Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-31
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vANkTON DAKOTA,
Wednesday Evening, October 81, 1877
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hauled for the l;eht. vhsn the .ta,bosrd
ahaft broke. Finding f. imno.s;ile ID rsms.
DIV the evil. and io.th to dria around At The
merry If the vinds, Csnt.;n Hi concini.i
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tsnca The bost M launched and A. mid.
n;oht tbe lind "a ,ed vsst bv north H.
inc q oood sir.knot hreeze, S,n,h P.s.
was sieh,ed. and~after some del.v Tho ~.
| Rio Grande ,ook he Gu.s;e in TN hr,n.;ns
her to thec itv.
In the meantime the unfortunate men
were passing through the terrible ordeal Of
shipwrecked mariners. After leaving the
ship, the boats crew, Consisting Of John
Duffy, chief officer; Dan Mcdonald. Nat.
Bayron, John O'Neil, Dan Crockett and
Joseph Davis, pulled for the Southwest Pass
light. secure in the s%eaworthiness of their
metallic life-boat, and without a thought Of
the danger that threatened them. Not a
man Of them but thought he would reach
the light in three hours at the most, yet a.
hour after hour slipped by and they found
that they made no headway against the cur
rent, despair beset their souls. Encouraged
by Mate Duffy, they bent to their oars, but
to no avail. Daylight found them
with their compass and two lamps out
of sight of land, exhausted BY their
exertions, without food OF water.
and a prey to the elements. On the morn
ing of the Goth they saw q ship, supposed
to be the Medora, and 80 close that they
could see the men at work on board the yes.
sci, but in vain they tried to signal her by
means Of q shirt hoisted on an oar. She
was soon lostto view and despair besetthem,
Davis gave out and lay exhausted in the
bottom Of the boat. On the second day
they raw a steamer low down on the hsrizon
bound eastward, but at too great a distance
to see them, Truly. then they gave them
selves up for lost. Byron, however, mana
ged to improvise q sail out of three shirts
and slowly they breasted the current until
the gale reached them, and for three day
they were storm-toesed on the crest OF thu
waves. Then followed . calm, yet the ee,
ran high. Their Parched throats craved fo1
water. Mcdonald desperately drank tn
saline which surrounded him. but fount
that only augmented his thirst. Desper
ately they glared at each other. Hunge!
pnaved ut their Vitale. vet thew refraine(