New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-17
BATTERED BY VOYAGE
BARK IN 2 HURRICANES.
Gartha Does Penance for Cars
Death in Long VOyage.

Under i,ry rig for 10 days. travelling eleven
thousand miles the Norwegian bark Gartha got
int, port Yesterday. many days hehhu Nor
regular time out of Batavia for New horN' ie'
ba luck was attributable I'm landsmans eyes 10 d
Wild Irdian Ocean storm April II. but there were
ueioh.ier rc@ sons for H. according 10 the sailor
For .Iey On davs after the Gartha left Padtng. on
he Jnva1 coast everything allow and aloft was as
peaceful as any could desire with only one
thing 10 bother the crew. That was the skipper
cat which went everywhere that IL was not wanted
md was a nuisance forward generally Eleven days
out a saIIorman. who never had heard OF the fate
of aim who slew the harmless albatross took the
cat by the tail. and. giving an imitation of man
preparing to heave dipsy ;ead, heayed 1t far
astern That the end of the cat, out only the
beginning the trouble for the bark
On tho nth Of April, about bells in the death
watch. the Gnrtha under topgallant sails when
a sauan struck her. this being about an hour after
the cat had been lost" II was "a hands on deck
and the cook 10 the foreshert'' right away. but
while Captain Staulestad and his men were wrest-
h-E with the canvas the weather rigging gave way
under the strain and the three topnasts and the
toPsallant mast came crashing down. The weather
buIwaIks were carried away. and the heavy fotsam
began 10 pound against the sides of the Gartha.
Tic crew. urged by appropriate and persuasive
laieutGc. jumped lively with and knife cutting
everything away. Somehow the odd man." with
the aid Of two men dashed 10 the wheel kept her
head IN, and that all that saved the bark Had
she hroach~d around once, she would have been
popped and would have gone down in an instant
The gale kept only Southern Ocean blow
can and II until May g. twenty-five days
later. that a working jury rig could be set The
worked until even the lot OF those beat
ing their way around the Horn against the west
ery head and wind became enviable. Just
when calling II watch below" became less OF
a grim Joke. another gale hit the Gartha, this
h~ing when she OFF the Cape OF
Good Hope rolling in the that sweep past
Agulhas Then her fighting main lower
topsa and foretopmast staysail blown from bolt
irons and disappear 20 leeward Her spars held.
and when the hurricane ted the crew turned 10
and bent new sails TO take their places with the
last of their spare The only news OF her
plight which came ashore when vessel bound
for Cape Town reported having spoken the Gartha
in latitude north and longitude 80 west, with her
topmasts missing Nothing more was heard OF her
until her rusty anchor chains went rafting down
INTO the mud OF Quarantine yesterday morning.
less than thirty days later than they should have
done
Captain Skaulestead 10 the ONCE
OF his consignees. at No. p State street He Is a
typical deep sea skipper, and refused 10 say much
OF anything about the struggle he had had getting
10 port from the Indian ocean.
we sailed from Batavia on February 20" he
said with SIS Of coffee board. After leav-
ing Padang we made good headway for eleven days.
until without warning terrific storm hit us This
between four and five bells in the morning
watch Every sail set. and I'm moment
the Gartha her beam ends
Topmasts went by the board. and IL took quick
work with a Of only eleven men. 10 clear
away the wreckage before Il started our seams
pounded a hole I'm We had about s5f00"o worth
Of good Java coffee on board. and made UP my
mind that the owners were going 20 have u deliv
cred. I made the crew Jump and when We got
clear OF the wreck OF top hamper got her under
way again under jury RIG Then knew that
would make New York all right n nothing else
happened We had some wind after that but the
old bark stood up 20 work all right. That's ALL"