Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-14

Three c4stavavs -ers picked up by
the pr1u@lIcr Wisconsin on the lake be-
tween Milwaukee aud Grand Haven on
the afternoon Of tie 25ih ultlrno. The
men belonged 90 sle wrecked vtsss! Cot
lluczvood. and were ta~ only Survivors II
4 Grew OF eight. One OF tae SURVIVORS
tells the following story:
TIE piece of deca upoa which We 81
last found ourselves had a s;.p OF can
vas On ons end of ii. BY meas of this
niece Of canvas We were enabled TO keep
our feet and move about so As to keep
the blood in free circulation. The poo,
cook was the ouly ore who did not follow
oar example. Apparently paralyzed with
fear he chung to the canvas, but notion
less ~ statue. This fixed him. Day
break found him stone blind, with his
eyes turned up IN the most curious man
ney imaginable. In fact. blindness had
struck him about II o'clock the previous
night. He soon became dellrIous, and
then raving maniac. His Wild fancies
dgelt solely upon rescue. de would
shout alternately: There's land. and
There's u steamboat. Why don't yo1
put Us abolrdFr Sach faTciss aud eI-
Carnations an these we're. inc -ssant. At
| last he became 80 chilled anu exhausted
| as 10 be utterly helpless, and in this con-
| dltion Ne took turns IN aiding him. lie
| ,-ssayed To follow our movements to Keep
| warm. and. doubling his fists, raped his
kauckies until the skin vas completely
/ gone from them. However, the abra-
sio1s caused no bleeding, As the bio ii
| had ceased 10 circulate IN his hands.
| Melee supported him fully six hours
until death ended his sutferiugs between
| three and fOur o'clock Friday afternoon
| We should have 81 lted, as the hours
dragged YEARLY along, and day once
more began To wane. the cedar post-
| we're one by one swept from under the
| raft. and our combined weight az last
[ carried IL several inches beneath the sur
! lace. The terrible strain 10 which We
we're 20 long subjected at last began to
/ tell upon ~. We became weary aud our
/ sses laden with sleep. McFee's strength
/ also began 60 fAii. 40 that AZ be struggled
Ia keep in motion he tottered and reeled
/ like drunken man. To obtain Fest We
Il first tried the plan of clinginc TO each
other and going TO sleep tor only ter
minutes. But this plan did not work
I Then We tried to sleep separately ten
minutes each. while being supported sy
lhe others. But this scheme failed also
There was nothing left FOG rs to do but
! % run back and forth and dance on the
frail raft to keep from auccumbing t.
the cold Melee several times ran over
board, but We always quickly pulled hin
out.
TIE last ak hours OF our stay on the
raft were awful. Night had overtaken
rs without bringing assistance. and We
| gradually became hopeless. Still We de-
termined Ia keep up the battle with death
until morning, aud thsu, il no means q
saccor presented itself, We intended &c
die peacefully and manfully without a
niurmur. At last our eyes and lmagin-
alton became treacherous, as had those
Of tho dead cook, and We began to see
objects at "A distance that were specters
after all. When the men from the Wis
osnsin came in sight. We really doubted
whether they were flesh and blood.