The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-25
HAD TEMPESTUOUS
VOYAGE
SKIP MsAiA BArTleo WITH SUCCESSIVE GALES WHICH RIP
PEo Her RIGGING TO sHeEos

a tale ~ wee settling forth the
trrrars of the sea which nazsu tho
tollsHs OF the deep was brought 10
this city today by the German ahIp
Nisaia. Captain Adulph Eyrua. which
arrived Ia port nom Antwerp sat
urday mutniuE.
During the voyage the vessel tsaH
hrset by four terrific storms uur Of
which assaulted the vessel far "a pc
rlod ~ five DAYS of the River Platte.
and three. with but btirf intervals.
lasted foe rs days. white The vessel
WAS rounding cape Horn. A re
suit 80 tho storms the ship Lost aIx
&c her sails. two tlfe beats ani fsr-
nest drummer a sailor only escaped
hvins lost by a miracle. Ia spite q
AN this the vessel made the trip In
ito days. which ta considered very
fuHt time Tor wind iammsr" To
make a voyage OF that length
The vessel experienced no trouble
after leaving Antwerp until arriv-
ms Of the River Platte. on the At
iautlc coast Of South America. At
this point the Nisaia was assatIed
- N"sAt=A AZ - "a HAHAN H HH aA.NN AAtHA H"E7a
even than a typhoau. the terror Of
the far eastern seas Tho terrific
sale lasted Tor FIVE days and the
vessel helpless before ia iuvlucIbJo
foree. vas driven miles out a her
course. Captain Evrne says the
Wind was blowing az times with a
force of 20 miles an hour and the
shy. With The exception az fringe
of dirty looking brown clouds. Vas
as black a. ink Although Captain
EyfHe antlciuatod the storm uufue-
time hrfnrs Il struck the vessel the
storm Travelled - fast that two %
hta lower topaallH weer blown 60 rib
hous before the sailors could furl
thcm.
Although during the period when
the spompaTa- ansaii-d the ship 40
great SEA vas ranninE. owing o. the
force % the gale. yet the dcck % tia
vessel VAS almost uHinhahitabia.
The Hpums from the wayea vas
driven with such force that the men
dashed - the wheel were compelled
To btu9 canvas about their faces @
eliminate the suffering caused b
the singing spray.
other than The loss uf the two
sails. no further damage was uua-
taiuad until The vessel was round
ing Ape Horn. A. this tlms the
vessel waa bss~s hy three storms
The first one. however. aaH rather
light. the aecand beaver. and The
third threatened FROM the time e.
commenced until Il nnanY died
down 70 destroy The ship az any mo-
mruJ
This last storm carried away three
studding aaila. enc weather cloth. ="
two life boata and nearly eaat the
lifs u drummer. The last storm.
Captain Erna says. was one 81 the
worst no has ever experienced. Dur
ing IT, worst stage The deck vas
only inhAhitahls 20 those a. the
wheel three u whom were dashed
% ia posts IN order 70 keep rram
being swept overheard. Tho deck -
the vessel was continually buried
beneath q mass Of white. SETTLING
water, carrying everything ia ita
grasp overheard Two life boats
were smashed 20 kinaiinr wood
While attempting 70 fufi the lower
tppsail. before the storm reached its
height. the outer eleN % the sheet
VAS torn loose and Ernest drummer.
whp waa working At the outer end
% The yard. vas hurled into the ssa
By the whipping q the sail
The Tremendous sen which struck
the vessel almost simultaneously
staggered her aud then also picked
up Drummer and hurried him fully 20
feet over the rail- OF the vessel. lie
struck against tho shruuda. where
/ he managed 70 cling and later make
/ bis way 10 the deck. RrunnerH es-
cape Was due merely 70 the heavy
sea. which stopped the uFoEreHs Of
| the vessel. and the fact that he was
On the wind ward side. Had he fell
/ of to lcsward he would have been
carried far off from the ship and