The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-03
THE MISSING
SCHOONER IS
SAFE IN PORT
THE LUCY H, WHICH LEFT ST.
ANDREWS ONE WEEK AGO,
SAILED INTO PORT WITH CAP
TAIN DANFoRTH BADLY IN
JURED.

Caught In storm and forced to run
for shelter, the schooner Lucy H, for
which much apprehension had been
felt for the past week, crept into port
yesterday, landing at Central wharf at
1885 o'clock. Captain Danforth was
not on deck at the time of the vessels
arrival. On the contrary, he was be-
low in his cabin, suffering from a Sc
we're wound on his thigh, which was
sustained last Friday L/orning and
which was caused by a barrel Of rosin,
weighing nearly three hundred pounds.
catching him as it was loosed by the
storm, and which pinioned him down
for about half an hour, during which
time one sea after another rolled over
him, sweeping the boat from stem to
stern and making life extremely
hazardous on deck. The captains leg
was not broken, but it was mashed so
badly that he will have to be placed
under careful treatment for some time.
The thigh was all blackened where
the barrel had crushed 1t.
Sailed Into Port.
The schooner sailed into port and
as 1t neared the dock, many people
saw and recognized the craft, and ran
to the end of the wharf to find out the
cause of her delay. Many in the crowd
had learned from yesterdays Journal
that the cutter Forward had been dis
patched from Key West to scour the
gulf for the schooner, and they were
very anxious to learn the cause of the
delay. The captain did not know until
he reached here that the cutter had
been dispatched to look for the boat.
and when it was mentioned to him he
said: Where did you learn that?"
His informant told him that The Jour-
nal had printed the news. A copy of
The Journal containing such an
nouncement was in few moments OBJ
tanned and placed in his hands. The
account was read with eagerness.
Il would have telegraphed to some
one, or to my owners, my location"
said the captain, but could not reach
wire, nor telephone
He left st. Andrews Wednesday.
Thursday the storm was encountered
| and he turned and ran to ST. Joe for
shelter ut was a storm the like OF
| which l have not seen In a longtime, ~
Capt. Danforth said. 1--WE had to
throw about forty barrels of our cargo
| overheard, and on Friday morning the
seas swept us more than once. We
ran back to the inlet and there waited.
| 1t was bad weather, sure
| Upon being told that he had been
reported some thirty miles off the bar
by local steamer, he said: THAT
was mistake, for we were not in that
position on that day. The man who
reported US was mistaken" He said
that he did not see the Tarpon Friday.
That was the day when the weather
was so bad. 1T was then that a bar
| rel of rosin caught me and held me
until I could get released. But I'm
losing time; I'll so up to the Office be-
fore changing my clothes"
| Before leaving the schooner several
gentlemen from the office of the Key
ser-Muldon Company called on him
and, like the other callers, they were
told Of the troubles of the schooner
| While the delay was regretted, such
regret was much overbalanced by the
knowledge that the schooner had sue
ceeded in getting to the dock, prac
tically uninjured, and much sympathy
was accorded Captain Dansforth in his
accident.
The schooner carried four men and
the captain, and as the crowds gath
cred on the dock, there was not a
member of the crew who was not
called upon to tell something of the
schooner's experience. Inside of ar
hour after the vessel had been moored
however, the discharging of her cargo
was started.