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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Vessel Battles Furious Storms Epic Struggle of Crew : d Passengers in Amazing Sea Adventure. Perfect dyeing so easily done I SURVEYING LIFE (. first was the Cedric, going west, which was met on December 13, This steamer lay to, and the boats of the were afterward (which Neptune far-fetch- high-soundi- east-northea- st d . wheel-house- east-northwa- o Studying Marine Life at First Hand e 1030, Westorn Newspaper Union.) The sky Is a drinking cup That was overturned of old And it pours in the eyes of men Its wine of airy gold. smashed and broken) were launched, and an effort was made to get Mrs. Scotland. Tlint truth Is Humphiies aboard. This proved imOban, Stranger than fiction has been proved possible. A ladder was lowered from many times, hut once again it has been the Cedric, hut the sea was too exemplified In the adventurous voyage rough. A canvas bag was lowered by of the schooner Neptune II from St. line, and messages were put In it for Johns, N.- - F., to the quiet harbor of SL Johns and Newton, one to the MaOban. rine Fisheries for a tug. ideas have been Many The wind by then had moderated made the subject of novels, but no and was blowing west by south, and one has ever conceived the notion of for a fortnight the schooner made a small vessel being driven right some progress toward her home coast. across the Atlantic, surviving the The captain calculated that she made Wesley C. Mitchell, professor of fury of such tremendous gales as about 200 miles to the west. On De- economics at Columbia university, were experienced during the month of cember 20 the steamer Beaverburn of whom President Hoover has appointed December and the first fortnight ol London came alongside and made flag head of the research council on social title, January, escaping tin dangerous coast signals which the crew of the Nep- trends. Despite its the council will conduct a survey of of wild Donegal and the equally dantune were unable to make out Sevgerous reefs, rocks and islands of the eral other times during the niglff simple, everyday life as led by the evwest coast of Scotland and eentually steamers were seen at various dis- eryday American. The investigation after 48 days coming peacefully to rest tances, but they were not near enough will be conducted In the light of great in this placid harbor, says the New to communicate with. changes that have taken place in recent years. It will be strictly scienYork Times. To overcome the difficulty of signaltific and will be carried out by trained Is seas the This thrilling epic of ing, the captain hit on the expedient technicians working over a period of now made light of by the quiet unasof painting messages in large letters two to three years. Barsuming young captata, Job K. on boards. He had various messages from members the the of crew, prepared, such as: Please give us young bour, the weatherbeaten boatswaih, Peter course to nearest port. and No nav- bearing just about dusk. Humphries and his wife, the only igation, and no water on board. How- This was afterward found to proceed woman fated to endure such terrifyfrom the Skerryvore lighthouse, but ever, uo other steamers were seen uning experiences. til the schooner was near the Dhu the captain and crew were under the The Neptune II, a small heartach lighthouse, off the west coast Impression that they were in the vischooner of about 100 tons, of Scotland. A large steamer passed cinity of the Sdlly isles, and had vis bad been stanchly built of good oak at close range, but site did not underions of anchoring next morning in which well resisted the fury of the stand the signals, Captain Barbour Plymouth harbor. The vessel was Atlantic seas. Her timbers are about thinks, possibly being a foreign vesthen hove round, and laid on southfifteen inches thick, she is calked and sel. easterly course for about thirty miles. pitched both outside and inside, and Other lights were sighted, but could Scarcity of Water. her captain says she was without a was on board Added to the perils of winds and not be identified, ns there leak during the whole of his long voyseas was the scarcity of water. no chart of the west coast of Scotland. age. Carried Past the Island. When the Neptune left St Johns she Relates Epic of Sea. had two barrels of fresh water, each The following morning the schooner The protest against wind and containing 100 gallons. One barrel un was In the vicinity of the Island ot weather entered by the captain imsome In water let A boat with four men was ob salt TIree. fortunately mediately after landing In Oban a This was mixed with the water in the served putting off from the island and document couched in ancient legal unspoiled barrel until the compound came within about a quarter of a mile, terms provides a story that has per was just drinkable. Sugar was used but had to return to shore, owing to haps never been equaled in the his io sweeten the mixture and take away the wind rising from the north. By tory of such formalities. It narrates the salt taste, but even at that the this time the sails and rigging of the that the said vessel, being then tight crew were kept on strict rations. schooner were almost useless, and she stanch and strong, well manned, The captain sered out apples and was carried, past the island by the rigged and tackled, the masts and oranges, part of the cargo, to assuage wind and the set of the currents. pumps well bound, tlie hatches prop the thirst of his men. and handfuls During the following night she was erly secured, the cargo carefully of tigs between meals. The bully beef kept tacking backward and forward stowed and the vessel being In every in the cargo was tried, but it was between the Islands of Coll and Tiree other respect well provided, furnished found to be too salt. It created thirst. and the mainland. At 8 a. m. on the and made ready for the seas and fit Moreover, it was difficult, on account morning of January 16 the vessel was to perform the said intended voyage. of the gales, to get the hatches opened found to he near the Ardnamurchan set sail from St. John's, N. Fn at 6 Few regular meals were cooked, and lighthouse, on the mainland of Scotp. m. on Friday, Nov, 21), 1 020. food had to he taken as opportunity land. She anchored under the light Then follows the narrative of the offered. Many Sleep was difficult. house, but as the boats had been said intended voyage. which (level watchers were needed, and besides it smashed no landing could be effected oped from a coastal run of about 100 was found almost impossible to lie in Signals were made to the lighthouse miles to a protracted and devious the bunks, owing to the pitching and and responses were observed, keepers journey which is calculated to have rolling of the vessel. but could not be understood. Later On covered at least 5,000 miles. Another grave danger was the pres the steamer Hesperus, belonging to the board were a crew of six. including ence of gunpowder on deck. This Northern Lighthouse commissioners of . the master, and five passengers. Nine powder had been stored in the Scotland, appeared, and. observing the other vessels of the same type left hut when the wheelhouse had schooners distress signals, came to her St. Johns the same evening, and the been washed away the powder beassistance and towed her into the harmajority of these had a perilous time, came loose. It was secured in two bor at Tobermory, on the Island of several being lost and two still not barrels, covered with canvas, and Mull. accounted for. . lashed o one of the masts. On arrival at Tobermory the pasAfter leaving SL Jilins the vessel for sengers and crew were relieved of the After running encountered a severe snowstorm and about a fortnighL Indications were strain of their trying experiences, and gale from the southwest, and when were well cared for, being specially found of the approach to land. Soundthe Neptune was off Cape Ronavista. ings were taken, and showed 150 fath feted hy the town council. The schoononly 30 miles from home, the gale inmiles further on er lay in Tobermory harbor until Jan Sixty-tworris. creased to such force that she was Then showed 60 fathoms. uary 19, when the Hesperus on her resoundings driven out to sea in a northeasterly on January 14, 1930, a light was seeu turn journey towed her into Oban. direction. The crew experienced terrible hardships during that snowstorm. The ropes and sails were covered with snow and ice, the ropes being as thick as a mans arm and the sails stiff with ice. The vessel was blown out to sea on the morning of Saturday, November 30, and had to continue before the wind for several days. Then she hove to in the hope that the wind would change. Hope was dashed when a further terrific gale off the coast sprang up on Thursday, December 3. and the little vessel had again to tlee before the angry winds and sens. It was in this gale that the wheelhouse was broken and washed away, the steering wheel broken and the steersman almost washed overboard. A Huge Sea From Astern. The steersman was Peter Humphries. He graphically describes the huge sea which engulfed the ship from astern and threw him up against the woodwork of the deckhouse, picturing the mountainous wave sweeping up and breaking clean over the struggling little vessel. The gale continued with hurricane force over Friday, December 4, and the ship was sorely battered. The bulwarks were broken, sails and tarpaulins torn to pieces. By good luck one of the passengers, William Norris, was a sailmaker, and he repaired the sails three times during the course of the vpyage. But by the Here Is the class In marine zoology of the University of Miami, Florida, time Scotland was reached, they were marine life at the oceans bottom. Some of the students are shown useless. studying practically with diving helmets on about to go down. The entire class wears bathing Several steamers-wersighted during the voyage, and one or two of suits. Prof. Robert McIntosh jots down notes and instructions while v the these were communicated with. The class Is under water gathering specimens. three-maste- DIAMOND DYES contain the highest quality anilines money can buy I Thats why they give such true, bright, new colors to dresses, drapes, lingerie. The anilines in Diamond Dyes make them so easy to use. No spotting or streaking. Just clear, even colors, that hold through wear and washing. Diamond Dyes never give things look. 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