The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 12, 1900, Page 10

10 THE SUNDAY CALL. 7l Curious Sbipwreck in a Dead Calm His Own AT “‘fl/\ Ol LNC dock the Ger: in Miss and the wobbl and broke & narrow had d ofat Gern thelr Twc King stead! cable b was cargo of board be not Gestir “Ve vas mit a fine, fresh breeze,” says Captain Hoever, “and our hearts all full mit joy because ve vas homeward bound. Ve did not know that the voyage would be €0 short as it becomegpfter- The captain lit his pipe and prepared to ®pin his yern, the truth of which is at- Peculiar the dismantled bark out In the he verdict of the German Con- e came to her present state e action of a violent typhoon the 12th day of July, A. D, 1900. coast of rnla, some 140 miles the port of San Francisco.” said he, vas going along an hour. It vas about morning and the second tch. The sky vas light fleece clouds, vat you mit a feader. There not a breath, nodding sh breeze that send us 1 not soospect of the Ve vas st & south by west and the yards vas braced up a t vonce, vile Mulleitner, the vatch, vas standing at ter deck, there vas a awful nolse louder as a cannon shot. Mulleitner he look up und see the main- mast vas come towards him dropping, und ven ve rushed on board it vas to see the whole vorks up aloft all tvisting und straining und flying away mit itself, making a noise like it vas thunder. On the deck there vas not any change, und smooth nd mate, cn the breeze vas not Increase, just a blow- ing steady und calm. Ve stand there und vonder, and the vind not blow the hats, not make It uncomfortable—nodding. But up aloft it was a h—1 of a vind und it tvist und pull and yank at the sails und the mast till it vas all blow to pleces and shake the hull like a_little plaything. The tvist began at the gallant mast and sweep down mit the length und make a \ loud noise vitch ve vonder at und get ready to say our brayers. In the middle of the nolse like thunder there vas a squvealing und out runs the ship's pig, vat you see the picture off. He vas tear up und down the deck and squvealing all the time. He vas feared und think his time vas coom. The masts vas falling und splinters vas flying to beat the band und he run und squveal like he vas mad. Ve vas all feel like squealing, too, but ve haf not the time. I gif the order for to take out the liveboats and get ready for the bark to go to the ground, for ve think sure she vas go to sink. The main- mast vas fall in the vater alongside and vas bump into the beat all the time una it look like she make a hole in the hull. The mizzenmast he coom down mit a bang und a crash und broke off just in two, leafing the lower part stand, und the mainmast, out of iron, broke in two places below the deck it vas tvisted so hard. The two topsail yards came down und the royal yard broke in two und vas hangin’ up aloft. It vas the dooce to pay, and ve thought 14 was up mid the old Pfluger. All this damage took place no longer as a man can think about it. Id was not more than two seconds before it vas all a 8oing on after it vas been quviet as & lamb, und in four minutes it vas all auviet as a lamb vonce more, und the € typhoon vas gone. But vat a condition it was left us In! Gott in himmel! The Pfiuger look like she vas been in a fight und get a solar blexus all ofer. Der main- mast vas bumping into the sides und ve have von veak, vobbly sail left to come back to San Francisco. The vorst danger vas from the mast floating lopgside, und efery man know he must work for our lifes, and efery man he vork like he vas mad, for to cut the vires und ropes vot hold the mast und yards to the bark. Und it vas the devil's own vork. The sea vas run very high, und all the yards und masts knocked against the ship's sides so that it vas hard to stay on foot, und not get knocked down efery time. Our axes vas blunt quvick, und ve all think would haf a hole knocked in the ship side by the spars, und sink. If this vas be s0, ve vas in a close fix. All our pumps vas smashed to pleces, und ve never vould be able to get the vater oud vhen she starts leaking. We hat the liveboata all ready, bud two off them vas smashed in, und vere lying in pleces on the afterdeck. The two vons left vere stand- ing on the fo'castle, und it vas hard vork to sving them oud by the broken ropes vere we could get into them at efery moment. Vell, ve vork, und ve vork. It vas nine hours of Inhuman vork, und then ve vere out off dangekr, und free from the masts und spars, mit der A Storm That Lasted but Four TMinute s, Yet Near= ly Cost the Sailors Their Shjp and Their Lives. very he broken sall. The sea vas behafe badly. She haf keep the deck under vater all the time, und now she quvi down a bit, und leaf us alone, so ve see about sailing back. It vas pretty slow vork. Ve could not come for San Fran- eisco, it vas too far, und ve vould gif out. Ve get a start und then the sea behafe bad again, und ve gif her a dose of oil to keep her quviet. It vas strange, but the good strong ship vas perfectly souad, und haf no leak after all dat. I beliefed at furst that her rudder vas hurt vhen I see von off the yards knock against it und heave the helmsman clear ofer the vheel. Id vas a thousand thanks to God that no von lose his live that day in the accident. Vell, ve steer for the nearest place ve could reach, und it vas Santa Barbara. On the fourteen July ve eee Point Conception. On July 16 at von o'el a. m. see the steam schoo! Greenvood, vich bring us Into Santa Bar- bara. Ve telegraph to San Fr: co for a tug, und on July nineteen Rellef come und bring us without having any more trouble into San Francisco. So here und here ve will stay for three or und ve ve the ve are, four mont to get in good rey again vonce more, ve d ve get fix u 1ike 0 meet a ty 00! captain ended his narrative gh. Then he filled his pipe thou; ooking out toward the cri shored and s in the ine S) 7R m S -7 rrLyosm., : vind take our masts avay, und make them break like be in the upp feldt on deck in vind und v vards. It v boddy vill find Striking a the captatn lig! puff. Then he made an e last remar! sald he, “it vas The rapid exhaustion terrapin on Maryland's set the lovers of good If a substitute for the succ of the most fashionab more, with a membership of 7 citi: s, and famou the meal s rooms, felt want” 1 to t ,.‘Zmr. REMAIYE o e