, 1881-12-18

! consultations have been lOuT and frequent -
i This Is ii very important tMct In itself constd
cred. but it shnu1d especially actlut Judge Gu,
OF indulEtng the criminal ut the bur OH his owr
,1natdeti judx.nent.;' He is tho mouthnec ant
! agent Of all his colleagues, = .
A SHIP BURNED AT. SEA-
! Tho Survivors Tsvensy-tttree Days In
nh Ope" Isoat-Ttlc Sad STORY Of Thei.
| Sniterl*%s-The Csfssain:s Wife n"<l
Two Little Ghildro. Among the Ni1in'
| ber.
J San Frunctseo fCol.) lsuurttn, Mr.. 81.
] Capt Currie, who. with his wife and two young
| children. together with the second officer una sa
| seaMen OF the British bark Lura. arrived here
| yesterday gu the steamer South Carolina, from
Acapulco, reports the LAra sailed frUlu Hull, En-
gland, with Il Cargo Of 'gus-coai consigned to
Rodrers, Meyer s. Co., OF thls city, and nftet
rounding Cape Horn took tire at sea-. After
three duys' effort to put 1t out lhe ship wits
ubandon.d. The sutrerings from thirst of Mrs.
| Currie and her two little cbildren-tlne 7 yeurs
| old and the other 2-were fr,shtful, they being,
| with the others, exposedin I'LL open hoat for
| tweuty-thre days to broiling tropical sun.
| Tho allowance Uf water to each WIS only one
! hnlf pint day. During the nr<t few duys they
did NOT experience amy particular hurushps,
! but The reflection OF the SUMS rays Oh the
| water and the Bnltness Of the sea air
u
OF wafer duly usserAbiy fniled 10 sutsfy. Ihe
taste of water seemed only 10 ,nd1ce further
craving fur it. and mauy night, said capt. Cur
RIG. huve the two children fallen asleep from
pure exhaustion. with the cry of "-Wu1er!'
Water!' ON their lips 'Thcir tongues aud legs
swelled tip until they were painful 10 tho touch.
Sfy wife was very sick I'LL the time. and after Il
time became thoroughly exhausted. she lss still
fceuie. The younxtcrs are ltcltuK better. but
are nothing yet 10 usIASL ut. But 10 begin tho
painful s!ory, and continue it III the Captaiu's
Uwu words:
'.rhe iirst iuti,nat.on We had of the danger we
were exposed to WAS seellA s1nuke ISSUING
through the ventiatOr hntch kuuwtng there
WIS l}Utnlt1x there tnut could be TIRE except
the coa. | gave orders 10 bore two hoes iii the
sturbOuru oow and let. In four teet vi water.
After Ii time thv smoke Ceased uuu | began to
tulnk 1hut the danger had tcen uverco,ue uni
tns tire out. theu Eaive orders ~ plug .ne n.,les
up and pump tie sup dry: This was abuut
Sloek IN ens evening shortly alter puinnln:s
out ugatu. 1t icleused 50 rapnlly tinlt
wNhil un holr it wis wOrst THAN it mud been b.:-
exposed to. ! gave orders to hutten down fore and
aft. 1t possible to stnuaher the hre thAt seemed
ltnposs.be TO put OUT with water. tur three
DAYS We Watched every aperture, hopsug
aYalast hupe that the tire had gone uut, but .tlr
watching was al to no PURPOSE. After thrce
e,noso ays; gsr sat a* ns npsa., veus f
determined 10 abandon the sl1p, tear-
lug that an explosion. might take pluce ut
any mQQteuL-~ i ordered tue uDAL5 ltuElEDEu.
aud bad tDeln pucked with pravis.ous and wa
ter. There were three boats iu all. In the tirsL
one were My wife. my twu cn'ltlrel, the secuud
officer, rve seumen. and myself. lii tue second
bs'ut were the nrsL Oticcr. the cook, aud tuur
men, and in the third boat the boatswn.n and
three sesmtn r. We sero t~sn.y souls in all
Oct si, thrse dass alter we bad nrst
seen, smoke. We staid " tue snip until tho
smell OF gas from tho burning coal was
BILE 10 stAud IL anE longer. We were AL sick
with IT. We Got iuto the ueaits about lO o'ciock
1at 1! night me weather s,i WI cear and seq quiet;
tie next day. But the following n'gut 81 heavy :
storn culne up, with thunder aud tsalntng, and |
pany, for When morning br'ke VIZ gould i
nor sec anything OF tns other two boats. |
For Two days we were aions. The, storm !, !,
gageu In scanning the hurlzon III seurcn !
OF Al passlng vessel. Although we saw none our !
hopes were strung. Three days had not yet snf- |
heed to dampen our hopes aud dePrcss Our
spirits. But what was Uur Joy on the third /
murulnE after the sturm to sight cur otuer Two t
uied cnch o.ner on coming up that we mud been
preserved frs'm the deep and permitted to meet
,galn. We remained IN conlput.y again for the
three days, when we agatu purteu coul-
oany, perhaps never 70 see eacn oiner a:ain
''nat nas beceme of these twu boats God only
Knows j.
the facihc over l,uD t,iles tr.,la iaiiu wnen Ne
lbanduned the snip. nnd gwen s1rsct orders
. the other bouts to steer !neir course i"r
Acapulco They we're supplied with provisions
4nd water, nil they couId carry, and with COM I
'asses. nm. therefore. slightly In hopes that !
sa rouf u Ing
:oast-or. better silt. they nsay have been pcs-
ID up bya passing vessel. During the twenty
vesse! would loom up iu slgnt ana suve us
III from the drendfui sutfertncs we we're ex-
a Esnssin' m Ry tor thai tY
lone appeared, we I'LL btc;me more Ur less de-
pondcat. l could nat give way to signs or ex-
fa Of rs e qxt Tna ehysr
eId out bravely. But the burning sun. thirst,
nd fear were ion much for my ps'or wife, She
Sea Ve al aay a oa! a b se snerp
er up: She struggled bruvely fur
he sake OF the little children.
'ater- The eldest one. although only 7, was old
noush to realize to sone extent tue situation
hut the LITTLE fcllow-onIy : years o1tt--,g,s loo
'uter! some water: His mother w.ud moisten
hundkercher and put 1t to the little fellows !
t it with a!l the dcspera ~t!' Of diving thirst. /
uf 1t Is uard 10 1ell You all they suffered. : ,
,lys u5,d nights they would, ~ have told you,
Ill asleep on their mothers knees, With tue !
urds water, water expiring oil their lips.
ct experienced, May God protect US from
gan having to undergo such dreadful suffer- !
x Swell tey we sae en DID p"t nd ad Ups M 1sxan
u 1,tsn j. added to 'hef9rerinss Of my wife ana
q At last we sighted land. Never could at s
:1npt To describe the feeling tint arose within I
&c us dd SO. knew thar We were nearing f.! I
nd, but dld not Know thut we were so near. / :
q were still hoping u sight vessel. But + /!
hen we sEnted the coast our very hearts !
emed to 20 further from Us. Ny wife cried like
chi:d, and Indeed it was hurd work fnr the
+tvest to keep back the teurs. As | felt that | 7
le suEeriuRs Of my wife and children ,were :
airing n'l end. experienced IL feeling CT joy I
IL tohtIkfulncss sttch It's never tetore passed = =
rough my heart Our thirst Wig getting almost
tulerabe. You csti, have st}.rle idea htisv we | J
tftred When ] tell you ttut uue day VIZ suc- !
cded in capturing turtle. As we hauled | :
INTO the boAt the men actually tore it 70
ece5 10 suck its buod. Not beturc, however,.
king my wite whether soc would WISH some, |
II she was too sick tu attempt that. Wnen she !
ID the men she cuuiduut sick the b,od even 4
queuch her thirst, the men. as say,
re- 1t into pieces. eacn one t,ki,e II
rtion aud sucking the dripping blood from