Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1914 — CARGO USED AS BOATS FUEL [ARTICLE]

CARGO USED AS BOATS FUEL

Passenger? oh Steamer Lindauer'Tell of Thrilling Experience In Pacific Coast Storm. San Francisco, Cal. —With the forerigging carried away and a portion of the deek cargo of lumber missing, the steamer G. C. Llndauer steamed into port with a dozen passengers on board. Each of them told of a thrilling experience which began four and a half days before at Gray’s Harbor. The usual time of the passage is only 65 hours, and the fuel tanks of the vessel had enough oil to feed the furnaces for this time when Captain Sundman left the northern lumber port. The next day it began to blow from the southeast, and for the next two days the big waves swept over the ship and the forerigging was carried away. The fuel gave out and every man on board was placed at work cutting into short lengths the lumber stowed away on deck. Several of the passengers assisted the weary crew, and by the time the vessel steamed through the heads more than 6,000 feet of lumber had been fed into the hungry mouths of the furnaces. Captain Sundman said it was one of the worst storms of his experienceThe vessel was compelled to steam dead ahead against wind and sea and every wave washed over the vessel and cargo.