Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-06-05

\ and there was q panic on board.
fortunately all escaped in A. 3sth tv't
boats that remained whole. but many MAI
were only partly dressed and some not
at all. After; q terrible experience ~ e
heavy gale. lasting for almost Wnoie
{ day, we reached the shore OF ons$ o.
4 the deserted islands the following att
3ernoon and, after q battle with the
heavy sea, managed to drag our oodie .
mp on to the land. 81
4 Naked and wounded, for what q.
clothes we had had been ripped on,
L our bodies torn and bruised ~ being ''
battered around. we looked Ike g D l''a 10
OF phantoms marching on to the con-.
Il quest OF some internal island. s!s
II almost starved, we lighted big
], IRE with flint and attracted some sea
I birds which We captured and ate MAX MAX
Ing clothes for ourselves out OF long
grads and leaves, we started out to ex-
&plore the island. After search that
\ lasted three days, some OF our party
discovered a rude shelter, showing
that shipvrecked people had B been
there at some time before. s
On the following days we killed.
with rocks. q number OF albatross and
caught afquantity OF shellfsh. on
which we subsisted. Also, we captuf-
I. ed small seacow. which proved to to
he decent eating. s5 ssSs.l :.. "
4. Gas 4 chance OF making our condi-
/ ton known, We caught three albatross
alive land set them free with bark
cards tied around their necks, stating
sour plight in French and English. But
day after day passed and help failed
to come. ss 81 ;:f3s "
1--WE resolved to make the best OF
our, condition, because we feared-antd
rightly sovthat we might be left on
the island for months. even years, be
4 fore we could in some way or other
\ attract the attention Of a passing yes
Sci. The vessels, we knew, gave the
particular island we were on q very
wide berth. n NJ 81 AZ S q
{ So NE got UP little government
n al OF our own and called ourselves the
\ 'ship-wrecked Kingd om. We had =
/ sort OF king, or boss, cabinet Of I'D
,,visors and all that sort Of thing. Our
army z. or exploration party--was dis
d patched into the interior Of the island
ana the army, consisting Of eight
men men. discovered some wild sheep.
ron May Z, after we had been on
1 the island Kingdom for over three
months. the New Zealand government
\ steamer Hinomoa rescued us. This
! vessel had on board the two daughters
1 81 Mr.. Mills, the New Zealand Minis
ter OF Commerce, who superintendent
! most OF the work Of. helping US back
! to our natural civilized state and Z ~
q token OF our gratitude, we gave them
\ the cat that had been saved from the
/. wreck ,of the sAnjou and that had gone
through all our troubles with us as
& mascot Of pur, little Kingdom.
.35 4 At the end of the captains report.
q there is the simple statement that ten
large vessels before the Anjou had
[, been wrecked at the same spot during
+ fifteen/ years, among: them the Cen
I; eral Grant with a loss sof seventy-five
4 lives. 4 Il \. II y a e Il ..3j
And there are scores of true tales
like this that have never come to the
Il eyes OF the great TeaulnS WOTlu, dcAuai
\ romances and dramas OF the deep that
rival the attempts Of fiction.
4 The Voyage Of the K srosens-Laden
NJ "Thornltebank." Isl
"A ships fight againstsa storm. made
i more exciting BY the fact that some
T dynamite happens to be included in
the cargo, Is one OF Nthe favorite and
4 stock devices of the sea-fiStion writer's.
What would you think OF . story
concerning q leaking clipper ship. with
Z eighty six thousand cases Of kerosene
and benzine aboard, that went through
wrecking, storms, that was on the point
of being smashed TO pieces every 9th.
!, er minute, and that was finally brought
/ to port eight thousand miles away!
4 She was saved only through the sleep.
less. efforts OF her starved crew, who
I for two and one-half months guarded
the shifting cargo against explosions
night and day. ps e e st3 .sa s$5y
The clipper Thornliebank, OF Glas.
4 gov. Captain Smith. left Philadelphia
bound forS ellington, New Zealand.
July /, 1903. It carried cargo OF
eighty-six thousand cases OF benzine