New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-12
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sUFFERiNGs OF THE CREW OF THE sChooNh"
sALLIE NJ. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LIFE ON THE
BODY OF A SAILOR.
A terrible story of shipwreck and suffering
Is told by the survivors OF the crew OF the schooner
sae NJ steiman who brought 10 this city yester-
day by the schooner Specdwell The 5tedman was from
Charleston e. c. bound TO Baltimore. with phosphate
rock She left Charleston, December IT, and was out
fory-fve days, when the crew Abandoned Their vessei
In "a starving and exhausted condition. and went Oh
board the Speed WE'LL bound from Cadiz for New-iofk.
The crew consisted OF the captain, mate. cook, ana
four seamen three Of the latter being coored Before
leaving the schooner they had become crazed with
hunger that It was suggested that they would be Obliged
10 lots for OF the number to furnish FOOD 70 Keep
the others alive. After being on short allowance Tor
several days they ate their last mouthini OF
provisions on the morning OF January %, ana
for eight days thereafter nothing passed their lips
except fresh and tobacco. They chewed the 10
bacco although 1t seemed appcase their hunger only
slightly Finally quarrel occurred between two vi the
coored sailors which resulted IN tho killing OF one Ills
body cut mp the upper part was thrown o'erpoau
and the limbs were sal;ed down for food FROM inc
thigh steaks cut almost before the esh was eod
and broiIed. These were eaten with relish By the
starving men The next day they were rescued.
CAPTAIN s. G. Higbee, of the schooner, made the fol-
lowing statement last evening: 1--WE left Charleston
December IT, with load OF phosphate rock. for Bait
more FROM the tune we left Charleston, un Decem-
Der So We had light, variable winds. On the night OF
December 80. enc untered hurricane about
twenty miles northwest Of Cape ilatteras which
lasted about seventy hours. During the gale
we lost our gans, split all our Sai's,
lost our beat, and everything movable was
swert from the decks Finding that were driven far
of the coast, and provisions gettng low PM ne
crew shot allowance and We fingered along ~ tis
wav gradually losing strength nnlil the morning o IAN
uary 20. when ate the last OF our PROVISION We
then ready TO give up on tBo nlght OF January
81, we encountered gale IRON West-n"fthVe1t;
when upper deck was sfaried and me Vessel
worked to about 400 stioks an honr. which
barely kept the vessel free er asyn dr S verne eqe
sem below in the forecastIe Thisie only four OF u.s.
sci aud keep her pumped out, which required constant
attention. We fast becoming exhausted Tor the
want Of food We had plenty fresh water ana TOBACCO
"On January go the captain continued, " Georse
the foreeastle, and was suddenly startled by nearhs
three successive pistol shots. immediately ron 10 the
Killed instantly. sampson said that Lemon bccfme
crazy and threatened 10 shoot nm. "hereap91gn
defence I think the quarrc. from the madness
brought by hunger and mat they h'd i'e0e aGe e
Lemon think they would have Killed some OF the Wite
crew. they were armed WIN pi,iols when ava NO,
the afternoon of the day Lon was He'd ana before us
Ne; ry Sa TG cut d G nd, knS% i c ' a
as I covered it. well Win mustard; aud ny stomach
more OF il even though starved The others of The
crew were so ravenols that they ale 1t with relish.
Tue body was afterwards cut M, and all except the
limb, was thrown overheard. That wach we saved as
provision for the future We pat into beef barrel
49,, sailed down. On the next day we sighted
When sse bore down Gpp ran NJ sgpas OF distress,
that the crew and himself became almost pariiyZed
from exhaustion There appeared 10 be no circulation Of
the blood. and TREY were unable 30 sleep"
The mate said that he could moi add anything to the
captains story. . ~
the rescued been rd Of his vessel twelve
days When they came on board they were able To Walk
Ia. nlle la
on the morning Of January 81, with the Aneri-
can nag dying union down. He sent his mate,
W. o. Sawyer. on board, VINO found the men
in starving and exhausted condition. Their
masts still standing. ana fore and main trysa ct,
but the sails were badly that they could not
possibly reach port The schooner Seduan was buit al
Mays Landing, N. j., in 1S72 aud was OF 334 tons
burden.