Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-22
STEAMER
 IS SAFE.
Athos Was Seven.
 teen Days Late.
Passengers and Crew With out Food or Water lowed Into Port Last Night.

| New York. Aug 22-'The steamer
 Alhos' Y days late, with eight pass
 engefs, cargo of routed bananas, ana With the bones of half eaten
 sharks on board to indicate the per- ills of her voyage, arrived off Scotlanl lightship last night.
 on July 3Oth the Donald Steamship colnpany's steamer Athos left Port
 sAhtonlo, Jamaica, for New York. a
 SIX days voyage, with provisions in
 m plenty for this short period Three
 hours out of Port Eccentric rod on
 the engine broke and from that hour
 untll last Sunday, travelling an hour
 a day, until the Athos drifted at the
 mercy of storms in constant danger
 or famine, once without drinking
 water and receiving supplies from
 time to time from passing vessels un-
 Ill on August 10 the disabled steamer
 gave up and signalled the steamer
 Altai for tow. This steamer brought
 the AthOs to New York,
 The. trouble was in the engine all
 the time, From July 30 to August '
 one or two breaks daily in the engine
 were recorded. The log chronicles
 the fact that the daily delay was only 50 minutes long on August 5. Two days later the catching of the sharks
 is recorded. Chinamen on board at tempted to eat the sharks but the meat made them i'll and the fish were thrown into the sen. During the next two days boats we e lowerel fro q tile Atllos in seafcn of ftoa hsll.
 On August 8 the disabled steamer sighted the steamship Adirondack and bravely signallcd "All well on board" But on the tenth the last tank of water was opened and was found to be tainted with the juices of rotting bananas. Some dolphin were caught two days later and On August 13 the incipient famine was further relieved by the steamer Mon- teviedo which supplied provisions.
 For nearly a week between August 10 and August IT the engine shaft was useless and not only was the steamer forced to drift about while repairs were under way but for two days great storm and high seas broke oyer the helpless steamship. The log meanwhile indicates that | more dolphin were caught. Finally on August IS the coupling of the en- zine broke and the Athos abandoned | the attempt to reach New York un- der her own steam. after twenty days | of continuous accidents 1t was decid- | ed to accept the first offer of tow. This did not come for two days, for | which second famine was ayerted 1 by the steamer Vera which came alongside the Athos. supplying eat ,bles and drinkables. Worse even | han the dangers of the sea, of fam ne and of thirst, the passengers say. vas the odor of the decaying banana ,argo.
 At Scotland lightship last night he tow line broke. as a last chapter n her long series of accidents, and he Athos could not repair the broken inc in the dark. but anchored for the light while the Altal brought her assengers to quarantine. To-day ugs were sent out to bring the Athos nto port.
 The passengers were John Douglas Donald, son of the owner of the Ath- s: Miss Julie Anna Damshee. the oy's aunt: Mir and Mrs Morris Lunn f Rosebank, S. l.: and Keith and , red Saunders of Bay Ridge. boy riends of young Donald: and Henry 'amke. The whole party were guests f John A. Donald. president of the 'onald Steamship company. who nnt them on the Athos for vacation .ip. The banana cargo probably will Q thrown into the sea. The Altai owed the Athos 267 miles.
 Passengers of the Athos in landing ! ,-day reported that the famine caus- small mutinies among the ships .ew of IS Chinamen. Trouble first q arted among the Coolics over the { earth of tobacco and rice. A negro f ,lper was stabbed during one of the | rhts of the hungry crew but the { ,ssengers were not seriously men, ed. At one time the only water to n , had was ocean brine which had . zen boiled and condensed. One i, valIow day to each person was all n at this proceSs furnished.