The San Francisco call., 1904-11-07
BARK BELVEDERE LOSES
Her PROPELLER AT SEA
She Continues the Whaling Cruise Under Sail
Skipper an Emergency Hospital Surgeon

The whaling bark Belvedere came
into port late Saturday evening. twen-
ty-three DAYS from Fox Island. with
$3.50 pounds OF bone, her seasons
catch in the northern seas. The Bel
vedere. her name associated with the
ideal of classic symmetry. is the pref
lest whale vessel that haunts the Arc
Tic. Her lofty. tapering spars, spring
ing from a graceful hull, she presents
The picture OF a dainty little clipper.
She can spread a volume Of sail, but
supplied with her strong engines she
is doubly fitted fer reaching into the
farther north for the oil-bearing
quarry.
However, luck has been against the
Apollo Belvedere OF a bark. The pro-
peIler tried 10 grind into a cake Of ice
IN Bering sea during the first OF the
season. and. not succeeding, parted
company with the shaft. Captain I'll
ton, knowing the sailing qualities Of
his vessel, hauled fires, put the useless
engines out Of commission and set sail
for the Arctic. II seemed that with
that propeller went fair weather, and
the BeIvedere began a fight with the
elements that lasted with short inter
missions Til she had cut out the final
piece Of bone and cleaned up for home.
Head winds and all degrees of unfa-
vorable winds high seas and all kinds
OF disz greeable seas assaulted the
steamer that could not steam, but
she never lost q spar nor a sail. Be
fore the propeller dropped down to
The bottom Of Bering Sea the bark had
taken one whale. After she had brave
ly tackled The Arctic under sail she
took another and these two prizes
netted her $3.50 pounds Of bone
About the middle Of October the
bark sailed for san Francisco and the
winds that had worried her in the
north followed her down the latitudes.
She sailed over the spot where the
propeller was lying in its muddy bed,
with q gale trying 10 rip the canvas
OF The Yards. A huge sea came over
the sLarboar6 rail one day and caught
The cook, Jackson E Townsend, as he
was going forward 10 heave overheard
e pan OF potato peelings. The luckless
man was flung against the port bull
v-arks. heaved back 10 the starboard
with The roll OF the bark and thrown
again across the deck and Jammed un-
der e heavy spar. where he lay help
Jess. The succeeding waves that
boarded the vessel and passed in turn
over the side would have carried him
into The sea for all time. but he was
fastened under the spare mast that
lay along the deck. No one could help
r-m then. as all hands were busy hold
-ls on and fighting the boarding seas
Finally Townsend was with ditl-
Guilty extracted from under the timber
and carried below, where il was found
that his left leg was broken at the
ankle. Captain TiltOn had him taken
70 the cabin. and. with the assistance
of the injured cook. who is evidently a
nervy fellow. the skipper set the frac-
tured bones. spHnted I'D the limb,
bs sndaEed the foot IN place, and so has
proved himself 70 be not only thor
ough seaman, saving his disabled ship
IN e continuous gale. but also first
class emergency surgeon. saving the
unfortunate mans leg. He did not
have four years in 4 medical college
nor four years in a naval academy,
bur he is Z handy man for a that
For fourteen days the skipper has at
tended 10 his disabled cook stretched
out in the cabin and nsvigated over
stormy seas safely toward port the
steamer that could not steam
As the Belvedere was making port
saturday night under sail she became
becalued of Point Bonita A boat
vas lowered and sent into the harbor
and q tug summoned. The Reliance Of
The Spreckels Company responded and
the bark was towed into the bay.