The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-01-16

| w@tSfs And one Of the fresh water casks naJ
Taxed half Of its contents We bad " d.
regard the sppeAls for drink, and the canse-
q aencs vas thai several sesmen among he
rest took 20 quenChing their thirst wftn ST,
water, 10 spite Of our rsmonst RANGES. Thus
was continued unsu a number got perfectly
mad. Walter McFarIans, fireman, was one
OF those Who persisted in taking salt watsr.
ana me- coDiuct became go dane.roosiy out.
rageous that be hsd TO BE- tie / Ia Inc bottom
he diea 10 ttis state. On Fndss morning Z
We had sailed $50 miles TIE tarpaulin sal
nan given way nsf do geo times. and a. Of
tan mend-d, and ou the whole tue boat had
zone very vel. THIS day the infant died
Our situation mad becosne miserable 10 The
extreme Tbs sea was) breaking over the
oost w q, - Of spray, wptuaz every ON -
Inc skl4r Ahu sh ~ss~ strShi'lA pools OF wa
tsr. Thsre was nothing now to aover tns
women ms We had usrd vverysshiug for salls
Crs@p had ssAso al ct "A. more oIs les, and
our lsge aad - sr-a ty ~ Ial ln
Consequently Hi4i Fls .r.s.a ~Mt.r
was ss se~r -a- i-. raa N a hAaa -ta
serve iour y 1a Tnrr.iO l-
we're equally @ra .s VARY r.v
'n8 a"u Tiv -. ~ u .l4-- l4I -
cue evening cio-vd N, but the tact wAs nrt
'sosicrd % Tn line, 4nI the 0Jdy was suII l,i
ths eeAa when the grVS+esI u oil our cal4sni-
saas 0ecarrei. AooIt Il s'civck heavy
wasessrDck a..-S- aal l4al.-s On LS-~-a -.
their drowsy condition. iAlhng suddenly 10
mess 20 the lee SIDE, she went oves. and al
ssr- ieft slrug lag ~ tHe water. rns ooat
hoated upW.rJS and RasiS Jnsusxed l. struy 4
sle up aud sea nlInsui on Ihs kes3. de- as I
sisted Blair Z" get up, SuIcn tne latter did /
wann Aaf
ger In laid uold VI his ley Rely tusa a.
sistsd Mr.. Davies, who nad alsJ to shake !
nImselt clear u s0me Que cnnglng 70 nis IoOt
NJ others got hold of the boat, though sew
erai wSre heard ivr A-tluBe snUutIng or swear |
ng ~ they Swan about IN the darkness.
Ou' poor soul mad goa under the boat, aud
DC was hear tor ncary half an hour. He
vas apparently hOldins on by the thwarts,
and orestnlng the alr whicn ha1 been en-
csOssd when the boat rolled over, or winch /
rsAcued nin throug the ciIBks IN her t,E \
o5rs. Aoout ID o'clock . neavy sea s,ruck |
tne ooat, and the three who were sitting
A~tride Of the keel were again immersed in
lhe water. Bar was the first 10 recover hi
position, and BY his ASSISTANCE the other two
men were broaghr up On the boat. The sail
was hIatlng alongside, and We gDt hold Of
the RUPEES attached 70 the mast, and watch
ing foI . favorable opportunity, managed by
puiiing upon the ropes 70 get the boat right
cd. Sne was, OF course, full ef water, and
se baied her at first with Eat pieces Of wood
and Afterwards with Two lin cups wnicn We
found atsac led to the snwarts. At length,
bv hard labor, We got her clear. Every hing
~ss lost out Ot the boaI except Que oar, the
mast, the t~rpaulin sail. aud the yard, and
We were thus left without provisions or wa
Ter. When daylikh. broke We again made
sail upon the bvat - well a. We could, anu
again steersd our course TO the eastward with
favorable wind. b. Sunday evening We were
beginning 70 ges down-hesrted. We saw Q
saIi-tae hrst We had seen-but she did not
observe us, and darkness shortly Afterwards
closing in, We bad no light with which 10 at-
tract altsntion- We were downcast at this,
bus abont six O'Clock We were Suddenly
chesrsd by seeing light to the eastward,
which turned oar TO b. from fory IslADd
lighthouse. We made for shz Eht thsHsh
it was blowing strongly from shs southwess,
wish hssvy SEA running. On getting close
10 the land, We found ourselves among dan
a.ross brsa - e. tgaf-aY "a. m7Fe
rsn OUT some I've miles and br0o6isihHas so is0tt
wait Tor daylight. About this tims some
heavy showers tell, the hrst Of any con-
ousnce thas We had met with sance the I
wreck, and We employed every means within |
our power 20 cascn lltlls tresh wafer, Of
whicn We stood 90 terribly in need. Atdsy-
ligus on nssdAy morning, ws once more sst
our saia and made fos sns laad, dessrminsd
70 gss ashur. ~ all n.zaEds. We ran along
the shore Tor nOme distance tai Ws saW .
likely place IN Aalroy Bay. on the vest el
fannss Point living . savo'ing breeze, We
nsds race fcr the shore, aud ran tie boat
up with sucn fOrcs tnas the recedlng wsuv
lsit her stern dry upOn tue beach. After
coming ashore We ,auad our limos swvlls..
60 much tnAI It was utterly Imposslbis "
m,ve"
Tos three survivors, Davies, Blair and RI
Icy, were r. moved iro1 fAnnst 20 LOndou-
derry % Friday.