Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-23
HORRORS OF THE SEA.
Four Of the III Fated Steamship
Miss0uri's Crew Sayed-A Thrill
ing Story Of their SufFsrings-
Eight Days without
Food or Water.

I HAVANA, November 2l.-The steam
ship Moro Castle arrived to-day from
New York, Vid Nassau eighteenth in
stant She brings news of the safety OF
another of the boats of the ill-fated
steamship Missouri, and that John
Freany, first assistant engineer, David
A. North, third assistant engineer,
Charles Sinclair, oiler, and Charles Con-
way, fireman, who survived almost
INCREDIBLE SUFFERING,
were at Nassau, and will leave for New
York on the return trip Of the Moro
| Castle. The following statement, from
Freany, is published in the Nassau
| Times:
He says the ship stopped frequently
| during the trip, owing to the foaming of
her boilers. The fire originated around
the boilers. We at once began to play
with a hose from q donkey engine,
but soon found it was unavailing, and
the captain ordered the boats to be
lowered. All was confusion, and at the
attempt to lower the first boat thirty
persons jumped into her, but owing to
the mismanagement of the davits one
end fell into the sea, the other remain
ing hanging in the air. All except
Freany and eight others, owing to the
rolling of the ship in the heavy sea, let
go and were
WASHED INTO THE SEA.
Nine clung to the boat until some per-
son on board the ship cut the davits and
the boat, which filled with water, went
free of the ship. We saw a boat bot
tom upward with two men clinging to
the keel. We threw them line, talked
a while with them, and wanted them to
come and join us, but they considered
their position better than ours and re-
fused. One of our men Joined the two,
and one of the two swan over to US,
being one of the saved. We met Mr..
Culmer's boat and asked him to admit
US, we being in a
SINKING CONDITION,
but Culmer refused, saying that he had
enough on board. We told him his
boat could hold more. Culmer threw
us bucket, and we tried Intellectually
to bail our boat. Culmer steered toward
Abaco. We had four oars at nightfall
We pulled back toward the steamer,
hoping that the fire would prove bea-
con, and that some passing vessel might
pick US up. We came within half
mile of the Missouri, about seven o'clock
in the evening, when the steamer dis
appeared suddenly. We then put our
boat before the wind. On the second
and third days we were still before the
wind and
SUFFERING TERRIBLY.
On the latter day we saw a vessel come
within mile of us; We shouted and
hOisted our clothing, but were unable to
attract attention, and the vessel noisted
her sails and steered away. On the
fourth day one OF our crew died and
that night two others
BECAsrT CRAZY AND JUMPED OVER
BOARD.
The boat was always full of water and
ourselves sitting waist deep in it. On
the fifth morning another man died.
We were still before the wind, but the
evening was calm, and we succeeded in
bailing ont the boat with two hats, a
crazy man having thrown the bucket
overheard. From three life-preservers
we made a small sail, spread it and
steered South, but our exhaustion was
so great that we could do but little. On
the sixth and seventh days our situation |
was unchanged. On the eighth day we
SIGHTED LAND,
and succeeded in landing at Powell's |
Coy, near Abaco, in the evening. We |
had eaten and drank nothing since
leaving the ship, and laid down on the |
beach in horrible condition. After a |
time Of rest on the shore We gathered |
to reach some deserted houses,
and found a spring of fresh water. We |
lay huddled together all night. On the |
ninth day we found a few tomatoes, /
which we boiled, having found matches
and pot in one of the houses. This
produced a little strength, and we
launched boat and tried to reach the
but falling, we returned to
Powell's Coy, sleeping there. The next
we made
A FINAL EFFORT
TO reach the mainland, but we were so
exhausted that we were hardly able to
stand, and then laid down near the boat
in dying condition. Shortly afterward
we saw a small sloop cruising near the
island. We hoisted some clothes on
Oars, and again laid down on the beach,
A son of William Curry was on board
lhe sloop and saw the signal. He imme-
1iately
CAME TO OUR RESCUE,
and took US off and landed us on Green
Turtle Key, where we remained seven
lays. -Four days afterward we reached
Nassau. The American Consuls at Green
Turtle Key and Nassau treated us with
kindness.