The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-22
KNIGHT SToRM-TOSsED.
INT Reached savannah Safe After
n Record Cruise,

INT Reached savannah Safe After
Record Cruise.
The e. c. Knight returned to Savan-
nah yesterday from her trip to Nova
Scotia, a cruise of 400 knots, the
Measure yacht that ever sailed from
q Southern port. Aboard OF her were
DR.. and Mrs. J. G. Van Marter, Capt.
Usina and Mr.. George w. Beckett.
The Knight left Savannah July 20
carrying, besides those that returned
Yesterday, Mr. John Sullivan schley.
Mr.. Stein Bryan and DR.. ]. N. Guer-
ard. Mr. Bryan returned to Savannah
little over a week ago; Mr. Schley
arrived yesterday on the Kansas City,
hut few hours before the Knight,
and DR.. Guerard is in Virginia, having
left the Knight at Vineyard Haven.
The chief incidents of the cruise in
northern waters were told by Mr. Bry-
an upon his return. and were printed
in the Morning News at the time.
Those were exciting enough at times,
but not to be compared to the trip
down the coast, homeward bound, when
there was not only plenty of excite
ment, but very real danger as well,
particularly when the knight was
caught in the tropical storm that pass
ed over Georgia Thursday.
Just week before that the Knight
left Vineyard Haven, but encountering
very rough weather, put into Newport,
where she spent the day anchored
alongside the Columbia. Sailing thence,
the following day the vessel encoun-
tered a succession of Gains and light
headwinds for four days, during which
not more than thirty-five to forty miles
a day were made on the homeward
way. This was succeeded by a very
heavy blow, and as the barometer be-
gan falling, the vessel was headed in
for the Delaware breakwater.
The knight was formerly a Phila-
delphia boat and being recognized by
a tug. she was picked UP and towed
within the breakwater. 1t was from
persons on the tug that the Savannah
ians learned of the death of President
Mckinley.
The Savannahians sailed the follow
ing day, and though there was but lit
tie wind during the day, and the great
er part of the night, at midnight the
vessel was struck by the storm that
had crossed Georgia from the Gulf and
was travelling up the coast. For four
teen hours the Knight battled with it,
being able to carry in all that time
nothing bigger in the way of canvas
than a small storm tri-sail
The first four hours of the blow were
the worst. The crockery was smashed,
and red-hot stove was torn from it's
fastenings and turned upside down,
adding to the danger of the storm that
of fire. Fortunately the Knight proved
both staunch and buoyant. 1t was then
that her passengers began to appre-
ciate some of the funny things that had
happened during the storm.
The colored cook. when the stove
had been put out of business, seemed
to think that the need for his services
was at an end, and, either because he
thought he needed a holiday, or, may
be, because he was really frightened
out of his wits, he put on all of his
Sunday go setting clothes, not
emitting a heavy overcoat, and then
taking an umbrella, went out on deck
and calmly waited for whatever fate
might have in store for him.
The stewards fright took another
turn, for when Mrs. Van Marter in
duced the cook to go again into the
galley to make sandwiches for the men,
who were busy handling the ship, this
chap was found in a small closet down
on his knees, and praying as fast as
the words would come through his
chattering teeth.
The cook cot rid of his finery. and
the steward got over his fright. Lunch
was prepared, but because of the wreck
in the galley the Knights passengers
and crew were forced to go twenty
hours with nothing but cold rood
Thursday afternoon light sail was
made and Hatteras lightshlp was
reached by night. From Hatteras the
run to Savannah was made in forty
hours