The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-29
DATE SHIP MAULBD BY STORM
LOST SCREW AND SEAT: I05
DAYS AT SEA.

10000 Cases Frem nunsssen. Due "a
\ Nov. .. lowed On YESTERDAY Asah
Crew Lived on Dsspnins and kep,
Out of Mischief Mates leg nse&e0.
burg American Lines freigas service.
which expected To arrive here Noyem-
Der J. but could not keep the date because
she carried away her propeller and part
OF her tail shaft in heavy swell on Oc-
tober 2s. was towed into tho Atlantic
docks last evening The dates are all
right. the whole $1,000 cases Of them.
Capt, Sacher believes, but he fears that
they will not bring the price thsy would
have commanded before Christmas
| II was his intention TO be- the 6rst date
ship in from Bussorah. in the Persian
Gulf. whence We receive most OF our dates
When the propeller went the skipper
bent seven fore and aft sails (ths big
freighter il schooner riggsd) and the
ship's carpenter rugged yard On the
foremost on which n square sail was set
When tn. propeller and the tail shaft
dropped To the bottom of the sea the
engines raced so hard that parts Of them
went 90 pieces This was n better thing
than II seemed at frS:. as it gave EN-
ployrnent later To twenty six RESTLESS
rabs who had been working in the engine
room and stok-hold. The skipper has
the idea that no Arabs should be per
nitted To he idle aboard ship. Chief
Engineer kroeg-- devised plan whereby
idlen.-s- WAS discouraged. He attempted
10 make a Jury propeller out Of the iron
floor plates Of the engine room.
He hardly hoped that he would ever
la.. H.NN Ia. IN. lar.
task kept the minds of the Arabs OF other
things that might not be comfortable
10 the white men Of the ships company
on crippled frelghter pitching and
rolling in all kinds OF seas.
The busiest man aboard was thu, ship's
carpenter. His specially when he was
not hamn"rlng and saving was fishing
H.. caught Ii DOZEN or more dolphIns.
which kept IN. men IN fresh meat many
davs. l, was dolphin chiefly that all
hands wer" living ON when on November
II the American g'mhoats Wheeling and
Pefrel cam" along and supplied tn.
iherii~klI with hat "A barrel of pork and
thr-. bags III Hour.
The Eunbnai- coulinot tow the freight
~ because they w"r" short Of coal. hut
they reported her plight to Bermuda and
Ola November II IN. Hamburg American
liner GraeCia, from ~ Thomas for Havrc
with orders tn search Tor tn. theriiskia,
picked her mp and got her into Bermuda
wreckng Steamer Rescue started from
Bermuda with the Ch-r,i-kia for this
port on December ~. but meeting had
weather put back on December IL TO
r.p-nI,h her bunk.rs
The Iheru-kla had $50 tons Of Goa
left and she transferred no tons OF il in
bags to the Rescue. which proceeded
On December IN. arriving az Gaps. Henry
OH christmas Day The theruskia an
chor-d and the Rescue went 10 Norfolk
20 coal The two ships sailed for this
port on Monday at midnight and aver
ag-d seven knots on the trip up the coast.
hIet offcer Ninkelrnann. Will. attempt
ing 10 make "A loose spar fast in a storm
the dRv after the Ch-r,IskIa passed Glib
raltar. was knocked down and the spar
hit him. breaking his leg The ships
doctor set the leg and the chief officer
- in pretty good shape now He had
lots OF time 20 get well
The steamship was iOs DAYS out from
Bussorah She will 20 into dry dock
after discharging her cargo and be fitted
with new tail -haft and propeller