Adventures of the storm King.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 22 July 1890, Page 2

Adventures of the storm King.

COLtIBION WITH A WHALE. The Auitraliin papers tonttin^ dcv tails of the remarkably Toyage of Captain Jorgenson and his mat* J»hatm ,Nilf|pu .in the Jifcboat Sterrm King, from London to Albany The men weeived a htwtj w«ltam* x>n their arriral at the latte* port. . Be«ides th«m«elr«B th« only oth« liv ing things on 'koard-wtr* two . cockroachef, •• which,'", . w^ X* .told, " th« captain did not lik« to iil 1 ," On* can understand this touih of sentiment on thipart of this bardy mariner. Er«n til* moat. invtUrate enemy of the Blatta Oruntalis will probably agree that these two speci-, mens, after iaoh a tosiing about on the ocean; had earned their liberty: The Storm Kin?, as we mentio&td the other day. is 80ft long, 4ft 6in deep, and Bft in beam. She is cod* fliraotei of steel, in three parts, each part in itwlf a lifetsating apparatus with double bottom, and between keels are fresh water tanks,. and she is guaranteed to carry 100 people with prorisioat |for . a fortnight. She is lngcrer rigged, and sieeree: after the manner of a gig. The ypsiel ii decked, and cannot, ship water. From the partiealera of the roy&ge given in the Melbourne Aft we learn It hat gh^J lift London on the 12th September, and •acupied 18 days to Madeira, experiencing gted weather, except in the B»y M

Biscay, where > •iro»f gale and! • fattfr^ «€i, w»re en«ount«r*d: Good* * *4a(bi>?w«i then- carried after leatf* iig Madeira. tbeugh they tia4 : sfcmV " thaa<«rßtorifl# lit the Doldrttbiy * where they iiad * iniierabl* Urn«, ' it bein« 14 days befon? itfiiy got iMV \ the trade winds.. Captain 7e*genJfast then mad* for Pernarabqc*, wj Ih't '' Easj coast of South Amtriii. Ifitef **' a Bh,ort ps»y^eirt thVi^tdl^^': Cap* which iv reached . after . itt .• " un»t«ntful voyWfotihTM Monifog:;^ Jatt iraV/idi : pintoim, "■'WiHWrt^' wht»ith«r ; , %»•>«; »uut v^:::i::: month, tfoy •xptriji f^ • lijjfT ;; S& »Vn ?*W.- wW'f Ag^ anchond. fe»i *• itora dror» tbei»' ' fag no tobacco toW" *i»^ P"' % bobbin idtoa, MsWpj4 j %at|% BtOT^, 1^: m^y be termed «hi«^*fljf*« ; ? ainffular roraffe. • " that Capt. Jorgenion met? JVH k P.* tinie to quote from our Ifek™™* 5 " confefeptiraYy. Tie intrepid' aderi left Table Bay on 19th M»i eh for Auitrali*, and •efenf yfiTe' day^ W6re. occupied.in the yoyage Jp Al* bany. T?helrit .fourteen dayi from tbeCape they bad tad' weather* «?ath-;eMt 'I**"* 'v >%h*T tnet *ihip, which hoTff -iow* and «p«k« to Citpiain Jotf omon. ,&ssr -r, w»rcli ttey hid I narrow eicipf,; On a beauijfal eT^ing the . h>rm King itrucH^a sleeping wbafe, Which was deipiratelj frightened. The whla^e ipouted hef rily, ptangM all »bout, and tbe water towed into the T eiiftl. UoMthftitioce the whale alinoit iirmJk the iretfel, a*d v IV tain Jorieneomconflideni he^had ■ wonderful ni^jow eicape. AfUrward thef had a eemewhat exetinf time, when pitting throigh^yelonei in wbloh -4he Storm Kkg 3 bf>aTe<l ■plehdidly. They'hid eeTiral galei and rough weather^ei C*pe Leuwin. Thonßhihe Storm King wai sever in danger, and they ba4 Jfwiiio^g enoaeh. for thr«i *onttM Joigfr, „ ; Captain JorgeniMl #1? 7»<i «• :■** tin readily Beliew m^^J? • ' were glad to reach Albany. Three . weeki pre jm»\j. ihiir tMWßenttf ttoppea, and ibey had to «ake rqa^h eaiealaiiionß of the time. Captain i 4. cJbrgensoQ and Mr Neiltop , took watches «f four hourt until §"x W«#ki , ago. when they changed (c cix honri. At Cape Town Captain forgenion reeeired two peekagei of naili for Adeiaidf, The royiga baa oertaioly justified Captain Jorgenson's contention that hie life-boat !• prae> tioally nniinkable. £?* »l«o doubts whether ihe can be eaptized, al* though he admits that ih« " knoeki about a good deal in m stprm/* ..Ko doubt there are more comfortable, ways of making a long ocean Voyagi* V but the safety of raft - t<k ' life- % - , pr'serriig purpose*, seemi to , be de* monstrattd beyond qaestioh.