The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-30

WOOE~E0 EH0 X&NU48o B0t& -
sh1DWreeA anA neseue.
! sesa ia \ iscas newspaper three yesrs
go that mas eifnging To q ncafing
1nxnxes hatch had segn SwscasG by y
steamship ssoat 10 miles Oh the south
Atlantic cssast Of the Enised States he
haA he<n days IN the water and when
fauad Nas In an almost DYING coalition
Later, he reported that q companion had
CHING 20 the hatch with hsm for two DAYS
ard had then sunk- I saved this clipping.
hsptnw fer further desasls. but II they
appeared In print never saw them. Yes
tsraAy ~ the S~amsn's nnsssion. on Pike
strees. met the man.
WAS reading last years magazine ~
enc OK tie tasies. killing the time before
"a sps<sintms1t with the chaplain 81 the
Aoatinx church. The attendant was tell
tug visitor that they had de~5,-sea men
Nsels&fy ~ this home. sailors from ships OF
the China trade. which DIRK al the fops
Of the street. The boast Of one mssxson
70 Smother aioux tbs Eaxt river always
10. We hava dsep-wafer sailors 81 our
hous~'s Then one Of the readers was
p0tnfed out - an object OF interest. a
gette of sftipwrsek and desperate suffering
On tbs high seas
Tie spsnt q week holding On To q barrel
IN the Pacific" said the attendant.
ans41 the man a little later IL such ap
e1pers<nea had befaiisa ham.
IT was Ia the Atlantic /" said be. get
Ting up frcm his seat. stn thirty degree
that's on North Carolina And IL was "a
hatch had
He was boyisu and well built. with q
eyes.
'sHnw dsd you get In the waterfall.
ovefboardrt 1 eshsd
The schooner cspstssA-tbe Helen Lee
We had 4 sAt@ for Two days and were
iyinG ta With hare masts. The waves
world roth the eriooneF way OVER, and
by ana BY osie csmo when she was ali
ksea<d On her side. add u got underneath
and cnpsixed her.
WAS the vessel empty"
sDh. ne. We cArvtet eocosnutz and
osnAgss and fifteen thousand az forbidden
zsutt ~oranKss bigger than eranges--a and
every time the schooner rolled al. las
eocoanuss relied. too. The mate dashed
himself In the fereeresstrees and ns and
man fram Springfield. Mass, named
HARRY rfess. caught on to this hatch. In
Ahout half All hour We eeeidn't see the
schooner anymore. and We knew she sank
Then we said We would swim 10 the coast.
hut Harry ersss said Il Gas ~ miles OF
and We save II up. We we're In the Gulf
sffeHm ana thu water was warm thassxh
WAS December. ard IL VAS about H.
O'Clock IN The morning. /"
Was n hard work holding on
You had 10 lie On your stumntek ana
hold on with both arms. like thisss--an
he stretched hand 10 each side of She
tahiss Every twenty minutes The ssrss
Day the hatch turnnd ever. or we mtsht
hare iasisett .,tafasives to a singhcss one
hnd pulled uus. has tbs ether Vas all
nnht, and the nest day We found cocoa.
nuts ncassng. and we'd break them open
by pounding them on the rinxhalt. Tbs.
thirst was terrible ard The nights. when
couldn't sss anything Harry Cross said
HI knew hs WAS scfnE to die. but Al
Thought ] ~oafd be sawed | thought SO
too, frem the beginning The second ntsnt
Harry Cross iet ~"
Tie Was e1haus.ede.'
No. he sAtd 'gccdhs' II was IKE he
committed suicide He told me he a:sln',
think ha could stand another night. and
II anything happened so him 10 write to
his parents.
what did yau think off,
oh, The thoughts. ths man exclaimed,
everything. ] guess was nfty-four
hours In the water The sun was shining
and l lived On the cccoanuts Then a
steamship threw me a ia~ and l WAS
hssis.d on board. and then fell down ON
the deck ! Was tea days in the hospital
~ savannah. and ! haven't been 10 sea
axAss.
The nan WAS very suneY~faeesf for his
ysArss Ksatls. bur without a trace os
eeniassss Ia his sutintsnanee How much
~ The danr toek was a1 effect OF his al
venture es'ala nat say New York Com
tnsselsl Advertiser.