The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-02

ment for it had been believed that when the ca0n
could be explored, provisions would be obtaine !,
and it had now been four days since particle OF
food had been eaten or drop OF fresh water tasted
II was with heavy hearts that the sufferers returned
to their narrow sitting place on the rail, with Dut
little hope left to encourage them one ray of nope
came, however, as barrel was discovered h0ating
provisions of sort, two of the men started Tor
It, and after two hours steady work in the water; n
secured IT, but found to their disappointment tnaU IL
was barrel Of EPSON salts.
VESSELS IN SIGHT.
All through the week the captain ana MS lOur
companions clung TO the wreck-eight days wtnone o
food or water There is hardly another sucn q case
record. The testimony OF all is that the thOugnI
of food scarcely entered their minds o9s tGr
miracle nHc "%Ss Sf sSnerns Ts What nercsm tnat can
ES''i to be, tSroug6 % this dreadful parchlng, that
neither one could talk. Each tongue was
the roof OF the mouth it glued there and scaled OF in
large flakes. Such suffering as was experienced can
not be described. 1t fearful beyond telling On
Sunday morning the first sail that had been in sight
since the disaster occurred appeared some distance
on-tOo far of 10 be attracted. The little hope that
was excited suddenly departed as the whitened sail
were lost to view in the distance But two hours
later another vessel came in sight about three miles
but the vessel passed on, unattTacted by the low
lines of the wreck.
DELIvERANcE AT LAST.
These two last sad dsappolntments lie to the
raising Of signal OF distress, and an Old blue coat
hOisted. At about four o'clock in the afternoon
another vessel appeared ABOUT four miles OIL TO the
windward and before dark the captain Of this vessel
COptain ONey, OF the ship FlatWorth en- route from
China to London, discovered the wreck, and by da"k
had got within one hundred yards Of it. He got 0lt
a boat and sent it alongside. Captain ROunsevIe
and his companions weak that they could not
sand, and by another day. at the longest must have
perished and as the boat came up they slid into IL
heplessy and were taken to the Fatworth, where
every attention was paid them by the kind-hearted
Engiishman in command When taken off two of
the sailors were entirely naked, they had been
during the whole week. The sun had blistered them,
as it had the captain and the others. All were
the merest skeletons. Captain Rounseville, who
weighed before the wreck 1870 pounds, had lost
nearly ninety pounds in his eight days of suffer-
one to start with, but even this was too much for
their shattered systems and very soon after reach
ing the ship all were unconscious, and remained In
that state for two days. On reaching London the
survivors were removed to the Sailors Home, in
Well street, where they met with every attention.
AS soon as he was able Captain Rounseville pub
lished card OF thanks to Captain OXley, and took
measures to communicate his gallant conduct to the
American Consul, through whom the Government
will be advised, and viii undoubtedly make some
suitable acknowledgment.
THE LOST AND SAVED.
The following is the only published list OF the lost
and saved, and does not include, by name, those Of
the crew VINO were foreigners:-
Lost
Mrs. ROunseville and two children, Mattapoisett
Mass.
George W. Fox first mate, Milton, Mass.
Josiah w. Bates, second mate, Sandwich, Mass.
Joseph Young, boat steerer, Princeton, Mass.
William o. Eager, New Hampshire.
Edward Roberts, Lancaster, England.
Frank Hussey, Beverly, Massachusetts.
Henry w. Bolles. Hartford, Conn.
Edward Bedell, Somervile, Mass.
Hugh Cameron, Nova Scotia.
Joseph 9artett, New York city.
Isaac Aiken, New Hampshire.
And eight others, residence unknown, all
foreigners.
Job p. Rounsevie, master, MattapOisett Mass,
Martin Cavanaugh, Clarendon, Vt.
And three Portuguese.