Evening journal., 1899-03-23
on AND SALVATION.

llir aASAkNi ol ulhe lt.il On ulit ii9t@"i'
number ''ia" and the po,slcy a't oil on
troubled waters saved the Efe of Cap
tain wv. j. Bennett one Of the oldest
and most anteldgena ci tine Delaware
bay pilots. This was c.ever.y brought |
nut in a nauative whGolI ihls aged
mariner iScdted to ahe Wayfartr cal
Monday They were aboard TINE paOt
boat Edmunds, bowling ai-ng, mnliari
double reels, from I-awss TO Cape May
A strJng nosthwester was Blowing, and
the s,hlpngh little schooner was p,rug-
Ing her way thHcugh aihe water at the
rate CT a'bou. eight lno.s aa hnur Sine
was taking Captain Hand, CT Fhlcads.-
phia, two CapeNiay pgJoss and the Way
rlrer over 10 Cape May. On the way Old
Captains Bsnnett became esmtnist5nt,
and 1T was a deIeIh. 10 the Wayfarer
10 hear him talk
Everybody Iamemtsts The wnack OF
the ouuward band lta.ian bark. Fran
c.sco r.. In the Ds.aware bay len Uhis
Winter OF 81" he said. Il was hsr
pllca Altrr sine had taken ca hsr car
so CT oil i'm barrels anh CASKS we got
her under way. Wlh-n we got g.5wn the
bay as far as Miaplrf-n ight north
caster set IN and We were Forced to
come to anchor Tins wind blew soI
hard amd the seas wue so strcug that
both anchors wsua p,s out saeI
Plunged 81 that ths strain was mere
than the chain Cables wohld siaul aa.i
couh Of them pared. Then we were
at ,ho mercy CT wind and water. In a
.hcrg tims she wac driven en- the
sh3a.s, abcmt elght miles from bbe Del
aware shore. Tho captain and ciow
N.cc Malsr-, and ihsy ,cst ihe.f
heads catiiclgl II was a m-rt trying
ana p.o-ar.ove p1elt.cA 70 vS.al to
find oneself, ana never szroetet 10
reach shore a.ive.
THE baik pouaacd so heavily On
The shoals that her b.rtom came ol,
THEA che barrels and cases Of oil work
"a ,heA way out aria were toag.ld hitll-
q. ana thiahor by the waves Mary
az than were dashed against the sides
cf .he bark @nd bunst open, thus free
ieg tle oil and leaving Ok upon ahs
surface CG the water / wan5oi the
captain and CROW to take TO he boats
and leave her, but tlhey wme afraid
We stuck to her az might. ara whaa
morning dalwned 81 became appars,ai.
10 everyone that we must make an en-
deavor to reach and, There ware two
lfeboais Owing To she catmz mems ci
uhe crew the FIRST cue was .oet i'm get
ting 81 over the eide az the doomai
Ship BETTER fortune attended tha ef-
tort with nhe eocond one. We ed hsu
in the waiter and fasasned he- assern
where tho seas broke least savageay
Twelve cf ns got i'm. but the thir.
taenth member of cur shlpwrsckat
company isfussl 20 foIw. dsotar.n,
that a boat with thirteon IN t wou.s
never reach sih.vs and THAT he prefer
red 10 take his chances cn dhe bark
wihioh was rapidly breaking 20 places
We imporunsd him to ne. b,ll ~
was obdurate. Finally I sold thsm "a
east OF The line AIaUteIs had basoml
so desperate that / decided 10 otp. t.h
'ope II my order was nl-t obaysd. THAI
however, was unnecessary. fer tn
line was cast loose and we started o.
our peIilcus journey OF eight mi,ss {
eeward, leaving tine poor. superstition
wweooh TO perish. Now comes the De
cpliar part Of Il. Fr.m the wreck t
the shore uthere was a ribbon OF wate
which never broke The swe.rs wer
high, but they had apparently lest thel
power to DO harm. That pathway
safety was about as wide as the nd
nary street, and along Il we g1we,
with angry-loOking seas en- elther sgt
Of Us AT the time i was mystaie,
but we mad little opportunity to dra
dleducM-ns. We knew ehat the paid
way was There. and we trapa1ed Gg
for it, When. after steady rowing. v
came witHn s'erht of the e1uue "a
spsctacle was appalling. for high brca
ers wcre roEine iH UpcD it. anti
doubted our abisty r., gsi crafg
heavily laden, and not dcs'gnod +
making LANDINGS through The SUI
ashore u-dFr such unfavcrable COM
,ions. In my Derp.exsty scanned q
inc Il breakers carefully and DC
eeived emioth pace in them Tlhn
1g that tmigft be a ''slue. " IRA de
f.ace in the beach. / headed for it. a
o-d the mon at the oars to bend
.1eir enrgles TO the mcmenkous ta
70 hard. We shot into the breakei
Dassed thaoush rhemg and landed hi