Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-06-12
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JAPANESE JuNKe
TIE PACIFIC -. AWAY
y OCEAN

- Endured bv a..
'e' the Ola Metboa. ''' sslssr.
"'''' Cut Without na., !. :, 70 nsssS,
h"""s to Each Man ~ s'dds'
ol the morning Of ia !,
t IT, s the cl,y Of resns, on On o. q J,
s os a" abandoned vessel ad It ,ap p
seen that she was 4 u Jan n,' v4eaas.
o orsw mast mast gone An Offices ja !,
i inn,. were were sent of, who fon,a andbss,
was partly ,9v ,o,G !" ''a-.Rodadl, d., ,,a
, n4r ans whisky. and Ds. a'Is md
p men ""a o. Su up, had erss my :,
, the junk which, BY the ,ss mss p1sap,
d lf name ne, Of the isayoshins,n' sIo ~,
oadly mixed up in an ,,n 's' having y
~ -. ~ " az found 10 be the 49,. ~ xf'ls
o o., lowering sails to chop th ne "a ease' vi
Then a heavy sea ca,riaa ''e mast DOM
DER , and stove in the bu Ivsy .'h'aa
which the junk drifted 's sal ats
around e, ma IN the old and unorig s'r , ~.
at the mercy of the winds s snd y s'la
THEY STUCK TO THE s,y' avs
caP'a'n and crew had become sl :.
pletely disheartened on the n y COZ.
wat waters, or 50 unduly jolly on . waste sss'
s 81 that when boarded BY II ths . wa sa''ea
the steamer they didn't know WI ~ O'' a
the week or the month. har Jv p y!
where they had come from aaa inev
didn't know where they were ere s paiaa !.
ihey We're Informed that tb ssAs - .
something like 1000 miles d suss s'a
Japan but despite this warniD au !. llo \
gence' only four of the crew wn~,i n y
the Iunk-the captain suDerca,aa "
'he MIN man declaring their jnts ~
OF sticking to the Junk 50 loa a'epAa
rice and saki held out. @1a
The Coos Bay News, published !.
Marshtield, Ore, in its iss,a a n1i !,
1878 had the following report tran 4,
captain of the schooner parallal v ~las
arrived at that port July ID from 4,
Francisco: ai
The schooner Parallel on the 7h,,s
in latitude 80 deg. AZ min. loD, i,,
1870 deg. 20 min, at A a. NJ, srsta
japanese junk adrift A Goat va, /"
cred and the strange vessel b1a,d.
when a terrible sight met the bm,iss
Not a living soul was aboard. bm H., !,
corpses of japanese who had prb,S,
been dead at least month Tro \
the bodies had been shackled topstbs
doubtless having been crazed for WIN
OF food or water and fastened I'd h
their comrades. Two of these btsi
: bodies were lying amidships with Id,
knees bound together with cords mn.
, their breasts, their arms were DAM
. over their heads and securely tied ,ri
cords were bound around their DsEs
, In short, they were completely incbs
in a netting formed by the lacing al
interlacing of cords. The Sunken eve
and shriyeled condition Of the bOdje
were frightful to look at. The othe
corpse was found forward, stripped /
the waist, and gave indications Of Ii
: terrible suiierings that the man mu
have endured previous to his dealt
From the numerous tireplaces and ma
found between decks it was evident th
the vessel had been manned by a arI
e crew Upon examination considered
water was found in the hold, but no
q dence of her having had cargo
/ board could be discovered The On
Y article of food tina; was found was
= portion of a chest of tea, covered vi
mold In the cabin were several ban
some pieces of furniture.
The two bound bodies were v
h, dressed, and lot of fine silk lad
. wearing apparel was brought of
wreck by the sailors The stencil Of
u caying bodies was such as to pre7en
thorough inspection. The hull Of
/ Junk was in good condition, and vi
e last seen was drifting to the south
It east and bearing with it, perhaps
5. mystery of the Oriental seas.
d PROBABLY TIE LATEST CASE
n When the steamship City Of Picking
o rived at San Francisco from Japan !!
is 10, 1881, one Of the passengers related
J. following story to Chronicle rePF
The tenth day out from Yokohama
steamer came across a dismanted'
less japanese junk, which mad d :
o driven off from the entrance 10 .s
= of Yeddo during a typhoon lIla' ua'
g Cured on the 9th of December o. :
months previous to Their rescue
!! had lost their masts and rudder anu
If been drifting at the mercy OF the vi
II they knew not where. After 'l psa
II provisions were exhausted they I'au
'e sisted ON their cargo, mostly beans
N dried fish, and on such ram wafer %
'e could catch They had burned uV'
&c the small woodwork, doors Ofl 4inI
!. dows. etc, of their junk Tor , lasi /.
,r were on short food rations' ios's !. y
" per day for each man beng '4 l,,r NJ
J; ance. Their fire, when put ouI !. ,'p y,b
to time, they had rekindled Oy t oD
i, v two pieces of wood together sel.1s s,s Ul
y; : their number had died from eAD a.
10 and sir9l' thew had given up all hOps W ,
E seeing land or anything human D.. !
When when they sighted the City q r., re-
They were taken on board the "a '% .n
a concert was given in their 6 an; 90
v the e' next trip of the City Of P' s,nSi
!. were taken back 10 Their own ' .Sd a
So little by little the long I rsVp,s
= ; asters has been gradually aOr 10y NJ,
u 4 wholly terminated. Japan ano, I1as 8 Be-
a only a navy. but an excel,en n, :,
l It coasting steamers ana WEI, R
t, craft of modern consi rnesa aray
5, her awakening Japan ND drove Ss, CO.'S CO.'S
/! rescued junk men from ,,o nc, now i
e though they had the plague ssn Fl Frau
} wards the rescuerS'