Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
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RAFT FOR WEEK;
/. /. b. BATTLE d: SHARKS
Two Women Among CastaWays
From Barkentine Wrecked Off
i Georgia Coast.
SHIP HIT BY TIDAL WAVE

SHIP HIT BY TIDAL WAVE
\ Women Act a. II shipwrecks. Were
81 Natural Part Of Sea voyaoe-Hope
\ Almost Abandoned When Steam.
ship Manxaniilo Comes ,E.'.,
4 ILL., +. ,s.: to Rescue. .>,., &sE
ss$ New York. Mate Charles e. Olsen
4 of the American barkentine Ethel v.
Boynton, q bronze eix-footer OF Vik.
# ing aspect and ancestry, recently ar
rived from Cuba with vivid yarn OF
!; the wreck Of his ship in hurricane
\ blasts and ponderous seas of the Geor.
gia coast Z: ~i@ tsY,. ~ ~.
!. The wife OF the skipper, Capt. G. W.
! Waldemar, and his niece, Gladys Lar
4 rock Of Boston, were in ships COM
h pany of 13 all told that drifted six
days dashed or grasping life lines on
raft and the detached deck house
q of the barkentine. Sharks swarmed
around them at times and the more
vigorous of the castaways, for diver
n sion batted the big fellows over the
snout whenever they came near
Il enough to disturb the serenity Of the
Egwomen. E>I y, 4. \ z. s><<'.:2Es " f$
The stalwart mate says the shippers
sniece and his wife acted as II ship
wrecks were q natural part OF a sea
yoyage and did not do any praying, as
&shipwrecked women are supposed to
II do In moments of unusual stress. Per-
haps one thing that interfered with
#prayer, except Of a mental sort, was
the unremitting exertion of holding on
and lodging wreckage and the crests
Of combers. + sli7s>-+ - T. = +
Girl Almost Loses Hope. b..
On the morning of Monday, January
1874 few hours before succor came
with the steamship Manzanillo, Miss
SSg Gladys had almost abandoned hope,
4 and said to the mate: I'VE never shall
/ see Boston. He laughed and, patting
& her on the shoulder, remarked: Don't
i give up" She answered his laugh
with a smile, and said: I'VE will die
with stout hearts," She went to
Il hospital at Santiago with the rest,
I badly bruised and suffering from salt
" water boils, but she did not die. n
u The Boynton sailed from Mobile for
Genoa on December 26 with q full
n cargo OF lumber, a large part dashed
II on deck. On the Florida coast on
January II a heavy southeasterly gale
l dashed up tall seas and forced the lum.f
~%c1,;v - ~ h - OF fr1,-
sail. The gale increased to hurri-
!. cane, and fearing she might pound out
her bow in the crushing combers, the
( skipper turned tail to the blast and
( ran miles to the northwest under bare
y poles. Is 4. + i &.
s The deck load shifted in the fight
\. down the wind and the old ship began
Il to leak. All hands were on deck, the
starboard watch at the pumps and the
4 port watch trying to jettison the
N deck load, which imperiled the lives
Il OF all hands. The women were safe
from the, tumult in / the after deck
house. s,S W.. n
The deck cargo relieved OF its lash
ings. went by the board on the morn
{ ing OF January ~. The Boynton was
then waterlogged, her main deck al
4 most awash. and foundering in the
trough of the waves. :.z W.
Hit by Huge Wave. H.. .si:+
B "A monster sea, which the mate
4 called a tidal wave."' but which
doubtless was cumulative wave, or
Y two or more waves rolled into one,
4 rose 40 feet above the vessel and de-
j scended on the deck thunderously. 1t
4 arched over some Of the seamen. None
4 was in its almost resistless course. 1t
tore on 40 feet of the quarter deck.
NJ AT 2:3O o'clock the next morning a
wave almost as big as the giant board.
4 ed the wreck and swept the forward
i house into the tumult. The men cut
I away the main and mizzen masts at
/. daylight. The foremost later damned
j itself through the bottom Of the ship.
VIII The fyawl had escaped the smash
! ing seas and an effort was made to
4 launch it. The drifting lumber stove
\ IT. in and finally it was broken to
\ matchwood. The cargo below the
main deck, forced up by the water,
M llILeu Tue uSCh AIOu1 LAo d1ICA AOuSS
to the place where the forward house
Z had been and the big section went
sailing OF 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
4 got on the top to use as raft. All
n hands got aboard and the seas
y launched it. y
The next morning, the mate says.
he something, that no castaway in
{ his memory of wrecks ever did,. that
( is, as he said smilingly, 1--WE sighted
q the main Deck which had drifted
4 back In shift Of the gale. " =. g. :.
Il Rats Lashed Together.
The smaller raft felt as If it might
soon 60 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,
I and after flashing the two, the sea
having gone down somewhat, all hands
i made the transfer, the men assisting
FEAR famine OF DOCTORS