New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
FROM CHEROKEE
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On Saturday night the steam pipes burst, and
We were without heat or power, and the steer
ing gear got out OF order.
On Sunday Captain Archibald himself gre"
alarmed and when we asked what hope there
was, replied: We must trust in God, ana we
win get ashore This was not encouraging, ana
all the passengers were worked up. When cap
tain Caste hove in sight this afternoon ana
hailed Us with the question, DO you want 10
leave?'' we all shouted most ferVently that We
did. Captain Casio then anchored away rom
us and he manned smaller boat TO get near
the ship. The first to leave the steamer we" tI,
the Syrian woman and stewardess and the
Syrian's daughter, who were lowered 70 tIe
little boat by means Of ropes. sixteen olteIetiC
trims were made with the little Doat pets I
the steamer and the rescuing yacht ana we
said hearty Thank God" when we reached
shore Now. have heard that the captain W., We
condemned for not letting US start Tor shuIe
eooner but knew II was not MS fauIt' $500
he had no orders from his company % ods et,
We saw the sun but once since We ieIl f9 Salo
T1oroineo and sailed on dead reckoning. mat
IS why we hit the shoals.
WILL. RECOMMEND MEDAL
United States Consul Hadley. who was Oh
his wav from santo Domingo with report
about the revolution says that ne Is solis "
recommend that Congress vote q special iIleual
IN Captain Caste for his bravery in going 70
their rescue in such a as that OF to-day
Consul HandIey has a special report which rs
had TO leave on the boat, as no baggage was
removed
Lieutenant Walker Of the United States Navy
when seen said;
, About 8 o'clock Friday ne heayed the ieaq eng
St showed twenty fathoms OF Mats5 i i rom shore
IT. TWO hours from rhat time we were hard an T
s oo sT G coieol @hs' wife S TIE weather thick
the sea then not so rough aH9 tet ta bsTei
snd today. when we sighted Captain casio we
were nightly relieved me seem en- ,Sa hold can
hardy be described. There were prayers oIte[ea a
pgTaseE fq f foTPtion by tie passengers TO
when they could leave.
The steamer had on board twenty-one SACKS
Of United States mail, which were removed TO-
dey and forwarded
PASSENGERS KEPT CHEERFUL
4 thing that made the stranding of the Chero-
Iee much more endurable 10 Captain f. d
Archibald was the bravery of the passen-
gers Though sitting beneath battened matches
4hey made the best Of everything. On FRIDAY
might an amateur theatrical performance was or
sanized hut it went TO pieces because OF the
bashfulness OF the passengers. The following
night q successful vaudeville performance was
given the top liners being Consul waiter
Hsndley and Ensign Hugh NJ Walker Of the
navy.
It took the Alberta nearly two hours to reach
the Cherokee, and nearly an hour longer to re-
turn. The boardwalk vas thronged from the
Inlet IL South Brigantine Shoals Light Station
by crowds watching the Cherokee as soon as she
became distinguishable through the storm, FAX
ers did a thriving business with antique tele-
scopes. and scores of credulous spectators looked
ct either the shifting sky or some ice covered
tramp in the full belief that it was the doomed
Cherokee
Not a piece of lumber nor sack of sugar has
been 1ettisoned from the Cherokee Lying as
she is in the treacherous quicksands. Tightening
r. be only a farce Her great and present
LANCER is that the sand viii shift from beneath
her II the current sweeps it away from the
stem and stern she viii buckle and her after
end forward sections fall off in different drec-
tons while If the sand washes away from be
meath the middle Of her hull. she Will "crog"
or break in two. One thing or the other seems
certain.