The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-25
TOSSED ON TIE WAVES.
JAPANESE JUNKs CAST AWAY IN
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

uardshIps Endured by Oriental Sailors I'm
der the old Methods-Two thousand
Miles Ont without Mast or Euddcr-forty
Beans To Each Man Per Day.
On tho morning Of the 9th Of January,
1877. tho City Of Picking. on her outward
trip. sighted what az first appeared 10
be an abandoned vessel adrift al sea Inc
steamer bore away for her, when II was
seen that sho was a japanese Junk with
one mast gone. An officer ana BOAT
crew wee sent of. who found that the
iunk belonged to Ha-R0dadi: that she
was parflv loaded with rice and saki
.Japanose whisky. and besides the skip
Der and supercargo had a crew Of five
men. On the lstof December preceding
the Junk, which, by the way, reJolced I'D
the name of the Hisavoshimam. had been
driven out 20 sea. and things having got
badly mixed un in an unusually terfilc
blast it was found 90 bo the easiest way
of lowering sails 20 chop the mast down.
Then a heavy sen carried away the rud-
der and stove in the bulwarks, after
which the junk drifted and sloshed
around 30 the old and unoriginal way OF
cat the mercy Of the winds and waves.
THEY STUCK TO TIE sAKL
Captain and crew had become so COM
nle,eiy di-hoartened ON the waste Of
waters. or so uniuly jolly ON a waste OF
saki. that whom boarded by the officer OF
the steamer they didn't know the day OF
the woek or the month. hardly knew
where they had come from, and certainly
didn't know where they were going TO-.
They were informed that they were
something Ike 1900 miles distant from
Janan. bat despite this warning inteili-
goncc. only four of the crew would leave
tho iunk-tho captain, supcrcargo ana
the fifth man declaring their intention
of sticking 20 the junk SO long as the
rice and aki held out.
The Coos Bay News, published at
Marshfeld, Orc. In its issue of July IT,
1873 had tho following report from the
captain of the schooner Parallel, which
arrived 40 that port July - from San
Francisco:
"Tne schooner Parallel on the 9Th inst,
IN latitude 80 deg. A. min., longitude
la0 deg ej min. at q. m.. sighted a
japanese innb adr.t a boat was low
cred and tie strange vessel boarded.
when % terrible sight met the boardcrs.
Not % living soul was aboard but three
corrsos of japanese who had probably
boon dead 40 least % month Two of
the bodies Dad been shackied together,
doubtless having been crazed for want
OF food 0r water and fastened mp Us
thoir comrades Two OF these bound
bodies were lying amilships with their
Knees bound together with cords upon
,holf breasts. their arms were drawn
over tle'r heads and securely tied and
cord wDie bound around their nlcks.
in e.orf. tAoy were completely iaclosed
u u.r.Hg formed hg the aciu5 and
mta,l.c.ne of corls The sunkeu eyes
and .arulol condition Of the bodies
Nore l Hu t0 lo0k at The other
corpse uas found forward stripped %
the waist aal gave Indications of the
terrible offerings chat tho man must
aafe endured previous o. bis death
From tle numerous iraphccs and mats
found between decks DC Was evident that
tne vessel. bad been manned by large
crew. Upon examination considerable
nat.r $685. found m the hold, but nO cyi-
Ienca of l.r having had cargo on
D.