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Show WRITERS WRESTLE : VINE ! Newspaper Representatires Are Caught in Terrific ialp Oir Gatalina. HIGH WAVES PREVENT PASTY FROM LANDING Finalh Make San Pedro Harbor After All Day's Pight W if Ii Storm. Spe.-la) to The Trlhune. SAX PEDRO." Cal.Dec. 2J. For twelve hours tod. iv the Bastcril newspaper representatives, rep-resentatives, who are the guests of the Union Pacific railroad and touting southern south-ern California, were in danger of going to the bottom of the Pacific ocean. Buffeted by Big Waves. Th" special Kteumbont, the Warrior, In whb-h th.-y essayed to make a trip to Fanta falalina Island was buffeted bv the hlirhesi waves which b ice r.ige.i over thv channel for many months, and In the end the i.lloris ..-r.- ;lail to b. taken from the boat without being able to land on the Islands at all Are Unable to Land Kari th Isj'mornf hg, di spite the ..-inings of the sailors, the special boat with th-fort th-fort press representatives, accompanied by their railroad Chaperons, left fan Pedro for Catnlliia. Very soon the wind began biOWlng heavily and the wa.-.s went mountain high After a rough trip, the part) reached Avalmi, hut were unable un-able to land because of the. high waves. Return to the Channel. Aft.T trying for :ome lime, it was determined de-termined to return to San Pedro. Rut here again they w re unable to land, aftt r a trip lasting four hour?, and the Captain took the vessel out Into the channel until j a favorable opportunity of landing arosi i Ldfe-Savers Ready to Start. Th efforts of the Fhlp to reach land were seen by those on shore, and nun- ! dreds of people came down to the beach to see the maneuvers. The life-saving station got ready to offer assistance, but they were not needed. At 9 o'clock tonight the party succeeded lh reaching land, after almoRt every man ' In the party had b-en laid out with seasickness. sea-sickness. Bedraggled and Hungry A special train of the San Pedro rail- i road met them at the station and took I them to Los AnKclcs. The men had been without food since early morning. Many of thm were wet to the skin from the i great seas which broke over the ship, and altogether It was a m-.st bedraggled , party which ftnell) left 8nn Pedro. Weather Without Precedent. The rough weather Is said to be entirely I unusual In California at th's time .,f the yeur, and this r- said to have been the only case In which the ships have had so much trouble in several years. |