The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-01-16
TINE Loss of TING NiBtRnlA.
Terrible saAerinss. Marvelloas Escape
"a one Of lhe Beats.


The Glasgow Harold OF December 18th,
publishes tho following nsrrative of Mr. De-
-.-s, che second oflcsr Of the Hibernia, Who
hal sssh q nssvslJsus escape ia one % the
ships boats. He save:
Boat - t~o Sas-sIs ! 81 Il. b1Ssuis, thrss oai6s of
vatsr, and several tins of preserved mssts.
Two bours .i.sr leaving the ship We found
the boat wgs 20 full that we deemed IL ne
esssasy 70 throw one Of the bsrrels or bas-
enit overheard 10 make room for the pas
ssngsrs. The boat was life boat, twenty
two feet long, with six or seven feet beam.
One woman had two children Of three and
i've years old respectively, ami another IN
infant Of six mo0ths old. Our boat IVES
leaking badly when started. and IL re-
quired two meu eonstaatly battling 70 keep
uss aaoAt. Soon afesr less!ng the Hibsrnia,
ws fell sst-GL Of The oghsr boats, being only
able 20 pull two oars, owing 10 ou' crosdsd
condition. When our 6rst mates boas wss
capsises, we attempted to get round 20 a..
sist them, bat, beia nearly swsmped In do
ing 20, we were obliged 70 attend to our own
safety. During thas day We pulled before
the wind, bat ct nigh We lay 60 b. mrans
OF 4 'adng anchor, an endsav red 70 make
he bat as trim as possible. We tried 10
mako the women % cemf0rtabLs o. We eDuid
bg sprea ing tarpsulsas over the forwara
part Of the boat. NOBODY asked to get any
thing 70 eat the first day, al beng too anxs
ous 10 thHsk vf eating. On the following
morning we got lugsail Get ON the boat, aid
male tue best Of our vsy for the Irish cuas'
be ore q southweseerly breeze. Nlshing Of
note occurred thar dsv, out the follos ING
night m old man, who bad shown symptoms
Of a-rsngrment, jumped overheard saying h+
vas going 70 bed. On the third day the
breeze Tell very light, and ws hsd 20 Jake 20
the Sans. ME- msrnsag one Of the psssso-
gers, supposed 10 be Frsscis Ragsrs, sud-
denly th1aw himself overheard. A woman,
sapposed 70 bs his sisssr, pleaded hard thar
Sohs ei 10 should throw hef into the 70, a.
ser him but We snde>vorsd TO sooshe her,
ssd saccs sied 10 some drgree. Rodgers w.s
,ssidentiy out Of his .easss. He had quArrelisd
WITH sus becau~e ws mailed the cvmpa~s 70
thsthwartsgo Be wanted ths knees Of hss
tggwssrs asrned, - .he. cyul nos 70 home
ssith holes in thsm.S % % this ums Prov
sione had been given In @odsraas Quaatless,
and each person hsa . daily allo vance OF
pint OF water We had 20 keep pulling btu
on she fourth aed alta days, aad dad mos
made much progress. Sunday was calm all
iay. The children hitherto bad been tolera-
w lively. The irfaDt wss I'D on mashed
b,scnr, fts mosner hsving no tnsik, aud the
otherl got biscuit and preserved meats, with
anal quantity OF preserved fruIt. The
nS.t VI sGf7cisnt wAtsr nov began 20 be let,
and ewing 70. tbe Close packing Of Ill in the
boet, and ths frequent wettings, crAmps we're
very general We were forced to keep sv-
ssgshng IN ems position ~ much a possibls
- syois eapsisise. Up % Monday NO one
had ssriou ily oonplaissd of ths diseoaforts,
ls1t AlyHsss in ta1srahle spirits. Zhs sss-
nsn lid I'll in thsir power 70 inspirs hops
I shd he aaartsfnastsf, Bar, spun yarns 20
iksst tksff Spirits up: On tbs wednesday
sAt ssssed sagissse ssag The leosh Psalm
go spaay joined ussh hin. Thss day tnt
| Hind hlsW bard from The southwest, and ".
| hsd % bring the boat to by using the saii
and two Of our oars q 1osting anchor. and
bun - dong Loot both ssil and oars. IL waa
ussssss % sssk for tAsm,. it bsing new dark
- - had q make . sail ous Of O piscs oi
tarpaulin, and b content with one osr and I
| nan that ws had with 10 In the bUat. Ths
wind blowiog nsrcsly, the tarpaulin wkvSRr
inte rags, Aed " eobstituted for it bed eov
err. The lskssr were also soon destroyed
\ 6snuel Br-wsssr, - old mAD, dssd On Wed
\ nssdsy, aftsr gong raving mad Many o
\ ose numbr nov showed signs Of ma mess
1 probably from dsspair and exposure to ex
4 irene cold. Some became viols0t And threat
4 saiAg Va Ihsif ss1ducs. snd ~ had 70 No
forcs with csrssa0 Of shsn, sad grsduslly W
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