The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-12
STARVING ON THE DEEP
a Tale of Horrible Suffering
by the Men on the
"TIger."
Further Details of their Ter
rIbIe SuffeFings.

New York, 11.-Regarding the
bark Tiger, the following additional
particulars have been obtained: AS
the steamer NebO came up with the
Tiger, they saw the latter lowering a
boat. After some moments of hard
struggling she came alongside, heI
occupants dressed in oil skins and
evidently very weak. What dc
you want ?" sang out Captain Cor
don. I'VE are starving to death
We are starving to deathP eI-
claimed man in the stern sheets,
excitedly. Did you say you
were starving?" demanded the
captain again, with surprise.
Yes; we are starving See,
this is all we have had to eat in
nine days Che held aloft the skin of
a dog, and one of them held up a
piece of boot leather. "GOd help
u.s." exclaimed Captain Gordon,
Come on board right away and we
will do what we can for YOU" A
ladder was then lowered and the
men helped aboard the Ne6o and
given food. The young German
Commander of the Tiger told the
captain of the Nebo he had been 124
days out from Liverpool. with a
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 off shore into the
gulf stream. From that time he had
been tossed hither and thither by
winds and currents. He,had twelve
men before the mast, all of whom
had displayed the utmost fortitude
under the most trying circumstances.
Provisions ran short a month ago.
Their beef gave out first and then
their bread. Nine days ago, that is
nine days before spoken to by the
NebO. the last drop of water was
drunk, and then three days later,
everything even to boots and shoes
had been devoured; they were lit
orally without bit or sup. The cap
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 be-
sought the men not to destroy it.
The starving men spared the cat,
cut up their boots and soaked the
strips in lamp oil and ate them. This
horrible food gave out and then the
poor wretches eyed each other sus-
piciouSly and hungrily and would
have killed the cat, could they have
found 1t, but the captain had hid it,
and the pangS of hunger were unap-
peased for five days. Some of the men
meditated suicide. God knows how
many of them thought of murder
and cannibalism. Had not the
steamer come to the rescue, the cap
tain of the Tiger said he thought
something more terrible than star
walton would have been enacted.
The Neb0 sent some months pro-
vision on board, and when the first
boat load arrived, the mate, while
aboard the Tiger, eating a biscuit,
was bounced upon by his shipmates,
who literally fought like dogs for
the cracker. They rushed upon
other provisions and tore them in
the same way as famished wolves
might have done. The officer of the
Nebo added: 1--WE got the provisions
on board and set them at large once
more. They shook the reefs out of
their topsails and steered in curl
wake. The wind was right aft, but
the vessels bottom was so full of
barnacles she could not make head
way. She was able to get along,
however, and when last we saw her
she was signaling adieu and thanks.