Smyrna times., 1884-12-03
Adrirt at Sea ina SI,iW
TERRIBLE STORY OF DISTRESS PHI or
AND a COMPANION LOST AND RES
CUED.

AND a COMPANION LOST AND RES
CUED.
| The Helen l.. AngeI, a three-moeted
schooner, from Georgetown, S. C.. for Raj
tlmOre. arrived in the Breakwater Tbnrs-
day, with Pilot Marshall Bertrand and
Alfred Swanzen, Norwegian sailor. who
with another Norwegian were MISSING since
Monday week. On that dav BerfranJ and
with the two sailors and another pilot NM
OH IN skif from the pilot-bOat TurLeg to
| put pilot on the steamship PennsvIrqJli0
| which was off the Break water. on her yo v
to Philadelphia. Bertrand put the niI5t
aboard the Pennsylvania and started hack
70 the pllot-bOat IUriey in the skitf with the
norwegian sailors. There was heavy
STORM prevailing, and the skif failed to
Ieach the pllOt-bOat, and was given uD for
lost. The AngeJ picked up the two sur
VlVors W ednesday night IS miles south
east OF nVe-tathOm lightship. In an inter-
view with Bertrand he gave the following
| account of the terrible ordeal of srfferinS o
through which he had passed since leaving
tne steamship Pennsylvania Monday week /:
Monday morning at five q clock the skif'
containing Bertrand and his companions
had been tossed about at the mercy of a
gale that scarcely ahated for n single hour
IL was bitter cold during the whole time.
ana the men were poorly clad, their scantv
garments being wet and frozen all the
time. tuesday evening both Norregiane
became deliri0us, and in their rnvings aII
the oars and everything loose was thrown
overheard, thus leaving them without anv
means of propeling the boat.
The unknown Norwegian abnut mid
night Tuesday was so deranged that be mn
sheathed large knife and started for Ber-
trand, intending to kill him that he MIGHT
drink his blood, but, prustraied bv thirst
and hunger, and half frozen bv the icv
wind, he fell in the boat. pnd after 81 few
shrleks he gasped and died.
wednesday morning the survivors. al
most mad with hunger, thirst and cold
stripped the dead man Of his clothino and
carved ana ate portion of his flesh Inst
before the Anget picked mp the survivors
the mutlated body Of the dead man was
thrown overheard
II rained and hailed Tuesday evening
ana Mr.. Bertrand was kent busy bniIiTo
the boat with one of his rubber b1ots nor
severlng IN his work in spite of his holf.
frozen condition aud the rawlings of his de-
llrlous companions. Tn to the time tba,,
were picked up they had had neither food
nor drink since Monday, beyond the salt
water and human flesh
Wednesday evening, about ) o'clock
bertrand saw vessel, the 41,0eL about
mile to the westward, and hailed her with
ms oIlskin coat. Daylight was fast fading
ana they were afraid they would not Be
seen by the vessel, bur She saw them. and
took took them on board about an hour Inter
Ihey found they were Is miles southeast ~
five fathom lightship, the place thew LOST
the pilot boat Monday morning.
1t IS reported that a bark passed tbc lost
men Tuesday morning. and nots,itbstand-
ing their huilings and demonstrations maid
no attention to them. Bertrand is ali riobt
beyond his frozen feet and he desires TO
extend his heartfelt thanks 10 his rrscuars
for their kind treatment.
Inc surviving Norwegian, Alfred Swan
zen, is aboard the pilot-boat T,lriev and i
doing we'll ~ "''' -