The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-26

The Sunerips Endured By the Grew Of q
Wrecked Bris - Starving to Death.

fyOW ht BOSTON Heruh
PRovINcErowN, Mass, Dot. "a The fol-
lowing Ia the statement OF Leonies Pendleton,
mate Of tho wrecked brig Almira Of Isleboro. Me-:
We sailed from Portland. Me, where We had
put In Tor barhor, Sunday evening at shutdown,
bound for New York. About mine o'clock we
disoov.fed the vessel to be Leaking ne " ster
gaining so last that about eleven O'Clock We
ceased pumping. The onlv BOAT hanging At the
stern q Wits washed on anu We ttied 20 GET her
alongside, hut the stem pulled out ana we Iost
her In the darkness. During The night, tue ves-
sci commenced to gfadu lly break w, ne port
quarter leaving nrst, followed oy ,ne stsrn anu
It's way iorw ard, the crew rein lining on the deck
load - iumt,r. ON MOnd4y We succeeded In
getting tue molas- es kcR' IN wnich VS. q,an-
tty Of moiasses. u his was the only noutish-
ment we had, keeping 1t on TOP OF the house or
cauiu. to have ~ smuUn out OF water as Iossi-
HE but on Tuesday mOtuing the whole house
Hoatcd a, taking with 1t the IN GLASSES; Of watch
We had only used about thrce quarts, leaving US
on "wednesday. morning at DAYLIGHT what re-
muincd OF the top VI he vessel parted from tue
rest OF the huil,tLe masts ut tho same time going
ty tue hosrl. and leaving us on four pieces OF
the main W lee, between the main and forrrie-
ginc. with oifhculty We collected about thou
sand feet OF the deck ~ OF lumDer, which we
kept together ~ best We could. and upon which
the whole OF US were hDa ,ing on the oce n. he
lumber Kept cohtlnuaI'y wn, ing from US ana
II was with the gio test dimcu1ty that We ut
" from getting away from us altogether. We
saw vessels every dav. but none noticed us or
came ne IT enough to see us. Wednesday was
more moderate. and not 80 much sea, but the
long time without food or water, and Ourselves
being exposed to the weather especially our
feet. when were in the water alI tue time, beg n
90 tell upon us. ~ his nisht some OF us slept a
tie. On rtursday the COlurod man Robert
became CT ". and In the night jumped over
board. but We hauled hun back hSain on to the
raf. In short tin. e, however, he Jumped over
boaid NJ IN and was drowned. GA FRI
day forenoon about 10 o'clock the /
pred man william. who had become de-
lirpus. died. that morning two sparrOws
ahchted ca the raft and were caught by US, the
Car tain and cook e ting one, myself and the
rulured moo the other. Soon aitOr the Captain
became dclirilt f. ana isd about midnight. Ca
) 4turdly morning we cNllece Oh some tloati q
rock weed aud ciught I'VE very small hsh, which
myself ana the &c. Il divided equally. and We ate
This uaN Waa moderate and fu4ey until apuut
o'clock y. NJ, when the fog lifted Oh we were
sefu as toe schooner j. L. liuutrcss. which took
III, sct and the Cos X on board lhe bodies OF
the Caoi,iu ard man iliiam we succeeded in
keeping on the iaft, aud they were buried II
sea bN tapt. "a Il Sc.
Toe c0ik rNs the mate became partly deirl-
Gus utOut 9 r',luCk Satufd morning. ine
m t. is tniortarie . has badly swollen feet from
long OK 'Csure and wet. Out has some use of his
hands ihe cook T. entirely heiulcss Doth leet
and hands badly swollen, anu Is sun ring cOn-
nder"tiy.