The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18
NUMBER 30.

a hut, in which they might lie down and
be to some extent protected from the
weather., which was so boisterous as to
render it useless To attempt to lau.ch the
boat. For some days. owing 10 expoSune
and want of food. they were both very al
but still hoping for better Weather, IT,.
kept themselves alive by eating seaweed
and such shelltish as could be found, uu.I
the 18th of September, when the yvraticr
suddenly clearing, they again laurchcd
their small boat aud this time, after a
days hard toll, succeeded i'm reaching tie
opposite side of the stTai's, where they had
left the ship, which it is needless 10 say
was by this time far away.
When first The men wete missed, iocke $
had been fred, snh blue lights burned
and on the following day the cutter y S
sc Mt to the westward. while the Chauticlerr
cnaSted along the opposite side lookout
men were constantly aloft but nothing
vas TO be seen Of the missing mon. Tie
next day the ship had remained at Port
Famine, and exploring parties were sent n
all directions. On the third day they again
weighed anchor, and examined q fresh
piece of coast, but all to no purpose aud
finally it was decided, with much regret. to
give up the search, for every one concluded
that the poor meu must by this time have
neriShed, even 'f they had survived the
thought possible. Both men were gener-
ally popular, aud great grief was felt fer
their loss. lfnmedia ely SubSCiip, ion vas
started 10y the whole ships Company for
the widow OF the one man aud the mother
of the other. Strangely enough, when the
sad news reached England. the. former in
spite Cf what seemed conclusive evidence.
firmly refused to believe the assurance of
her husbands death. Whether the wife's
intuition Of the more logical differences Of
every one else proved correct, events will
show,
BY the time IIenty aud Riddles reached,
as we have seen, the opposite side of the
straits it was quite tull; but on the fol
lowing day they found that the current had
GriftFd them fourteen miles from Port
Famine, toward which they had steered,
and for which place they now started on
foot Here they saw in The distance a shin
under steam going toward the Pacific: but
again all efforts TO attract attention failed
They knew of no settlement that they could
hope to reach, and at this rough season
thcre was not the slightest chance OF fall
ing in with any wandering tribes ofnatives
! he only course LETT them was to endure
the cold, wait as patiently as might be, in
the hope of some ship passing within hail,
and to keep up what little life remained in
them by chewing seaweed. and seeking and
Ceyouriug the u.UsselS, which fortunately
were To DC found in great abundance on
the rocks. After time, however. they
grew SO weak as 10 be only lust able 10
crawl out OF the place they had made to lis
down IN, and every day the effort to gather
their scanty nCrrishment grew harder.
Once mere, Cn the 4th OF Ostcbsr, they saw
a vessel pass through the straits, but were
unable to make any signals. On she 7th
both men had grown too weak to stir, and
nothing was left for them but To confront
dea.a. The Sih day passed, the 9Th, the
10th, and they were still sinking slowly
from starvation. Or the eth, when they
could not possibly nave lived more than a
few hours longer, and had become little
short OF living skeletons, h1y were picked
UP by the officers Of the SheaTwater aud
a. once taken on board, where. after re-
ceIvIng the most careful attention both,
although still suffering greatly, began after
a time to recover. Being conveyed by the
Sheaiwate to Rio. they remained some
time in the hospital there, and finally were
sent home invaiided and Vet both men
lived 20 regain III sig fGll strength, and 10
serve as striking examples of what tough
human nature can endure la the shane #
physical bardships and mental anxiety.
They had contIived, by a patience aud en-
ergy almost unprecedented, to lengtieu
out existence for space considerably over
a month, with no other food than seawCed
and shellEiSh the last four DAYS indeed
eating absolutely nothing while the whole
time exposed TO intense cold, the rouphast
weather and more nardShips than il is DOS
sible Tor those Who have never seen that
barren OF desOlste region even to imagine