The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-07-21

obliged to lie there the whole day
drifting before wind and waves and
our craft rolled so that one time one
gunwale was under water and the next
time the other. A boat, which was
hanging in the lifeboat hangers filled
with water when the boat rolled and
broke in the center. Towards the
evening the wind settled down little
and we succeeded in rescuing A men
from the wreck. Their food had been
destroyed and they were so hungry
and worked out that they did not
have the strength to come up from
the lifeboats by themselves. We had to
haul them aboard with ropes. Two
men and the captain had gone over
board with the bridge; the mate and
three others had taken to a boat and
departed. There had been crew OF
81 men.
The 18th we had little better
weather. The 18th, in the afternoon,
the wind freshened again and on the
10th we again had a strong headwind.
Drinking water now began to be
rationed out so that we got drinking
water only one time day. 1t was up
to each man to be present when water
was passed. I had a "I-kanns-hink"
| Zone liter container) in which I had
a little butter left from home. This
I emptied in hurry and got water in
| it. But when I came down in to the
room, where there were so many who
were seasick and wanted water, they
emptied it in hurry, so that I had
to go many times and stand in row,
now thought I would have my fill
of water. They had stretched ropes
| along the deck on both sides so that
| there was passage in between and
there were people on both sides hang
ing on to the ropes. I set myself as
steadily as I could in the passage so
that might be able to take my drink
from my can but just then the boat
rolled so violently over to one side
that the water coming over the gum
vale struck my feet from under me
and carried me along on my back.
In sliding along, an Iishman, who was
standing, holding on to the rope, landed
| in my lap and we both slid along to
the gunwale, being almost under water.
We were nearly going overheard, but
luckily, the boat now swung over in
| the other direction so that I could
scramble up again and at the same
time I tried to help the IiShman up
on his feet. He was so angry at me
that I am sure, if he had not been
quite so SeaSick, he would have had
a mind to give me a licking. We had
both been soaked to the skin. I still
had my can in my hand, though it was
now full of Seawater, so I had to
throw that away and get fresh water
instead, then go and change my clothes.
We then saw that some of the crew
we had rescued and helped themselves
to our clothes. Then followed an in
vestigation and they were installed in
another room. The Goth we had the
wind a little from the side so that
we had sail up. Now we had to stand
vaccination inspection and those of us
who did not have visible marks had
to be vaccinated. The 21St we had
| fine weather and favorable wind, but
the night following we again had a
brisk headwind which continued until
the following noon. The 23rd we had
a favorable wind and the 24th in the
afternoon, we came to New York, but
we were not let ashore until the 25th,
| in the morning. At that time a freight
| boat came and took us to Castle Garden
| where we underwent customs inspection
and got our railway tickets.
From there we were taken to a hotel
where we had to pay $3.50 per day for
each person. The 26th we were taken
from there by barge for the railway
station again and were then sent from
there by railway. On the 9th we
passed Niagara Falls and the train
stopped on the bridge for one minute
to let us see the mighty waterfall.
From there we came to Detroit, where
they shot the railway coach with
passengers and all on ferry over the
stream to the other side. On the
other side a locomotive awaited us
which took the train to Chicago, where
we arrived on the 18th of February.
At the station at Chicago we met
man who said he was from NarpeS
and in very pretty words expressed his
pleasure over seeing so many of his
landsmen, but he also expressed his
regret that our train was late and
that we, to his regret, could not reach
the train which was to have taken us
to st. Paul that same day. That we
could not now do anything but stay
over night. started a protest and
thought we ought not to leave the
agent, who also was there, although
we could not understand much of what
he said. But all naturally understood
our friend from Narpes, so, at last,
he succeeded in inducing us to step
into his carriage and he took us to
hotel where our names were regis
tered in large book and where we
were again obliged to pay $3.50 day.
then saw that the hotel clerk who
took our money gave few dollars to
our friend from Narpes and he was
then very anxious to say goodnight
and be on his way and warned us not
to go out on the street as we might
run up against fakirs. My suspicious
had been aroused and got one of
the men to go out on the street with
me. We had only gone short way
when we saw on the wall est. Paul
Minneapolis Depot" We went in and
soon heard a man come out and call
the leaving Of the train. If we had
all been there with our baggage, we
might still have gotten on. We then
understood that we had been fooled
but it was too late then so we had to
go back to the hotel and stay there
until the following day. Not until the
following day, therefore, were we able
to continue and on the morning of
March End, we arrived in st. Paul.
GUST NYMAN.