The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-01-14
45,472 MILES
ONONE VOYAGE
OF BIG THRILLS

steamed out on the Pacific crossing.
She swung out northward toward
colder climes on the northern great
circle route. Before she sighted land
she encountered three very heavy gales
during which from ships all about
her she heard profane radio comments
or the weather which was forcing
them to lie to or steam Off their
courses. The President Grant, how
ever, was liner and she kept right
ahead on her eleven knot speed re-
CARELESS of the big swells of the mis-
named Pacific. Twice she halted for
short periods for Chief Engineer
Brooks men to make repairs In the
engine room.
! While far from land a fire, one Of
those mysterious conhagrations which
break out occasionally at sea, devel-
oped In hold No. l, forward. There
was only a quantity of life preservers
| in this hold, but the dense smoke that
beloved out made things look bad. In
fighting this fire Boson's Mate Edison
was suffocated In the hold. Ordinary
Seaman Ray went down through the
choking fumes In n gallant effort TO
save him. Both men were sti9ed to
death. The hold was flooded and the
voyage resumed.
Chance to See Strange Cities.
On March II the President Grant
after crossing the Pacific IN seventeen
days, nine hours. There the liner lay
twenty-one days discharging cargo and
| here the crew received generous shore
leave, as they did everywhere else
| throughout the voyage, enabling them
| to visit many cities and localities rare
! ly seen by seamen.
More cargo was discharged at Kobe,
the next japanese port of call. where
the ship stayed eight days. After pass
ing through Tsugara Straits In foggy
| weather the ship came safely to Vladi-
vostok, arriving April -.
Here the President Grant took on
board 5,437 troops and sailed for
Trieste, ploughing through toy and
rain to Hongk0ng, where stop was
made for coal and supplies. Singapore
was reached May IL, and after skirt
ing Sumatra and entering the Indian
ocean, the President Grant stopped ut
Colombo on the island of Ceylon. A
stay of FIVE days was made here.
There was fine weather and CLASSY
seas on the trip across the Indian
ocean, but In the Red sea the tempera-
ture rose to 102 degrees and the uni
form of the day In the fire room was
one pair of light sandals.
A Ride on the cameIs.
At 1925 q. m. on June 4, the ship
entered the Suez Canal and reached
Port Said on the Mediterranean sea
the next day. While In this part of
the globe members of the crew had
an opportunity to try out the camel
us means of locomotion. In Cey-
Ion they had tried elephants, and In
China rickshaws, and at Venice, which
they visited after the ship reached
Trieste, they tried gondolas. The ar
rival Mt Trieste was on June II, more
than four months after the start of
the voyage.
At Trieste orders were waiting for
another shipment Of Czech soldiers, so
after twelve days In port, the trans
port steamed on the back trail At
Port Said she caught the United
States army transport Crook, just sail
ing for Trieste, and hastily transferred
to her I'VE stowaways who had crept
on board at the Adriatic port.
Colombo was reached July 10, after
passing through southwest monsoons
and heavy seas In the Indian ocean.
On July II, after FIVE days at Colon
bo for repairs to be made and sup
plies taken on, tho ship steamed east
ward. and FIVE days later anchored
on very dark night ut the entrance
to the narrow and crooked Singapore
straits. Next morning the ship pro-
ceeded toward Manila. hugging the
coasts Of Borneo and Palawan to
avoid typhoons. Manila was reached
August 1. with the crew all very busy
painting and cleaning the ship In
preparation for her next load Of pas
sengers. On August the ship steam
ed for Karatsu, japan, for coal.