Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-02-03
A Tragedy Of the Sea.

Inc SecO0Q OiucSr OF the bark IiiZ-
zie Perry, which was wrecked three
weeks ago on the Barbados coast,
arrived in New YORK last Friday. He
brought thrilling story of the rescue
of the two survivors of tie vessel AL
fred Watts. They ave the only sur.
vivors of % persons who had sailed
on the Watts from New York for ia
pan. with cargo of gas oil
Ga October II, during a sudden
gale, gigantic wave broke over the
vessel, sweeping her decks from stem
to stern. Ali the persons ON the ship
were on deck at the time. Boats,
gear houses, etc, were torn and hurl-
ed into the ocean. With them went
sailors and passengers. Twenty-Five
of the shrieking, drowning men were
swero tar from the ship, but six man
aged to cling to one of the forward
deck-houses which, shattered as it
was, floated near The snddenness
of the thing was appalling
Then came hours of misery. The
wind went down, night came on and
the survivors, rcusing themselves
from the stunning blow of their mis-
fortune. began to realize the awful
horror of their position in mid ocean
ou Ii piece Of wreckage that scarcely
floated beneath their weight, and with
no water or food They were the
captain. c. Johnston; young man
from Philadelphia named Burgess;the
two men rescued. Magnus and Linn,
both Swedes, and two others who
are unknown.
Then they saw floating, by one Of
the boats and the Captain aud young
Burgess plunged into the sea, and
swan few yards, when the former
suddenly gave fearful shrek. strug-
gled for an instant and sank, and
sinking left q streak of dark blood be-
hind him. The sharks had secured
their first victim. Burgess swan back
and the attempt to secure the boat
was abandoned.
Pieces of boards were torn from the
house On which they foated and used
as paddles. trying to reach the ship
from which they had been swept,
which was discerned a mile away.
Hour after kour the men toiled, burnt
with the lot sun overhead, famished
and parched, and yet no apparent
progress was made. Night fell and
the relatives positions of the hull aud
wreck were maintained, Again the
sun rose, and once more tired muscles
were strained in the endeavor TO reach
the ark of safety, but four days clap
sed before the ship was reached aud
then only two men crawled up on its
deck.
Young Burgess had become deliri-
Gus and shrleking that he saw land
close by, plunged overheard The
following day the reason of two
others failed and they, too, leaped in
to the waiting ocean One OF these
last was an Irishman from Liverpool.
Magnus and Linn found on the
ship a water cask that had escaped
the universal destruction and Il guam
tity of salt bacon and lived on these
till rescued. Bat it was 81 DAYS
from the time of the wreck till succor
reached them and they were in ter
rible condition.
Theu the Lizzie Perry went ashore
on reef aud the unhappy men again
had an experience of shipwreck. The
crew of the Lizzie Perry were res
cued by a passing English vessel,
which landed some at Barbados a1d
took Others to England. The Amer
lean Consul at Barbados has notified
the New York authorities that the
two men in question have been sent
to that port on board the Mary Bar
tillon, which is due in New York.
- have used your Salvation Oil
for cracked heels, mango, and sand
cracks with horses, and it gives per-
satisfaction. CHAs. W. LEE.
Ala w. Baltimore St Baltic, Nd.
The cost of Dr.. Bulls Cough Syr-
up is only 25 cents. A bottle will
convince all of its excellence.
Rome has 1885 telephones in
use; London 1900; Glasgow 1872,
and Liverpool 1899. The price
ranges from $3.50 to $50. There are
as many telephones in New York as
in all Italy, aud twice as many in
New York as in London.
How ia that feud between Col
Blood aud Major Bluegrass getting
on ?" Are they IS bitter as ever :"
"Oh, no; the whole thing is happily
ended" II am glad to hear that"
Yes, they killed each other"