The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
MONTHS ON A SHIPLESS
 OCEAN IN MOTORBOAT
Slippers Hair Turned Snow Whit From Many PeriIs of Trans
 atlantic Trip.
LoNG GIVEN UP FoR LosT.
Engineers Herofsm Saved Little 2 Graft, Which Left London in May
 No One Sighted En Route.

The full story iof one of the most thrilling trips ever made across the Atlantic in a small motor boat will most likely be revealed this week when Captain Edwin L.. Smith, of London, arrives here from Trinidad with his crew on the way back to England, says the New York Tribune.
 Smith is master of the 55-foot motor barge CorBett WoodhalI, which, bat tered and rusty, arrived safely in Trinidad on October 22 after a trip of ter's hair turned from dark brown to snow white by the ordeal, and a stow away named KesSelmann, who said he was an American citizen, was almost and fright. Had it not been for the second engineer, who stuck to the en- zines when the4chief was unable to re- pair. them, the Woodha1l would never have kept afiOat.
 Word of the barge's safe arrival in Trinidad and the hardShfps encoun- was received here yesterday by one of the slippers friends who had given him up as lost.
 The Woodhall, which should have made the run from London to Trinidad in forty days was posted as missing a month ago. It was believed in London and Trinidad that she had been swamped and all on board drowned, as she had not been sighted since she left Lisbon. where she had put in for repairs.
 Intended to Tow Her.
 Almost a year ago an order was placed by the Trinidad Oil Fields Com pany for a 70-ton motor barge which could go out under her own power and supply vessels stopping at Trinidad for oil fuel. She was designed and built by a Thames yard, and was ready for delivery in April. It was planned to have her towed across the Atlantic, but the cost. was found to be prohibit tory and the alternative for owners a nd s1111i1f7QYe Gnnd fHxa T11v craft out under her own power to Trim idad
 mately 4.2O0 miles, could be covered theoretically in thirty-fve or forty days if the Woodhall maintained her mexi- mum speed of five knots. But allow gave her about two months for the en- tire run.
 But when the Woodhall was in com mission the problem. of getting skip per willing. to take her out confronted the owners. Dozens of capable mas ters applied for the job. but the idea of oil engines and oil cargo in 7O- ton barge only 55 feet long looked like a losing game, and not one would take on the contract.
 Finally, after a delay of a few Smith, who had made a speciality of undertaking hazardous trips of this sort for the sake of high pay. He agreed to run the Woodhall to Trini- dad if he could pick his crew, and, what is more. asserted that he would deliver her intact at Trinidad. In consideration of the high cost a tow would have entailed the skipper got his figure, and on May 23 took her out of London.
 He had fair weather for about twelve days, when he encountered 8 blow a few hundred miles off the Por- tuguese coast and had to put into Lisbon for repairs. The skipper had with him six men, two of whom were in charge of the engines. The second in command seemed to be more expert with the engines than the first, but as all the men aboard were of the mas ter's own selection he kept them and all agreed to stick by him.
 Unexpected Passenger.
 Two days after leaving Lisbon Cap tain Smith discovered that he had seven men aboard instead of his orig inal crew of six. One of the oilers heard groans near a tank aft and found Kesselmann the stowaway He said he was an American citizen and had been told that the Woodhall was bound for New York. He was treated well, but as there was, one more mouth to feed the skipper was not pleased. He estimated that the maximum food supply the barge. could stow away in her galley was not a bit too much for