The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-01
EndeaUOr Has Put
 Into Harbor Safely
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Thousands Out to Cheer

Thousands Out to Cheer
 Word that the Endeavour was near brought thousands crowding into Gosport, Portsmouth, Southsea and the shore line. cramming every point of vantage. Jostllng lines formed at docks to take ferry boats and launches tG go out and meet her. The cliffs along the Isle of Wight were crowded. Flags flew all along the coast. Sprigs of heather and messages of congratulation were taken to the dock to await the IS men who had brought the yacht back home.
 Yachts, launches and row boats went out to meet the yacht, and 1t was a parade that escorted her the last miles. Members of the crew shouted to queStioners that they had c pleasant voyage, but that they had been eating canned food for days and wanted a real meal.
 Welcome Really Starts
 Endeavour's slim hull was sighted through Q slight mist at the en- trance to the harbor, behind her tow, and the welcome really started. Sirens and horns sounded along with the cheers of the thousands of welcomers ashore and in the harbor. Factories released their workers, and there was new rush for the shore as the yacht dropped anchor at $40 a. m. (3:40 @. r1., EST).
 Endeavour's sails, when she first took her tow, had been left up for SteadinesS, but they were furled during the last miles as only a slight breeze stirred the flags and bunt- ing. There was slight haze under the brilliant sunshine.
 Endeavour I was the 1884 cup challenger. She had gone to New port this summer in the lowly role of companion to her successor En- deavour II, which In turn, tried vainly to lift the cup. But her welcome today was one for @ con- querer that had proved her mettle on the broad ocean.
 First Person Aboard
 The first person aboard Endeav- our was the little grand-daughter of Captain Edward Heard, the skip per. Wives and other women rela- tives of the crew followed.
 The din was deafening. Perhaps 10000 people were crowded about the dock, and the crews of the cruiser Glasgow and the old battle- ship Iron Duke, now 0 gunnery and training vessel, manned ship and joined in the cheering. The cheer ing and the shrieking of sirens and whistles lasted l5 minutes.
 It was noted that the American Stars and Stripes were prominent in the decorations.
 Heard told of the night of Sep- tember 13 when Endeavour broke her tow line, and was left l70 miles out of Newport to cross the Atlan- tic alone. A squall hit the yacht and the steel line broke. Cabin tables were smashed and crockery broken. Heard himself was thrown to the deck and was rolling over- board when 0 member of the crew grabbed him. Luckily, Heard said, En0eavour was carrying no canvas at the time. It was e hurricane, he said, and for two or three days afterward Endeavour was fighting 1t oil the time. She fought well and there was no damage to the rigging or injury to the crew. Calm weather came and from then on 1t was Q pleasant voyage, Heard said, but there was no refrigerator. All the fresh food spoiled and the men lived on canned food.
 Cook Tells More .
 The cook, Joseph Huglow, told more of the story:
 Tremendous seas shook us Ter nine hours" he said. "All that time there was nobody on deck. Nobody could have lived on the deck in seas like that. We battened her down like & submarine. We were under water for seconds at a time and even though we were battened down the water came in. We were nihAlAihlk WiS pNhap "sa NSA.'b nine hours. l gave up hope myself that we could live through It and I believe my comrades did too, but we all kept up our spirits before each other and got on with the job.
 We learned through the wireless that people thought Endeavour had foundered and that search for us had been abandoned. Then we sent out wireless messages of our posi- ton every night and morning. The trouble was we had no expert wire less operator aboard. One went out with us but did not return with us Daniel Mutton, of the crew, knew enough Morse to send out our mes sage but he could not read properly the messages that came In.
 All We'll Each Day
 "'Yacht Endeavour is all well, and gave our position. But we were unable to make real contact With