The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-01

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: / ( Rd1entUre.
ron Days in nn Open Boat.

N 'IfR Il | 100 mile ia,lnt in an
kA open boat. with water soaked
IL n ptcad and moldy beef. Cap
@ 'a'h D. NcviuS Kay, his youn..
N'''' n''ie Schmrn and "Whisicrs -
'hc '"'' ol the British barkcntiuc Elor.
'i'ce ID. f'Sctt' arrived at New Yorl,
recently from 81. George. Grenada ou
the Steamship Grenada. The bor,, ,o,.
tine sailed for BucnOS !tyrcs from Rn,r
River. y. s, on August II. with roo
600 feet Of spruce deal. She ran into
a hurricane on September is, and in
IN hours time WAS di'niaSt"u and dis
mantlrL. The crow stuck To her until
October -. when they set sail in Il lifc-
boat. Ten days later they arrived at
Grenada, having sighted not 4 single
vessel umti. the night before thry land
Cd ut Grmada.
IVY" were in lHtiIUiir iT.GD north
&Nl ;;9.3p west longitude when The hur-
riraur struck us said Captain Kay.
"Ihc winds. which were northeast, had
been increasing oil September II. and
the iVXt morning while ! was short on
in:: sail Il nraVy SEuHil S.ru'k us and
carried away y lOl OF canvas. started
tn" trr'lnHI A0l carried away the port
EulWarkS. III" gale Increased. and in
hall IN hoiiT We wrrr i,uairh fore and
AT. tie Skyliy,ItS were hronrn and the
dcckhGH>c% stove in. Then the miZHrn
mast snapped oil ut thc hounds. and
it wasn't lon:: before the manmnN
and foremost followed suit. carrying
away the starhoaru lif"buat. the head
gear and iibh0om and splitting the
forccaStlc. The after cabin was full
of water and it was Impossible TO got
about The deck. TWO mrn were sta
toned at the wheel. The mems chests
were broken open and noatcd about
the cabin. the thermometers were
smashed and the provisions were
soaked. All the ships papers and
what money | had were lost.
when the hurricane had spent its
force we fixed up jury rig with tie
aid Of the StumpS Of the main and the
miZzcn, and we made Il little Roadway
until October II, when the ruddcr wnS
carried away, leaving us helpless. The
next day, tn" remaining lifrboat hav-
ing been repaired in the meantime. VIC
decided 10 take our chances in the little
boat.
'Thc boat had Il twenty foot keel and
two maStS. We carried Il fOrcstuySail
rorcSnil and Il sprit>ail for II main
sail-.jl,st like Il Chinese iunii. Nobody
had any bclon.inus 70 take away from,
tho ShiD, and ou,. cnjv .orr, w,s Gri,.
pounds or hrYnI. tiriv yourls of c,l,
beef and about ihiriy-tivc gallons of
water. fixed M u cabin :nr my wife.
50 W. were M fIir;, cn:,,fnrlai,Io III.
,hnumh. on nrccvul OF i,";n:. so cio*r IN
tn2 \yalr;. ii was very l,rr.
"Wc m%ho good hraGway. having the
ahvanl"-n of the trades. and lc:mrt ~
nr"h ~ 10 kuntS Il Lnv. Fer orr
! daily ratio:,$ We nnl ,vyo quarts ni
water and tV0 pounds oi bread. Some
o; the men were sick. bur nolr,lv
.trumb!ct Ny wife stood The hardship
| better than any of rS J'hn wotchn.
were divided rs en- ShipioArd. and VIC
w"r" constantly on The loo,lout fo.
| some vessel. have been sailing in
those ATTITUDES Tor twenty years, hut
tha; is thc FIRST trip eve" made with.
out sighting something.
Il had Il cump"sS on board ana |
! verified my bearings by the North star
| When the compass had dcvintch Il hall
point Judged that had made ahout
half thc distance TO The mainland. so
str"rcd straight course for the coas,
| va '''"'' -hii'Nl Wv ic HiSul DcioIl