The San Francisco call., 1899-11-19
S-Lo' d otrehcL

F'alkenburg is drifting around
somewhere on the coast OF Aiendo-
- cino. d derelct.
From Friday afternoon - the
10th inst. 10 last Thursday morning the
crew OF eight. al told. clung 10 the after
house, subsisung on few raw potatoes
and what rain water they could catch IN
their clothing.
mountainous sea was running. and
every wave that swept over the water
logged vessel threatened 70 end the strug-
Ele. The steamer Maclnaw hove IN sight
but passed 0n her way 20 san Francisco
without making out the frantic signaling
Of the Falkeuburg's crew. Two of the sail
ors gave way 10 despair and would have
Jumped overheard had liz not been Tor the
captain. A few hours later fhe SO amer
Waua Walla showed up in the horizoa,
ard Captain HaA siEACLs tLe CeIe.-cf
bore Gown 20 lt and took the sailors
aboard and landed them ia san Francisco
yesterday afternoon.
The Jane a Falkenburg left Port Had
lock for san Francisco with a load Of
lumber on October - last Captain Z. NJ
Marden was ia command and j. Wheeden
was first officer ana A. j. Anderson sec
Cud officer. The crew consisted OF four
sailors and a Chinese cook. The first
week of the v0yage passed without Incl
dent save that heavy s0utheasterly
weather prevented much progress being
made. On the night OF November the
gale began 20 Increase. and Ou the morn
ing Of the 10Th il was blowing a hurricane.
The rain came down In torrents. lightning
flashes played constantly around the
doomed Nesse. ana the thunder kept up q
constant canDOLacing.
At This time the Falkenburg was in lat
itlQe IS degrees 80 minutes north. longi-
tlQe - degrees west She was water
logged. having sprung a leak several days
before this. Every moment she would roll
over until the crew never expected her 10
come back again, and ali hands We're
armed with axes ready 10 cut away the
masts as soon as The captain gave the
word suddenly the deck load shifted 10
Ftarhoari. and the order 70 cut was
given The IlEEing of the main and miZ-
zen masrs was severed and both masts
went by The board. taking the foretop-
mast with them iu their fall
This did -lot relieve the vessel very
much, and She refused % come back on an
even keel until The deck load went by the
board taking The amidrhip deckhOuses
ana boats WITH d. -he waves were now
making clean breaches over the vessel.
while aluioship She was almost constantly
urccr water The crew and the ships cat
all took refuge On the afterdeck house
and there they had 10 stay for six long
weary days and nights until rescued by
TIE MalIa MaIa. once aboard that hos
Ttable ship Captain Han turned over the
almost lamIshed men 20 Chief Steward
Hume, and IL did not take him long 10
Set a splendid meal before them Eartafn
Naroeu and his men lost everything they
had except the clothes they stood in. but
they We're not long aboard The steamer
before each man had dry suit on.
II have been up and down the coast a
few times said Captain Marden yester-
cav. but never did ] encounter anything
like the southcaster that blew the night
q the sth and all ~ the 10th. II was as
black as Erebus and rained in torrents
The waves were mountains high and beat
.pI.n the poor little barkentine until she
had % give up the battle.
During The early stages OF her battle
with the elements the Ealkcnburg sprang
G leak. out that did not worry us much
as We We're lumber laden and it was
easy 10 Keep the water down. When the
storm burst on us IN all its fury. how
ever. there was nothing left to DO but
cut away the masts and trust IN Provi-
dence. AZ the last there was no time 10
save anything IN the shape of food
Luckily fhere were number n sacks
OF potatoes and some other vegetables
on The 4iterhouse and on these we lived
until picked up by the Walla Walla.
W hen the Nacknaw passed Us a
couple % my men gave way 10 desnafr
and would have jumped overheard 10 end
their misery had we not detained them
Soon after that The Walla Malla hove in
sight and took rs of the derelict We
were then IN latitude - degrees u6 min
utes. longitude - degrees 01 minute west
80 the wind had been carrying us along
a. a good rate of sIeed. The vessel re-
ported bottom up OF Flattery could not
have been the Falkeuburg. as she was
Efill upright when we left her and could
not have got 50 Ear norlh.
our cat was the only living thing NE
lost. We took her away With us in the
boat. but when we got alongside the
WaLa Walla the poor thing Jumped over
board and started 10 swim back 10 the
wreck Whether she got there or NOT
] don't know. but I am afraid she
crowned"
. The crew ~ the Falkenhurg did not
show amy traces OF their battle with the
clements when they landed yes erday
They had been well cared for and seemed
- have forgotten an about tho horrors
~ the disaster. With them We're twenty