The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
STORMY TRIP.
A Thrilling Story of a Voyage
in a Storm
GAVn Up HsPE ONCE
But Anchor H,ld and S:hooaee and
Crew at Last Reached Port.
Wiad at Sea Made a
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The Charleston POST ssys lette,
has bsen received from LINES 4. Dial
son OF Caps. James c. Cssl, q vel
known p.!oo, yelling Of how the schccn
er Lsu.a B. Anderson, On which he
toak passsge north, weaShereo sat
savere ssora G. few week ego, Hhict
brought great destruction to 7ess /
and cscsed less 0. nucA lie
Tae letter gives aa idss OF e1e vsf
r:f: force Of the s.nd SIN sea aao &c
COUNTS for the less Of So nsny Vssssie
of the North Carolina ccast, ss7s,s
OF which we're in c>npsny VIII si
Laurs 3 ArderScu. on the u of
the COST /. ora Charleston. Ta1 lie Is;
Ia sn ictsrseting narrative 0: 3 ss,P
ya:ca wss especially eve1e1ul 20 sns
vop15 man, vi Q was the sussa G. CAPT.
Thomas Highs on the passage to
Nsy YORK, VII re rs has sioce easa'
cd The P. .st9,scn Nauticsi Collsge.
hsyirq m.ntG 10 :Ollo~ the s4a
as his protsss!oa. Ths many 1-ienoS
OF TIE yodcg ma e@l be interested II
tle Glory nfac.icsii, 1c;G il his oNG
Woyos:
"We lefs Charleston on Sspsen nosr
9 in tow Of the tug Protector, sno
when We got outside the bar, near
the Charleston lightship, the wind nsa
ote6 out, The Ie1u noraicg, re go:
the ship under way in 3 ligos vino
from the southwest, and with this
fair wind we spread On full sail to get
Gus into the gu:f stream, where We
w,u,d have the bcneft Of the currsnt
north, running at the rate Of two aoc
q half to three and half knoes az
b ur. We bcp5 knocking about for toa
,..xs few days witt unfsvoraGie vi: os
O, Sandy, the Is b. tie Slna sSa,e
ed to increase in y.locity fIon ths
northeast. We were il company WITH
several vssssls, ali bound nortawato'
these b b.irg the boats, We psileVe'
which were subsequently, reported as
lost. Capt. Higsbss deemed 1t soVis,
able to seek shelter, behind the iano
the wind sc taat time blowing cT zoe
land, and We aacaored about tort1 q
miles to the south Of Cape Lookout
We put out both anchors. The sea was
then running heavy and c'nc1tlcns
were growing worse all OF Sc! Gay. Al
2:3o c'ciock on Mcn3ay morning tce
vessel gave hard leap into the sea:
and CUT came her foretopnsst sno
j;o5ocm at one snap. TIE stays holo
lrg these two spars had 10 be nur1lec
" cut, as there we're fears OF tneu
knocking a hole into her bow.
The sea was now lasned 20 lt:
greatest fury The wind haa decreased
to about seyenty-6ve miles about
O'Clock, ans Just whsn matters icokec
IS bad as they could os, we parted sht
stsrbosrd anchor, and then hsd to put
out 8 kedee and soon sftel~ard the
ksdge also parted, and we were depeId,
ent COW solely upon the port aocnor'
Our lives we're at stake. The parting
OF the lone anchor meant our doom
and IS the wind blew and the sea roll
ed in mountains. spisshioG and oresk
Ing over Us with terr:f + 'rce we JUS;
sssnec 10 be swsiting the moment OF
desth. All Of Us gave up hope, e7eb
to Capt. Eigsbee. We felt that We
were to die, ard It vas only question
of just wben death would come. The
suohor held, howevsr, and, sfGsr Q
time, it vas spparsnt that the vino
was abattng and we bssan to take on
hopes Of safety. Monday sfternoon the
wiLd had 6;edout and we al felt bet
tec.
I'VE lss in onr position until Tues.
day morning about $50 O'Clock, wheI
we weighed anchor snd started for
Cspe Lookout Cove, arriving there on
Wednesday afternoon at o'eiocS.
Tiers we remained until Saturday
$3.50 O'Clock, when ~e were taken II
tow by the tug 7. J, Msrritt. We were
going up the cost In iae style until,
we were struck by g northeasser CT
WinWrQuarter lightship, which nads
Us turn back and go into Hampton
& ads on Monday night at 10 O'Clock.
We started again on the following
Wednesday morning for New York
with tie srg Rescue IN the LEAD, the
Merritt hsving left Us to pull On 8
steamer which bad gone ashore. We
6ually reached our anchorage Of Sandy
Hook, concluding sn eventful trip for
all Of US"
TIE thrilling experience Of M.
D a, the first cf the kind that he hss
had, has not dampened bis interest IL
the sss or caused him to tblnkleS Ct
nskiDg 1t his vocstioa in life. On The
contrary, he says in his letter: l
would rsuher SO to sea g thousand
times than stay on shore. !"
Tne young msn is ambitious to at
tain success In his chosen vocstior and
he is now hard at work, taking the
course at tie nautical college and
looking fcrward 10 his own ship and
put in the position Of incurring the
responsibility for the safety OF his yes
gel and those who may be committed
to his care.