Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-09
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Audubon County Boy On High Waves
Of Atlantic'S Briny Ocean. Cast
ing Up Accounts Occasionally

Oct. 16, 1911
Mr.. j. w. B. Cole,
Dear Friend:-I am we'll and feeling
swell. l suppose the reason that feel
so swell is because we have been hav-
ing so many swells since leaving New
York City. You must excuse my poor
writing but the ship is rolling so much
that can hardly write.
I left Co. Bluffs, Ia. at S:20a. m
Oct. 2, 1911 and arrived in Chicago at
$40 p. m. and just had five minutes to
catch my train for Pittsburgh, Penn.
1 went from Council Bluffs to Chicago
over the Milwaukee Railroad and
from Chicago to New York over the
Pennsylvania Road through Logans
port, Indiana, Columbus, Ohio Pitts
turgh, Penn, Harrisburg and Phila-
delphia to Trenton, New Jersey then
to New York City. / arrived at New
York City at 700 a. m, Oct. 9th and
train passed through the subway I'm
der the Hudson liver and we pulled up
to the Under Ground Station on 9Th
Avenue which is one of the finest Rail
road stations in the world. We stayed
in New York City two days and l had
| a fine time. went over to Brooklyn
through the subway under the East
River and returned over the famous
Brooklyn bridge. had several rides
on the elevated trains and through the
subways under the streets of New York
City. We sailed from New York City,
Oct. 9th at 1:30 p. m. and pulled out in
the Bay only short distance from the
Statue of Liberty and laid there until
about 5 O'Clock before we put to sea.
The weather was fair the first day Oct.
9Th to 18th but we only made 209 miles.
The evening of the 18th was sea sick
and threw up everything had eaten
for week at one time thought was
going to lose my insides. The ship
started rolling when we left the dock
and she is still at it. Oct. sth we made
239 miles, weather fair but sea rough.
Oct. 9th, third day at sea, weather fair
but sea rough. We made 337 miles. AT
600 p. m. we sighted the frat ship
since leaving New York. Oct. 10th,
weather fair, made 800 miles, sighted
large ship bound for New York. Oct.
18th, weather fair, made 80 miles.
Oct. 18th, sea little rough, made $40
miles, passed ship at 400 p. M. about
10 miles off to our left. Oct. 18th, wea-
ther fair, made 500 miles. We are in
wireless communication with the
Azores Islands but are passing to the
North. Oct. l4th, weather fair, made
sos miles, passed the Spanish Ship,
Maria Christina at 430 p. M bound for
Havana, Cuba. She reported every
thing q uiet in Spain. Oct. 18th, made
800 miles, searough, ship rolling all the
time, raining, weather bad, pas: ed
Sailing Ship about 3:00p m. Oct. Is,
sea some rough, made 29S miles. We
| will reach Cadiz, Spain about noon to-
morrow, and we should sight land
sometime tonight.
Inc MontSerrat was built IN Ger
many % years ago. She is a steel ship
of 400 tons and can make about l;
miles an hour. There are about Isl
passengers aboard and most OF then
are 3rd class. There are about thirty
Of we first class passengers, two Amer
leans, one Englishman and the rest are
Spaniards.
We will reach Cadiz, Spain abou
noon tomorrow if nothing happens anG
l will mail this letter there. We will
stay at Cadiz one day and then sail fol
Barcelona on the Northeast Coast il
the Mediterranean Sea. L will write
!; you from Barcelona and tell you wha
have seen in Spain.
4 From Your Old Friend,
w. III. Beedle.