Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-12 | Page 1 | Skipper Goes Blind in Gale but Saves Life

Skipper Goes Blind In Gale But Saves Life y I Man Who Once Bossed Jack London Tells of Grim im Experience Experience Experience Ex Ex- Ex- Ex at Sea I Br Asi Fits NEW YORK Nov 12 A 12 A 73 year 73 year year- old skipper skipp mp r iv who o once bossed Jack London is repairing his foot 40 yawl at Annapolis Md Ma after a a- terrible adventure adventure ad ad- venture In which he lost bat his s sight sailed blindly through a heavy sea and finally wrecked his craft emU on a fish trap Captain H. H E. E Raabe who W was a slave and ebony trader in the Solomon Solomon Solomon Solo Solo- mon islands Islands' half halt a century ago left Port Washington L. L I. I L. L several v weeks eks ago alone in his small craft bound for the South seas Nothing was WM heard of ot him here until a letter dated November 6 was received ed by a friend George OBrien O'Brien or of Jersey City N. N J. J On November 2 2 Raabe said he was wassailing wassailing sailing salling under a half halt gale from the north in Chesapeake bayThe bayThe bay The sun was sinking the letter said To my surprise the glare on th the water ater became unbearable I looked up at the mainsail What a It had turned from white to black An optical illusion of course SAW ONLY GREEN The sky Y too had turned black Another glance at the sun and while I was looking the bright orange orb turned to green Then no matter where I looked In other directions I saw nothing but a D. bright green disk Of ot the salts sails the boat the compass or Continued on Pies Pete Tiute S. S I SKIPPER KIPPE GOES BliND IN FURIOUS STORM CC Continued from Pace Pue On Oot the water I saw nothing Groping he hc managed to take in the mainsail While the wind howled he tried to light his lamps but he couldn't see the match flames ames and the attempt W was WS S a failure Then steering by the wind he went close I hauled on the starboard tack and headed for Annapolis holding to t the tiller Finally the Spindrift his craft croft was tossed tOMed against fish trap piling Desperately trying to save the vessel el he pumped water out of ot its t. t hull broke the crystal of ot his watch to feel teel the lands hands and hoped SIGHT RETURNS When Then Then att after r broad daylight bad hod come the wind abated and his sight returned What in the thc world he asked ked could have been the cause of or my cy eyesight falling and at such a critical cal eal moment J. J Is it liable to happen again When Jock Jack London shipped as as' a member of at the crew of ot the Glenora Raabe was LOS its skipper I