The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-01-05
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was found that water was gaining at
tie rate of six inches an hour. We
worked hard all day Sunday discharg-
ing the deck load WHEN about 3 o'clock
i'm the afternoon the British steamer
Heartburn was sighted coming in our
direction. Our flag was hoisted union
down when the steamer came in hail
of us. The captain could not render
us any assistance except offer to take
us of; but as the vessel was not "a
tirely waterlozged and as we were
making gooal time in getting on the
deck load we did not think it right to
leave our vessel until we had done
all we could to save her
cat 8 O'Clock Sunday night she list.
ed out deck to sea. Then we got all
the navigating instruments together
with baggage We could collect in a
hurry and placed the same on the
house of the ship. Very little pro-
visions and three gallons OF water
were in our possession. Afterwards
The vessel set up in her right position
and remained for about ten minutes,
than she turned over on her side,
Gashing everything and everybody in
g the waves. The men climbed up
/ on her sides in time to reach the
vawl boat which was on the davits.
With lumber and broken spars around
the hull every precaution had to be
taken to keep the boat from being
smashed, as we knew it to be our only
hope.
we stayed around the hull until
Thursday noon, when the Nokomis
turned bottom upward in latitude
2s:15. longitude SS;4
Without sail or compass, except 4
little piece of canvass, we decided to
try for the land. All day Thursday il
/ rained 80 we could not see the sun.
We hardly knew where we were go
| ing, but toward night the sun came
out and we saw her set. AS the wind
was northwesterly we made II to the
/ east with Drawer hearts. cold and
! chilled bodies For two days and two
nights we made for the east. Satur-
day morning the wind came out from
I the east and we made it to the north
ward. Sunday morning as soon as
day came we observed the shore, but
/ did not know where we were. We had
to keep off shore with great Difficult
ty, but at last great sea cast us
ashore near st. Andrews Bay. We pro-
cured a few matches and maze a fire.
We were almost frozen, toes, feet and
hands. AS soon as the heat got to US
the pain we endured was terrible.
Our limbs swelled terribly. Two Of
the men who could manage to creeP
along We sent inland and they dis
covered small house.
When we separated, we were I'M
easy about them, We could not go
to them, and they could not come to
US. We were miserable About ten
O'Clock that night We heard footsteps
ana afterward realized that four men
stood by us. At first we thought it
was our own men, but it proved to
be four men from the little settle
ment who had come to rescue us,
and had brought an ox-cart along to
convey US to the town. We had a
fire to warm us, and the people could
not be kinder to us Mr. Bell, the gen.
tleman in charge Of the mill provided
all in his power to make us comfort
able"
Taken to Hogtown Bayou.
The town which the captain men
toned above was Hogtown Bayou
just across the peninsula on ChOctaw-
hatchee bay At this place they
remained until yesterday when they
came to the city on the mail launch
which makes that place.
The Struggle Fierce One.
Captain Bodden said that when the
schooner turned over, the small sail
which they carried for the yawl was
VI ashed away so that they had nothing
with which 10 aid them in making
land. In order to secure piece Of
canvass one of the crew got over
board dived under the up-turned
schooner, and with his knife cut away
a piece of the mainsail which he
brought to the surface and with
which, with piece Of scantling for