Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
STRANGE SHIP STORIES.
Odd Occurrences Related by Old
Sailors.
Painful Affections and Deaths Brought
About Among Searfaring Men
~ in Mysterious Man
ncr.

While a reporter was talking with
some idle tugboat men who were Sit
ting on the stringpiece of South
street pier, where tugs lie while await
ing orders, the conversation turned on
strange, true stories of sailors adven-
lures, and the reporter asked the men
to relate each the most remarkable
story that he knew to be true. The first
one said:
"When I was working in Philadel.
phia, several years ago, the Italian
brig Lconore came in at the capes, after
a passage Of 81 days from Lisbon. We
got the tow and the mate passed us his
huwser. | took a couple of turns with
it and sung out to him to make fast.
At that Il couple OF men started to do
so, but they had only got one turn
around the Wind!asS when one OF then.
dropped and grasred his arm as il he
was going to scratch himself. But the
moment he did this he gave a yell, and
then the other man began to scratch
his Ice and yell, while the mate reached
for the back Of his own neck and how led
as bad as both the others together.
Then the nan at the wheel seemed to
catch the infection from forward, for
he dropped on the deck, leaving the
brig to steer herself; but what as
tonisllcl us still moro was that the cap
tain, a rortly, solemn-loolling man, de-
iberately put his glasses down on the
top OF the cabin, clasped his hands
across his stomach, leaned over the rail
and groancd as If he were dying.
1T looked as we'd crew of crazy
D2goes in tow and 70 mistake, but
after minute they all got quiet again.
and then we learned the trouble. They
had sailed ont CT Lisbon with provisions
for 40 days. When only a few days out
4 sea washed the deck casE Of water over
board, and they were necessarily put
on an allowance of water. Thereafter
they had hard luck in winds, and event
lmlly had to work on short ia tons. The
result Of it all was that some kind Of
rash broke ont on every soul of them,
and it was Il rash that itc!ird beyond
endurance, and yet made them so sore
that when they tried to relieve the itch-
ing they hurt themselves SO that they
could not help yelling. They had been
suffering that w"' for rcu"le OF
weeks when they passed us hat line"
"Iou would TANK that a ship was
2Eont the hest ;'la"" in the work! for
pure air. wouldn't your asked another
well. ! vas shirn:atr with two ElCn
who were su:roratcl in their lun!:s for
want of rurc ar. It was on The British
steamer Errr,o"H;1 ~: anchor oil Locust
Point, Baltimore. Chief Engineer Will
liam Eirl.Icy, Second Eng. nicer john
Hull, Third Engineer Geo. &C CUNT III
and Dick Weber, a hoy, all turned into
their h,lnl;s in the engineers cabin one
frosty night for iii aIl-niSht-in sleep.
; ,%cXt morning when tie steward came
% call thc HoT he found Mr.. K:rk:cy
'':":" 'lca Gown On the floor. with his
1h, deer, and UNCONSCIOUS.
e" n tAgr hunks. The boy
n. T." ~",t were supposed to
=. &C., },"rr carried ont on
/. ".,.',l.,':.;on revived, while
Il, ,r.. ..,;lit was still beating.
1. - ilal i,ecn sufTo>atcd by gas
.on !. tx! Is roal stovc.'
I'VE toHcd the Norwegian bark
Gonna |nv"l into the Erie basin one
-" .,.:,. ;n:rh, 'aNs when we got her
49,. ',:tI tU al! OH tho longshore
! ...... ...'. 'n: fast because there
- GARD OF her fl, for
..:. ,.:.,. :.."lc:'S carried them
=, Il ;.,I--to til" hospital, where one
- L. a. but the rest got well. She'd
III ti;;t rev to Cat!iz, and there
a ca1"N Tor no .!aniero. On
tx G.. ,,G and ten men took
{! at rio they were sent to the
','"'" Ia" captain got better
~, &>,urd. Then the YES.
t,. .'ar. where the captain
: IN the hospital and the
| H. ,o!i and eight men. I'M
.,.i.: her to New York.
- VOYAGE no one had
! 4 the men, but the
IS over in Brooklyn
! all been poisoned by
! .,d us,d in painting water
IS working in Milwaukee one
:" SAID fourth. "whcn the cap
t ne around to the hospital to
= after Il friend Of his who was
As I reached the door a couple
n tr;rmrrs that ] knew We're
~" y man out of IL grcccr's
carried him into he hos
I'd SD he had been landed from
.,.'!.N| tug Evllc and she had
',.'1 oft of the harbor as soon as
clear of her rail. The man
'..I to Ec dead at first. and he was
most. For two weeks lie was delirious
:ith brain fever and spent most of his
Inc cursing somebody for leaving him
70 drown.
''Ile had been sailor on schooner
1T left Milwaukee for Chicago two
hts before 1 was sent to the hospital.
t was rough night and wave washed
m overheard. lie would have
owned quickly, but a mate had been
ok Witted enough to hoave over a
fender as he saw the man go over
rail. The fender was washed with.
the reach of the man, and he had
Zen his belt and made himself fast
the log so that his head was sure to
kept above water. Tie floated about
i night and the next day. He saw a
'mfer of vessels. but was unable to
tract the attention of anyone. As
nit came he thought he was dying
,! Havc uD all hope, and the next he
w. "'"s when he came to in the hos
~ 70 had been picked up by the
;rcr olrout &c hOurS after he was