Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-07
A TRIP ON THE BRINY DEEP.
CAPTAIN Davis Tells the Story the Voyage and Says in Effect
That the Lake Was as Calm as Summers Morn
How II Was All Done

From saltair Beach up TO the Cutoff,
The Cambria went a threshing tnro
the gale,
The tempest was n pourIn down upon
us
An We was a pouIln' down the ale.
Not a seasick mariner among us,
Still We all of US wilted 'cept First
Luff.
And he never even shortened up the
canvas,
Oh, but say, wasn't thai trip Jest hot
Stun
There was no relief party sent out
search OF the Cambria last evening,
there was no mourning relatives, no fat
county and city jobs going begging and
no work for the obituary writer. The
lost have been found and the landsmen
are once more on terra tirma. Last
evening at 1ij the Cambria came
booming 10 her anchorage of Saltair,
and Capt Davis broad smile was made
| out with the aid Of q pair Of binoculars
and as the nag was not at half mast
the glad tiding was phoned 10 the
enxlous friends In town that the old
sea dog had weathered the gale with
out losing o man. Some members Of
the party looked rather pale. but that
was supernduCed by a diet Of ham
sandwiches and Din pickles which up
set their stomachs-at least. so say
those who We're not seasick.
SURVIVORS DISAGREE,
The stories told by the survivors OF a
three days tossing on the bosom Of the
Great Salt Lake do not gibe The
landsmen tell OF facing death 20 times
an hour on the other hand Capt, Da-
viz and his son Dewey say that they
had the sail Of their life and had II not
been for the valuable freight on board,
which might have been seriously dam
aged by the salt water, they would
have run through 90 the railroad grade
on the Lucin cutoff and back TO Salt
air without putting In for shelter at
all. They Were out for a pleasure trip
and the captain felt that he was not
called upon 10 run any chances
That the Cambria ran into a number
OF heavy squalls goes without saying
and the passengers one and all had a
touch Of life on the ocean wave. The
only difference In the stories told he
that one Is the Landmarks view and the
other the sailors side Of the incident
Capt Davis says that he has ridden
through a number OF storms on the
lake which have been worse. He adj
mits that he lost a boat. but in eX-
PLANTATION says that the three-eighths
Of an inch tow rope fouled the propeller
and eventually frayed through. leaving
the boat 10 drift of In the night The
, incident Of going upon the rocks Is ex-
blamed that the Cambria made a short
cut between Egg and Antelope island
and bumped her heel on the reef OF
rocks that connects the islands. The
captain ordered his passengers to the
bows where their weight tilted the boat
so that with the aid OF couple Of oars
as punting poles they We're able to
scrape over into deep water again In
three minutes. The captain also denies
that they were at any time short OF
water and taken altogether he throws
all kinds Of cold water over the stories
OF "a hours OF peril generally, The
story that four OF the party swan
10 Antelope island rather than
stay 20 brave out the perils Is also ridl-
culed The truth OF the matter Is that
IN the sheltered bay one Of the party
stripped and went In swimming while
the other three got into a boat with his
clothes and rowed TO shore and then all
walked TO the White ranch and eventu-
ally reached Salt Lake city hours after
those who stayed with the catamaran
We're snugly at home telling their ad-
ventures to their friends.
CAPT, DAV1s's STORY.
The story as related by Capt Davis
this morning Is as follows, Taken all
in all We had most pleasant trip. We
started from Saltair a little after one
o'clock on Saturday afternoon and had
pleasant sail up the west coast OF
Antelope island We eventually am