The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-07
SIX MEN IN A BOAT.
And the Boat Fast Aground On Ter
rapin Rar,

rapin Bar.
The friends of four young men, who left
here Sunday on a cruise to Daufuskie,
are INDUCING in a good deal of chatting
at their expense.
The four mariners with the crew. con-
sisting of the captain and engineer, of the
steam launch they had chartered. left
early in the morning and arrived at Ter
rapin bar. two and one-half miles from
Daufuskie, late in the afternoon.
Terrapin bar is given prominence in
the story, because of the events that
transpired there. There was nothing on
the bar to commend it to the crew and
passengers of the launch, but it held a
good many troubles in store
to induce them to commend it to
Mephisto. Terrapin bar was not their
destination, but that did not make any
difference when they ran aground on it,
after having already landed the launchs
keel two or three times on the trip down
When they heard the keel grating on the
bar OF the Terrapins they knew it was
hard lines.
The tide was on the ebb, and the REEF
OF Norman's Woe" was not in it with the
woeful feelings that at once laid upon the
six men in a boat They tried to back;
the boat wouldn't move. They tried to
push Terrapin bar out of the way; the
mud bank was obdurate and stood its
ground. They "cussed the luck" the boat
sim stuck. After exhausdng every means
known to the science of getting steam
launches off of mud banks, when restricted
TO the use of nothing but something to
shoVe with, screw revolving in mud and
nddlers, and little profanity, the captain
called halt in the proceedings.
The boat had already come to a halt.
Then the passengers began to make sug-
Sestlons. Their plans were put into execu-
ton, but proved futile, the only results
achieved being the coating of mud they
covered themselves with when thew got
out to push her off. Then followed anoth-
er council of war, the semblance of war
being very strong with the blue blazes of
sulphurous language with which the Of
tending mud banks was bombarded. It's
position was impregnable, however, and
1t was decided to dispatch a couple of
couriers for aid. Daufuskie was two and
half miles away, the sun down. the
weather warm, and mosquitoes thicker
than bees in a hive, but, undeterred. bath
ing suits were donned and off started two
gone about mile when they saw anoth-
er boat off shore. anchored, as they
thought.
A hail ELECTED the doleful news that the
occupants of the boat were two promi-
nent Savannahians, and that they too.
had learned the terrors of Terrapin bar
and We're in the tolls. Having spoken the
boat and seen signs of distress as keen
as their own, they put out again for
Daufuskie. Eventually they reached the
place and sent bateau back for their
friends The captain and his engineer
stuck by their boat and would not leave.
They intended getting her off at the next
TIDE ana getting on to Daufuskie 1t after
wards developed that they fioated her and
made two miles more on the way to Dau-
Iuskie, when the bottom again got in the
way.
Then came the tale OF the hardest luck
OF ALL The captain and the engineer
had remained aboard all night without
anything TO eat or even wa
ter TO drink. and when thew
We're at last reached Monday morning, it
is said, they nearly emptled a barrel A
crowd OF negroes with sail-boats got to
work to rescue the launch from the bar.
ana the last seen of the craft was when
she was tied up at the wharf at Daufus-
kie for salvage.
The four passengers got back to Savan-
nah as best they could, two crossing 10
Tybee and coming up and the others sail
ing up aboard a yacht that was at Dau-
fuskie. The glorious Fourth was spent by
this sextette in an inglorious manner.