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May 27th 1916 ...boiling cleaned up heads a.m...worked on stoven boat. Lat. N. 22º-17’ Lon W. 58º-00’ 29th ..washing clothes. mate made piece pipe for boiler (smoke stack). Flagg off duty bronchitis 24-17 59-00
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June 1 1916 ...cleaning up boiler & engine & repairing top gal. sail. mate on sail and master on engine blowing off boiler which was & is in leaky condition. engine also needing packing badly. cleaned & painted driving wheels & other parts… Lat. N. 27º-19’ Lon W. 60º-18’ 2nd ...saw nothing but seaweed & that quite plentiful. Flagg on duty, the three syphilitics improving slowly. Finished painting engine. 28-44 59-27
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Remarks Continued [marginalia] 1916 June 5th Lat. N. 30º 47' Lon. W. 57º-30
Light brezes these 24 hrs. [from?] N E & N.N.E. saw nothing except one drift log & porpoise. employed working on old top gal. sail reparing it finished it also master mader another new running rigging block. at 10 30 last night master was called to quell a disturbance on deck. Second officer Freitas & Sylvester Monteiro being principals, with others mixing in. Antone Spenser, a boatsteerer being the one to wake cabin boy & send him to call master, who went on deck & on investigation ordered irons brought & Monteiro to come aft. Master lead ing him he resisted & master finally hit him twice with belaying pin. he was put in irons & put below. this man has repeat edly made trouble present time was insolent on quarter deck in bracing yards, later re fusing to keep quiet after going forward telling men what he would do. was ordered up on mast by second officer on his Monteiro refusing officer took hold of him to lead him where on Monteiro struck officer & scrap was on. first cause of trouble was Monteiro finding fault about having to work talking to other men & he with four others swinging off on lee top gal. brace trying to start something. C.A.C. took irons off man at 8:30 P.M. So ends M
[marginalia] 6th 30-57' 57-44
Light air & calm saw nothing. this day broke out a cask of oil that was leaking & stalfed it sent down main sail & put on chafing cloths. So ends teusday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES Line 36: Captain Chace entered his initials, C.A.C. to show that he took the man off irons.
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June 7th ...sent a boat to Italian stmr. Eliopoli of Genova. she stopping & sending us a couple of newspapers (May 16-17) also a couple of Italian Journals or magazines. also gave us our position, he differing slightly from ourselves. she was in ballast from Australia last from Gibraltar & bound to U.S.A. Masters name F Gurigno. Lat N. 31º-08’ Lon. 57º-30’ 9th ...sick men improving slowly. treating Mr. Crowie for sore mouth, he on duty. 31 55 56-02 10th ...Started putting goods from slopchest in a bag on deck as bounty to induce a sharp lookout. 31-52 55-30
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June 11th ...S. Monteiro asked to be treated for Bubo. Lat N. 32º-44’ Lon W. 55º-05’ 12th ...washing clothes & odd jobs. opened an abcess on M. Moares jaw today. chancre on penis nearly healed. still treating Monteiro, Britto, & J. Antones, all syphilis. Mr. Crowie sore mouth better. 33-18 54-28 14th ...we had a Gamin” with Alice Knowles [N.B. 6/14-?/17. Hagarty master. 150 bbls this cruise. 33-08 51-58