The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
Which In our way that moment had
CHANGED to fall
we would have ent her, olive branch

| H i ID f
| we would have ent her, olive branch
ana nil"
| We, however, wenthered 1t out and
! made the port Of San Ramon on the
| evening Of the 18th Of August. ] can
! scarcely call this 4 port, nm 1T Is merely
| M open rcadstend. and not q very safe
one, either. Wo could not come TO IN
ANCHORAGE on the afternoon we made the
place, but tho captain went ashore ana
found thcre was plenty or water came
| Oh board drunk, $1,000 out 10 sea, say
| Ing che did not Know IN what place to
anchor, but must return IN the morning,
| when he could sound and find n good an
! chorage" so The morning OF the llth
OF August found US 1873 persons at sea,
| with about twenty-gcveh ghllonH OF wa
| tor, out Of sight OF land and n thick fog
| to cut our way through. very iortun-
ately for us, however, the mist cleared
away, and we wero about forty miles 70
| tho southwark Of Our port and strong
northwest wind to beat against This
wns too provoking, to think that we mad
boon IN n cables length OF good water.
! and had left 1t and been blown forty
| miles on In n few hours. The old vessel
| this day seemed 10 beat manrnlly, ana
at 4 o. clock In the afternoon we again
saw tho little white nag on shore (thc
| land n1ark), and the passengers becoming
htue a'a ~ ~ a,oh apn n.t,,
,ra,t ~ hin, ana told him .hiH vessel
sh um nj leave thu shore again that
nIyht,. which very much insulted his
iittie "lord.hip." He. however CANA to
| :, o,,c,,orof,c. and soon had a small cask
~ water on board which was sooner
drnr,, IN than vo,, can imagine. AZ this
mace /. pood many OF our passengers left
~. yo.sol ~ 20 IN TO san Diego. and
thore ~ tal,a Tho steamer I'm to san
| ~ ,so,3 49, oood many nthnr. inf
VIII, Tia determination to foot It 10 the
cnt mfr distance. Tho number that left
MI. in ,,a soma one hundred porgons
| on board. After getting some 1900 gal
Ions Of water and some fresh beef on
hoord which wns ali that we could get
tara n tho wnv ~ entables or drink
| ohlcs ,vo 1vera or from San Ramon. or.
a. - "a called by many aqua Duloe''s
1whIch IN spanish Is sweet wator'')
,yo were or on the evening Of 18th Au-
gust standing out to the west and south
Longitude Ia SECONDS, lat'tude ~ MIN.
utes 40 seconds norm, "non we tacRea
and ran landWard on me Sotn or August;
making land at the island OF san Miguel
on the lst OF II oeptemner' lattuoe o.
minutes ~ SECONDS.
A Fish Story.
4. 5s.nsh stories,. seem TO take In the
tina. ~ ..oolden, excitement" I can tell
va, ono which II Won do not believe.
30, onnnot 1isnrove When we were
or,,,a nnt5 10 nort ~ Gan Poron r
~ 49,, sho,,s !, whnlos en,~if r rara 70
CO., ttaro 1vera 60o von nipht not be
lava no sb,,t viii, not saw mora than
osn ,,hich / : a. MI thin, m ava rpern
t,on !. tor aaMnv INDIGNANT poes Of
th,s kind ~ ashes e has been said and
| ,,ar,, tr,,i,, 90 q '5Tr ! M
mat i,ks anrth hears not on his snac,ous
.'.-,,. roce. 4, 5ssss9t5 81.
A1ona T., Nature stands this dn,ntless
800 rono. ID, Ri S.5
ri. nast,me. ike ca,dron boi, The flood.
Tho hillows feel him az he works his way,
IJia hoarv fnotatens shine along tho sen.
| rha foam htph. wrought with white d.
yidea tha 3Eproen
| Ana distont sailors noint whera he hath
:. heenS -
&3
| "a Psee' A4A 4 -. = ' otAn'
But to my travel. On the 9TH OF sep
TENDER, as We were rounding FONT con :
ception. there came up tremendous
northwest wind, which blew with 50
much violence that We were compelled
| to lay-to, and there came the time when
1t required all the skill OF q SOBER ana
cool~headed mariner manage the yes
sci, but could you nave seen our cap
tam, as drunk as no could pe' ana me
crew more than nan drunk, Win our
vessel sometimes tossed almost On her
beams end and then BOWS under water.
you would nave SAID II would havo been
no pity and nothing wrong 70 nave
drowned MIN as soon as ne was sopereo
enough to Know what drowning was
This gale lasted with increasing violence
through the night or the oth and opened
on the 7th more violent than before 80
our captain concluded that ne could not
make the port OF Monterey without run
/ ming more fisk than ne wished or tnan
the passengers Woula suDnlt 70, put ms
! vessel about to make the port OF santa
Barbara, place which we could have
gone into several days before. can as
sure you was In favor OF going into
Santa Barbara or any other place. from
which hoped to leave the Old craft, and
never trust myself on her again; for IN
spite OF all our convictions OF safety and
| the resolutions to meet whatever might