spent most OF his
drown. but whom he came To himself he stopped
dltion.
NIL wAukee for Chicago two nights before WAS
sent 10 the hospital. II was n rough night and
awAve had washed him overheard. He would
have drowned quickly but mate had been
as he saw the man 20. over the rail. The fender
was washed within the reach of the man. and
he had taken his belt and made himself fast 10
above water. He hoGted about all night and
she next day. He saw a number of vessels. but
wSS unable 20 attract the attention of amy one.
a. ss he asS and
when he came % In the hospital; He had been
picked up By the hshinS tug about thiIty;,six
Aours sltsr as YES washed overheard, had