The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-18

liquor and ell sorts of goods, but ii will
be better for US to sling the lot over
board and dump the firewood down.
The wood is worth more to us than that
part of the cargo. And if we lost our
wood fuel we should have to put in TO
Juan Fernandez to get more, and we
shall not have enough coal to take US
there if this sort of thing keeps up.
That night was an anxious and try
ing one for all on board the .Warr1gal,
for although the wind did not increase
in strength. the sea was something
fearful even to look at, and huge vol
umes of water every now and then de-
scended upon her decks and smothered
her So much water found its way be
low that the stcC khole plates were COW
cred. and all through the night the
donkey pump clanked and clattered
madly to save the furnace fires from
being extfnguisEed. To have tried to
heave-tO under such conditions would
have been counting destruction. There
was nothing else to be done but to keep
on, head to the sea Rocket, an old
and experienced seamon, twice urged
Clancy TO let the decklOad of fuel go.
so that the steamer might be hOVe-to
with safety, but he refused.
AS long as we can keep the fires
alight we can do" he said. IF the
stoke hole is flooded the wood will -
adrift of its own accord mighty quick,
once she falls off into the trough Of the
sea. But 1 mean to save that wood
When dawn broke, the sea was still
running mountains high, but was fast
settling down into a long. steady sweep.
| The wind had sensibly decreased, and
the exhausted stOkers were enabled to
| get a little rest, Clancy, Tom and the
native sailor, Pohiri, taking their
| places.
Soon after breakfast both wind and
| sea had moderated TO such an extent
| that thirty tons of firewOod were, after
hard work. passed below. and the fur
naces denied further coal; and as the
/ day wore on the steamer was breasting
| the surging waves at ten knots an hour.
! tossing up showers of spray as her
! sharp cuIwater bows rushed into the
/ sweeping pillows The damage done to
| the deck houses and other parts of the
| steamers sUpeTStructure was repaired
| as well as could be done without a car
penter, and only the salt-coated and
rust-stained funnel and two badly dam
aged boats showed what she had passed
| through during the night.
Towards evening on the third day
after the storm, and when the grey
loom of Easter island was in sight right
ahead, a little red-headed man, who
was now chief engineer in place o.
/ Clancy, came on the bridge and told tht
Irishman that two of his three mer
were so done UP that they were lying
down exhausted
It's no use, boss" he added, CIV,
/ can't GO on Ike this for another day
I'm fairly cooked myself, and unles!
you and Rocket and Sam give US
spell can't keep enough steam to Civ,
us Steerage way That -- wood is al
right but we can't get one log in fiv,
into the furnaces. it's that twisted anC
| Curled like rams horns
How much coal is left, Tanker"
About FORTY ton"
Clancy leant on the bridge rail am
thought Cor few moments. Then h
called to Tom.
Tom, do you know If there are man,
: natives on Easter island?'
Captain Christie told me that Their
were about five hundred"
"Quiet?"
oh. yes, quiet. They are like tn
Rapa people"
; s.WelI. wen have to stop there an
70 try to get a dozen or so of them TIL
men are breaking down." And then h
2 repeated what Tanker had just toll
: him. adding that he Clancy was foe
not TO have got some of the Rapa ma
tives-
, Tom then told him that Christie, VIII
: had twice visited the island, had sal
< that there were two white settler
there engaged in sheep and cattl
1 breeding, and there were several goo
2 anchOrag eS.
l VERY we'll, we'll see what can b
Y done in the morning. Tanker, tell thOs
two men to take a good spell. and We
E keep her going dead slow until day
j light.
f Soon after dawn the Warrigal an
e chored I'm the rCadstead of Hanga Ro
S Bay. I'm sight OF a native village, an
Tom and Clancy went on shore.