Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-18


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OK 100 tons Of coal; ws then g0s under
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arrived Oh Beirut. Tgrksy- The Amer
] can e9csgl came c1t and ~eut On board
the Louisiana ard Ga account Of q
fever raging CO. Beirut sc did noE an
ch0r, bit STEAMED c1I again and hezded
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{ Of Smyrna ard expect 10 6rop sneher
there 10 : few ho1rs We expect 70
stay there about twelve Gags. We
then 20 u Negro Bay. near Gibraltar.
arriving there FEB. lzt ard win leave
7 for hou,e o. FEB. Ctr and win be in
i Hampton Roads. Va, On Fs5. 2. max
ing our rip around rhs word in ere
year. TWO months ard six days and d1r-
ing that tire we wil have Travelled
s.. SO miles. 0ne Of cur longest ruas
being 1850 mIes. THAT being fr3n
Hon0ialu 10 Auckland NeE ZealafsA
I ca days AZ sea We never travelled
ever Z knots per hour and we never
ran Jess than 10 knots. ~ knots being
standard speed for nearly all the trip.
We have had a fns trip but Of course
We have had 70 work hard as can be
seen whore We arrived al Port said;
coaling ship for = hours steady, then
starting right cut % sec again.
/ I an . fireman and 50 il is Its
I harder on us. We are working twenty
I feet under water and we have 70 be
Johnnie On the spot. whether the
ship is rolling 81 degrees or steaming
/ along Ike a street car. Hai ha, Lots
Of people are never satisfied, no mat
ter where they are or how good the
/ food may be. bat If they were on
board battIeship in q storm and tined
% eat from our swinging tables-well
I know what would happen; everything
would be coming up" and nothing
going down, ha, ha,
In a storm between Manila. P. l..
ana Tokahama, Japan, our ship rolled
IS degrees. We lost two Of cur life
b0ats. which were swept away BIZ the
heavy seas, as though they were made
Of paper. Then is the chance 10 use
your sea legs everything had 70 be
tied down and at night time you could
hear pans and mess gear playing tag
in the galley (Sitchsn.) Sleep was out
Of the question but the fremen had TO
keep the steam right there Just the
same as in calm weather. A fireman
has to be an acrobat TO put coal into a
/ furnace when q ship e rolling ike We
were.
Wei Mr. Gribble. must close, for
/ know you wil have hard time try
/ ing % translate t'is letter.
Yours respectfully,