The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-03-21
GMbrmorrM-S Star
s%HiFWREfkED CIV.
Thrilling adventure In the ssuth Indian
Ocean.

LlVefp0OI--parlfcularS Ol lie wTpcl
and of The Robinson Crusoe-hk,
adventures Of The crew on th,
island. The Holt Hill, 1886 TONS
was a four.masted iron sailing shin
While going from Rio to Calcutta
In ballast, she got ashore At ST
Paul's Island. having run in a cove
between the rocks. She had "A crew
of thirty three hands, and the nnly
way OF escape was over the bqys
OF The ship, where there Was a drnp
of forty 10 fifty feel. A rome was
put over The b1wS, anil one nv one
the crew dropped into the surf:
all escaped bul The mate. II wa.
9o'elock ut night when the vessel
struck, aud all night the poor fell.
lows had 10 remain on the beach
nearly frozen 10 death with the
cold. The men ESCAPED Just AS they
were when the ship struck. and
Tor The most part they had no shoes
on, and were but partially cad
Rocks 200 feel high faced them
and as PERCEPTIONS a. the siIe Of a
house.
The safety Of the m II were mol
assured until they reached the
summit. but this was a reuIpus
and difficult task. Capt. Suiher.
land, when climbing The rock, kri
some twenty fee, and when he
reached the top his hands were
dreadfuliy skinned BY tt e sharp
and loose rncks. When all had
gained the summit they divided
themselves into parties. some 10
catch peHgaIHs, some To isl. some
TO get wood and water and others
to explore the island. The ca. K
had one match, and in this III
hopes Of the thirty-tvo en- law.
as the nights were 80 cold II meal
death without a fire. The iiiary
match was watched By the entire j.,
company with the keanest possible !
interest, and to The joy OF all he
Outcasts a fire was kiudlrd. This 7
was kept up day and night. special
senIrles being told off to watch
and attend 10 it, TO prevent it going :
out. The Whole island was explor-
ed from b~egiEnI-g 10 end. The on. !
Jy fresh water besides some rain
That had lodged between the rocks.
was that contained in some boifiur :
springs. Alter getting the water /
the mel had 10 wait until ii co0le d
before they could drink il. The
pengulns were rank and oily. bat I
after being stepped in salt wafer all =
night their black flesh did not taste
so badly, allLough The surfeit I
which the poor fellows had of The ]
food caused nausea. and In seyaraI
cases The vomiting of blood. CRAY =
hsh were caught, and sume u~etlles v
were lie only vegetation The men
had. For tobacco The men. from
Two old clay pip 5, smoked some L.
rope yarn. Their Lels were formed
OF dried grass, and in most cas,s r
they had simply their trousers and
shirts for a covering. S0me huts =
were iuund, but only one had a
root. When The exploring parfv w
found the rain waller they brought
back a supply in Ihe irss II a pair y
oiiskIH p~antalOons, tie legs hay- -
been lied to Keep in The wafer. ~
There were rabbits and goats on
Island, but they we're too MIN. ~
Bile for the shipwrecked men. p
Some old tishhoOks were found
ana others were made out Of wire.
several fish were caught, aud form. u
an acceptable dish. The water DO
n The springs was 81 hot that the ,
men could half boil the fish in :
mem. There vas not a tree on the
sland, which was covered with
hlck, rank grass aud PUSHES. IL D
vas most trying for The poor iel. Put
oWs TO travel over the prickly ca,
ubsianee IN their bare feet. i A
mall lagoon was found on The =
northeast end Of tue is and. but il Ir
'roVed TO he salt water. There
Iere cliffs around this lagoon 10 a
elght OF 1000 TO 5000 feet. st.
'aul is a. island on which the GOV.
rnment IS supposed 10 rlace bro.
lions and water for shipwrecked
eamen; but neither food nor va
was found by The crew of the A
iolt Hull. 1t vas said that whalprs =
isIted The island, and. though not
lIpWrecked. made off with The u
Eight small boats were -
on The Island, though several II
ere quite unseaworthy. On The N
-gthth day a vessel was sighed Tx
M a boat was put off from The
land. Go
Just as their hopes were giving an
ay TO despair anoll.er sail wa. he
ghled. Dried grass was burned -
nd The smoke, as il assembled. was =
,en by The stranger. which prov =
10 be The bark Coorang. The -
reserved men-Ihirty-twoiu mum. ~
'r-were nineteen DAYS ON board H,
e Coorang, aud we're most I'm. IL
anely treated All of the Holt -
us crew behaved well. Cant. mn
llherland being remarkably cool
lder the trying eircum stances. II lAU
as thought that if the govern.
ent could put \ supply of fresh EaeeI
ater IN the lauks and a quantity =. ,.
biscuits on the island peuodic. meni
", as we'll rs a few fshhooks. they Aniss
ould doubtless prove a prcs, eeps,
eSslng to shipwrecked people -1Ess
: raul Is a volcanic island ~ CnsoS