The chronicle=news., 1913-02-22
BLOW AIeRy BLOW
Low, NO GALE CAN
DOWN MAIANzAS

crcat more adventures, more earn
ings. more good lmck ana NOR" bad
luck probably than any other wind.
jamrncr thar hAs flown the. stars ana
Stripes. '
The barkctinc Ma'anzas. now un-
dorgoIng much needed repairs after
her annual "bcating up off Frying
| Pan shoals on the North Carolina
| coast. Is never likely 10 lower her
colors to any ordinary stroke of mis-
| fortune. Aa lucky ship shc has
won frcighis. fortunes and admlra-
| ton.
She has ncvcd stopped going be-
cause of wars or mishaps. She has
been an innocent smngsicr. a prize
of war. tanker carrying moiasscs,
water or oil IN bhik as charters Of
fetcd: "A blockade runner. a mail car
ricr and plain everyday merchant
| ,aan. She has been repaired and re.
| rcpaidcr. rebuilt. r'tastencd. new
SPARED. new riggcd. surveyed and
specially surveyed. and she Is still
a good insurance risk, is the Matan-
2as.
All in all, old Dill Rogers. the ship
builder OF Bath. turned out fairish
Job when he pit over the Matanzas
twcnty-siN years ago. WI ID MuuSon
a. Co. owner her In III" days OF tho
Spanish war. and she has seen much
Of Cuba. for She was once n sail!n
nnokct between HAVANA and New
York.
BEFORE the Munsnn line acquired
her stories wcrc niloat OF her sue
ccss as n carrier Of clandcstinc cigars
which wcr. handled by hor crews.
however. and not by hcr owners.
Eut tho custom. people smoked
her on, at last. \ sailor who had
been left out Of tho speculation told
on her. II" said SHE brought In as
many rs 25.O00 cigars oh n trip. One
OF tho mates. II Ia said. was caught
red handed trying Ia get fomc or the
smokes ashore. and In the galley
was found y lot NOR. concealed In
n pot of beans.
Neither war nor rumors Of war.
when tn. Maine went down In iIa-
vana hnrbor. stopped the voyages OF
| the Matau1as. Two years previous
ly sh" had been fitted mn with tanks.
with u capacity OF :0.oOJ gallons.
Tor bringing ynnlasscs from Cuba.
when Admiral Sampson lat n, Key
West he wanted fresh water. 80 the
Mitanzas got a Job OF transporting
from PHILADELPHIA Schuyikill water
NWcttcE'H WIKI uulJFess.
She then had n skipper named
| Erickson, who knew the coast from
Montauk Point tn Fisherman Point
Rear ON the Cuban coasi. and tho
Matauxas. ready for any service. next
, fitted out NJ Kew Nest as q mail ship
| to bear secret ,iesVni chrs for the Gu
, ban rcvolutionists. Nobody would
suspect the tanker of being dcs-
| S.h l,nu n kar ~ ~ Ia
capacity she also carried. the person
and fortunes OF .Ecaqtin Aloi,na. the
representative of tn" Cuhsn pnrty In
Costa Rlea. iaAduns,AIn safely On his
homo soil. -4....
| I. was In tho cariv stages OF hos
tiIiti"s that the thitai States navy
ove.hnuicd tho MuianRas as hear
or OF cnhirabana OF war. involving
her In sorir fa,hnTs of rcd tape.
which. however. did not end her en-
rccr Of use:ulncss- aud adventure.
| Ate. peace was declared she fig
urod la n real thriller nf sea tale.
II was ~ rough night In Dcccm-
her tnat two Of her sailors. Louis II.
Coleman and Richard Johnson. land
cd NJ the Inlet. Atlantic City. report
ing that the barkcnfine had run
into n northenstcr. All. her muslin
Ind hccn blown away. her r,asts and
| spars wcrc strained and sDrung. her
tanks. which were then filled with
oil. had burst. and their contents was
| running into tho hold, causing the
shin 10 take list to port.
! There were fifteen men In the
crow. beating her way up the coas.
lin this handicapped condition. she
ran short of grub. coal and fresh
water fifteen miles off Atlantic City.
The two scamcn had volunteered to
mako the land. and they put In u
hard day NJ tho sweeps. Capt. John
ing avenue. Philadelphia. was hcr
skipper at this time.
She had been given mp for lost.
her crew had tasted for two weeks.
and only the schooner Emma G.
Angel. truly named. from Stamford.
Conn. which gave them provisions
enough to take them few leagues
further. saved their lives.
Driven helpless off the New .Icr
sey coast. the bark hung in her dis
abled state off the capcs OF tho Della
ware for three weeks. Her list made
II dangerous to attcmpt ito bend the
spare sails in the locker.
She had loaded at Sabine Pass.
Tex, and had expected to make the
passage to Marcus Hook within three
wccks. She Ind been fifty-two days
at sea when the sailors pulled ashore
1 in tho jollyboat. Rations were cut
when the provisions ran low. and for
1.-TWO weeks the fifteen men had moth
ing but flour 10 mix with brackish
water and aait Tho water was re-
duced to one bucketful to eight men.
'Tlic Eas from the foosc oil asnhv-
Mated Able Seaman Herbert Jen-
nings OF San Francisco and overcome
1.-The donkey enginees. Tom Evans. OF
Philadelphia. The stove was ripped
out OF the galley and set up, In tho
long boat, shielded with canvas, lest
tho barkcntinc blow Zip. Although
tho crew turned in ron' deck they
were made III by the funlcs. Cap
tain Moya.t disarnled every nan OF
n 10 Ihp1th knife rim ,OutinS. Tho