Show lights of by 0 J NEW YORK TRUMBULL capt ashlea mckinley McKin jey has been telling me of the downward voyage made by the eleanor bolling boiling one 0 ne of the ships of the byrd expedition from jew york to little america it seems that the entire crew with the exception of captain brown the first mate and the chief engineer were strictly volunteers all being members of the exploring party one or two of them may have had bad active experience in a rowboat or even have sailed a catboat but none had really done anything to impair hla his standing ns as an amateur dr laurence U M gould was second mate because of his position as second in command to admiral byrd and because he was able to use a sextant when he was waa not no seasick he was a very valuable second d mate the ship got out of new york fork har bar bor all right with the captain on the land a couple of scandinavian protes probes signals were signed fr from 0 m the time they took over it was possible at all times to blow the whistle without stopping the ship they weighed about pounds each entering the new zealand harbor captain mckinley had been promoted to the wheel it if the ship had been art an airplane or a dirigible he would have been an expert pilot As it was a small misunderstanding arose between him and the captain port ordered the latter meaning deanin apparently that he wanted the wheel turned to port but ashley mckinley naturally thought he was referring to the ship the captain was so surprised at the result of his command that the ship like a eat cat chasing its tall a ma made e practically a complete c circle r to port before he recovered his power of speech but by the time the eleanor bolling boiling reached little america everyone including the captain first mate and chief engineer had obtained a lot of exper experience lence and all were able seamen ac 1833 boll oll syndicate serica bridge the first mate at the wheel and the chief engineer dashing back and forth between the engine room and the stokehold one of the volunteer stokers smokers had once had some experience with an oil of furnace in a suburban cottage but the other had never done more than turn a i radiator on and oft off the r meanor bolling boiling burned coal by frenzied effort tile the two were able while labile the they y lasted to get up at least 23 25 pounds of steam naturally the mate spend all his time at the wheel and when he was relieved by the first volunteer strong strange ge things happened the ship began to do 10 n R sort of combination tango and barrel roll uttering Ott ering loud supplication to all the gods of mariners marinero ma the captain reeled his way on deck when he spoke feelingly to the helmsman the latter hitter was both astonished and hurt why captain he protested she never was more than 6 inches off her course meaning 6 inches on the compass card 0 0 0 owing to a few such trifling inel flento the ship naich had been due to reach norfolk early on tuesday did not arrive until wednesday afternoon this was a hit bit shinning to relative of the crew craw who had gone cone there to meet her especially as some of the papers carried headlines saying that the ship was overdue and probably had sunk slink put with the mate again at the iho wheel she came into harboy harbor nobly Menn meanwhile while the first volunteer stok stob ers had given their best and their oll all they were tenderly laid in bunks and captain mckinley and the doctor tool took over the stoking job they stoked a large part of the way to new zealand they lid did well and would have done enen een better if the furnace doors had not bornn d 6 habit of swinging shut just when they wanted to throw coal in pair by pair the hus huskiest hu klest of the volunteers took their turn in the stokehold but the steam gage remained at a the same nine point at new zea |