The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-01-19
MORGANTOWNW.vA. SATURDAY. JANUARY 49, 1878.

aloft; but nothing was to be seen of the
missing men. The next day the ship
had remained at Port Famine, and ex-
tons. On the third day they again
weighed anchor, and examined fresh
piece of coast, but all to no purpose !;
and finally it was decided, with much
regret, to give up the search, for every
one concluded that the poor men must
by this time have persisted, even if they
had survived the first nights cold,
which no one on board thought possible.
Both men were generally popular, and
great grief was felt for their loss. I'M
mediately subscription was started by
the whole ships company for the widow
of the one man and the mother of the
other. Strangely enough, when the sad
news reached England, the former, in
spite of what seemed conclusive evil
dence, 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 Henty and Riddles
reached, as we have seen, the opposite
side of the straits it was quite dark; but
on the following day they found that
the current had drifted 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 ship under steam,
going toward the Pacific; but again all
efforts to attract attention failed. They
e hat
hope to reach, and at this rough season
there was not the slightest chance of
falling in with any wandering tribes of
natives. The only course left 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 sea-
weed, and seeking and devouring the
mussels, which fortunately were to be
found in great abundance on the rocks.
After a time, however, they grew SC
weak as to be only just able to crawl out
| of the place they had made to lie down
in, and every day the effort to gather
their scanty nourishment grew harder
Once more, on the 4th of Octobe they
saw vessel pass through the stra. 3, but
were unable to make any signals. On
the 9TH both men had grown too weak to
stir, and nothing was left for them but
to confront death. The 9Th day passed
the 9th, the 10th, and they were still
sinking slowly from starvation. On the
18th, when they could not possibly have
lived more than a few hours longer, and
had become little short of living skele-
tons, they we're picked up by the officers
of the Clearwater, and at once taken on
board, where, after receiving the most
careful attention, both, although still
suffering greatly, began after time tc
recover. Beipg conveyed by the Shear
water to Rio, they remained some time
in the hospital there, and finally were
sent home invalided; and yet both mer
lived to regain their full rength, and
to serve as striking examples of what
| tough human nature can endure in the
shape of physical hardships and mental
anxiety. They had contrived, by 8
patience and energy almost unprece.
dented, to lengthen out existence for q
space considerably over month, with
no other food than seaweed and she'll
fish; the last four days indeed eating
absolutely nothing; while the whole
| time exposed to intense cold, the
roughtest weather, and more hardship.
than it is possible for those who have
never seen that barren and desolate
| region even to imagine.