Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-18
COOK WAS DEAD
Survivors Of Wreck without
Food Several Days - Res.
cued When Half Dead.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 1S.-A dis
patch to the Post Intelligencer, from
Neah bay, says:
The crew Of the little six ton sloop
Teckla, lying at anchor here were
startled last night by feeble hal
from a steel lifcboat drawing Ut
slowly in the light breeze. In the
boat were the FORMS of four men
three living and rse dead, survivors
of the American ship Emily Reed
wrecked off the mouth of Nehalem
river on the coast of Oregon, two hun
dred miles from Neah bay. The men
in the boat were First Mate Fred
Zube, Seaman Ewald Abildsted, Sea-
man Aruthur Jahunke, ships cook,
name unknown.
The dead man was the ships cook
The three survivors were in a pitt
full condition. Their tongues were
swollen from thirst SO that at first
they could scarcely articulate. They
had had no food since last Sunday
night nor any water since they left
the wreck of the Reed Friday morn
ing.
Mr. Zube said:
Almost the instant the Reed
struck the beach she began to breal
up. In twinkling one of the life
boats was smashed by a big wave
and the decks were SO deep in the
boiling water that there was nc
chance to go aft where Captain Ker-
sci and his wife with some of the
toned. We jumped into the remain
ing life boat and cut the lashings.
Before We had completed the job {
big sea sbroke over the wreck and car
ried us clear of the decks.
"A strong current swept us to-
ward the stern of the wreck where
we could see Captain Kersel and the
rest of the ships company clinging
to the roof of the aft house. We call
ed to them to throw us line as we
went under the stern and some one
threw one but it fell short of our
boat.
"My arm had been broken when
the wreckage from the galley drop
ped on us and there was only one
good oar as the other had been brok-
en- and the spare oars washed away.
We did our best to get back to the
wreck but the set of the undertow
carried us away.
I'VE tried to head for Tillamook
light, but we had no compass to steer
us. When morning broke / found we
were standing far out to sea. I
thought It best to keep the boat well
out, hoping to fall into the path of
steamships. With this hope | set the
course northward along the coast.
he second night out we saw
lights but it was too dark to venture
In. There was neither food nor wa
ter and we suffered terribly from
thirst during Saturday. Toward ev.
ening the cook declared he could
stand it no longer and took drink
of sea water. He soon became de
lirious.
"At about o'clock Sunday morn
ing we saw a big steamer. She stop
ped near us and we all believed we
would be saved. But the vessel got
undr way again and left us. The
under way again and left us. Th'
down in the water and in a few min
yates he was dead.
About Z O'Clock Sunday morning
we made out Tattoosh island. We were
all too tired to manage the boat YER.
we'll but along toward Sunday after
noon | got her headed back toward
Neah bay.
Sunday seemed the worst day we
were out. We kept seeing all sort
Of vessels passing back and forth, but
none of them would answer our halls.
We were generally too far of to be
made out plainly, ] guess"