The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-22

survive s. These
numbering sixteen, were brought tc
England by the Orizaba from Sydney
spent the night at the Scandinavia
sailors home, by the West India
docks, and left for Norway the next
morning:
The bark was on her way laden with
coal from Newcastle, N. S. W., to Hon
olulu. They were threading their way
through these dangerous seas, amid
the treacherous currents which rage
hereabouts-sweeping backward and
forward at the rate of as much as forty
TO hfty miles in the twenty-four hours
when late one night they struck.
They backed the yards, but in vain.
The bark was fast, and her back was
broken. Two boats were hurriedly
lowered, eight men, including the cap
tain and Mr.. OLSEN, getting into one,
the chief mate and seven men getting
into the other. They lay off the sunk
en- reef on which they had struck until
daylight, hoping that they would be
able to get more food, and especially
the sextant and chronometer. But
when day dawned the seas were beat
ing hercely over her and they steered
northward, hoping to make Christmas
Island, or some inhabited land. The
crew had only two breakers of water,
few tins of beef, salmon and sardines
and bag or two of biscuits. They
mad also a compass and a chart of the
South seas and various odds and ends
Being close to the equator, which. as
a matter of fact, they crossed twice
before they eventually reached land.
the sun beat down upon them merci-
lessly, though now and then clouds hid
1t for a while, and also kept them SUM-
Piled with water The rain water was
caught in the sails, and thence poured
into the breakers. The allowance was
-FOUR spoonfuls at in the morning and
four spoonfuls at 6 o'clock at night
The men kept watch as though thew
mad been in their own ship-four on
and four off. One steered. one saw
10 the sail, the other bailed perhaps
that is, until they could not walk from
one end of the boat to the other. But
though fearfully weak, this was not
yet. The captain was the first to 90
About dinner time chow prim these ev-
cry day words sound in dealing with
such story the captain said to Mr..
OIsseen: "Olssen-I don't think I shall
asst long, oh, yes, captain, you will"
give me little water, OLSEN. " said
he captain. So OLSEN, seeing that he
vas nearly dead, called to the steward
ind whispered: LET him have inst
spoonful The captain swallowed If
md lay down on the thwarts. when
IlsSen iookedidown again he was dead
rms was about S o'clock in the after
loon. The captain had brought a bag
With him and clothes in it, charts and
me, or two, trifles after the wrao1y
zhey took Off his watch, which CON
aimed photographs of his wife and
hlldren, emptied a bag and reverentIv
laced the captain in it. They smoke
S much as they could remember az
ne service for the dead, sang Some
nipple hymn which is sung in Norwa |
ian houses when one is dead, lifted (
is remains on to the gunwale and let {
I'm fall gently into the ocean. He ]
ank at once. !
AT last they took their last meal and Y
'r six days never tasted food, On tho {
llrtieth morning land was sighted and S
ley came up to one Of the innumer- G
Die coral islands which stud the a
'uthern seas. A fearful surf was t
shing it, but they ran the boat b
'hore. She was shivered to little hits t
wo natives of the Fijian group came a
inning down, one brandishinp a
and a long knife; but be c
as able to speak a little English and +,
Mr.. OLSEN saying they were shin p
rocked men, the two natives and +bejr t,
miles proved good friends to tbe 81
iserable men. The carpenter MOS g
lirious and could not walk 90 +hou u
neeled him up to the huts in a wbaoi il
rrow. The rest being too weak 70 il
ak alone took one another,s armS IT
d thus managed to follow their cow Ia
des. 'oin- n
The Fijians gave them three bottIos
beer and the remains of some cbioI,
f; they also killed a pig, cooLing "a
the ground in native fashion. R,,t .
t one of the men was hungry How o. o.
or, in a few days they SLOWLY beoon %
recover the use of their limbs ali 81 %,
poor Chips, the carpenter VIII -
d. He was a man of so. -
And now began tbe3r I{R o.
y island which was practically a n