New-York tribune., 1912-08-12
108 DAYS FROM GOLDEN
GATE, BRIG MAKES PORT
Mate Confined in His CABIN
During Part Of Long Voyage
Around the Horn.
CAPTAIN FAILS TO EXPLAIN
Wealthy New Workers. Son.
Working His Way Home
Barely Escapes Drown
ing in Severe Storm.

Her first mate confined TO his room IN
disgrace and l0s days TO her credt OH
the briny deep. the four mssted America"
bark Manga Reva. Captain Townsend III
command rounded the Hook yesterday
and began the last leg OF her 'oSds'
from the Golden Gate 10 the Erie basih
she brought cargo of asphalt in barrels
and between fifty and sixty tons Of pig
iron in her hold for ballast
rho trorble which led TO the mate
confinement was not clearly brought ou'
IN the story the skipper told yes'eludH
oorard as he was called, apparently
had a good record behind him. but some
thing which he did when the vessel was
still ffty-eight days from her oes'ii'a ',o'
caused the captain TO SEND MN 10 His
cabin. with orders to stay there uiiu
port was reached.
"Tbe sea is different from the land
remarked the old Barnegat skipper u
oynlanatlon Of the episode. 'Out thers
tho captain Is supreme We are IN
henisphere by ourselves. and II one oI
our number does something when Nlo'
lates the rule of the sea, II IS the cap
taip's duty 10 see that he is punished.
While the imprisoned mate revelIed II
Joseph Conrad and i'm the reasonable
supply of food which was sent to his cab
in every day. the stern old sailor wAC
sentenced him stood watch In his place
The difference between the TWO VIII proo-
ably be settled before the owners OF the
vessel. Bates & Chesebrough. II 1t is no
found necessary to carry II to some hisb'
or authority For. once ashore. the ss
grievcd officer may have more to sa!
Than he did when the captains word was
law
In = iegrees south. where troubles
usually come to ships that round th'
Horn. the Manga Reya struck adverse
weather. which DELAYED her trip ten day
beyond her record time Morning aitc'
morning the crew awoke 10 find them
selves back I'm the same longitude "her'
tho sextaut had located them the mon u
ing before At no time during the voyag'
old she .qual her record days run Of u
miles The longest distance she coNer''
i'm any twenty four hours OF the preseh
yovage was .aG miles.
The crew. as described by the captain
wss "A bunch Of tcnderfeet, not III 10 ha'
die q canal boat, but perhaps this wa
only the kindly compliment which nearil
every skipper of the old school Is won
10 nay 10 his gallant lads Of the fore
castle one OF the 'foremast men. It ap
peared, was the son Of wealthy ruooe
stamp manufactures ~ Nassau street
this city. who went 10 san Francisco hf'
months ago with some 800 or 500 In hi
pocket II took him just a month and I
half 10 land on the Frisco docks VIII
nothing. except his clothes lie shippe'
for home as - common sailor
While manning the braces during vio
lent blow of the Horn this lad wa
caught by monster sea that swep
across the deck and only saved IRON
being washed down the hawsehoIe D.
grabbing the forward bits. He owed hI
life 10 the boatswain IN charge OF M
men at the time who saw the sea comihI
aud shouted FOR every man to look on
for himself
The storm loosened the barrels
asrhalt I'm the hold and threatened L
slave a hole In the ships bottom. II wa
then that the delicate task vas per
formed ~ breaking out the after hatcl
and transferring twenty tons ~ iron bal
last to the forward hold to bring the shil
back on an even keel only once in th
10S days at sea vas another VeSsel sisi'
ed This was on August =. "heh IN
lark noesed "A steamer on the horizon.