The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-11-28
SAVED FROM THE WRECK.
Another OF tisr Ei.s0U-i'z Boats
kieari Erom-ssse Days III. hCE
scoe az DriHH.'
L TERRIBLE RECITAL

HivayA, No. 2l.-TAs steamship HIor-
- c;.>ti ar-'rg.;to- ~ ,.u.a w Io.s .,t
Nassau L. lo.n ,... he ,..ag, asw, II
ne safety OF .ra.h4r 81 me D,aJs OF t.
ii!-fasci s;eam4,5? Missouri, an.i t..a5 JJaa
freancT, FIRST a,,is.an: eng 'n.cr. DAVID 4.
MORT, thir;! assistant engineer: Charles
Sinclair, nil,r, aaI Char ca Conway, fire
nrtn, who survived almost Incredible safer
Ing, Uere ut Nassau, AMI will leave frr
Mex York on the return trip OF the MORO
Celtic. TIE following statement from
i-77 i. ;.''l,hei .le Nrs.au Tine.
isa .t7s: t'-c ,iip stnppei freq len:ly
1nriac ln= ;.ip. owiGg the fp.m:n. % the
boilers. The five originate around the
boilers. We At ones began 10 play with
hose fson ,he Donkey engine, Ia. soon
fonni It sCs ur.svtiling, ali the captain
rr.@l e. tho blat i1scroI. All WAS cD.-
fusion, and on the attempt to lower tn
tr.t boa. thirty persons jumped int her,
bat owing to tie mismanagemen Of the
dlS.is, ono cnl fell into the SCI. aad the
other remained hanging in tho air. Al
cycoft FreanoY and eight others owing to
the rolling Of the ship IN the heavy SEA,
~ = an were washed into the sea.
hISE CLC&G TO the BAT
until some p,rson On board tho ship cut
thc davis AMI tie b at. which l;lleI With
watcr, went free Of the ship. We saw a
boat bottom lpwarl with two men cling
ing to the keel; tire. them line All
talked a while WITT them. lie Wanted
them to come AMI JON u, bat they con-
sidcrel their position bitter t!,aa ours,
and refs ID. One % our men joiae the
two, and one OF tie NO swan over to u,
being one Of the savel. We met M
Clmsr,s boat and a,kcl him t. a Init u.,
wc beng ia 4 silkin. con li.io1 bat g H.
mrr rpfI,ci saying that they hal enough
"a b1arl. We toll him his boat wol.d
Roll Ia.rc. tIlinar throw Us bucac;
and "" tr.c ineti.ctua'iy tn b III or boat
Gunner st-,rel tovarl Abaco We ha :
flar oars. ~ n,Sa.i.il wo pale bl:k
toward Tie steamer, hoping tIe fire woIlI
prove = beacon, AMI that some passing
vessel might pick rs up. We came with
e, bali q mile Of the Missouri. Ab,lt
cioca Ia the evening The .lcamer dis
appetryi slilenly We tacl pat our
boat | .otc he wial. "a the scojld ~
shiyi 5aY, We were still b.fors the wind,
sntfet.ns terribly. o. the latter day
"E5 4 vfssE1 CONE WITHIN 4 NILE or
Us.
We shouted and ho;stc, or clothing as
-ioa.is Of distress, but were unable to a.
'r;.yl attention. an the w. II hpls.el sail
and -tcc-ci away. On tn. folrJh laT one
# orr crew dicl, and that night two others
having become crazy, jumped oyerbolrd
IEs boat was always fIli Of water, ard
ourselves sitting whist deep. Ga The fifth
morning another man died. We were sill
before thc wind. That evening was calm,
and We succeeded il bai'ing the boat with
Two hat :: crazy mtn haY.ug th-own the
bucket ovc.boarl. From three life pre-
servers We mali 4 SINAI sail raiseI it and
seercd soath, bat oar exhay.tion was so
.rcat thatw cpl,i d. bat i!ts!e. Ga the
sixth IN :rTea.h days our situation was
unchAngnI. GA the eighth day we sighte
iaad and succeeded III landing at Powell
hey, u,;Ir Ahaco, in the evening. We haC
eaten spd drank not;iin. snct Icayin. tht
sh:.e, cnI
LAID DOWN oN The BEACH ~ \ HORRIBLE
CONDITION.
Alter time of rest on shore we gather,
81 strength to reach some deserted houace
and found s7ring of fresh water. We
lay haldc! together all night. On the
ninth iav We .oInl few tomatoes which
We boiled, having fG1ad matches and a 20,
in on" "f the h uses. I his produced lit
tic >t:rn-th and We lauactc boat au,i
tried to reach the main laai, but failing,
sc rc;nrnc Ito POWELL Key, sleeping
t'erc. The next mnrnins we maie final
effort to sex the man land, but wo-c 50
exhausted that wo acro hardly able to
stand, anl thnn llil down near the boat in
lying condition. Shortly aftc.warl we
saw small sloop cruising near the island.
We hoistol some clothes on oars, and
again laid down on The beach, A son of
liam Curry was on board the s!oop, and
saw the signal Immediately. Curry came
t. oar rescue AMI took and ,an,,cl US Q:
Green Turtle Key, whore We remained
seven lays. -Four days nfterHari we
reached Nassau. I he American Consul
a. Green Turtle Key ind Nassau treated
Us kindly"
The itmSulatr,..n ruG fi-e aInnn.