The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-13
PERIL OF STORM
and HUNGER
SChr. P0ndI0ton's Satisfaction
Had Terrible Passage.
ARRIVED IN HARBOR YESTERDAY
Started From ST. Petersburg, Florida, Five
Weeks Ago Today, With 4S5,O0O
Feet Of Cypress Lumber
ARRIVED IN HARBOU YESTERDAY

Yesterday there came into this port
and anchored off wilkesbarre Pier the
schooner Pendeltons Satisfaction with
a story Of struggles with gales that would
supply the sailors with yarns for some
years 10 come.
II was just five weeks ago that tho
bark set sail from her port In Florida
with cargo OF lumber. and whs, with
tho beatings OF the gales aud being
driven off her course. nearly capsiziug.
and the crews nearly starving I'm addl-
ton to being nearly wrecked on the coast
OF Long Island, there Is enough or the in
cidental to an up a f3ir-sized novel
The schooner sailed from St Peters
burg Fla. on Feb 6, and almost from
the beginning of the trip met with ad-
verse weather. storms beat upon the
craft i'm succession. When The wind did
not blow the sun was behind thick clouds
that seemed to hug close TO the surface
OF the water envelopne the schooner I'm
a clammy mist. Time and time again the
boat was driven off her course by the
storms.
ON the trip also II was discovered that
the vessel had sprung a leak. The crew
with desperation strove 10 keep the
schooner afloat
Last Thursday Captain Bunker. hgur-
ing that he WAS In tho vicinity OF Long
Island. determined to anchor. About
this time II was discovered that siarva-
ton was imminent unless port was
made very soon. The sounding line was
dropped and ne discovered that he was
indeed near shore. too near I'm fact. for
safety. as the lead showed only four
fathoms of water under tho boats keel
and that "a pidly shoaliug
Morning came and the fog lifted The
Amagansett Life Saving station was
sighted on the shore = short distance on.
The schooner had. during the fog. mar
rowly escaped driving on 10 ISong Island
and becoming wrecked The life saving
crew nut m in lie boat and boarded the
perdelfon's Satisfaction. Captain Bunk
or asked for food. but the Amagansett
station was facing a serious shortage ~
provisions Itself and could not do moro
than give immediate relief
Then tho Iife savers hoisted the sails
IN tho Pendletons Satisfaction the crew
being physically unable TO DO even that.
and the schooner was worked Along shore
sharp eye being kept out for = place
whore food might be obtained At ITither
Plain tho anchor vas dropped and AZ the
life.saving station there the much needed
provisions were secured and FOR tho hrst
timr IN naNc lUf oNfINoth'Ns U'HIIl
starved crew. had enough TO cat
The course was then set toward Mar
ragansett bay and on Saturday morning
the craft anchored AZ Dutch island ran
up a flag for n ugbost and was prompt
Is picked up and towed 90 this harbor
whore she anchored at = o'clock vester-
day afternoon or Wilkesharre pier To-
day the schooner went into her berth and
The work of tightening the craft FOR the
purpose OF getting at the leak was
begun
The schooner formerly the Mary A.
Weaver " Bath. Ne went ashore and
was badly damaged few years ago II
was figured that n would cost several
thousand dollars ~ repair her. and tho
cost ~ The repairs caused = disagreement
between her owners. Pendletou " Belfast.
and 2 man IN Bath
The case was fought In courts az ~