The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-25
Kathleen'S Crew Tell of
the Remarkable
Disaster.
The SECOND OF ITS KIND
Bull Whale Rammed the Boat Amid
ships, Crashed IN Her Side, and Sent
Her to the BOttom-The C.ew Set
AdTift IN Open Boats.

AdTift in Open Boats.
NEW YORK, April 25-Part of the crew
Of the whaling bark Kathleen, of New
Bedford. Capt Thomas Jenkins, sunk on
March i. in longitude 43 west, latitude
10 north, about $50 miles east of Barba-
dos. by a whale. which crashed into the
side and tore it open, arrived here on
their way to New Bedford, and from them
vas learned the story of this strange
disaster. Nine of the men spent eleven
days and nights in an open whaleboat,
With only four gallons OF water and ten
OF fifteen pounds Of ships bread for their
sustenance These who arrived here yes
terday were Manuel de Vcira- the chief
bowman; Philip de Veira, Rodney Mor-
risen, Manuel Andrade, Auguste Gomez,
Manuel Fonseca, NJ. R Andrade, Joachim
Barros, and Herbert R, Reynolds, the
third officer With the exception Of Rey-
nolds. they were all of the company that
spent the eleven days in the open whale
boat Those frcm the boat arrived here
on the Madiana from the Windward ISL
ands. II was q coincidence that Rey-
nofus arrived here the same day. as he
was landed with the remainder of the
crew and the captains wife and her par
rot at Pernambuco by the Scotch steam
er Borderer. which picked them up the
next day after the Kathleen sank. He
came here en- the Byron, of the Lamport
q Holt Line. The steamer Pydna,
bringing about twenty more Of the crew.
arrived at Reedy Island. in the Delaware
River, on Wednesday, where she was
quaTantined.
Third Mate Reynolds Story.
The story of the less Of the Kathleen
was told by Reynolds yesterday afternoon
on board the steamer Puritan, bound for
BTockton, Mass, his home. and by Manuel
de VeiTa at the Sailors Home last night.
The kathleen, which IS a vessel Of zoo
tons, one of the Baltimore packets built
ffty-eight years ago, sailed from New
Bedford, where she was owned. on De-
tober %, 1901 in search of sperm whales.
She had been IL port less than month,
bariDg arrived there on September % IN
de- q jury rig. She had been dismasted
IN gale of Bermuda on September s. She
haE no sooner cleared from New Bedford
tT.ac. :Se encountered a gale that kept her
matches battened down for twenty days.
The vessel put into the Cape Verde Isl
snds and shipped enough Portuguese sail
OTs TO bring the total of those on board
up 20 thiTty-nine. including Captain Jen-
kIns' wife.
Captain jenkins then steered for the
east coast of Brazil. The fishing was poor
there; nothing was caught. Captain
Jenkins cruised 10 the eastward of the
STIndward Islands On March II, about
noon the lookout sighted an immense
school Of whales. There appeared 10 be
about three hundred of them Four boats
were lowered and put in command Of De
Veira. First Nate Nichols, Reynolds, and
the second mate Morris Murray Captain
Jenkins, his wife. steward and the cabin
boy. remaI ned on beard.
Three Boats Fast to Whales.
Of the four boats. three got fast to
whales almost Immediately Murray's
boat was the exception. and he began a
chase OF a whale. Nichols capture was
COW and he towed it alongside the yes
sci on the port side. The tackles were
made ready. and had been run under the
body OF the whale when Captain jenkins
shouted 10 Nichols:
There's big bull close alongside;
better 90 after him.
The afternoon was well along by this
The bull was only a short distance from
the vessel and q harpoOn vas soon pro-
truding from his side He sounded i'm
nediately but soon came up again. He
then started straight for the bark He
fairly tore through the water. The boat
Travelled so fast that line was paid out
Il rushed over the thwarts at such a
speed that the friction set the wood on
fire and the rope was cut The whale
Tammed the Kathleen just abaft Of amid
ships, smashing a hole in her as If he
had been the ram Of a gunboat- The mark
began to fill Immediately The whale dis
appeared beneath the waves, and was
seen no more.
Nichols observed what had occurred TO
the Kathleen, got out the oars and made
for her. She was already careening.
Captain Jenkins and the others on board
had got together some bread and water
BY The time the whaleboat came along
side, nd these we're put in. Mrs. Jen-
kiEs was anxious 10 save her parrot
which was good talker, and the bird
was hunted up and taken aboard also It
was said by q member of the crew that
the parrot uttered something like I'll
be - If J ever go a-whaling again,' ag
he was put into the boat.
Sinks in Half an Hour.
Leaving the Kathleen. which sank in
side OF thirty minutes after she was
raDmed. Captain jenkins ordered the
other boats as he came up with them. to
cut loose from their whales as the Kath-
leen had sunk
i was the last one to be told" said
Reynolds, IL telling his experience. 7
was the furthcst away, and il was about
dark when the Kathleen was struck The
first thing I knew / saw a boat coming
up under full sail. a hail came from the
boat.
Are you fast?'
Yes, ] replied.
% Cut loose. The Kathleen has been
sunk, said Captain Jenkins.
we got all our boats together and
distributed the crew so as to get ten men
into each boat The captain then said:
We viii keep together during the
night, and in the morning wei spread out
and watch for help
I said, We have no water and no pro
visions'
III give you provisions and water,
replied the captain Come alongside
He divided up, putting about fifteen
pounds Of bread and four and q half gal
Ions Of water in eact boat This was our
allowance to go 500 railes.
When daylight came there was no sail
in sight The boats had become sep
aTaIed- l took q can and started to drink
some OF the water. II was salt 4 breeze
had sprung up IN the night and blown
some salt spray into the bucket I got