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Show ADRIFI OH THE OCEAN. Terrible Flit Days,' Experience la an Open Beat. NtilTrrlnea r n Ktilpurealieil reta liKKtiafroiiiTtileal riia Nlory r n hnralaor Caiitalu W.H. Drummond and Chief Onicer M-'Idrum, i f t le lll.falul llrll-lh llrll-lh abl3llug Jaiuea, will pam through Utah uoit week, mi route ti Koglaud from Nan 1'rancltoo, wliero they arrive ar-rive I on Sunday, The King Jamea waa burned at a nil I ou Ma ch Slat, wim abandoned 190 mile irom l'olut Ciincepllon, uu the Calliorutii ooaat, thettory of lliu wro-k and or tho eub enpiint euilarlnga ol thu eurvlvura la rfialcd by the captalu, whoao home la at Tuypoit, near Dundee, rico laud. "At mlJulght on the SOlli of March," aaya he, " gas exploalon occurred oc-curred on the King Jumea, aud when It became dangoroiia turumMn by her longir t ordered tho boata lowered. Them waa nothing elae to do. The crew had manfully fought tho fire In the hoi 1 for lit nrly a week au 1 they wero ixhiualed. I had lereoually xten to the prjvMonllu of two biata which neroaluiig from thudavilp, uud boih ol i into, after they wero In thu water, were male fatl by long llilea until I a.m. ou the Slat. At Ilia' hour I gavo oru'era to leave the rhlp. "Aeix.knol I recta waa blowing al thounir. We had hardly got cletr of the burning eaiel whim a terrific ex-ploal ex-ploal in took place. At - Ikiu. oil thu tlvttiiuwiud und aea lucreaaeJ. At o. id u't look, Juat na tho aun waa aluk-lux aluk-lux be nnd the western lionziti, n big roller alrurk ua uud Ufitu unjono knew where wa were the Iwalca palled. All but one nnnm tu Ihe boat, unly tleven, liowover, Including iu)aelr, wire aWo lo get it hold ou thu kit). About llftien ur twenty mluulea later 1 gau ordira to thoao ou tho bjtlom of Hie boat to get ou uuu aldoaud I avail the boat over by their weight. A heavy am wna running at the time und the wavie broke ocr all of ut. Tho men obeytd the order promptly, nud thu boat righted with lit lean dilllculty than I had autlilpuiid. l.viryued thou lit go their hold. I waaatiri rlaed lono lliu way thu men git baca Inlu the loaf, llity acrumbled Into It na If nothing Uuuauul wna going oil, yet liny wero out of eight of laud. 1 tried aeveral liruts to get III but hal tobhclol In, finally, Tliuboat was quite full uf water, thogunwalia uiulaaiilfl being I wo or three lochia eubmergod, wbilo there wui not more than n foot of frte biard at Ihe atern and bow. We tried lo ball tho but ul, lutlt waaafrullltaa Job with Ihe waves breaking over ua. One of Iho men atruck eoaieihluir with hie fojt and u feeling In thu water In tne bottom tf the boat tho denl budy of ouetf the aailira who waa In the boat when it was uverturued wna found. The body waa thrown overboard. Tor fourteen hoori wo ant In Ihat boit with the water ahove our ttalatr. We were all in a hopt leaa nnd htlpleaa atate. My eon William, who waa third oQlctr with luonu 1 a great ootii f irl, too, telng u moat dutliul, liavlug and toinpauloualilo boy, and Oliver ltobii aou, on npprentfu1, sank In ehimlur during thla time, ant died tnc?ulo. I could only in iuri f.lly" wntoh my boy as Ilia life weut out. Four tailors al the aume time had gone crazy fir want of food nnd water. The llilnt waa the woral of all. My ulteullou wna taken nway from my eon aomewhut, but my heart blod for him. I ne rav-luge rav-luge of tho Inaaue men, their erica. ouraeaaud jella and the ileaimlr of uveryonootuamade up a scene that baradeacrlptlou. I tried tmioouraiu the men by tlieerlng worda, but thee toundod llko mockery uulir tho clr-tumataucea. clr-tumataucea. "Afltrmy eon and Ihe appronllca hadaiaeiuway 111 Ihelr deom aloep I ordered their bodlea thrown overboard. It nearly broke my heart lo too thai fliioadAfl from my eye. Ho had Uun tho life of tho ship aud a ftvjrllu with all Thu four Insane sailors died and their bodlea were alto thrown lutottie tin. Then It was that tho wialhor modtrated aud wu baled out Ihe boat. We Improvlatd n ruddtr from the bottom tosrda of the boat. Only two uf the men and lujaulf it uru cnpubleotuny exerllou, and wu did all there waa to Uo. I ortMol ever-body ever-body to ttke otr thu wit (lotnia tbey had worn for Ihrte daye. the aun waa striking down ou ua. und wo allowed the boat to drift while all hniida got a little aleep. We all Iny down.wlth our htuuauuder thu half-dock, aud tlept fur lle hours. 'Two ut the four men with me had shown signs of luaanlty, but the Bleep brought them nround. Our thirst, however, was terrible. Our tonguta had swollen lu our mouths. Our feet were also swollen aud our legs ulfed up. 'Whin at tho southeast oudofHantn Rosa Island wo hnded William rlpenre, one of lliu parly, who was lu ai-urtli for wator. Ho did notconio back In six houre, so wa sailed out) the mainland. When close to Iluenime wharf Ihe aleamer Lnn Angeles oamo along and picked ui upon the morning morn-ing of the Oth Inat. Ciiplalu l.eland und ChlelBtowarUUeorge Hume could not havo been kinder lo ua, We all were In such au txhatialod cnudlllon that It was several days ttfjro wu reoovtrtd." |
