Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-12
SUFRERINGS At SEA.
EXPERIENCES OF THE
CREW OF THE SHIP TIGER.
Nine Days without Food or Water-The
Captains Dog Served Up-And Finally
Old Boot and Shoe Leather, Soaked In
Oil. the Only Means of sustenance-A
Passenger Train Over q Trestle and Sew
eral Occupants Killed and Injured-Mis-
cellaneous Crime and Casually Record.


eral Occupants Killed and Injured-Mis-
cellaneous Crime and Casually Record.
AsrARv1Na GREW.
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE steamship Nebo,
from Rio Janeiro, arrived to-day. It reports
/ that it fell in with the bark Tiger, from Liv-
erpool to Baltimore, seven days short of pro-
visions. The crew were in most deplorahlc
condition, having sustained life for several
days on strips of leather soaked In lamp oil
until all gave out, and then on the captains
dog, after which 1t was nothing but canabsl
ism and death staring them in the face. To
eral days before within short distance, but
paid no attention to their signals of distress.
AS the steamer Nebo came up with the
Tiger they saw the latter lowering boat
After some moments of hard struggling she
came alongside. Her occupants were dressed
in oilskins and evidently very weak. "Wh,t
do you want9" sang out Capt. Gordon, "We
death,n exclaimed a man In the stern sheets
starvinsy'.. demanded The captain.
eyes, we are starving. See, this Is all we have
had to eat in nine days" He held aloft the
skin of dog and one of the men held up
piece of boot leather. "God help u.s." ex-
claimed Capt. Gordon, "come on board right
A ladder was then lowered and the men helped
aboard the Nsbo and given food. The young
German commander Of the Tiger told the cap
tain of the Nebo he had been Ia days out
from Liverpool with cargo OF common salt,
and he had been in most dreadful condition
He was bound into Baltimore and made Cape
Henry early In January, and was blown of
{6a {n{o ho
time he had been tossed hlther and thither by
winds and currents. he had twelve men be-
fore the mast, all OF whom had displayed the
utmost fortitude under most trying circum-
stances. Provisions ran short one month
ago. The beef gave out first, then bread. Nine
days ago, that is, nine days before spoken BY
the Nebo, the last drop OF water was drank,
and then, three days later, everything, even to
boots and shoes, had been devoured. They
were literally without bit or sup. The oap-
tain's dog had been killed, skinned and eaten.
Then lots were cast for the cat The poor
beast was saved by the captain himself, who
besought the men not to destroyit. The starving
men spared the cat, cut up their boots, soaked
the strips in lamp oil and ate them. This hor-
rible food gave out, and then the poor wretches
eyed each other suspiciously and hungrily, and
would have killed the cat could they have
found it, but he captain hid it, and the pangs
of hunger were unappeased for five days.
Some Of the men medtated suicide. God
knows how many of them thought
of murder and cannibalism.., Had the
steamer not come to the rescue, the captain
of the Tiger said he thought something more
terrible than starvation would been en-
acted. The Nebo sent months provisions
on board. When the first boat had arrived,
the mate leaped aboard the Tiger eating bis-
cult, and was pounced upon by his shipmates,
who literally fought like dogs for the crack.
ehA al {hn ~
same way as famished wolves
might have done. The officers of
the Nebo adds: "We got provisions on board
and set them at large. Once more they shook
the reefs out of their top sails, set their top
gallant sails ard steered In our wake. The
wind was right aft, but the vessels bottom
much headway. She was able to get along.
however, and when last we saw her she was
signalling an adieu and thanks.
OVER TEE TREsTlE.
READING, Col, April 1.-THE passenger
train on the Oregon railroad from Sacramento
last night, met with an accident about i've
miles below here at place called China Gulch.
The whole train went over the trestle, and the
engine and cars are total wreck. Following are
the names of the killed and wounded: George
Smith, engineer, killed; Rogers, fireman,
killed. Robert johnson, messenger, leg
broken; Ben Huhn, of San Francisco, badly
bruised, and other train men are more or less
bruised. Several passengers were In the rear
car, ,ibut 1t did not 60 off the embankment and
they escaped. The cause of the accident was
cloud bursting, which raised the creek SO
high it washed out the embankment.
MURDER CONFESSED. .
PAssAIC, N. j., April 11.-Charles Spring.
sted, in Jail awaiting action of the grand jury
on the charge of planning the murder and rob-
berry of citizen of this place, confesses he de-
liberately capsized boat and drowned Samuel
Asher, a boy, at Lackawanna, June ID, 1877.
giving as the reason he hated the boys father
TO DEATH.
The sentence of death was finally read to-
day in the presence of the prisoners. They
were allowed twenty four hours appeal. Prof.
solovieff caused some excitement among the
students of the university of st. Petersburg by
condemning capital punishment and express
sing the hope that the czar would show mercy
to the prisoners.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1l.-Emile Lude
heimer, travelling salesman for Flosheim Bros,
Shreveport, La, lodge /. o. o. F. No. 107,
committed suicide at Baldwin hotel yesterday
by shooting himself. Letters left by deceased
indicate poverty as the cause of suicide.
FIRE IN A SOUND sTEAMBoAT
New YORK, April 1.-THE steamboat Eras-
tus Corning, plying between this city and New
Haven, took fire in the sound last night soon
after 10 o'clock. Haverly's Mastodon min.
strels and other passengers assisted the crew
in fighting the flames, which were extin-
guished after one-and-a-half hours OF hard
work. The boat was considerably damaged.
The first game in the series OF four games of
billiards, 800 points game, between George
F. Slosson and ]. Scbaefer, for 5000, was
won by Slosson by score of 800 to ST for
Schaeffer.
The court has gone to Gotchire TO remain
some time