Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01
SHTPWRECKED MEN
TIE WOMEN TORAFT
AND DRIFT FOR DAYS
Last of the Trpe and Blue
berries Eaten w he n
Steamship Appears aud
Rescues Twelve at Sea.

NEW YORK, Feb. Mate Charles OIL
son, a lIght-haired six-footer of Boston.
and Fred Warner, the cook OF the late
barkentine Ethel v. Boynton, told a tale
today of experiences at sea stranger than
most mems dreams.
with seven of their fellow castaways
they arrived on the Ward liner Monterey
| from Santiago.
The American barkentlne, built at Har-
rlngton, Me-, in 1890, left Mobile for
Genoa on the day following Christmas.
Captain Waldemar had with him his wife
and niece. Miss Gladys Bsrrock, OF Bos-
ton, 20 years old. On board were t2 all
told
On the 10th day out, January H. at
S a. M, a hurricane set In from the south.
during which the barkentlne was hove to
until midnight, after which she drove
before 1t. Next morning the vessel was
leaking so badly, the watch was so
powerless at the pumps and the cargo so
restless" they heaved the deck load
overheard
A wave 10 feet high swept over the ship.
tearing away 20 feet of the quarter deck
and carrying 1t overheard. BY midnight
of the 18th the Ethel V. Boynton was
waterlogged.
A wave tore out the forward house
and the fo'c'sle deck. carrying them
way on the 18th. Tho lumber below was
on the move, banging at the sides and
forcing itself up against the dock, while
seas were tearing away the old fabric
piece by piece.
They chopped away the main and mig
zen masts, and tried to launch the yawl
but 1t was dashed TO pieces against the
side. The starboard side of the vessel
opened up, letting more lumber go adrift
The foremast jammed itself through the
bottom of the seaworn shlr and disap-
peared. The foredeck also broke off where
the foremast had been and drifted away
All this happened on the 18th.
At 2:5O a. M. January "a, her stern
broke off entirely. Lumber that re-
mained within the hold punched through
ribs, strakes and the main deck. Two
hours later, while all hands, including
the two women. were lashed on the after
part of what was left of the lumberman.
the main deck broke off. They saw 1t
float away and vanish from sight.
At a. m., half hour after the main
deck had disappeared, the crew began I
breaking up the after house, from the
pieces Of which they constructed a raft
To the Joy OF all hands, they sighted
the main deck again at 1880 a. M. The
ten men and two women embarked on
the raft Mrs. Waldemar and Miss Lar
rock were lashed to it. Selling some
boards from the cargo, the castaways
padded to the main deck, upon which
they cambered.
With rare foresight they made fast the
raft to the deck, upon which they now
were, so miles east of Wilmington, N. G.
with them they took one can of tripe
and three tins of canned blueberries,
the only food the cook was able to find
after the barkentine became waterlog
ged. While tied to the afterhouse on the
hod LUa
to their unspea1able joy the castaways
found lashed to the main deck a., cask
containing three gallons of brackish
water.
It was $3.50 a. M, January IA, when they
shifted from the raft to the main deck.
There they remained, Mrs. Waldemar and
Miss Lorracl1 lashed fiat to the planklng.
until January II.
Warner, the cook, with n piece of wire.
would carefully stir the contents of tin
of tripe, picking out portions of as nearly
equal size as possible and issuing one
piece to each OF the dozen hungry per-
sons thrice a day.
At II p. M, January II, the main deck
began to crumble. The women again
were lashed PROSTATE upon the raft.
During the whole period upon the RATS
they were surrounded by sharks. which
they struck upon the head with their
plne-board paddles.
AS Miss Lorrack after the transfer
looked up at the mate. she said:
"Mr Olsen. we shall never see Boston
again.
"Dont give up" said the mate.
Smiling up at him the girl said: well.
we will die with good and true hearts"
The morning OF January IS they ate
the last OF the tripe and Of the blueber-
rIes. At 1880 a. m. that day the Ward
liner Manzanillo for Santiago sighted
them and then lowered n boat.
All went to the hospital In Santiago,
but soon recovered.