Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-04-03
STRANGE MIsFORTUNEs on BoARI
a VESSEL.

STRANGE MIsFORTUN on BOARD
VESSEL.
On Tuesday morning an inquiry was held
by Mr.. John Humphreys, relative to the
death of Thomas Groom, aged twenty -nve
years, one of the crew of the St. Andrews
Castle, vessel now lying in the St. Kath-
erinc's Dock
The ship st. Andrews Castle, OF Glasgow,
Captain Leigh, commander, lett Shanghae
for London on the 22d of October last. She
had crew OF thirteen men, and a lady with
two children, the eldest five years, and She
youngest then only three months, on board.
The lady had no servant, and was unaccom-
panied by any other passenger On the
voyage seven of the crew were disabled by
scurvy. The deceased man was seized with
the same dreadful disease He had been at.
tackled with intermittent leverund dysenieiv
in China, and he was consequently very
feeble; however, the captain treated him
out Of the "medcne book" and he lived
till the ship was being towed up tn The ST.
Katherine's Dock on Friday The disabling
OF so large proportion Of the crew from
scurvy was of course serious cnlJunuss-
ment to the captain, but his misoriunes had
not yet reached climax A fortnight before
sighting land the lady passenger went mad.
The unlucky captain and his mate, Mr.
Swanson, had thus thrown on their hands
not only the task of minding their unlortu-
nate passengers, but the more difficult duty
Of nursing the infant of six months old, and
of looking after the child of five years OF
age. The difficulties of the situation were,
however, maniully encountered; and the in.
sane passenger and the two children were
brought in safety to London.
Witnesses were called to prove that every
thing possible was done for the man Groom;
and the Coroner having summed up. tile
jury returned q verdict "That the deceased
died on board the ST, Andrews Castle from
exhaustion from scurvy and dysenlery; and
the jury wished to express their opinion that
the captain of that vessel did his duty well
and with great humanity"
With respect to the fact that scurvy ap-
peared in spite of the serving out of due al.
lowance of limejuice on board the St. An
drew's Castle, 1t was stated that sailors do
not always consume that preventive. One
of the crew of the ship admitted to DR.. Wills
that he had never swallowed limejuce in his
life There is no doubt that in many in
stances this aversion has its origin in the
disgusting nature of the vile trash leo often
put on board as limejuice In tile present
instance, however, the juice was oil good
quality. Weekly Times, FEB %.
DIABoLIcAL.-The market women in one
of the sections of Girard avenue market, on
Wednesday, alter market hours, elubbed to-
gether, purchased quantity OF "superdne''
oysters and undertook to treat themselves
to a blowout in the shape OF an unlimited
allowance Of oyster soup. The kettle was
duly hung, the oysters were opened. and the
the bubbling mixture exhaled its tempting
aromas, when some one came along with II
two ounce vial of croton oil In cathurlic
properties single ounce OF croton oil is iully
equal to bushelo OF EPSON salts Timetables
ate their soup. They suffered IL proportion
to the quantity they ate. Says the poet:
10, fear not in world like this,
| For thou shalt know ere long,
Know how sublime thing it is
To suffer and be strong!"
The ladies of the market didn't see the
force of this sentiment The more they
suffered the weaker they got a man named
George Henry was arrested on the charge OF
committing the netarious act lie was mken
before Alderman Shoemaker In default of
$1,000 bail he was sent TO prison. = P1U.2.i-
phiG U s. Gazette.