The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-10-16
LASSOED SAILOR
FROM SETTLING
SEA IN A GALE
Mate of the Four-Master Astral
Snatched Man From Wave
With a Bovine.
WIND WAS AT 100 MILES,.
Big Ships Furled Sails Blown
From Gaskets and To'gal-
liant Masts Carried Away.
WIND WAS AT 12O MILES,.

A deep sea tale. with all the romantic
thrills that are becoming more rare
with the passing of the old sailing craft,
came into port this morning with the
arrival. in tow. OF the big four ST ed
American ship Astral. one OF the Stand
ard OIL fleet. bound from Baltimore t.
san Francisco. which was badly Grip
pied during a hurricane off Bermuda.
declared by those who experienced 1t to
have been the worst of recent storms
in that vicinity.
While the wind was bowling through
the ships rigging at the rate of 12O
miles an hour. according to Second Off
Ger Harry Perry, to'gallant masts were
snapped of as straw whisps break in a
breeze, sails were torn from extra
hitched gaskets; a lifeboat was washed
overheard, while much of the time the
huge 3oOO-ton vessel was on her beam
ends almost literally.
lassoed Man From Waves.
An ordinary seaman was washed or
blown from the jibboom. but was prac-
tically lassoed by the courageous sec
ond mate and drawn back on board
from seething sea.
Mr. Perry. second mate, typlfies all
that the landsman imagines the old
deep water salt TO be. Tall and brawny,
with huge black mustache. a seaman
cap set jauntily on his bushy locks. and
wearing heavy sea boots, he made a
picture on the deck of the stanch craft
!, thin In
reporter tht his experience had been
like war-"it was hell" But let him tell
about IT in his own comprehensive way:
well We left Baltimore Oct. l and
were towed down past Cape Henry.
where every rag set TO a fair wind
from the north ard strong enough to
push US at ten-knUt clip. This held
until We were about l20 miles east of
the Bermudas in latitude IS north.
longitude o. west, on Sunday. Oct. 6.
four DAYS out. when 1t began to breeze
up strong
Gale Shifted Clear Around.
The wind. as it increased in fury,
shifted to the eastward, and then
round to the south ard, when 1t reached
gale w managed to save her from
COINS au.',k. and losing all our sticks,
getting her on starboard tack.
BY MonGay morning the gale had in
creased to 1t hurricane Capt. Durham
had trimmed her to lower tapsls. but
We knew even these spreads Of canvas
could no, w.,Astand the wind, so men
were sent aloft TO try and save them.
The nen we're sent to other sails.
which were married down.
at was while We We're trying 20 save
the inner jib that young Colleton was
actually blown from the boom. assisted
by heavy sea.
II heard the men shout man over
board, and dashed into the starooard
fore rigging, carrying a new sasket that
[ was going to use on the jIb
Lassoed Feet First.
LAS the sailor came along, grasping al
lines the men had tossed, / managed 10
make a bowline-on-a- blight, and got 1t
around his ankles. The poor CHAP was
ahrut all in as we hauled MIN over the
rail hut 4 little rolling and shaking
,ha water out OF him brought Ben
around, all right and he may command
ran who was near during the recital
looked al his rescuer admiringly and re-
II aoPe to be as good an OAicer as
'oo1It this time the inner iib blew into
r,hhons,". continued the second mate,
..n"d this sort Of weather continued
,hrrughott Sunday night,
N'On Monday morning, about 10 o'clock,
the wind seemed 10 slacken a bit, but
came back with awful force in the shape
az suuall that snapped of the fore
ana main to'gallant mnsts, and down
they came. bringing upper to'Gailant and
royal Yards with them. The steel lower
toisnliant yards We're left standing
Sails Blown From Baskets.
Thief the sails began to so. and al,
,houun double-hitched, one by on,
were torn from bolt ropes and gaskets
mi rent 10 shreds. Two hours aIteI
The fore and main to'gallant mast,
wser carried away another squal
struck us and snapped on the MIXER
'o.!SNhen the gale finally let up on Tues
aay afternoon there was not a piece oi
canvas left on any spar aloft. The fol
lowing day was spent shoyelling the Goa
hack TO place ler on even keel, ant
then the men were put to bentllng .
new set OF topsails, With these, Ia VAR
able winds. we managed to make tn,
Five FathOm Bank after deciding 80 pu
into this port. Then We got "A TAI
wind and made the lightship yest.rdaS
evening late, having been picked up out
side BY our own Tug and namesalse. As
trail"