The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-07-31
THE 1AvELLE YOUNG SAFE.


Mrs. Henry sherman yesterday receives
the following letter from her brother
who sailed Nor the Yukon m June with
the rvcr steamer Lavvllo Young
on Board l.avenc Young,
81 MlChaels, july 10. iSsS,
As we are nearing 81 Mlchaels, vii
send YOU this letter from therc, We ar,
SIN about ~ miles out at sea and va
date this letter On our arrival there. ou,
trip was delNhtoIl and as We followc,
along che cOast tho scenery was some
th.ng granj,
I'VE put to sea on the sist " las
month from Astoria, ON tho glth storm
came mp that was Nmcyhlug awful IN,
breakers rolling mountains h,gh. so that
the bulNarAs broke away, Wo had Just
go, thom fastened whcn tho hOg-chah
hrakc. thcn lha, lvt, an the wc,ght ou
tho itussts. The bN,t sQuo,kc, unj
groau,d terribly and We though, every
minute was vur last, There wcv only six
mca th,c 90 work ou account ot s,a-slok-
ness Al wt could hear was somvono Ia
agouy priyIus 20 dic Between the boal
sQuyak.Hg and kuNJping ana thc myu
mN,u.Ug % wis anything but a ploasau,
position 60 Do jn S.N ~ MS Wcru working
tor dear ne, acted as hrcu,an and
worked az nv pumps as well. although shc
was not leaking very much was up
and dawn In the hold, and In fact every.
whcrc. working with all my strcngth |
was thrown about unul l was black ana
blue, especially my arms and knees
EvVry plccc u timber was strained to tts
utmost, Had she not been well bullt
boat We all would have found waIcry
grave
I'VE were todd at two dlrercn, towns
about boats bClng lost. Al one
place they told W. ot ten that were blown
20 peccs, AZ anO,hcr place they told Us
% seven lost. That was very diScOurag-
Ing Tor US. but We pushed ahead Just the
same. While on our trip We have seen
hye steamers wrecked. four VI them stern
wheel boStS
'on the 18th % hast month We cncount-
cred another such storm as rhat OF the
seth. We were compelled 20 use Oh bags
TO save vhe boat. Words could not ex-
prss the suspense We were In. The eoat
was well hraecd and the hawser well Sc
cured 80 that W. got along very nlccly
during this las, gale, although We have
been rolling and nltching every day for
TWO weeks. which sgiN continues as
write this letter.
There Is no; another man on board
that you could persuade 20 take another
.rip. especially Ike this one. for ali the
money IN the world. As Tor myself ex-
'use the from going thlrty-two hundred
niles Vn a stern wheel boat out AZ sea.
have no, been sick and viii save ,hnt
'otde ot sca-s.ck medicine you gave me
in;n return.
We have been stcaming our boat for
.hrce weeks so as 20 hurry along There
have bcen times when We could not give
my assistance 90 account of the weaJh-
y.
AT Departure Ray We took on 8 tons
Z cca and We viii arrive at the river
A7,h all Ot our wooi-llJ cords.
1T does not get dark until L o'clock az
isghi. and : daylight az o'clock. You
an SEE the sun al ii.O p. m.
July Ih--Have arrived all o. X. This
$ the only boat OF this kind thar has
cached here this year. All that did start
we're wrecked. We are about sixty miles
run the mouth o, the Yukon: will leave
'hortiy for the Yukon. Give my best re-
ards 10 all.
LEONARD WRIT"