Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-16
FROM OUT THE DEPTHS
TAKEN FROM A susKES WRECK
Il. dunn and George Dunn send
t,sips. from Themselves and ONE"
ut Manila.

Manila. IulllHNiuf 800. 80
oct 6th' lsss'
mar brother joint
b,usht would write and ten you
,b'rr VI my journey from Salt
~. CIV 90 Manila, a distance OF
,,y Eight thousand miles. A you
- ve icft salt Lake on the 2s'h OF
Ely and went 10 ogden wa the RIO
80. western. and there We were
Ind onto the regular Overland
,.d hat leaves ogden % about ?
,,.s % m. Arriving at Terrace, the
5.,...on west u ogden about SUI
7. Anne. We had coffee steaming no.
.s, Out OF che railroad hotel ana IN
80 twenty minutes We we're on
.,ir The mex. morning at about >
$50 ue stopped al wadsworih, eS-
.urs b get conec there. az We had
..,rr. engines and 10 had abou,
80 minutes to spare 90 eat, but We
faapp5iniel. az they had neglect
W. rri dn word ~ our coming und
|.. u.h hungry feeling that We
l. ust % that F.luon. hut We tele-
-..shti ahead 90 HrD5, Nevada, TO
-. s4Fse ready FOR ~. and We at
I'D ,here 90 about swo hours when
rthsd OUT hrotkiaat.
NJ 40 A Irht lunch Tor dinner ana
f.t, s.el that evening We arrived IN
srrfma..I. cal. whore the Red Cross
'Ur hsI C0nce ana good iuhch
"lstsI ua. After eating "a Flod supper
IL proceeded On toward the settlnF
ia aaI nnaIiy arrived IN oakland,
across .hs bay ffum San Francisco,
Ii Uy,n miles distant
~ CALIFORNIA
~. arrived 90 Oakland about 10
.tsE. sad after the passengers had
ssts1i un the Grain in the dcpoi We
.ri.hti 90 and curved back ABOUT
n. tui Hdc.trackcd. where We re-
-tarl lgiI morning. Then ac we're
40 back 90 the depo. ana goi On
M 40 oar thlnrn ana wen. s'ralsh'
W- ~ san Francisco on the ferry
.taait 9 O'Clock ana marched into "a
~ arsr room they have 90 the new
tfff DEPOT. and shere thc Rcd Crdal
Ma saved uH with cufioC and a Epni
-gtausaI lunch. after which We
rarfsI iut g. Camp Merritt about
III irs rom the water front Then
A. clmp Merritt We pitched our tents
IA fx0I a place IN the ground for the
rluu cooking optnt and gut every.
rrg f,.l up 10 good shape. The rlnd
ihHs Wla Hoout thrce feet deep and
tsfj dsIsfoeahic, especially When the
uifl blst and We were caiihE, nor inc
80 Uanil blow the sand Into our
tairt ,u spite " an we could do. and
vas With great pleasure that We
hnfl Nr we're going ~ move over io
M Pr5f'du This wc ala and At th0
Trflld Ee pitched our tents and made
UtYih.nr military shape and were
tptsl with our surroundings Nery
M hay was but a quarter of mile
non 5ur camp and We used 90 ~ down
ftrJ diy afser drlll ana 70 In bathing.
Ym mas ihiuk a odd that ! should
titt had a shark In my hands, but u
Il ifgi. lF picked one up on TIE shore
q a. bay one day-a little fellow
thU foot long. The waves had
uiihl Is hlHh ana dry upon the ahlre
a. 90 where found
~ nl cfafs society had tent
fih.i 1ar ours and shcre was lady
arlil ih la charge. There - we
titfs arl writing materials ana
riHfl furnished she boys free ~ all
o,trlt They we're very Kind ~ ~ all
d.i lHrve prilHe FOR their eirorln 90
rit che Hers happy. We were
nIr lril she 22ui II July when We
nif,h.i down 20 the Pacific Mail
Hawhln rHmpny'a docks aHi wuu,
g'ln VI Oh. hlg transport lllo Dc
'l'-n which was going 10 sake ~
al O. Manila.
Thrt was big crowd there when We
uai ah1aui aud while We We're lulk-
~ over ihc side talking 90 some
firF ladies who had come 20 see uH
n. cur pictures were taken % be pub
th.i lr Fhr naprrA Then We east on
h fpH and cig IN into she bay
ahIU W. anchored AMI ihe next morn
= 1879 O'Clock our anchor was
hH0l am we commenced TIE hong
'.4af- iHNnri the west. while run
l.af daNH che bay she whistles VI a
Wli many steamers 90 the bay and NJ
Iaifn 1uuiltr NJ factories. tgc., IN the
.N Don, Ird cannon were firing ga
t,'i iNm ihr ports rs We passed.
ilnaAyi ln u couple % hours or ~. she
.l' f'1imrrH that came along with
hi4ri down with people. turned
Nl,A ali We c0Eihaued on OUT 10 SCI
hhi ''' ~ "'H"' "
ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
w, nw nothing exceff water and
~ llf riFht days ara y was with
tt ll nat We sighted Hand. and
al-N No arrived IN Honolulu We were
Wy hAflf1mHly received.
Al,f ih' same paasaEe-eNcentin
~. .v' days iug beflre efIerlng
We hly " Manila, Athen We mad m