The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-31
TRIP OF THE OREGON
The Batt|c-sh Now At Key
West.
IN SPLENDID CONDITION
THE MEN STOOD TIE TRIP WON
DERFULLI WE'LL.
CAPT. CLARK READY FOR THE SPANIARDS
There were no Cases of Serious Illness through,
out the tip--The Men are Eager for
Ac,iyity--The BattIeship is
Awaiting Orders.

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H'dteS p"''leshlp Olesoh ~"
inns morning lioAl 'upi'el' i" =" -" :"
"hchor iear o'hu NY 81 &C.
captain ,laSe 'larh anu o,hel !,
OF tnc oregon calle aSholc ut ~ ~
ana reported all wen Oh poaIu anu 'n'
snip III Sood colult'oh. ne oltSoh ~
San Francesca March ~ arrived ~ W
lao April t. lelt mere -Aplll 1 'hu p"'I -;
SANDY folht -Nprll = arrlNlns ~ ~ ~
Janelro Aprli 81: me pal'ieSnlp lenci
ed Bahla May D. ana loucheu az i'i
BADGES May 10. ~ tne ldt,cr pl'te rs
Wafshlp was quaran'lheu' put sue "'s
only detained one uaA.
ON leaving the b~arbadoes, lle oresoH
sailed almost dlrectiE north gong Z
me hortn Oh or'o l.lco ABOUT l'o ilhee
Inc northerlE course "aS CONTINUE" uh'h
the beflluuaS were slsh'e"' "n.h eh'
leaued lor lle loIlda coast. o'I'dln
Clarke explained that the gong TO Jhpl-
ter inlet instead OF gong INTO Key west
was TO clabie the oregon TO De ready -
reach cllher Key west OF il"hlploh
loads III short order TO get ofIlclai
information from washington. oap'Hln
tIafke had no oHlclal knoWleuSe Oh Tie
SITUATION altor IeaNlhG MO jaielro' on
April 81. during the ehIlr" trlp 'le ere"
expected mollehIar1H 10 meet the spun
ISM. Only once, hoNeNer' was ihtlc 4
call 10 arms. MS was ShoruN altef
midnight on leaving no Janelro. AS tle
oregon was pdou@hlh% through the black
equatorlal sea Il dark onJecl was as
covered ah'ad apparently giving cl'St.
Inc eau 10 general quarters was SOUND
cd, IN" men roiieu out OF lhclf herlhs
ND aimnst inst,n+1y ora,T ann u,s
,,,nnI W. n,aua Inf+ . oarn.a
a,I a;n a H. I'LL
"n 80 ~ -
II" Snnni !" r '"''S' '''N i9''"" -
panl- +a +ho;, Lar+bs .ron +bo no,
~ ~ 1; -.
E.ar ""'
- pio I,uo C,a+,in cran
told that tho Sn,ni.b tn,nodo ho,t Tnn,-
rario val foIIowina him M" ranart
o,vn rou ;n+nrast 80 +hn r;n 60, J,r
,n.1 , nirht hr+ a. +ha nox nant - IN
no v.,s inforn,od tb,+ tbn T,an,or,r no h..1
zone into drv dock NJ Hio Ianoirn inst
after the der.rturn of tho Oromon
The cruise throurh the straits of Mac
elan was most interesting. If WAS IT
this far southern noiut of the American
hemisphere that the crew czpected 10
receive n visit from the Standards In
many places the channel WAS very mar
row and crooked. with hidden hoys and
ccvcs. and back of them. mountains tov-
ering into tho clouds on each side. Moro
over they were i'm the land of icy winter
For more than a month they had hoan
sailing under tropicaI skies and now tho
cold blasts whiStIed amon~ tho cr,Y
above them and the ice at NIGHT I,v on
the decks.
E,+ mo o.a -
r1.r1, hn1 NV ~. '"|' '|l'''i
;a. - ~" " ~iNhH1 'n' span
catch him n,nnin~ If tho nro,t h,ttln
shin were to bo c,u~bt If cbnnL1 To :,
catch ON the vino Jbc on.;nns ,o.a
warmed I'M to thoi,. host ,.arI. aa1
wherever If was sofn and nns.;bIa
the Ornoon bo,vlod oIonr at I, LIT. ,n
hour Tho n,,cbiporv 1vnr,od VOL, aaI
on this occasion the speed was incrcosnd
three knots IN Il few minutcs sion
Of three DAVIS was made n S,ndr,.
Point whore coal v,e t,kon on MI
other ~sunpIies secured 49,
r, /.
no., 70 d. Nh, 100
Lo,, - InAI 80
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