The New York herald., 1872-11-23
Safety Of Another Boat with
Four Men Out Of Eight.
AWFUL SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVORS.
Nothing to Eat and Nothing to
Drink for Eight Days.
MEN BECOMING CRAZY JUMP OVERHEARD.
The Landing Near Abaco in a
Dying Condition.
HAVANA, Nov. II, 1872.

Dying Condition.
HAVANA, Nov. 21 1872.
The steamship MORO Castle arrived to-day from
New York via Nassau, sth inst she brings news
OF the safety Of another OF the boats OF the Inflated
steamship Missouri and that John Freaney, FIRST
Assistant Engineer; David A. North Third Assist
ant Engineer; Charles Sinclair, oiler, ana chares
Conway, fireman, who survived almost
INCREDIBLE sUFFERINGs,
were at Nassau and will leave for New York on the
return trip OF the MORO Castle.
The following statement from Mr.. Freaney is
published in the Nassau Times. He says:-Thc
ship stopped frequently during the trip owing td
the foamng Of the boilers. The fire originated
around the boilers We at once began to play the
hose from the donkey engine, but soon found IL
was unavaiing, and the captain ordered the boats
lowered
ALL WAS CONFUSION,
and at the attempt to lower the first boat thirty
persons jumped into her, but owing to the MIS-
management Of the davts one end fell into thd
sea, the other remaining hanging in the air. AIN
except Freaney and eight Others, owing to the
rolling Of the ship in the heavy sea, let go ann
were washed into the sea. Nine clung TO the boat
until some person on board the ship cut the davits
and the boat which filed with water, went free q
of the ship. We saw
A BOAT BOTTOM UPWARD,
with two men cnging to the keel; threw them y
line and talked awhile with them; wanted them ia
come and join us, but they considered their posi1
ton better than ours and refused. One Of our
men joined the two and one OF the two swan over
to u.s. being one OF the saved We met Mr. Gull
mer's boat, and asked him to admit US, we being in
q sinking condition; but Culmer refused saying
that he had enough on board. We told him
his boat could hold more Culmer threw US a
bucket, and we tried Intellectually TO bail our
boat. Culmer stecrcd towards Abaco. We had
four oars. At nghtiall we pulled back towards
the steamer. hoping the fire would prove beacon
and that some passing vessel might pick us up.
We came within half mile of the Missouri!
About seven in the evening
THE STEAMER DISAPPEARED 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 vessel come within mile OF US. We
shouted and hoisted our clothing. but were un.
able to attract attention. and the vessel hosted sail
and steered away. On the fourth day one OF our
crew died and that night two others, having bcs
come
CRAZY. JUMPED OvERBOARD.
The boat was always full Of water, AMI our selves
sitting waist deep. On the fifth morning another
man died. We were stl before the wind. That
evening was calm, and we succeeded in baing
the boat with two hats-a crazy man having
thrown the bucket overheard. From three life
preservers we made small sail, spread it and
steered south, but our exhaustion was so great
that we could do little. On the sixth and seventh
days our situation was unchanged On the eighth
day we sighted land and succeeded in LANDING at
Powcs Cay, near Abaco, in the evening We had
EATEN AND DRANK NOTHING
since leaving the ship and laid down on the beach
in a horrible condition. After time OF rest ON
shore we gathered strength to reach some de-
serted houses, and found spring Of fresh water.
We lay hudded together all night. on the ninth
day we found few tomatoes, which we
boiled having found matches and a pot in
one Of the houses. This produced little strength,
and we launched boat and tried to reach tho
main land, but, falling, we returned to Powell's
Cay, sleeping there. The next morning we made
q final effort to reach the main land, but were 50
exhausted that we were hardly able to stand, and
then laid down near the boat
IN DYING CONDITION.
Shortly afterwards we saw small soop cruis-
ing near the island. We hoisted some clothes ON
the oars and again laid down on the beach. son
OF william Curry was on board the soop and saw
the signal Immediately. Curry came to our rescue
and took and landed US on Green Turtle Cay,
where we remained seven days. Four days after
wards we reached Nassau. The American Consuls
at Green Turtle Cay and Nassau treated us kindly.
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