The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
The.Terrible TOrtures Suffered by
Eleven Men Five Hundred Miles at
Sea.

The British steamship olympia,
Capt. Young, brought into port yester-
day the officers, crew, and Two passen-
gers, in all eleven persons, of the Brit
ish brig Louisa of St. Kits. When
first sighted by the steamship, the brig
was lying with foremast and half of her
mainmast gone The brig sailed from
Bridgewater on Dec. 20. Westerly |
gales were encountered, which she out
rode until the evening of Saturday,
Dec. %, when the foremast went by the
board, and the vessel became unman
ageable. The sea made clean breach
over her, deluging the hold, cabins, and
forecastle She was loaded on deck
and below with lumber, which. bnoyed
her up. The eleven men were huddled
into little eightby-ten caboose on the
deck, and the sea extinguished the fire as
soon as it was lighted. The next morn
ing the captain ordered the abandon
ment of the brig. Her two boats were
outftted and provisioned for five
hundred mile sail. After butfeting the
sea for two hours, and being nearly
swamped several times, the Captain de-
termined to return to the brig and re-
main on board until the sea went down.
They had hardly got aboard when both
the small boats were stove, and the wa
,n bo aloY1,i,,s, Of Ia
men we're lost.
The weather moderated somewhat
that day, and still more on Christmas
day, and every precaution was taken to
keep the craft ahoat until help arrived.
Monday and Tuesday passed without a
sail being sighted. On Wednesday sew
eral Of the crew became SO tortured by
thirst that they were once tempted to
aggravate their agony by drinking sea
water. The others endured the torture,
although their tongues became so swol.
len that they protuded from their
mouths.
At 3 P. NJ. on Wednesday the smoke
of the steamship Olympia was seen to
the westward. She soon answered theil
signals of distress and bore down upor
) them. On their arrival here yesterday
they applied to the Consul and were
furnished with passage home.
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: by friends of the young woman, and I
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the time for the wedding the relative
of Miss Wilgus presented 10 DR.. Owe
an agreement binding him never to in
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