The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1899, Page 1

+ =¢ — i GIVEN AWAY... | GIVEN AWAY... } With each cash WANT ADVERTISEMENT or- || With each cash WANT ADVERTISEMENT or | 4 'in NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL a MAGNIFI- || dered in NEXT SUNDAY'S"CALL a MAGNIFI- | CENT PORTRAIT OF ADMIRAL DEWEY, || CENT PORTRAIT OF ADMIRAL DEWEY, | LT sze 14x21 inches, || | printed in ten colors, size 14x21 inches, | ready for framing | \ ready for framing. | b — — 4 + SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY., JULY 1 2 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOLUME Prompt Action Taken While Other Papers Talked of What Qught to Be Done. Lssistance Was fendered as Costa and Frank Martin ¥ Q 4 cks rvine 35000 they had men only essfub. lozen hunters. | and Costa ink. three nights to the s 1 by fowl and t to them 1 even- | tunate | the lerable space s that | yoned men is stuff was rtin and Call, f the identally much- the 1 ']'\"1 The Call also supplied by Directly The Call n of the plight ced, a tug was c 1 a zed. The instructions were relief expedition - men off the rock were impossi vater and provisic supplied them in sufficient ties to sustain life until the taken off the rock e were no in- s in regard to the size or of a story that was to be out of the but the broad injunction, incident, made y “Save the men.” The instructions were followed to the letter. The weather was such as to make a landing on the | The men would ind them the 1000 gathered with care and tribulation, more particularly as a sloop was lying at the South Farallones awaiting a smooth sea to take them off. | is sloop, the Ma Belle, lost | three skiffs trying to land pro—“ rock impossible. not leave beh d mu of zen eggs h h visions and water on the rock. | dozen of eggs, secured at such a | = ough | **i*k*t*****ii**fi*i*fik*kfik****i***ffi****i***‘k****i**tkkt*k****************tt*fii*k**i*****ttkttifik‘«**fig‘*fifit-: A2 A A Y H RN DODBOG MAROONED EGG HUNTERS This Paper to -be taken from the Library.+++ not . el i BY THE CALL'S STANCH TUG RELIANCE D Bl Rl D L d R R o i e o o At o s e it g * ¢ . 3 *xX i+ THE CALL CARRIES AID TO MAROONED EGG HUNTERS. i i o * X * 3 o When it was made public that two egg hunters, Frank Martin and Joe Costa, were marooned x :\ on the bleak and inhospitable rocks of North Farallon Island, and had been for weeks without : Xx# water or food other than the eggs they had purposed ‘to steal, The Call lost no time in idle specu- xx * lation as to the chances of the men being rescued, but immediately sent out the tug Reliance fully %% ¥4 provisioned in aid of the castaways. Notwithstanding the fact that the waves were running so high *: : that it was almost worth a man'’s life to attempt to approach the island in a boat, the sturdy and *j x brave men in charge of. the tug succeeded in getting provisions and water to the suffering men, :\nfl £ X left them with the assurance that they would be looked after and taken off as soon as the waves went *: % down sufficiently to permit a landing. *x x Three times had the employers of the men attemptéd to'succor them, and each time their ¥, * efforts were made unavailing by the force of the storm. Three battered and stranded boats decaying *¥ ** on the drear rocks tell the story of those attempts, but The Call’s boat successfully fulfilled its mis- ’:‘* %* sion, and while the other papers of the city were telling the public that unless something wars done *¥ x quickly the men would die, The Call was landing provisions and water to the almost famished unfor- ’f‘ ** tunates. *x 3 % B Oy b e v < Deflth w[,’jl‘ed ufl)e OPOOCOOD ¥ ¥ XX XXX ¥AFAXNY @XXXXX NN AN AN AXXNUNN XN R XXX R AN XYY 5 g ) Under the circumstances ail The Call expedition could do it did— supplied the men with the pre- cious water and the much needed provisions, leaving life and hope with the desolate and deserted. Martin and Costa and their 1000 OB x XX XX XXX XXX XXX XX R XXX XXXAXXX) DOOO THE CALL'S RELIEF TUG RELIANCE, risk, will probably reach the city QOEBIVO X ¥ X XX XXX AXXXX¥DOBOOOO in the Ma Belle to-day or to-mor- TOW. - | HE Farallon Islands have for | ages been a famous rookery for | sea lions and a nesting place for | sea fowl. The little murre (sea | mew) goes there in tens of thou- | sequence the | ment | the Government ands every season to raise its young | fect and for years the cliff climber has fol- | on or leave the rock, Millions of sea'&attempt was made, but directly & RN RN U R N KRR KN R R KOO XX K @Rk ek ok ok ke ke ok ok k K@) A JoE (05TA JANDING THE SUPPLIES | = 2oome GOOOOD O ¥ X X XX X X ¥ X Y YN NN N X X K N NN NN NR XA NN RN RN RN X XX XX ¥ ¥ X X xDDODGSO Food and Water Landed as the Elements Battled Against Efforts of Rescuers. X IS B [3 [3 ® (3 ® * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * % * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * X * * * 85002339 SAVED FROM DEATH ON THE NORTH FARALLONES lowed them to the rocks in order to| gather in the eggs for home consump- “Farallon eggs,” they lled, soon came into great demand, | 1g to their cheapness, among ba nd cheap re: . and in co as a nests robbed to supply The raidihg great that rs were entertained that the mews ht become extinct, so the Gove forbade e yody from taking eggs from the islands with the excep- tion of one individual, who was ail to take so many and no more. this restriction did not give the de became s0 relief, so a few years ago the taking | of eggs from the rocks was entirely prohibited. When seal hunting was prohibited by seal poaching began and when the taking of eggs from the Farallon rocks was stopped egg poach- ing began. Six weeks ago the season fer “Farailon eggs” opened and Frank Martin and Joe Costa were quietly landed from the sloop Ma Belle, Com- | modore Baettge master, on the North | Farallon rock. | A drearier or more desolate spot | would be hard to find on the Pacific| Coast. During every storm it is swept to its highest pinnacle by driv-| ing spray and only in a per-| calm s it possible to land | caused the 11 fowl and thousands of sea lions make their home there, and as this is the breeding on the lions are very fero- cious. Several of them attacked the egg hunters Costa would have lost his life had not | Martin driven the sea lioh off with an | iron rod, which he poked into the in- furiated brute's eye. by It seized Costa the leg, threw him down.and then unted guard over him. abbed an iron rod used in climbing and went to his companion’s E stance. A vigorous poke in the eye to lose its balance and go tumbling into the breakers below. This desolate island was the spot upon which Martin and Costa were to live until they had gathered in 5000 dozen of eggs Had all gone well no one would have known where the mar- ket supply came from, but then all did not go well. The men were put on the rock in a dead calm and with provi- sions sufficient to last them a week. For several days the calm continued and when the Ma Belle returned to the city she carried 120 dozen of eggs with her. On taking his leave Captain Bob Spear promised to return with water and provisions inside of four days. The Ma Belle was back on the appointed date, but in the meantime a storm had come up and it was impossible to.com- municate with the imprisoned men. An and on one occasion Joe | Martin | s stove in against Spear accordingly was launched it w the Ma Belle's side. | sailed away for the South Farallon and | anchored the sloop in a sheltered spot near the south landing. When the wind went down he re- | turned to the North Farallon, but such |a heavy sea was. running that noth- ing could be done. nates signaled .frantically that they wanted water, but no water could be given them because no boat could Ifve anywhere near the breakers. storm came up and the sloop was near- ly swamped and had to run for San Francisco. Again the Ma Belle was provisioned | and this time she went out as a rescue | boat. .Bad luck st followed her ana | when the Farallones were reached an- | other storm was raging. The men had now been without water or provisions for a week and were reduced to living {on raw eggs. Their only covering from | the blinding spray was an old sall be- | longing to the sloop and their resting | place was a cleft in the rocks. The Ma | Belle had again to run before the gale | after losing another skiff In a vam at- Itempt to make a landing. As the sloop disappeared in the dls- tance the two unfortunates almost gave way to despair. The fact that their plight was known gave them courage, however, and they continued to live on in hope, subsisting on rew._eggs alone. to the first cooked me Despite the Fury of Wind and Wave Relief Was Sent to the Suffering Unfortunates. B While the Ma Belle was in San Fran- cisco being repaired and made ready for a third attempt at r ue, the light- keepers on the South llon got an inkling that all was not right on the most northerly rock. From a remark dropped by r they came to the con- clusion that s men were weather- bound on the rock, so on the first fine day they launched a boat, provisioned it with water, bacon, potatoes, oniens, two rabbits, several loaves of bread and tever else they could spare. When 3 ed the rock Martin and Costa were almost dead from thirst and ex- posure. The lighthouse men are experts at rigging up a trolley from the shore to a boat, and it was not long before the things they had brought with them were ng over a heaving line to the AS! shore. Some charcoal brought from the lighthouse was also sent ashore, and with it Costa did not take long to make The weather was such that the men would have risked their lives to leave the r but on receiving this welcome instaliment of aid, they wav: farewell to the lightkeepers and turned al they had seen a fire. in weeks. This was a fortnight ago and the sup- ply of provisions given them by the lightkeepers lasted only a little over a Again they were reduced to an £ and until The Call's relief ex- pedition arrived eggs had been meat and drink to them. It was easy to ap- pease their hunger, but they were al- ‘s thirsty and toward the end the desire for a drink of water was almost maddening. When the the rock they tug Reliance approached pointed to their parched throats and motioned that water was all they wanted. It was finally got ashore to them in a five-gallon milk d those poor fellows drank until could not hold the can to their any longer. They were offered a ge back to the city, but refused, saying they had suffered the tortures of the d ed in order the eggs the ent out for and now they were going to take them to the city or st on the rock forever. nough canned meats, hardtack and bredd to last them a week were put ashore. This will be more than enough to last them, as the sea was rapidly going down yesterday and by to-day or to-morrow the Ma Belle will be able to take them and their eggs off the rock. It was 6 o'clock when the tug Re! can a they lip to secure Tues: morning e with two Call men aboard started fo he North Far- allon rock. Captain bert Brokaw had made all the y arrange- ments and was I emerg- ency. The skiff V ed on deck and in it Captain Brokaw said hiy mate, J. Olsson, could make a landing anywhere. Vo one on the Reliance knew on | which of the three rocks forming the | loose on the rock. The two unfortu- | Another | | | North Farallones the’ men were. so a systematic search had to be made. They were discovered on the most northerly one of the group. A rope fas- tened to the pinnacle of the rock and falling to a landing place near the base revealed their whereabouts to Captain Brokaw. On this spot were collected thousands of eggs, some in sacks and some in tin cans, but the majority lay The rope had been used in scaling the rock to secure the eggs. Martin and Costa had been sheltered from the wind in a fissure of the rock, but a hail from the tug soon brought them forth, when they made a puanto- mime appeal for wa The skiff Vig! lant was lanched from the deck of the Reliance and a five-gallon can of water put in it. Mate Olsson and one of The Call men got aboard and started for the rock. It was impossible to make a landing owing to the swell, so Mar- tin threw a rope to the boat and Olsson made it fast to the milk can. To make sure there wouid be no mishap, he faa- tened a second line to the can and held it in his hand, paying out as Martin hauled in. It was lucky he did so, as the line Martin was hauling on parted and both can and water would have been lost. The precious can was hauled back aboard the skiff and hagain Martin threw his line aboard and again it was made fast to the can. This time Costa got down on the rock and kept it from chafing, so the water reached the rock in safety. It did not take long to get the lid off and then each man took a long draught. As long as their weak- ened arms could hold the can up they kept it to their lips, only to sit down N\ Contizned: qn Baoond. Exgey,