Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-18
Survivors of the Emily Reed
Make Port.
SAVED BY. SLOOP TECKLA
Three Living Skeletons in a Life
boat.
ONE HAD DIED OF PRIvATION
Story of the Shipwreck Told by the
First Mate, Fred Zube-Af1oat
Since Last Friday.

SEATTLE Wash. February lS-A dis
patch to the Post-Intelligencer from
Neah bay. says.
The crew of the little siX-ton sloop
Teckla living AT anchor here, were
startled last night by feeble hail from a
steel lifeboat drawing up slowly in the
light breeze. In the boat were the forms
of four men. three living and one dead
survivors of the American ship Emily
Reed wrecked off the mouth of fehaie1n
river on the coast of Oregon. 700 miles
from Neah bay. The men In the boat
were:
First Mate Fred lube.
Seaman Ewald Abildsted.
Seaman Arthur Jahunke.
Ships cook. name unknown.
The dead man was the ships cook.
First Mates Story. =
The three living survivors were in a
pitiful 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 wrecked vessel
Friday morning.
MIR. Zube said: almost the instant the
Reed struck the beach she began to break
up. In twinkling one of the ifeboats
was smashed by big wave and the
decks were so deep in the boiling water
that there was no chance to get aft where
Capt. Kersel and his wife with some OF
the members of the crew were stationed.
We jumped into the remaining llfeooat
and cut the lashings. Before We had
completed the job a big sea broke over
the wreck and carried us clear of the
decks
Captain Was Lost.
"A strong current swept us toward the
stern of the wreck. where we could see
Capt. Kersel and the rest of the ships
company clinging TO the roof of the aft
house. We yelled to them to throw us
line as we went under the stern. and
some one threw one. but it fell short Of
oiIr boat
MY arm had been broken when the
wrecked galley dropped onto us. and
there was only one good car. as the other
had been broken 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.
but We had no compass to steer by
When morning broke / found we were
standing far out TO sea. ! thought 1t
best to keep the boat well out. hoping to
fall into the path of steamships With
this hope l set the course northward
along the coast.
Saw Many Vessels.
The second night out We saw lights,
but il was too dark to venture in. There
was neither food nor water. and We suf-
fered terribly from thirst during Satur-
day. Toward evening the cook declared
he could stand it no longer, and took a
drink of sea water. He soon became de-
Iirious At about o'clock Sunday morn
Ing We saw big steamer. She stopped
near US and We all believed we would be
saved But the vessel got under way
again and left us. The cook gave up
the fight then. He laid down In the water
and in a few minutes he was dead.
About O'Clock Sunday morning We
made out Tattoosh Island. We were all
too tired to manage the boat very wei.
but along toward Sunday afternoon L got
her headed back toward Neah bay.
Sunday seemed the worse day we were
out We kept seeing all sorts of vessels
passing back and forth but none of them
would answer our halls. We were gen.
erally too far off TO be made out plainly.
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