New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-06

away the weather main rigging. which done the
rlGin1ast snapped on Ike q pipesten4 and she
The two Lansn boys and the other. sailor; who
rb-orEI re 1-fT7Sws r. -T-inni-s - fS4i-
clothing, but COler. the passenger was helpless in
The gale continued 10 increase in fury. and the
men on deck lashed themselves 70 the house Then
there nothing do bUJ wait and pray for
rescue Every cask OF water mad been swept
the Tremendous seas swept me wreck winch now
half fun Of water. had settled 50 that the decks
on the second day Oscar Lansil, with rope tied
f6r WSatever mos - ,o5 - 1s - rrs-s ~
about in the cabin. the sIateroon doors having
fight of this CHASTITY battering while he
secured can Of corn and few s1aau sai1ed and
dried hsh, TINS food was quickly devoured oy the
the salt in the hsh. the sufferers cried aloud 70
heaven for water There was no water The sky
gave not a drop and the vessels casks had al
oeen stove or washed away.
At O'Clock that morning WYATT the mate, vas
himself Issbed a1d Ws,r 5CIfT@ s+oI15 4, T5s
waist, where a big caught and swept him over
board His shipmates him drown. without
being able 10 move a hand 10 save him
fortunes, and then. on the sixth day after the
this they split or piece Of the co1n5s zllr
slide, Of which they made handle for the har-
Captain LausiI remembered that directly under the
after hatch the stevedOres had placed lot OF
SoIleSeC ms n boxes Ftere was nope. me nrsr
drive OF the harpoOn brought Up box OF the milk.
heavy and sweet. however and made them al sick
On the eighth day they were tantalized BY a
steamer coming within an eighth OF mile and
passing without noticing them II O'Clock IN
the morning. and they had no lights 70 show. When
the steamer had faded away in the night the crew
raved and cursed and Captain Lansl himself.
calm and UneXcItable man thar he was. declared
afterward that he thought he would go mad when
the big ship passed them by.
On the ninth day came a blessing rom heaven-z
heavy shower The men got bale OF sheeting from
the cargo tore IL I'D and soaked the cloth IN the
rain. then wring1ng IL into a half barrel which
they managed 10 catch from the drifting raffie IN
the waist IN this way they got plenty Of water
They drank until they stupid. their stonnachs
becoming painfully distended
Rescue came az last-Cn the fourteenth day after
the wreck AT 8 O'Clock in the morning the pirf-
ful group the Ada W Could's quarter gave a
shout OF JOY. for there. fun abeau. was a stately
clipper ship under fun sail standing directly for
them She the Golden State o. New-TOrk
Captain DelanO. from New-York for SHANGHAI She
took them on. and all except Captain Lansil went
along in her 70 shanghai he being transferred a
few DAYS afterward 20 the British brig Courser
from Port Elizabeth @. @ n for Swansea
Captain LansI home 70 Bangor in Deem
Der his sons in The following June None OF them
have been on salt water since the loss Of the Ada
W Gould marking the closing Of th= history at sea
OF the famous family OF ship-uasrers that
ever sailed from Bangor. Three Of the six Lausll
boys were captains and 1f them Charles Y
Lansi. now deaG. followed th- sea for siNry-ons
years. forty-four years of that time as master.