The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-21
.BARKENT|NE HERE
WITH MANY BONES
The Stranger Nuremberg Comes
From Uruguay, Bringing
Cargo for Fertilizers.
CAPTAIN sTRUMM A VETERAN
Master OF Three-Nlastcd Square
Bigger Has Crossed Equa-
tor Eleven Times.


Hundreds OF people went down yes.
terday to visit the barkentine, tho
Stranger Luenburg in from Concep-
ion. Uruguay. with q. cargo of bones
for the Chemical Works, A. p. Wilmer.
British vice -consul, and Mrs. Wilmer
being among those who called oh Cap
tain A. +. Strumm and his wife.
Tho vessel. a three-masted square
riggeri has just completed "a voyage OF
t4,252 miles in eight months, from
Ristigouche, Quebec to Uruguay and
back to Richmond. The trip was made
without mishap. and with generally
fair weather.
on tho way out. however, a violent
hurricane was encountered in lati-
ttIde SO north and longitude 80 west,
about 1900 miles east by southeast
from Bermuda, the storm lasting fif-
teen hours. There were heavy" head
seas, and the ship was buffeted about
considerably before she ran out of the
storm. and the heavy wind lasted some
hours after. But Mrs. Strumm proved
a good sailor, though she remained
UP during the storm to be prepared
for ANYTHING that might happen.
Young Sailor mt Wheel
Captain Strumm's son, Fred, boy
of tie nyears. took 1t, however, as q mat
ter of course, and showed the true
sailor spirit of the Nova Scotian.
He is a bright little chap, ana mas
already mastered some of the art OF
sailing Though hardly much higher
than the wheel. he can steer, and SOW
eral times during tho voyage handled
the ship. He speaks Spanish with as
equal fuency as he does English. ana
is perfectly able to mako known his
wants IN any South American port
The Stranger Lunenburs left Bridge
water n. s.. on June IS. 1903, Tor KS
tiSouche, where she loaded Win Jun, :
her and set out for the distant South
American port. Having clear weather
most of the way, tho little vessel ar
rived on schedule time and entered
the Platte River, going up the river
400 miles above Buenos Ayres. II TOOK
about twenty days to load her Win
the cargo of bones, and Mrs. StruHh
and her son spent much time ashore
seeing the sights and buying cnrloS
for the folk at home. FREQ Wehl W
To the camp where the bones were
being gathered anu came
,i,,s I'm Homes for Living.
cantain strunm explained that the
,arge trade in homes is duo TO some
fatal disease which aiillcts the Uru'
ruavan and Argentine cattle. HheS
die annually by the athousanas, an.
,be carcasses are left to decay OF
tio cold until only the bones ar
left. -, fro,
a,, over the plains. and cartcd to tn
rai1road stations. whence they al
.binned To the nearest port The trad
IL one of the largest in South Americ
and hundreds of tons are shipped ar
nually to North America. Captai
strumm has made several voyages
Uruguay, and has crossed the equate
eleven times. He looks 1t. too, Tor n
skin is brown as a berry.
Just us they We're preparing TO leaV
port Mrs. Strulnm. who had rushe
ashore to make few last purchases
fe,l overheard as she went down tn
rang nlankI and but for the first mat
and 81 sailor might have been drowned
The gang plank was nailed to the deck
hut the other end swung free. ant
was unsupported as the ship drew
away. 1T gave beneath her weiieht
and She was plunged into the river
she was fshed out after some Difficult
ty, but her hrandnew bonnet and dres:
were ruined ia-bonnet of the lates
fashion''wfs purchased here and sub
iected to the quzzcal inspection o
tho captain He admired 1t more thar
the one that had been lost, ana II wa:
I accepted Saturday night was spen
in visiting the theatres. Captain ant
Mrs Strumm liked them, having beer
away from civilization so long, bu
the boy thought little of them. H,
was more Interested in the plains o
Uruguay and the sea. with its weirt
tales of mermen and mcrmaids an,
sea serpcnts and the ghostly spectr
ships which haunt tho deeps aroun,
the graveyard OF the Atlantic
saw Derclict Mt Sea.
The voyage home was made with
out incident, except that $50 mile
southeast OF Cape Hatteras the mos
dreaded point on the whole Atlanti
coast. Captain strumm sighted the spa
OF snnken vessel. which had prob
ably gone down With all hands o
poai". ne mas. "as W.. 's' - y.