Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-27

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impossible 10 render him any assist
ance. That was the last I saw Of
him. Then I took a rope and fast
eued it around ny waist, attaching
the other end to the vessel. The
other men aid the same. We re-
manned in this position waiting for
daylight. which it seemed to me
would never come. As daybreak
approached the wind GAINED some
what and the sea went down, when
light dawuei and I could see about
me l took my sheath-knife, and after
running along the side Of the vessel
cut away the main and forward rig
g;ng and braces. This allowed the
inasts to sway with the motion OF
the vessel and in a short time the
mainmast snapped of and fell in
to the sea, and some time after the
forwardmast also went by the board.
This ligh.sned the vessel consider
ably and allowed her to get into a
more upright position, lying after
this at an angle Of about a degrees
which allowed Us more room, at
least so that we could with
/ great care move around. by this
time the pangs Of hunger and thirst
came on and while my companions
were giving way to dispair and
were not making any effort to help
themselves thought Of procuring
provisions il possible. l made my
way to the cabin and found a keg
of whisky and a box of fruit and
also bag of potatoes. These
secured. and dashed them to the
forward part Of the wreck. Wether
took the main jib and made a sort
Of tent Of st, and FIVE Of Us got under
this cover-the first and secont
mate and two sailors besides my
self. As the day wore on the wine
moderated and we Eoated with thr
tide. The provisions l had secur
ed I took charge Of and dealt on
, spariugly. We kept watch an,
} watch in hope Of seeing q sail, bn
= as darkness came en- the despair
= ing cry of NO sail in sight wa
uttered. At the end Of the thir
e day the second mate died and W
? pitched him over board. l ha
j managed TO secure a small cask c
syrup which / gave to the me-
e mixed with liquor. That nigh
t l fell asleep and slept more sounc
: ly than at any time since the wrecl
q and on awakening l found that Ii
!. men had gone to the provision
/, that we had and unlasbed them an
, let them overheard, thus leavin
: MS without any thing to eat. Wit
st pole l managed to get into Il
" hold and draw up another sack
d potatoes. We ate them raw on
subsisted on them alone TO t!
ie ninth day after the wreck. c
ID this day 1 could see the bodies
he the dead men in the forecassI
d right under US. Ny companio
le were becoming weary and l kne
lie that unless got some food
err them they could not survive so
m had 10 DO the best | could. f.
ID ed In the 'forecasser for some ca
IN Of fruits and meat / knew TO
ny there. I got piece Of iron a
OF made a hook and lashed it to t
ed end Of a pole and commenced ifs
to ing. I got hold Of something a
ais hauled it up, and found it was {
lid body Of one Of the other wat,
He had evidently been jammed |
ed tween some boxes which had b,
sr- him so tightly that he could not !
he out. l put the hook down ag'
Ids and hauled up sack of potato
'ro and after that | brought up a b
of butter. This was all that
had to eat. Fresh water we
none, and were forced to drink 5
re- water. From this / cannot &
he any account of the days, as l CO.
St not keep any tract of them.
D A came in sight Of large number
all. birds aud sea-gulls, which W
re- swimming by, and with club
the piece Of wood which | hurled
,r's them killed one. II floated
ward the wreck aud I took it
ich and greedily sucked the bic
ich and then tore the flesh in pie
my and gave each Of my compani
APP a small piece. ] then made a b