Fearful sufferings at sea : Lad killed and eaten. A fearful tale of suffering and shipwreck has just come to light, by the landing of three of the men at Falmouth, by a German barque. They were part of the crew of the yacht 'Mignonette' bound for Australia, which foundered in a storm and they were twenty-four days in an open boat. Their sufferings were so great that they killed a lad named Parker, and lived on him for several days.
[England? : s.n.,
1884]
Air: Driven from home.
Dated from internal evidence - the events on the 'Mignonette' took place in 1884 - confirmed by the 'Times Digital Archive' in an article dated Tuesday, Nov 04, 1884.
First line reads: Just for a few moments your attention I crave.
In two columns with an illustration beneath the second.
Dudley, Tom, 1853-1900
Parker, Richard, 1867-1884
Stephens, Edwin, 1847-1914
Mignonette (Boat)
Ballads, English
Cannibalism
Shipwrecks
Trials (Murder)