Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-02-21
TELL OF TERRIBLE
TRIP IN LIFEB0AT
SURVIVORS OF EMILY REED RES
CUED AFTER AN AWFUL EX-
PERIENCE.
COOK GIVES UP AND DIES.
Seamen, Famished and with Tongues
Swollen, See Sail After Sail
Pass by Them.
TALE A COLERIDGE INSPIRATION.

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 1S.-A dis,
patch from Neah Bay says:
The crew of the little six-ton sloop,
Teckla, lying at anchor here, were
startled last night by feeble hail from
a steel lfeboat 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 the Ne
haIem river on the coast of Oregon, ZOO
miles from Neah bay. The men in the
boat were First Mate Fred lube, Sea-
man Ewald Abildsted, Seaman Arthur
Jahunke and the body of the ships COOK.
The three living survivors were IN a pltl-
full condition. Their tongues were sWol,
len from thirst so that at first they could
scarcely articulate. They had had no
food since last Sunday night nor any wa,
ter since they left the wreck OF the Reed
Friday morning.
Mr.. lube said:
Swept from Decks.
almost the instant the Reed struck the
twinkling one of the lifeboats was
smashed by a big wave and the decks
were so deep in the boiling water that
there was no chance to get art Where
Capt. Kersel and his wife, with some OF
the other members Of the crew, were
stationed. We jumped into the remain
ing lifeboat and cut the lashlngS Before
we had completed the job big sea broke
over the wreck and carried us clear or
the decks.
"A strong current swept us toward the
stern of the wreck where we could see
Capt. Kersel and the rest OF the ship S
company clinging to the roof of the ait
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
our boat.
Breaks Arm in Boat.
MY arm had been broken when the
wreckage from the galley dropped onto
us and there was only one good oar, as
the other had been broken and the spare
oars washed away. We did our best
to get back to the wreck, but the under
tow carried US away.
1--WE tried to head for Tillamook light,
but we had no compass to steer by.
When morning broke | found we were
standing far out to sea: L thought 1t
best to keep che boat we'll out, hoping to
fall into the path of steamships. With
this hope | set the course northWard
along the coast.
Cook Becomes Delirious.
L
but it 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
delirious.
a. about . o'clock Sunday morning
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 wafer
and in a few minutes he was dead
About 7 o'clock Sunday morning we
made out Tattoos island. We were all
too tired to manage the boat very well,
but along toward Sunday L got her
headed back toward Neah bay.
Sunday seemed the worst day we
were out. We kept seeing all sorts of
vessels passing back and forth but none on
of them would answer our halls. we
were generally too far off to be made
ont plainly.