The evening world., 1908-10-08

hN'hNp JNJN$ WILL In " III
for the storm to abate. as was described
IN yesterdays Evening World. While
! the Advance stood by the dynamite
was thrown overheard and Mr. Derby
describes the operation as follows:
While waiting we decided to heave
over our cargo OF dynamite, on the
double score that 1t might either be ex-
plodcd by the hammer of a sea and blow
us TO kingdom come, OF that its weight
Of three tons might-nay, would surely
hasten the destruction of the stern,
which had already commenced to give
, away.
fatigue, especially one. John, who had
given up almost completely, Boylston
however, naked as the day he was born.
carried every one Of the 100 boxes from
the coimp,antonway to the stern and
were confronted by the dilemma that
the boxes floated We had tried one
the day before, and. though We had not
actually seen It float away, the man
who dropped 1t overheard reported that
1t had floated under the stern. This
was hardly a pleasant thought.
We found that a box did float until
II became water soaked. So in order TO
make them go down Immediately Rich
ardson opened each as 1t came on deck
In an hour and half all Of them and
the large case of detonating caps were
sunk in the bottom OF the ocean,
Buoys Floated Toward Derelict.
The shipwrecked men did not know
that the Advance had left them, nor
were they aware that other aid was at
hand until l o'clock in the morning of
were sighted. A flare was lighted, Cos
ton lights were burned and Mr. Derby
got out his shotgun and fired many
cartridges. At daybreak the steamer
ba ,-1
main decks. forward and aft were
awash when she was in the trough OF
l. was impossible 10 launch boat,
but the Norwegian skipper was a man
of resource. He c!rclei the wreck. r.
ing to send line to the Mayhower by
The buoys all drifted clear of the
Yacht. however. and Derby and Boyls-
ton got into dory, which had re-
manned on the deck Of the Mayiower.
and started TO drift to leeYard in ,he
mountainous seas. in an attempt TO pick
up the end of the Rams line, They had
another line from the dory to the May
flower, and this almost proved their
whencthe yacht brought up in heavy
sea. They had hard time getting back.
Mr.. Derby tells of what followed:
Yachts Seams Started.
The Mayllower was lying badly and
pounding fearfully. When l was off in
the dory l could see that all the seams
under her counter were started The
paint worked Off and the whole concern
was on Its last legs So We decided 10
take everything out Of her lazarette and
throw It overheard. An. iron winch,
several barrels of flour and beef. to the
amount of nearly TWO tons. relieved
her immensely, though she continued 10
pound severely.
We then rigged the foreboom UP on
the mainmast and set the remnant of
the trysaiI as far aft as possible in the
hope that IL would swing her stern
around, but Il did little good. Next we
commenced taking the ballast out of
the after stateroom and carrying II for
ward.
"By this time the Ran had circlel us
again with line in tow. and Noycs.
S.:ippoi and creased with oil. a life
bel, bout his waist ara the log linc n'-
Ia ached, swan for the trailing line,
made it fast 10 the BUOY about mis- waist
and was towed b1rk u was q gallant
action, as he knew that ten-foot
shark was alongside
n line to q steamer cheered us up no
end, We got il forward ana made 1t
fast, while they swung down across
11r ho" and took in the slack. We
tnr" ."ean TO take m9 on our sea an
"hnH the rEr' llu- eau IN their mo-
ne'ler and parted. With some diff
..lrv they cleared the ends AMI then
pulled away 20 the westward, evidently
,l'er0ur. gel with attempting to get MS
in snch rough weather snd determining
Tic intrepid adventurers rigeed an
c'rer s,l anchor While v~r-inq on ii
they were sighted by the United Fruit
Cnulpau1's = steamer uippolytn DuInnis
bor,nl for Ral,lmore. Tie Dun,nis shni
"a line Grrose tie dnrl; Of the NTovNov,or
f. which was n,tachod n hcayi baWs.
guir wa, mad" fast to tra f"rsn'ag,
.r,,rrr ma NM rnrward ti,rc,,,,L 10
nit, ,rnc Du",ois toye1 untiI sSn ,rss
r.aa,d futs tLe Wind and no NIsvGoy,'n1
v''. r the t"nu.h or he sea riosc i,,i
=. on a small iine attached to n ltg
c,u.r., hv thnss on lie Naranrnr anu
~. ,,,,,.ivo-s var. trensfe,.reI a. ,t,o
''"l' sI"I'"it' 'ru 10 'lt