, 1877-02-25
CASUALTIES.
An Appalling Tale OF Shipwreck,
Hunger, and Death.
Narrowing Story OF the Sole Survivor
Of a Crew Of Fourteen.
The Blood Of the Dead Drank, and Their
Hearts and Brains DeY0ured.
Record OF Minor Accidents.
AN APPALLING TALE.
Hfendfth In Hktt fnrk kEkr1fd

Record or Minor Accidents.
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[ Boston, Feb. 21.-Onc OF the most appalling
| tales Of shipwreck and starvation that has evcl
startled and Mortified the civilized world reached
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| OF tne American schooner II. b. olacdonala
I dated Gorec, on the west coast Of Africa, OF
| Jan, e.
| Tho Rrit;ah h,rtr Maria cant Gr,v.on e,,1ad
fue.s r'a.s"1. ~. -. 49, 49, ~ Ns..e..t
Ao1 04'e'ts oa' VI ene @4ss - -'u' 'et4'oo Aae]
| With cargo OF timber for Belfast, Ireland. She
| was $50 tons burden, and was built at Yar
mouth Maya Hcotia in 1aE2 and .yaa c1.aeof
Aot/ - t,o,de Iror cra,. ,,,n,horor for~+aa,
- ~ -'us ~ ~" W. -o@A 'eeA
lhciudlnts Tue capta!n anu olheefs~
Shortly after leaving port the carpenter re-
! ported serious leak, The weather had been
rouoh and II f. aunnoep7 +ho+ co,,a ~ tba M
s,,:a ~, .'s;., ~ 49,. n,.;. 49,,
o'41isto "ttu '1Ae 4o4t!!s@ y. sue o..p t'.u ua"
lleea hef frame anu 8heathihg. NotWlthstano'
ing the efforts Of the crew, the leak gained
steatiily on them, and the ship began to settle
lower and lower in the sea.
The cargo being timber, the ship did not sink,
but tho weight OF her inasts caused her to fall
over on her broatlsiIe with her spaEs Ill TIE
water.
The unfortunate crew managed to scramble
over the buIwarl1s alM gain the side Of the
ship that was out Of water, and clung with des-
perate grip to tie cl1annels and rigging in tue
hope Of being seen and rescued from their dread
fui position.
While thus clinging on for their lives the sea
frequently mad d clean breach orer them threat
cuiiig them with death, aud exliaustt,lg their
rapldly-tailing strength in their efforts to re-
tain tiIeir hold on the ships side.
The laborfug OF the wreck iu the heavy se6
threw such an immense strain on the u1askS
which were alternately buried in the waves and
lifted aboYe the surface, that they broke Off
one alter another, thus relieving the ship Of
their weight.
The result was that she rightea again, but Law
buried In the sea. yatrrIppoel. anil unmanaue
able. Everything movable on her decks had
been swept away, Her boats were destroyed,
u1d the crew, after another desperate effort,
dragged themselves to her decks, which were
unticr water
All this time the unfortunate crew had been
fa,nishipg with hunger and thirst, The ships
stores were beyo,,i their reach, being slowed
below, and the consequence was that all the
horrors OF starvation Stared them in the face.
While drifting thus HELPLESS at tue fnerc;r Of
the waves. they were seen by tne shin Citr OF
Montreal, Capt. Mudgett, bound for Liverpool
One Of the unfortunate crew hai already died
Of exhaustion and hunger, but the SURVIVING
the hope oi being rescucll.
But the Captaiu Of the CITY xor Montreal
coi,ld not approach them near enough to render
them any assistance, The tremendous galc that
waS nreVail1na 1T the time AMI the terrific seas
that were rolling, made it impossible to reasn
the doomed snlp aud her starving crew. The
CITY Of Montreal was Obliged to abandon them
to their fate, anil filled away for her destination
The glarng eyes thai followed her recediug
form, aud the tAjrst-blistcred tongues and li;1s
that suleayored to gyc uttcrauce TO dcspairiuo
vrt annrojno crjrs for snt4or u,atl,. even the
horrors oil tie dreadful storm appear less ap-
na}fjnr than the mute DESPAIR thai was nict11ret1
IN ntcrv wasted cnnntenanre P'~
Tic nnrortnnate yssseJ was aoa;n sf,htef, IN
the l4th OF Deccu,bcr by the it.'lan barE
ain1-c q Fiy1; in lntitnde IA t1tt4 a. min 1onri:
tide II dca: min. but no assistance ennii H.
rendered tS her crew IN arconnr nf the heavy
saa. md thew ,vrrc ao1;u Abandoned
aftar the dcnart,1re nj 1he' italian har,- o3,
honn ~ hnr,an rnt..or ssa,na to hars ah,ntinna5
.Ie n1scr,h1c men m The rrecl, III. . .1re.itn1
nna,ying of hnn~ar rendered. then, utter;r sar.
1ge. One by one the poor wrctches died Of
nntas rrourhtfl ,yatchin,r fnr the last E1eath r.
1enart
NJ sooner dill oue die than the fan{shino srrx
riyors rnt lila throat ami drant IL st,l warm +
,ut almost putrId blood, The vastiur effects !
- hmnnor e+hr;st nn'1 sv,asmro rad;;.aI -
framrs ri the niserahle sreatures t1' n,cre
;kt|tons and t.auseI their hIood tn ,1ecomnnsn
llmost in their veins. Yet the lirinr tried to |
- hrthaea drooaf,,, 1rorrht +i' &.ti9
Nth ca eager | eyes ior signs oi comrade's @ aD
,roanhing death. in order to enioy another hnrx
iblc meal. '~-
MT confent with draining the ve;ne of Tho
[eud. tic hungry survivors INT m The ho;1;cs
nd divided bttwccn them the hearts, onfI br,;n.
The other parts were found to he 100 M offensive
geu tor cannibals and the olor from the bod
Is could only be endured ,'lae t1e rea,fv kn;fa |
jpped tlcm open and cut from them fhe t,s.rts
= while thc ships Ratchet broke IN the skull IN
rtler that the brains n1ght be ertr,ctc1
nd the awful lengths to which they were forced
20 to preserve Life, no violence 7sas offered to
" u .Ae nsins' Ing eannloHs 1f1n necessity
.ith natiencc 1ut;i ther '7' c;ed LUZ "ai'eo
For thirtY-two DAYS litter the date 1T thu first