The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-09-07
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Milk Twain Of The sacramchto' t'
Union gives the Following Interesting
story of the escape of the crew Of the.
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/ iTrfan WATER, Provisions 10. ~
/ have said that III a few minutes
time allowed him, Captain Mitchell was
only able to seize upon tho fow articles
of food and other necessaries that hap
pened to lie about the cabin. Here
is the list: Four hams, seven pieces
of salt pork Coach piece weighed about
four pounds), ono box of raisins one
hundred pounds Of bread (about qpe
barroD, twelve two-pound cans of oys-.
| tefs, CLAIMS and assorted meats; six
buckets of raw potatoes (Which rotted)
a keg with four pounds Of butter in IL,
twelve gallons of water in n forty gal
4 lon tierce or "scuttle butt" four bone1
gallon demiiohns full of water, three
bottles Of brandy, the property Of pas
tsengers some pipes, matches, and q
hundred pounds of tobacco, had no
medicines That was oil these poor
fellows had TO live on for forty-three
days-tho whole thirty-ono of them.
J Each boat had n compass, q quadrant,
a copy Of Bowditchs Navigator, and a
nautical almanac, and the Captain s
and chief mates boats had chronome-
ters. AMOS .,.,..
.... HATIoNs. ...t
OF course all hands wore put on shert
allowance at once The day they set
sail from the ship each man was allow
cd small morsel Of salt 1pork-or q
little piece Of potato il he preferred il
J land half sea biscuit three times q
day. TO understand how very light
: this ration of bread was, it H.. only nc
cessaIy to know that itstakes haYen 20,
these sea biscuits TO weigh e olpqpd
The first two days they only allowed
one gill Of water a dayto Zach man
$ but for nearly a fortnight aftertha tn,
weather was lowering and stormy, All,
l frequent rain squalls occurred, Th,
: rain was caught in canvas. and when
ever there was a shower the forty cal
, lon caslS, and every other vessel tha
would hold water was tiled--even al
the boots that were water-tight wen,
: pressed into this service, except sucl
as the matches and tobacco were de
posted in TO keep dry. So for four
teen days, there were luxurious oc
, casons when there was plenty ofwatel
to drink. But after that how they
suffered the agonies of thirst for toul
long weeksl ..... f...J ...,,f.
HOPPING AGAINST HOPE. u.li
For.seven days the boats sailed on
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. ment of biscuit and their morsel of raw
: pork in the. morning, and hungriy
I counted tho tedious hours until nool
= and night should bring their repetition
q of il. And in tho long intervals the,
9 looked mutely into each others faces
# or turned their wistful eyes across TIL
l. wild sea in search of the succoring sal
:. that was never to come. $500
"Didnt you tallo29 i asked one of th
n of the men. fM
: mo; we were too down-hearted7-
q that is, the first week or more, w
10 didn't talk-we' only looked at eac
'e other and over the ocean,
d Andthought Isuppose Though
IS of homo--of shelter from storms--C
d food, and drink, and rest.
IN The.hop Of being picked up hung {
:. them constantly-was even present
m them, and in their thonghts, like hur
!, GER And in the Captains mind wa
VI the hope ofmaLing the Clarion Island
and he ctung to it many n day,
G The nights were very dark. The
nd had no lantern and could not see I'll
re compass, and there We're no stars
D. steer by. Thomas said of the boa
is ''She handled easy, and we steered b
ey the feel of Of the wind in our faces an
Or the heave of the sea- Dark, and di
:, NAL, and lonesom work was tina
=. Sometimes they got fleeting glimp'
" of the sailors friend tho north sta
g and then they lighted a match al
" hastened anXiously to see if their con
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