, 1880-05-06
FOUND LASHED TO A RAFT.

FOUND LASHED TO A RAFT.
Tho Story or Capt. Heal, Of tho Isrig
Lizzie m. Merrill.
Nt.a FORK Yan.
When OF Cape lIatteras in northeast
gale, last February, the lookout on tho
schooner Harold IIaariager sighted wIlat
scc,ncd TO bo n rift, fnr to tho westward.
Capt Kuniscr, with his hihoculnr Rnssca,
1na.io ont tho figure of a man fGebly nloy-
Ing piece OF red flannel whenever tie raft
wins not hid by the great sens that froln time TO
time seemed almost TO oycEwlelm HIN. The
schooner, which WIS out Of Illclamona, and
bound down tho Spanish AfaiI,, wns scudding
under bare tolcs. Capt. Knntlsen had a plcco
Of The storm trysni! md standing III, loisscd,
ami, hauling his course, stood over toward
the cape. lie hove his schooner to under
the leo Of tho raft and launched his ]p'iy
boat, At tho imminent risk Of being CAP
sized, f0nr scnlnen pulled toWnrd tho raft
There they found tho elDacfatcd form Of n
lhnt lashcl aulong lot Of scantling, Ills
eyes were almost starting out OF their sock-
cts, lliy cheuks we're sunken, and his lips
were 80 parclied that they failed 10 cover his
tcut1. The man WIS unable 10 talk, but he
stretched out Ills arms fn mute appeal to
the seaincn bcsttlv him.
After several days Of careful treatment
abuard tho schooner, the rescued man was
able To tell Ills story. lie WIS Capt. heal, OF
tho brig Lizzie M. Merrill, p'lt Of New YDrk
hn,i fj,.tIcrcd. and liz hid b,ni1 elnhty.l,ilt.
hours udrlft. Whila trying to avoid the Gulf
Stream, which at Cnpe !!attcras trends al
most northeast, the Merrill was caught blythe
running. ailtt Tic shin Inbred heavily III
about o'clock o., tiio morning Of Fub, i Il
i,uge scn loarsletl tie shit stUvc in thn bui.
warks a,ti h.tcli-i0,lse, ard starleu tic mali,
sounded aid found tkat the vessel was 1enk-
inw. Ihe crew nY eighteen men ,yere sent in
III To tie waist 10 1ini Tic pumps, After
eight liours' steutly work the crew found TINT
seen,cI 10 30 suGslling, JUS. as Capt. DcuI
il Tic % wInd W ycered @ to lie southwark and m Then then
came llowlng back. -
story to lis icseners @ % L R We 's' VIZ fl 's
I InEc vortex. Sea after sea boarded us tore Q
and aft. ii stoye Ia The deck md tore AWAY
the rudder and sternpost. 4 few moments
!" liter ,bs she 2nartfrnas!ss W." strnc wns ssa
huge sea, torn away from his
lnsRings, and carried fir 10 leeWard, Tho
ship, though III the trough Of the sea, now
began to pinch her bowsprit under, and I
the ship gave great lurcIl and Went doWj,,
On On M rlsing 70 tho surface saw The iifeboat,
WHIST was stove. about twenty Yards % to % leeWarI ie IF
me, with Tie Second Mite ind one sailor in III
it; but they could not pill to lue, IS they hai
Eet upon sumo pieces of wrcckagc. and /
found some pieces Of the ufterllo,lsc, which
1nalnageil to lash together mid climbed on.
These pieces were about eirht feet iong md
two feet brond, On these gradually firift-
ell away from the lfc-G0at. ilad the
Mate aid lis companion only n small
billet OF wood thpy could lave tur1leI
their boat So Is to rencl, me, At oue time I [
j,nIi resolved to iutnp oif the raft ami trv to
swim I to tic boat. but Tic iii lst;Ince tim CIV was . too 10
great. Towards evening / tjtrcw up INV
lands every lew moments, SO as to ei,col,r- s
ags them, and they returned tho signal. Wo
WIS was steadily @ Widening. As iiEht M feil M aS ND
they gradually fnIed from ny sight, the fifst
feeling Of terror crept over nie. / felt that it
rescue belnr iii III tjlelr fayor. [
Ind d few pleces Of cracker in nv pock.
ets. Int from tEe rnomcmt I bennn 10 tii tr,,ni.
ku nv sitllntion tie feeling Of hunger ia