The Dillon tribune., 1881-04-16

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boots and shoes had bern tevoureti. They
were literally without bit or sup. The
Captains dog had been killed, skinned and
eaten. Then lots were cast tor the cat. The
poor beast was saved by the Captain him.
self, who besouyht the men not to destroy it.
The starving men saved the cat and cut
up their boots and soaked strips in lamp oil
and ate them. This horrible food gave out
and then the poor wrctches eyed each 9th.
er suspcio,sly and hungrilv, and would
have killed the cat could they have found
it, hut the Captain had hid it and tn. pangs
O! hunger were unappea>ed for five days.
Some even meditated suicide. God knows
how many Of them thought Of murder and
cannibalisn. Had not the steamer come
to their rescue the captain Of the Tiger
said he thought something more terrible
than starvation would have been enacted
The Nebo had seven months, provision on
board. When the first boat load arrived
the mate, while aboard the Tiger, was
eating biscuit, when he was pounced ur-
on by his sl,ip,natcs, who literally fought
like dogs Cr a cracker. They rushed upon
the provision ana tore them in the slime way
as iami>hed wolves might have done. An
officer Of the Nrbo added: ave got provi-
sions on board .and set them at l"rsc
Once more they shook the reefs out o:
their topsails, set their topgallant sails and
Steered in our wake. The wind WAS right
aft but the vessels bottom was so full o:
barnaclcs she could not make l,eadway
She was able to get along, however, and
when last we saw her she was sgnalin.
adieu and thanks"
The Chic CatastrOnhe.
y Chic dispatch OF the 7th says: The
medical commission is now sitting to con
slider the expedicncy Of covering the rub
bisl, in the fortress with earth, as there Il
no hope OF saving any lives and the ds:n
terment OF the dead might produce an cpl
demic. 1t is now believed that througho,
the whole Island, which contained 7o,cos
inhabitants, 6uD or 1000 we,c killed ans
IS per cent Of the survivors wounded
United States, French, BritiS!, and Austria
war vessels in the harhor, are doing all il
their power to assist the authorities in tn
work Of relief. Only ten of the inhal,itant
Of Chcsmc w,r, killed, but thirty t!ou-a,1s
! peop!e arc wit. III: :h...sr,
The first shock was fell Su;,da, ard i'm
,nediately houses began t' fall and w;ie
shrieks were l,:arl every where. Then fol
lowed an awful silence for some ni.utes
The terrified survivors gradually went into
narrow lanes to react, an open space
Shortly afterwards another terrible >hocl
completed the dcvastati, III, aud al nigh
shocks succeeded each other at 81 ort intcl
walls and each one was proceeded by heav
dull sounds like subterranean explosives
Since, frequent shocks have been felt, an
a few moments ago while writing the pre'
ent dispatch, distinctly heard an eSplosin
and felt the earth sinking, but a> am u.'
der canvass have nothing to fear.
: 1t is known tl,at about thirty Nh s,lIne
and women were assembled in one hou.
not one Of whom escaped. Til: >ou'l,cr
part Of the Island is said to ha;~. sutl>.rc
. more tn IN th:, town. | vi,:tel Ches,n
this afternoon. Only ab,u. IN inhal,:tan
were killed, but III my houses were RUNE,
!, many more Of which were dilap;datr
+ Three -iourths OF the houses are in 4 da,
j, gerous condition and the inhabitants u
!. afraid to live in t:,os: w!ici, are uniniure
{, Nearly all prefer to camp out a, the wcatl
J. er is fine and tn. hardship not great. l,
said throughout the district that not le
than 10000 people are without shelter.
Kastro the work of extricating the bodi
and attending the wounded is prosrc>>i,
= satisfactorily.
y A New California Line.
II The promalga.ion by the Atchson, Tol
II ka s. Santa Fe Co, to all connections, Il
, it will not for the time being receive Il
e freight for shipment, consigned to the
=, cific Coast, is explained II, follows: i
.Atchison company wanted the Ci'ic;'
,c lines to deliver the through freight at
t, Missouri river free Of bridge toll, amounti
~ to five cents per hundred. This the &
70 cago lines refused to do on the ground Il
y to do so would amount to discriminate
against the Union Pacific at Omaha. j
IN Atchison company, it is said, then asked
California connection, the Southern Pa'
y. ic, to discontinue its toll tax at San Fr;
m cisco, which was not granted. Out
these two circumstances, in the main, ars
h. Il contention which ha, resulted in
promul3a:ion Of the foregoing mott
III The company, it is claimed, has an utter
he object viz: That by making it appear Il
h.. it is shut out of California bv the South
Pacific it will secure the cooperation
,r. that State and push an Independent &
ye torna line to an early completion. 1t
>urmsed tha, the new line is not quite
en- condition vet TO take care ot thro'
ID. freight and this fact NAV have inilucncc
he to some extent. 1t is absurd to supp