The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-28

boots With wooden soies. Before + took my place
in the boat the Captain shook hands with me
ment whether Tshould seek land or make fol
the steamship track.
three o oSSS. One One man man was "a on lookout at the
bow constantly, one at the stern. and ono was
kept bSiling, The e%ost ,SS nrs R matt; 'TThbS s
boatswain and Francois Michel had boon fisher,
men on the Banks and whslers In Iceland, and
they suffered less than the other men. 1 slopi
sometimes standing aud sometimes sitting. j
was never sound asleep. could always hoar
tho Tapping Of the sails and hear what tho men
A SILENT AND DISMAL VOYAGE.
I'VE made from the steamships side in silence
and soon lost ourselves In the Jog. l do not
think we said n word to one another for hours.
we did not use our oars vo oat use SCI snail sal 9ia, enc
OF brandy every night and morning.. IL the men
could have smoked they might not have been
and We could not light, our pipes; We could
not heat anything. and that helped to- take
meat, cheese, bread and c%larot.
"0n tho first and second days We ate three
n mccall" onjS og' t ffsnr 'h on T The st second S%ia{ d iwC FSS. f 70.
cloar part of the day. The cold nipped the feet
day we had a full gale from The north, which
lashod tho seas to a great height. We shipped
from frostbite. All hands were put to bniling.
The, water came aboard constantly. until we
, %s"d H oil to keep n3 tssy w tss c OF fi,ti: S ws all al
they were wet and often coated with leo. We
baifed and Kept the boat driving before the gale
Tho Wind shifted. to northeast, and we had
boon sailing by dead reckoning, being unable
stormy weather. / knew that .wo were below
the steamship track. and when tho shift OF wind
came steer ed westinorthwS Est to get back !,
by afternoon of the fourth day, and we lowered
sail and p out a d drag SIS;v which III en-. Kept ,h the ,6 boat sss 8
anchor line parted ana carried away, We
hoistcd sail again and ran, before the gale; 1t
moderated a bit before midnight. and we bore
away again to the west-northwest, seeking the
steamship track.
FIVE DAYS WITHOUT SEEING THE Sun.
1T was getting monotonous. and the men. who
another. were becoming gloomy. The, wind
blew strong from the east on tho fourth and
nth h day ny an, and r tho d sky began beg a. to n clear w Ise a SYN
That Va were j. lssituas ~ $S. north S,s6
wercf feeling somewhat better, They were able
to take, their boots off and rub their legs and
strong wind and a boisterous cross sea on the
sixth day. Tho noon observation showed that
we were in LATITUDE 1900, l" north and 90, AZ,
tho Rotterdam and were taken aboard"
There are some things connected with the res
speak about. One is that the Rotterdam's pas.
sengers wanted to buy for US a piece the brass
tenant was u not selling buttons. lie regretted
very much that the Rotterdam had cast the
stanch lifeboat, Of the Champagne adrift after
and there were twenty bottles of good French
claret in it. Some f~Seiehtcr perhaps will pick it
up and her skipper will wonder what story there
Is behind the fotsam.
LIEUT.. UNswoRTH's RECORD.
Lieut.. Unsworth has a record for gallantry.
He has a bronze cross presented to him by tho
from t6e Hum nliaa% s oc asr OF New Yso Gia and a
medal from the French line for rcscuinR the
GREW m,G Of T the German ;m nah bark Ems Ernst II a w hsay KS! gale e
Lieutenant on the steamship La bourgogne. He
volunteered for the service. and selected twelve
to take the German sailors from their sinking
vessel and put them on La Bourgognc.
and a native OF France. but has spent most OF
his life in Buenos Ayres. where the Lieutenant
was born 80 years ago: The son is a musician:
fencer in Havre. where he lives. He did not
tell these things about himself. He was once
commander of a steamship running from Havro
to the Orient and to South America.
THE BOATS CREW PRAYE W WAYS.
Seaman Chuerer told this story:
Most of the officers and crew were on deck
Poirot that, the break in the tall shaft could not
DO repaired at sea. The Captain came down
say to the officers and men; We gathered
about the Captain. and he told us what had
happened and that he wanted td,a to send n5a, a
simply called for volunteers. He reminded
the risk was too great he had better stay by
the ship. Any who were willing to 20 might
out. and when an officer to go in charge Of the
boat was called for. Mr., Unsworth was SO quick
that no other officer had a chance to volunteer.
kerchi is and some of them cried. I think. We
set set f IN. Then la1ri Z Was was S%ia; 'nS wien hSae' the Esf liner
which We got SO close to and to which
see s US. we tho . N ino it " was about q uto ali ii up With sitiu u.s. ao
Rotterdam picked us up. we had just about lost
the nhDpf men a began to pray. Most Of us We're suffer.
Ing so much that we prayed we might die right
for rescue. I guess they prayed best"
NJ. Bocande. agent here of the French line.
"Sreaking as a man now and not as the agent
Of the French limo. l want to say that have
never known greater bravery than those fellows
showed who manned that boat. 1t was volun-
teer work. with about nincty-fve chances in a
hundred that none Of them who left the ship
tho world are bravo men. and I tell you I'm
proud Of mine
THE FRosT.BTTrEN sEAMEN.
Eight OF tho ten men who brought the lifeboat
terdam in Hoboken to the French Hospital. 800
West Thirty;fourth street. They were Francois
TanGy, AnEe Cruerer. Adoipb Gorzcr. Ivy Cur
dan. Jean Bsptiste Guerest. Ivy do Magnt.
They were Immediately put to bed, and DIR.
careful examination Of each patient. He
found. that all except l.achez were suffer.
chcl.. TanRy. Cruercr.. and Corner were
in the worst shape. Their toes and heels
were badly frozen and they suffered more from
worst of of the lot. He was n green hand.
Lachez is suffering only from exhaustion and
will be out in a few days. DR.. Lesser says they
will all get well, barring unexpected compiled.
tions, and he thinks no amputstions will be
ST. JOINS. n. F.. Feb. 27.-The steamer Bruce.
owned by Contractor Reid OF the Newfoundland
Railroad and running, between Placentia and
Canada, sailed from Plaoentia at o o'clock this
morning in quest OF La Champagne. The Bruce
is a powerful steamer. built expressly for ice