The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1921-06-24
Former Navigating Officer Of v $ coEer VINO Went Over Her
Course Later Convinced She Broke IN Two Under STRAIN III
Badly Slowed Cargo Passed Buoy Ne
Believed Hers

nFArvrs stepped The gsnse, and Ito
sened while the Ssptats tAd Ess III
IyeloFss had h~~a boss with all Aansss'
we bad orders frvsn the tarSAa u
navigation to keep = sharp ksakeai
ser sng sign es the CyeAvss ga eSr
tcSirlaey scUtA 10 nahta. GA ear way
to Rio JanelrsA M0assytdeo and has-
aos AyreS
"oG The morning II April vas
Oh watch % the bridge. ana the sosss'
cot rspastad . floating chlest $40
yards &C the port how iiapuisisely
/ gave orders 10 the hsltnsnAan 10
change The course 80 | caala Evt .
closer hook a, the ohtest ] sosa save
Il Vas a faAgfin bacy er circular
lie PFeserrrr, iRste or cvpger Esd
alright Swinging from II was q
small n,d, TO which haa heea attached
sSe a&fSssae ssAa es~aSass1 ~ sxsssas
" boa Lbs aaas saTsss iAs sstas. AL
large navy ships carried these TrAsaA'
lin baoys-~oar on zach quarter deca.
In case 81 man overheard. tho aaays
wefe dropped over the side 10 iocstr
the silcs rs well as for something fes
the iGah 10 swim To-
Thinking thrTv might be spsne mse.
sage scratched On the cupper. ar that
We might BE- able 10 identity the. haay
through its register auml,cr. l nsads
tkr~ circles around II. Ii TIE n1&ni
time having duzen Eailorz statioocd
sleag the rail- from tbs forecastle af,,
oil equipped With graphing hooks Cd
the ends u tines, aud tried 10 pick the
object ~ without sterpiag AfteI
'fhe third 'tifsis' e'as.fTsA !7sssscai. ''~he
had been awakened In has sea cabin
in the lower bridge by the noise u ths
gvasr and steering wheel. came up I'm
tho bridge to his pajamaa II wed
= W a. IN lie saw The ship was Of
her cuarSc snd ordered me hack on
my course, made an ohs~saiier
and catered u With the incident Ia
the ship, log The rest Of that watch
Aaa nnsysillfai, :
kest Lite RAN
-rha, evening. shortly sf;er came
on duty for the mId-watch, was
standing Ia the ehalB@. the wooded
grating projecting fram the sides II
the bridge where the leadsmaa stands
TO take soundiass Fer moment
~aNhed she csstwntes " the !. oriaa.
aud suddenly a life raft bumped I'm
der The dare Of the bow and passed
directly Rloag nnser the bilgs u tbs
sb,p. whirilng around as II did M,
The rafi Vas oval shaped. feet
long aud 8 feet wide, win netting
inside 10 stand Ia or grip On each
81 thsse RATS IL hfonre plate with q
register number by which they are
idrniifesi.
This time ! Immediately sent my
ncssengy~ 10 call The captain 10 the
bridge. The captain came up three
srps at a time end looked at the raf,
/. THROUGH thp glasses. Il II saa then
hSlern, but plainly sisih,lc.p as IL IA
llSht down there az late as p;3o IN
the evening The captain shook his
head and said BETTER keep on your
course After glance at the ere
nlng sky he went below. Again I
made nm entry In the loo. this time
figuring nat the rsft's position by
dead reCkonlng, az II vas too late for
son sight aud too early fer ctrs by
the stars
Tor hIns days ~ Kerr on south
with the ship running aark on &C
cCun, ~ the possibility 81 lurking
enemy submarine seesag U.s. Abous