The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01
His LONG TRIP IN A SLOOP
LONE VOYAGE or A HANDLES
NAVIGATOR, SEEING THINGS.
He Has Crossed the Atlantic Acne. bp,
THIS Journey Through canals. on IN.
Niississippt and In Trracaerous southern
shoals Was Harder and HI,kIer

SnOaN was HRrucr anu HlShIer
NEW LONDON, Conn. Feb 2s For nina
months Capt. Howard Blackburn Of
Gloucester, Mass. has travelled alone in a
s'oop. accompanying the eastern half -
the United States. He has iust returned
home to settle down and write book ON
the subject Of voyaging in 2j-',ot .ess,l
alone. The feat is the more remarkable
because Capt. Blackburn has no hands
But although so handicapped h cln attend
10 all the duties OF a lone mariner, even
to writing letters.
The captain, who is now q years Old
has followed the sea since he was "a In
January. 1893, whi!s he and a companion
were hauling travis on the Banks - New
fouadland they we're lost FROM the vass,'
His dorynate died, bu. Elckhurn frost.
bitten. almost starved and on he verva
Of madness, rowed TO the Newfoundland
shore. His hands wcra frozen 10 the oars
and IL was neceseAr" 10 amputa's al Of
the fingers and some p1rts Of n feet
In June, 1899, he sa bed alone N ia. 9o.foo,
sloOp Great Western from Gouro-,ar
Mass. TO G!pucc,trr, F'gll1d. arriving
there on Aug 10. H. june. 1901 hc al 4
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Atlantic, he rays, were ch'i'- pa 10 thar
just completed.
Capt. BLACKBURN left Gloucester uf May
is last year. lie sailed or,,. / rope Coz
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So. - - =, coo.anrt crov.
A rowho,, w,s nresen,ed ~ Tho c.rt,,r
hv n l,I,uces,sr friend winterinp in FLORIDA
- 10 liz no, ha rowad nm tho craek.
go aon.I. 20 tho Indian River az far A.
rTi,,sriIlo vbsr. no bau,ed across IA Salt
- %, ~. 6, John,s River From there
~ 60, 90 J.,LsonyIla WHARF h, ,old
81. rowhoa, ard ,ook a CLYDE line steamer
for New York.
Can, Rlackb,,rn saws that in comparison
90 hi. ,rins across The OCEAN. that he no,
Ill, had q great deal nore work 10 do on
,hi. .vo,,rs;on h,, was subjected ia nor,
'his eAeui s'oii' 'u' "ae -
danger Up 70 the time ne gov ui'o NV
Mississippi he had lots OF hard WORK esF'
cially in the canals, and many weary waits,
hui no especial d niger.
T, ,ho N;ss;ss;,,; he ,.a. GREATLY hinderAi
III ,i'e .i'opp' y. -. :, ,,n,
by he urea' nepuones uIH's". "
feet, which rendered the sand bars oor'
slant source Of worriment Mary TIM"
ha 90, bis to,t over hundreds Of feet = here
10 s. -, -. 80, .;ob,o., inches
'ner' was io' iho'e '"ai, o's -,
OF water. by tying huinoer oI Sref'
floating in the river together ami 'he'