ILL-FATED VOYAGE

Evening Star, Issue 19840, 13 April 1928, Page 2

ILL-FATED VOYAGE

SCHOONER BATTERED VESSELS DECLINE TO GIVE AID. NEW YORK, April 4. At the end of an ill-fated voyage of 118 days from Adelaide, South Australia, the live-masted schooner K. V. Kruse, battered by successive storms, has at last arrived at Seattle. The troubles of the crew seemed to be at an end when a tug took the luckless vessel in tow. A sudden squall separated the schooner from the tug, however, and it quickly disappeared. The worst fears for its safety were entertained, but to-day the K. V. Kruse was again rescued and towed to Seattle, and finally tied up in the dock with her sails torn to tatters and the crew suffering from fearful hardships, sickness, and starvation. A week ago, when the schooner was approaching the coast, she signalled to a passing American tanker; “We are short of food.” “That is very appetising,” replied the tanker. “Please halt and give us food. Wc cannot proceed,” pleaded the K. V. Kruse. “That is too had,” replied the tanker, continuing on her way. Spare brooms, chairs, and boards ripped from the deck were used during the last week to keep the cook’s fires burning. The rain-soaked members of the crew were in a pitiable condition.