, 1872-12-04


though the struggling Utes occasionally pass
over and near it,. These Indians are nominaIly
at peace, and would not trouble white men, un-
less good opportunity offered.
SURVIVORS Of THE MISSOURI.
Distressing Tales of Their sufferings
| at Sea.
From The Ke1o York Worzd, Dec. 4.
Yesterday morning the Moro Castle arrived
from Havana uia Nassau, bringing from the lat.
ter place the four survivors, John Freaney, first
assistant engineer; David A. North, third assist
ant engineer; Charles Sinclair, oiler; and
Charles Conway, fireman, who had been drifting
about at sea for eight days after they parted
with the Missouri, and suffering from the
pangg Of hunger and thirst, and witnessing
the deaths Of their comrades daily JOHN
fieaney, who resides at 118 Charlton street.
gives ths following particulars: " As soon as we
got the boat freed from the other davit nine Of
Us who had been holding on got into her, although
she vas full Of water. When she VAS being
lowered there we're almost thirty people in her;
but the heavy sea soou carried them away, when
they Tell out of her.. There was a fearful sea,
and.it Kept .breaking over US TOR three days:
t wish to say that Gulmer's boat could have held
twice as many people as we're in her, and it Was
heart-rending to see those in her refuse to
! admit the. women who we're floating within
| an oars reach. Two men we're holding
! on to the keel of another boat, and they
would not listen to their cries. Our boat wss
too far off to render any assistance. We lost
the rudder, and haf full Of water she was un-
manageable. For the fi1st three days We suf-
fered faarfully from hunger and thirst. Wehad
not even q biscuit on board; anything there waa
in her Was washed away when being launched.
On the evening IT the third day We came in
sight Of s1oop-a 1sherman's guess-and re
pulled With ali our strength 80 as to get within
haiing distance Of her. We only got within 8
mile Of her, and We shouted and screamed st the
top Of onr voices, and raised signals On the oars
but the partiea on board set sail and soon got out
Of our sight. The slnop was going, so far as
could Judge from the sun, southeast That night
/ two OF the men in the boat became crazy from
drinking the sea-water. Several times they
Jumped overheard, but We succeeded in rescuing
them from q horrible death, as the sharks we're
all around ng; ne conld see their fms, but they
did not molest us in the boat. The same men
jumped overheard again. and 4 Te stopped pulling
This had. s terrible effect On u.s.. Two Of them
.died on board, and We heaved their bodies over
boards One Of these men Was barber. The
sea ran tearfu11y high and continued on until
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mad before they. died, and several fines uaade
an attack on us, and some OF them even bit
u.s. On the fourth day in, the evening We we're 3
little relieved BY some showers Of rain: We
spread bur hAndkerchiefs ont and caught the
water and then sucked the handkerchiefs, so We
gained some strength. The next night ne were
in terrible state, as 8 large shark kept very
close to us, in fact alongside, showing bis fms
and snout now and again, but IS We left the
sea became calm, and We bailed out the boat
with two hats. The bucket We had WIS q metal
one, but one Of. the crazy men threw it over
board and it sank. g.: There were four me-pre-
SEWERS, snd we ripped them up and stitched the
canvas together and made a sail Of it. The boat
hook acted for yard and an oar for mast.
The men became too weak to use the oars any
longer, and We kept the boat full before the
wind. The Sun then ahone cut strong, and
suffered very much, as had no hat. The course
getting proetrated, having had nothing to eat in
seven days:- Death stared us IN the face. On
the afternoon Of the eighth day one Of the men
aignsled land, which atterTard turned ont to be
but. could do little, but We landed,
however, about halt past s o'clock. Not
one of US could stand up or walk. We
were so weak that We sank exhausted on the
beach. In this position, We remained about
strength, and re we're enabled to crawl inland.
We saw some wreckers' houses, but could see no
inhabitants. We got into the houses, but there
Was no food in them. One Of the men discover
ed yell Of water and ;o Ppsr W sttachsd he'd t9
down and slept until morning-the ninth day
without eating food. In the morning We broke
open one Of the houses, which We found locked,
and procured few matches and kndled fire.
! then went ont to search around for something
to eat, and discovered some wild tomatoes,
about the size Of cherries, and We
made some soup. The tomatoes we're SO
bitter We could hardly use them, but va drank
the soup, and that, revived us considerable. As
set out for the beach, n1,ioh was about q ha1f
mile from the houses, and it took us an hour
and half to reach it, Every time ne would
attempt to walk We would fall. As soon as We
reached the shore, and after considerable time,
pulling darkness came on and We turned back to
We We passed pissed @ the night. fhe nest morn morning We
stewed some more OF the wild tomatoes with
for the beach again, but re felt weaker.
aud it took us three hours to walk that
half mile. Notwithstanding that We worked
hard our strength did not avail anything re
hope Of gaining the main land. We raised the
oars and attached our handkerchiefs and the
canvas Of the me-preservers, and then lay down |
on the beach. In about two hours Bloop cruis- |
ing in the bay came in sight and saw our signals,
and she came as near the island as possible We |
got up and ran out into the water and got |
aboard. We we're well treated by M. William |
Curry, Of Green Turtle Bay, who WAS on board. I
He divided al the provisions he had amoqg US,
and took us in charge to Mr. q. Sands, United
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in the most kind manner. He kept us in bis own
house, and had two doctors to attend Us. After !
eight days We were able to go in q vessel to !
Nassau, where the Consul, Mr. Saunders, gave
us clothing, and kept us until the Moro Castle |
arrived. Had it not been that the boat in which
we were WAS metallic life-boat ne could not
have survived. No wooden boat would have |
lived in the seas ne were in.. For five days we
we're up to the middle in water, aa the boat was
full to the gunwale."
ANOTHER SURVIVORS, TALE.
The story of h1r. David North, formerly q resi-
dent Of Rondout, in this State, is as follows:
" When the boat touched the water there we're
at least thirty persons in her, many Of whom
we're passengers. She was freed all right
from the stem davit, but she fou1ed
IN the Btern davit in some way, 80
that she could not be Instantly freed. :
heavy sea coming at this time, she plunged
under, aud on emerging but nine persons we're
loft aboard. All the rest were washed on and
drowned almost instantly. Tbs plunge freed