The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-19
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One OF the most sextraordinary In
stenoeS Of human priSaticna on record.
aud calaueity bat has rarely been equal.
ed in athe eshialpry Of mari hme J, disaster
has been brod&ht To light fshtopgh dr.
John Saville, drst officer Of ths;Ametican
ship Golden Hind. who reached New
Orleans from Rio Janeiro ON Tuesday.
The New Orleans Times, OF January 8,
says: s
The wreck Of the snip Golden Hind
has already been recorded. but. the un-
paralielea aufferings of the portion OF
her, Grew vino yetsutsiys. has never yet
been made public Ipa long interview,
yesterdSy,s MIR. Saville detailed all the
fearful particulars, and we give ths story
in his own words.
Captain Benjamin F.. Robbins, left, New
York on the .12th of February, on a voy-
age to San Francisco. When in a Iati.
tude of st. GATHERINGS, we experienced a
series of heavy Westerly gales, which
continued for nearly month with great
violence. On the 18th OF June last,
when on the West side of Patagonia,
and at the Pacific entrance to the straits
OF Magellan, the pintals and gudgeons
OF tue rudder gave way, aud it Hoated
OIL. Three days were consumed in cun.
structing temporary one Of spare spars.
1t lasted about week, but in another
heavy gale, this was also carried away,
and we drifted at the meroy of the
winds. On the second day after this
disaster, the Golden Hind etruck be.
tween two rocks, one forward and one
aft, on the Western coast OF Patagonia
Three boats were hurriedly prepared, the
men put on extra suits Of clothes, laid in
small quantity Of provisions, and at 7
| o'clock that evening lowered away. In
the hurry of departure, nearly oil of our
nautical instruments were left on board,
| aud, in fact, many articles absolutely ne
cessary. There were three boats low, red
Tho first under command of Captain
Robbins, the second commanded by my
self, and the third in charge of Mr..
| Webb, the second mate. Each contained
seven men. Mr. Webb, asserting that
he knew the situation better than we did.
parted company almost Immediately; and
1t being then quite dark, we lay under
the lee of the land until morning. The
sea. at the time we left the ship, was
breaking over hor fore-yard. aud during
the night she boat to pieces on the rocks.
| The next morning. tho last vestige Of
the Golden Hind had disappeared, and
search, which continued two dnys, was
made for the other boat, but no trace of
her could be seen. We have, long ere
THIS. concluded that she waa swamped,
and that her entire crew we're drowned.
Upon examination, it was found that We
mad small box and bag Of hard bread,
| tue latter soaked with sea water, about
twenty cans Of beef. and q little tea and
| coffee. An allowance of one cracker to
each md of
was at first issued. but this speedily de-
CREASED to half cracker, and fin .lly We
| did not taste meat more than once q
| week.
A few days after we left the wreck. the
captnin's boat was swamped, aud we lost
our compass, the ouly instrument we
had, and quantity of provisions. An
attempt was made to reach Sandy Point.
q Chilian convict settlement, aud the
ooaling station Of the Pacific mail steam.
ers, about two-thirds the way through
the Straits of Magellan, but our course
could only be determined by the sun and
stars.
lt WIS then mid winter; the mountains
along the coast we're covered with snow
and ice, and the mercury must have been
several degrees below zero. We pulled
close to land. working all night in fair
weather, and during heavy blow, land
ing and going into camp.
There were plenty of scrub trees along
the ooast, ano as We were provided with
two hatchets and good supply of
matches, fire was always to be pro-
cured. During these visits. we secured
quite good supply Of shell t;sh, ressm
bling the muscle; but We found that this
diet brought on constipation, aud the
entire party became unweIl. For about
twenty days, the mon held out admira.
ply. but in the bitter cold a number were
frost t-bitten. and our legs and feet were
terribly swollen.
On going into camp. We constructed ii
tent OF tho boats sail aud mizzsn royaI
sail, with tho oars. A fire was built in
the centre, and tue fourteen men sut
around it the night through. We suffer
ed terribly from loss of sleep, ~ no Que
dared to remain away from the fire for
fear OF freezing to dsath. aud tue tent
was too small to hold uIl in reclining
position. at the end o. the twent,stn
day. the general debility from INSULT .,ent
food. anil the extreme pain in our Iimb-,
rendered the progress slow, anu yury
often We camped for several days at q