New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-21
TRIALS OF SHIPWRECKED SAILORS.
uARD-HIPs ENDURED BY TIE SURVIVORS OF
AN AMERICAN SHIP

uARD-IIIPS ENDURED BY TIE SURVIVORS OF
AN AMERICAN SHIP.
cor Francisco oct oO.-A r. Sullivan. mate OF
the American ship W. a. Campbell which was lost at
100, has arrived here with six Of the crew. who rs
caped with him. sullivan states that the fury OF the
gale was such that the crew were p0werless, ana
the deck was Uttered with wreckase OF spnrs ana
mosts Finally, It decided 10 abandon tic shp,
rs # was apparent 1t would soon sink. The water
tanks were all burst In and only a small supply
could be secured from the donkey engine. The cap
,,n,s young wife, who bore herself brivey. and Ills
habv were put in the larger boat with C%ptan
uoyener and thirteen sailors. II was decided To SET
fire to the ship for that she might wreck other
vessels 80 as they showed off the torch was applied anu
eoon af,erward she blew up there were explosives
on board.
After staying together two days. said sullivan
:" decided t. push on. my boat was the swiitcSt.
All hands were put on short allowance, half con-
denscd milk and water and three biscuits day )
canned meat mt morning meal. and In the evening one
FIN M fruit WIS used. On the tenth day our water
cave out, and | put the men on the same alio""h'"
- vine ON the fourteenth the signs Of weakness
were noticeable In several Of the men, Twenty da's
out and all our liquids were EXHAUSTED Inc men
behaved well. with the exception Of three Gillian
sailors The men noticed that the Chi ians seemed 10
.tand the short allowance Of raons better than them
solves and IL was decided to ascertain the way they
d,d IT, Watch was set and In the night they were
discovered eating from the rations OF Tie Sleeping
sailors II was all | could do TO save the lives Of
these Chins as several Of the men drew their knives
and swore to kill the thieves
40 tldings have been received OF the missing Doat
which contained Captain IIavcner wife ana cmd'
second Mate Alexander Murray, Third Mate Prcy E.
Turner and eleven mon IL Is thought they were
picked up by vessel going round Cape Horn or nave
persisted.
The shlpwrcrk'd sailors complain Of their treatment
by the American Minister stevens, md Consnls Sever
nhcc and FaruauX. when they reached lilo they
were IN rags but Fnrnaux would do nothing for them
Sullivan bad a stormy interview with him. and he
nn.ly fitted the men out with Shirts canvas trousers
and canvas shoes. When the sailors r"achrd Homo
ulu severance put them the Boston for several
day, and then forgot them The sailors on the cruiser
cared for the and made up purse for them as
did tho officers for Mate sullivan.
Washington oct 2O.-No official report has reached
the Department Of state relative 10 tie Treatment OF
the. survivors Of the American chip ". \. Campbell
,v the United states Minister and "onsuls at the
Hawaiian Islands. fund Of $4,000 Is al tho as
posnl Of the Department for the RELIEF oi dcsutute
American sailors but II frequently happens that the
commercial agent consul at the port where inc Hen
hand has not sufficient money on hlnd 10 40 'hl
TINT b." might feel disposed to do under the err
cunisduc,~. Sometimes credit can b" obtained, Dut
Otherwise the United states official Is Obliged 10 mako
the best provision he until Funds are obtained
nom the department Of state. Whether or not THIS
wa, the case ut Honolulu Is not known here az