The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-22
THE ARCTIC CALAMITY.
TWICE SAVED.

TWICE SAVED.
NARRATIVE OF 1ss FRENCH SAILOR WHO WAS PICK
ED ur FRoA 7SR WRECK OF RI ARCTIC.
[Frcm the siaerve, of MontreaLl
ny game 10 Jsssonet FRANCOIS; am from CAnoae, q
village uAtsd s three easues distance from st. Mslo
gensrsE> employ myself every year in fishing at st.
Pierre d aharsei on board the vetA, to return home
wh about ooa cr the 9th, chsncsd TO be deck,
heard the sss IA charge of the wateh and who
IN ,hs fore part Of the vessel sing out Lu udthsrs
Of ry opinion IA not than half minute espsss
before V. recs ~, ,he shock Our hip struck the Arctic
swept awsy by ,iryhkv. When We saw this accident
geDersl coofusiop rM ued, and ascending from
s se sssa oa tvs 'l1 psns S w.a ~s
and crew To lower s1N and to prespitsts ourselves
into It, to the nuubss seven or eight, was sae work
nasr vssssi woiea ooA uausd It's ,ous to~srss
land Our iatention swas to save ourselves
was that our own would 70 down imtnedi.tely. We
rowsd for time before could ressa the DOW o.
the vessel but ssnt ~ "a distance sgsiu We
then approached the Wheel and wog to aciid
which cannot cxplSin, the boat was caught la it, and
-. ris aOs 70 s
ard panic reigncd soon learnsd sa the vessel in
dang sr, and cast my eyes around me % to dad som ssm.
bottles; got rope and attached them to my person.
but ore Of them being br KEN .sw that II would
that is why, finding box fa,ten cd myetf
IL With strcng cords and myself int3 the By
LApp0heu n
floating piece OF the wreck, which seized hold Of
ahar doned myfcY to the mercy OF the Ic
pany With me ON this raft was young American OF
from twenty 10 twenty-five years Of age this young
Died ON the morning Of the 2Sth from the effects OF
cold and hunger The cold had taken such b I'D Of
him that 1t became impossible for him to utter single
word. took him In my arms and supported his head
my shoulder When he breathed his last sigh, he
gave such violent shock that he upsettng
mo into the attached him to the raft with cords
end hin for about twentv hours at the paon OF
which, finding that he really Dead and sppreh-ndng
the visit Of some large sharks, throw myself into hs
After being at the mercy Of the for couple
OF days and nighuhat is TO say. Hfty two hours-on
the 2sth towards ten in the morning. prcevso to the
west sail shich seemed to be approaching mo; thsn
with the small psIk which had served oar, I
epa Sled TO make signals, which did not seem
to be noticed by the vessel continued to swim for
another hour, and then became convinced that the
vessel was coming Directly towards me This gave .
little courage, for my strength had begun to abandon
me. made fresh signal, and saw that they psr-
ceved me, for the yessel came strsisb. towarss
was hoistsd beard and them TO un erstsnd
well as could, BY SIGNS and few words Of English
that there to the leeward great number OF per
awaiting help and the captain accordingly changed
his and eIcd in that direction We picked up
eleven persons who had got Aoing pieces OF wreck
~, also Captain Luce We then m ade sail, aud pro-
oeedad to Quebec 1t In this way that escaped the
waws which threatened to ensulph me every instant
was In the nfty two hours wit out food drink
Of eort with the exception OF small sail IRIS bis
cult which companion In misfortune gave before
he expired