The Morgan City daily review., January 09, 1917, Image 2

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LETTER FROM ENGINEER OF
CHERMONG AFTER DISASTER
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Below is reproduced a very inter
esting letter received by Mr. E. E.
Ditch from his friend Mr. Baker,
engineer of the ill fated ship, Cher
mong.
Valencia, Nov. 28, 1916.
My Dear Friend:
Have learned from the American
counsul that it may be about thirty
days before we can get passage to
Hie States, so will write you an ac
count of my trip on the S. S. Cher
mong, as I feel sure that it will be
of interest to you to learn of the
little ships untimely ending in the
Mediterranian sea.
We were loaded with munitions of
war to the summer draft which was
12" too deep for a winter trip, how
ever we or rather the owners were al
lowed to send her to sea in that con
dition. I had some misgivings about
her safety and tried to get a man to
take my place, but the owners and
captain insisted on my going, saying
that it would be a fine trip and be
sides my pay would be more ■ than
twice as much as I could make run
ning on a coaster and so I consented
against my better judgment.
Well we left New York City the
evening of Nev. 8th and encountered
bad weather from the very start
which continued to get worse every
day. The wind was from sw shifting
to nw and back to sw every day, and
steadily increasing in velocity until
it was blowing a gale, with mount
ains of sea boarding usf rom both
sides, keeping the hatches covered
with 3 feet of water most of the
time. On the,night of Nev. 17th the
sea was breaking on top of the cabin
and almost wrecked one of the life
boats. I could not sleep so got up
about mid-night and went on the
bridge, finding the captain and
chief mate who seemed to be very
much worried and I must confess
that I too was very anxious about
Hie safety of the ship, as well as of
myself and stayed up all night with
the captain making a tour of inspec
tion through the engine room every
half hour to see that the pumps were
keeping the «rater down in one of
the double bottom tanks which had
sprung a leak and was making 36"
of water every 4 hours, although the
big ballast pump would hold it
down alright. I was very anxious
about it, however, every thing, in my
department worked fine and the
little shop of 2611 gross tons was
doing fine and making good time.
About 6 a. m. the weather seemed to
be moderating and so the captain
and I turned in and slept until about
10 a. m. when we found that the ; R
«and had gone down quite consider-
able, »till there was a heavy sea roll- 1
in« which kept our bulwarks full of l be
water, however, the barometer was
-going up and down and we were all
fealing quite cheerful. That night
Nov. 18th about 10 p. m. we sighted
the lighthouse on Fayal Island which
was a welcome sight to us as we were
getting close to shelter and a much
needed rest. We anchored in the
harbor of Fayal at about 9 a. m.
Nov. 19th laying there that night
tahjn g about 800 tons of bunker
toaL leaving Monday morning,
plunging into a terrific wind and
^aea, which luckily only lasted 24
haws then «re had nice smooth wea
to Gibralter, a distance of
miles from Layal, where we
about four hours to clear
proceed through the straits
Mediterranean sea. Left
Gibraltar at 4:80 p. m. No. 25Ht
and up Hie Spanish coast all night
The next morning Sunday, Hie wea
ther was simply Meal, no wind or
■ea and Hie sky waa as bright as i
new silver dollar, which was proba
Mjr our undoing, at any rate at
- 10:80 a, , a». a German submarine
signalled us to atop by firing two
•hots at ua which came uncomforta
bly doac, and flying the signal M. N.
whfch meant step at «ma which '
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and
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ren
Mrs.
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5c deck p ] ates at j east iooo feet high
us, the captain sent the chief mate
out in a life boat to take the ships
papers to them after they read the
ships manifest they took the mates
boat in tow. Coming along side fly
ing signal A B. meaning to abandon
ship at once which we did at a high
rate of efficiency leaving everything
behind except what we wore, and
when we were about 100 yards dis
tance they commenced firing into
the ship with a cannon, but after
firing three shots without effect
they put a torpedo into her which
exploted 600 tons of dynamite which
was in the after hole, and exploding
the boilers, blowing boilers and
2%c
mat
E.
to
ac
be
the
the
of
al
to
and coming down all around us,
none of it struck our boats or else
I would have never written this ac
count.
Before one could count 20 the
ship was out of sight. The submarine
took our boats in tow and dropped
us within about five miles off the
coast of Spain. Within 1-2 minute
after she had dropped our lines she
had submerged, and gone from our
sight, forever I hope. After we. had
been pulling for the beach for about
an hour a little Spanish freighter
came along and picked us up, land
ing us in Valencia 24 hours later.
We were treated fine by the
Spanish captain and his crew who
refused to accept anything for their
services. Of course there were no
sleeping accommodations for us and
we had to make the best of it for one
night, which was not so bad, as it
was nice warm weather and we could
sleep in the mess rooms, although
very few of us slept a wink, being
too excited over our narrow eèeape,
from death to worry or even think of
sleep.
We arrived here in Valencia at 2
p. m. Nov. 26th and by 6 p. m. the
American consul and our captain
had all of us comfortably installed in
a fine hotel where we will have a
forced vacation on full pay for
some time to come, although we are
very anxious to get on our way back
to -the good old U. S. A.
Wishing you all a merry Xmas
and a happy New Year, I remain,
Your friend,
C. L. Baker.
A heavy cold in the lungs that was
expected to cure itself has been the
starting point in many cases of dis
ease that ended fatally. The sensible
course is to take frequent doses of
BALLARD'S HOREHOUND SY
RUP. It checks the progress of the
disorder and assists nature to re
store normal conditions. Price 25c,
50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by
Belanger Drug Co.
NOTICE
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This is to notify all persons whom
it may concern that Peter Guarisco
and D. Lee Guarisco of Moi£an City,
La., have purchased the saloon and
pool room occupied by Sam Caro
from the Bank of Morgan City, La.,
which saloon and pool room are loca
ted in the building known as Ser
ville's building on Lot Ten (10) in
Square One (1) of Morgan City.
La., this 9th day of January, A. D.
1917.
Bank of Morgan City,
per F. D. Winchester,
Cashier.
Peter Guarisco,
D. Lee Guarisco.
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O'BRIEN CHILD IS ILL
* IN NEW ORLEANS !
Mrs. A. B. O'Brien departed
few day* ago to visit her mother in
Clinton, La., but was forced to stop
in New Orleans on account of the
condition of her child whose tem
perature reached 103. The child was
operated on in New Orleans by Dr.
Dupree a short time ago for abscess
and was though to have recovered.
On the advice of Dr. deGravelles,
the child was taken 'to see Dr. Du
pree in New Orleans on the trip to
Clinton. After an examination, Dr.
Dupree was of the opinion that an
other operation would have to be
performed. Mrs. R. L. Squires who
acompanied Mrs. O'Brien to New
Orleans brought the O'Brien child
ren back to Morgan City yesterday.
Mrs. O'Brien telephoned for her
husband who deported for New Or
leans this morning.
Br. M. F. Meyer
Physician and Surgeon
Office: Terrebonne's Pharmacy.
Residence: CostoDo Betel
Berwick Office Brou ward's Drag
Store. ^ . Hour«: 1 to 2 p. m.
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