The daily gazette., 1882-09-22
ARRAvR WOMAN.
Miss AEorrisOn's Terrible Experience In
an Open boat.

DAAAAMANs
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Miss AEorrisOn's Terrible Experience in
an Open boat.
PERRY SOUND, oNT,se Sept. 21.-Miss
Morrison, one of the survivors nc Inflated
Asia, has furnished q sketch 0f her expert
ence, After she left the wtaHk In . life boat
with the captaiR, mate and several others,
she says II saw the other two life boats
both fl1lk The captain and mata had oars
and tried 10 take care OF our boat. The
steamer now went down and left wreckage
floating all around. l saw the other two
boats upset twice and each time the number
OF passengers were largely reduced. The
three boats drilled together for q short time
/ heard those In the other hoats call to. the
captain for oars. One of the two boats had
no oars, one had one and our boat
had two. The captain could spare
none. Our boat went along quite nicely
for some minutes the Others capsized
almost Immediately. They had nothing TO
help themselves with. was sitting on the
bow of our boat looking back toward the
wreck. saw the other two boats DIP over
three times, and when next saw them they
were empty. No one even clinging TO their
sides. am sure none were saved except
Tinkis and myself. Finally our boat upset,
and we lost both oars. We were then at the
mercy of the waves, and were upset four
times In all. There were eighteen persons
| In the boat before she upset. Two women
were lost the first time. 1t became cslmer
near dark, and the boat did not upset again.
About this time we picked up a floating oar,
| but were too exhausted to use 1t.
The mate told me to hold on TO the life
| line whatever happened, and i never let go.
i When the boat upset hung on and came
up with t. None Of the Ave men died until
after dark. The mate got upon his knees
and said he could see land. This cheered
us all. The captain seemed very sad and
seldom spoke. None had hats or coats on
but Thinks. had neither hat nor shawl.
We were all In the water up 10 our knees,
but the water was not up TO the seats. ii
bailesl out the boat after the sea went down,
but we had nothing to do It with. The men
all died quietly and seemed to go to sleep.
The mate put his head up to my
face in the dark, and asked If II
was /. / said 'yee.' My hair was flying
around. He seized 1t I'm his death
grasp and pulled down my head. / asked
the captain, who was near, TO release my
hair. He did so, and the mate soon breathed
his last. We saw a light at Byng Institute
about dark, and could see 1t all night, but
drifted south shortly after the mate died
and the captain lay down. tried to arouse
the captain, but he was dead. / think this
was about midnight. Mr.. Thinks and
kept up conversation. was nervous and
feared that Thinks would lay down his head
like the rest. i asked him to come to the
bow, but he said he would balance the
boat better by remaining as we
were, and that he would not go to
sleep. Daylight finally dawned and revealed
a shore near by. Thinks worked the boat
toward the shore with the oar we had picked
up. 1t was beautiful warm morning, and
the sun warmed us and dried our clothing
We got on the rocks shortly after sunrise
We tried 10 walk across the island, thinking
we might find some houses. couldn't
walk, so we returned 10 the boat. Tinkii
took the bodies out. could not help him
He then pried the boat off with the oar lie
worked the boat down the beach, but made
poor headway.
"Darkness coming on / was afraid II
would get rough, so we landed, brokt
boughs for our bed and put some under and
over US. ! slept some, but was nervous
We were up before sunrise, and got into oui
boat. II was calm then. We rowed a shor
time, but then gave 1t up and went ashore
and lay down on the rocks and went u
sleep. An Indian came along and woke ui
up and asked If we were lost. We said VIZ
were. His squaw was in boat. We asked
him how far 1t was to q house. He said
II was % miles, and asked il
we were hungry. He then got some bread
and pork from his boat. / could not ea
but drank some cold tea. Thinks ofFereC
the Indian his watch to take US to Parrl
Sound. We had but little to eat on tn
way The squaw made me bed IN the boa
and slept there Sunday night quite com
: Portable. Thinks never gave up, except Oh
Saturday morning, when we lay down OIL
the rocks to die, | thought Of the babe
, In the woods, but saw no hope of rescue.