Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1904-06-20
OUT OF SIGHT OF LAND
Making Rapid Progress Mr.. Greacen Tells
Of the Trip Across The Inland Sea in His
Realistic Fashlon-Ths Little Cherub
Proves Her Seawor;hlness and Rides
Safely Over the BlIlOws.
On Board Yacht Chorub.
Detroit, Mich. juno IL, 10(


Editor Evening News:
The Oherub has safely crossed Lake
Erie after u rather rough trip of it.
We remained at Buffalo from the
m. Friday morning. We took in some
coal while there and visited tho town,
what we could. 1t is sad sight to
see tho vast number of boats there
that are laidup on account of the
Masters and Pilots strike. Whole fleets
of them fill the harbor and the canal
is almost deserted by the boats and
there does not seem to be any prospect
of settlement in sight. The lake
was quito calm wlren we left the har-
bor aJ Buffalo, but after we were
some twenty milcs out it commenced
to breozo uD from the northeast and
as the wind was directly astern OF us
the farther wo went down the lake
the more the sea rose. The little
Cherub lode tho waves like n duck
and although tlioy tossed her about,
not drop of water came on our
decks. It was nearly 8 p. m when
we reached Astabula, Ohio, about 12.
miles from Buffalo, and, as wo had
to go somo distance in the trough of
the sea before wo could get the shell
ter of the breakwater, it certainly
looked anything but pleasant for us,
but it was of no use trying to dodge
it. We slowed everything moveable
and shut up all the cabin doors and
windows and turned her into the bar
bor, but to our surprise and delight
the little Cherub did not roll scarcely
anything to speak of and we passed
into the break water without taking
drop OF water Non deck and nothing
smashed in the cabin.
We were soon in quiet water tied
up to dock and laid up for the night
ut tho vast ore docks that employ at
large number of mon unloading
vessels, but are now all quiet MS thero
is nothing doing OH account of the
strike. The town of Astatula being
some two miles from the docks we
did not 500 anything of it as We were
all in Trim for good nights rest
after our rather rough day of it. Tho
weather is cool and pleasant and there
are no mosquitoes so far and we
generally get good rest after the
days run.
Saturday, June live were out of
the harDor at g: 30 n. m. and found
that while there was not much wind
that there was quito some sen running,
but it was of no use going back so we
laid our course across tho lake, which
is some sixty miles wide at this point.
and soon were out of sight of land
headed for the lightship off Point
Pelee. We were out of sight of the
land about five hours and as the wind
again cnme ont of tho northwest it
made an ugly roll of it that was not
very pleasant and made one of our
party very sea sick, but about p m
we commenced to get to the end of
the lake and 1t began to get calm
again. We were hailed by boat off
Colcester Reef lighthouse by the
lighthouse keeper, who asked us to
take off two men who had been at the
lighthouse for three week and wanted
to get to the land some twenty miles
away. We stopped and took them on
with us to Amherestburg, Canada,
where we were to stop, for tho soft
coal that we took on at Buffalo was
very dirty and stopped mp our boiler
tubes so that it was hard work to
keep steam up to where it should be
at the close of our day run OF about
1876 miles. Reached Amheresrtberg at
D. m. and tied for the night along
side of a government survey boat for
the night where we had quite night
of it,
June 12-Had to turn out early and
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