New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-27
At SEd FOUR DAYS IN A DORl.
TIE TWO FISHERMEN HAD no FOOD OK
DRINK.
rurv nan TO B>LE CONSTANTLY TO KEEP
THEIR LEAKING boat AFLOAr-N >iENNE"
EEFrSEs TO SAVE THEM

THEY HAD TO BALE tVNSINNii" !"
THEIR LEAKING BOAT AFLoAT-N STEAMER
REFUSES To SAVE THEM
When the Allan Line steamship state oi Ne
brosk, arrived Yesterday. eleven days ont from
Glasgow. She reported that she had on board t""
,snrmcn whom she had fourd drifting ~ q "''N
ON the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. h"hih'
This bare announcement lay story OF suffering
and privation seldom cquallcd, and record oi
oold-hloodcd nhumanity almost unknown save III
the records Of ancient piracy
The two sailors wcre young men, the eldest
hcinr only twenty -four. Their names were
Frederick Abbott and job Porter. They formed
mart of the crew Of the fishing schooner Poppy
which left Catalina. Newfoundland. on August
Is on a fishing cruise.
Al o'clock on Monday morning, August le'
thc two men left the schooner in dory 10 Visl'
a buoy a short distance away, 70 which l'rsc
number Of their lines were attached. lhcv pnleu
on steadily for while. but did not re'ch '"-
buoy They turned TO the right, stu no p"oy
then to the left but found nothing. Becoming
uneasy AZ last. they determined 10 rcturn TO tie
schooner, only 10 find that her lights had disap'
pcarcd swallowed up in the dense fog tha' hho
stolen upon them unperceivcd They searched
for their shin. and shouted for help, hut all "ds
useless
When the fog cleared away twelve hours lst"r'
thov were utterly alone upon the ocean. lhrV
had no food. no drink. nothing but the bare
boat. r., add 20 their peril. the dory' an Ola
miserable ships boat. began 10 enk. Hard bal
ine WAS necessary 10 keep her ahoat.
When the sun Iose they steamer smoke
t,r atvc,, ou-t,,,- -hcriycn~@ SIR came and
nearer until il was evident she must pass close
70 them The men laughed and shouted FOR JOY
a. the steamer approached they waved their
coats and called TO her for help. 50 near she
came that they could SEQ hcr crew clustered
about tho rail looking down upon them. 50 near
that they ceased to bale, supposnG another 1--WE
minute, would see them on board. BIT th"
Steamer did not stop Steadily she pursued her
way. turning neither 10 tho right nor - th" left.
and leaving the helpless men behind.
When tine fishermen realized that thcy We're
abandoned TO their fate, they were sciz7i with
absolute Icn7y.
~ For God sake save US thcv screamed. But
the steamer passed nnhccdingly on. until her
smoke faded away in the north Ncdn'sd ay
passed in the sam" dr"ary round OF haIins ] 7
dear life. The water ripcd 30 fast that even
.leep except in broken snatchos, was denied them
Thursday night a other steamer passed. hound
west But they had means of makme light,
and il wac too dark for her 10 SOC them.
it noon on FRIDAY the ifth day after they had
lost their ship. the TWO sailors were pi'kd dp by
,he State of Nebraska. They had just siren Itll
enough to signal TO her FOR help. and rs @hc
slowed down beside their leaking cocklf:hell. they
sank ,slausted and scns'lc,S in the bottom oi
the boat Ropes were lowered and made fast
around their waists. and they wer" harlel on
board. where willing hanIs mad" them roniortahl"
50 neary starved were they that only I1uli i"oi
could he given them AZ first. IL WAS several
days before they could sIt lp ana eat regular
meal. They have now nearly recovered.