The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-02-13
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company of thirteen all told that drift
ed six days dashed or SraspinS life lines
on a raft and the detached deckhouse
of the barkentine Sharks swarmed
around them ut times. and the more
vigorous Of the castaWays for diversion
/ batted the big fellows over the snout
whenever they came near enough to
disturb the serenity of the women.
Cargo Lashed to Deck.
The Boynton sailed from Mobile for
Genoa on Dec. 26 with full cargo of
lumber, large part lashed on deck.
Off the Florida coast on Jan. II a
heavy southeasterly gale dashed up tall
seas and forced the lumber ship to
heave to under storm trysail. The gale
increased to a hurricane, and. fearing
she might pound out her bow in the
crashing combers, the skipper turned
tail to the blast and ran miles to the
northward under bare poles.
The deck load shifted in the flight
down the wind. and the old ship began
to leak All hands were on deck. the
starboard watch at the pumps and the
port watch trying to jettison the deck
load, which imperiled the lives of ali
hands. The women were safe from
the tumult in the after deck house.
The deck cargo. relieved of its lash
ings, went by the board on the morn
ing of Jan. u. The Boynton was then
waterlogged. her main deck almost
awash. and floundering in the trough
Of the waves.
Hit by Huge Wave.
A monster sea- which the mate call
ed tidal wave but which doubtless
was a cumulative wave, or two or
more waves rolled into one, rose forty
feet above the vessel and descended on
the deck thunderously.
At 2:30 o'clock the next morning a
wave almost as big as the giant board
ed the wreck and swept the forward
house into the tumult. The men cut
away the main and mizzen masts at
daylight. The foremast later jammed
itself through the bottom of the ship.
The yawl had escaped the smashing
seas, and an effort was made to launch
1T. The drifting lumber stove it in.
and finally it was broken to match
wood. The cargo below the main deck.
forced up by the water. lifted the deck
from the after house to the place where
the forward house had been, and the
big section went sailing off by itself
and was soon out OF view to leeward
The released beams and boards leaped
and rolled out of the barkentine from
both sides.
The skipper and the lusty mate. with
the crew, attacked the after deck
house and with axes and naked hands
got Off the top to use as raft. All
hands got aboard. and the seas launch
ed it.
The next morning, the mate says, he
did something that no castaway in his
memory OF wrecks ever did-that is. as
he said smilingly. we sighted the main
deck which had drifted back In a
shift Of the gale.
Rats Lashed Together.
The smaller raft felt as if it might
soon go to pieces. and it was decided
to board the main deck. Two hours
OF hard padding with broken oars
brought the little raft to the big one.
and after lashing the two. the sea hav-
ing gone down somewhat, all hands
made the transfer, the men assisting
the women. At the end Of several
days the main deck began to break
up, and the castaways, with life lines
around them, made their way back to
the smaller raft. The women lay down
and were lashed, and the men held to
life lines.
At 1890 that morning, Jan. IS, the
Manzanillo hove in sight. The mate,
being the tallest in the party, waved
as a signal of distress the only bunt-
ing saved. the international code sig
nal r, a square flag with yellow
cross on a red ground, which had been
made fast to an end of long piece OF
board
Most Of the shipwrecked were car
ried aboard the Manzanillo from her
lifeboat They were cared for gener-
ously aboard and taken to hospital
at Santiago. The skipper and his wife
and niece went to Mobile. Mate Olsen
and tbs SCes Of the crew went to New
York on the Monterey.