Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-08-17 | Page 1 | Vessel Comes to Port Almost a Wreck

VESSEL COMES TO PORT ALMOST A WRECK chicago august 17 captain CL A neilson JS a sturdy danish shipper yesterday brought to an anchorage oft off clifton staten island tits his bark the emilio scarred from her encounter with the recent wet india hurricane 0 and nearer a wreck than any vessel vesse that has come ta through rough the narrows in the last ten years A stump of a foremast from which a single yard aim seemed barely hung aung jury rigged and the bowsprit and jib boom were all that was left of the towering masts and spars with gaeir maze of rigging that wore were swept from the bark in an hours houra time on the at af of august 15 captain nellson neilson came on shore to bargain for spars that would enable the lemille to go on to havre france with her cargo of maio mahogany gany logs below decks the bark Is as tight as the day she was built