New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-31
THREE DAYS WITHOUT DRINh.
RESCUE OF THE CREW OF A WATERL0GGED
SCHOONER
THEY WERE GOOD FOR SIX DAYS MORE If
NECESS ARY-THE rOG DRANK SEA
WATER ASD WENT MAD

WATER AND WENT MAD.
Perched upon the after-decl,hOuse, the ere"
of the Anna ). Conant, who arrived here yest"r'
day on the bark Tillid, had good view OF the
recent storm They sat there for three days
and watched the sport of the wind and waves
They remained there not because the view was
so good or the top of the drckhouse 80 conn pf'-
able, but because the hull of their schooner WAS
submerged There were seven feet of water In
the hold of the Conant and her rail was awasli
The men had nothing to eat on drink for three
days, and when they were taken from the water
logged vessel they were exhausted by hunger,
thirst and exposure.
The schooner Anna s. Conant sailed from ~.
Simon Ga, on August u, bound for Boston
She was loaded with lumber She was creeping
along the southern coast under gentle breeze
ard over smooth seas. The men numbered over
the decks in their bare feet and stretched them
selves contcntcdly M the sun during the long
summer afternoons. 1t on August :? that Il
heavy gale came plunging down from the hOrth-
east and caught the schooner long on canvas
The COnant lay to and rcefcd her buglng salIs
on the fore and main mastS When the NEXT
day dawncd the wind increased in fury and blew
with the force of hurricane. II settled among
the rigging. tuggcd and strained at the canvas
that day the rigging was bare and the hurricane
whistled and slriekcd about dcnudcd poles. The
spray. borne upon the crc>tS of swift moving
.piraI. dashed halfway to the trucks and the
waves curlcd scornfully about the trembling
craft and dcuged her decks.
That afternoon the Conant rolled over on her
beam ends The lumber loaded upon her deck
shifted. and the sawed timbers clattcred over her
bulwark> into the sea.
The mizzen main topmast and bowsprlt We're
,hvored and went by the board The water hlled
thn hold The schooner sank until her hull was
buried in the sea.
The crew climbed upon the deckhOuse. They
had no, been able to save anything from the snip
stores They had nothing to eat, drink or smoke
The singing spray dashed against them, ana tIie
wind, shook the fra structure on which they
sat By day they looked upon the gray waste oi
waters and by nieht they listened TO the moaning
of the sea.
lIuddlcd together upon the d"ckhouSc
were Captain Mcdonald, Frederick llrsh, the
mate: George Smell, the steward Charles Girard,
"A seaman, and tire. old sailors, known only a
Philip Frank and Fred. Then there was ~.
Simon, sanctmonious English pointer, and
Nellie. the bull pup. The crew tried To escape
hy mcan> OF Il long boat which they released
from the stern dayits The mate, seaman ana
It Simon got into the boat. The boat wA'
crushed against the side of the YES
sci, and sank 10 her gunwacs. The men cs-
,.apcd and got back To the dcckhouse The long
boat swung about and came humping and banging
against the scnooon"r until it was broken III
pieces.
ON August -, at 80 a. IN. In" men saw bark
Ibc vc, i seemed To- take no MOTTO" of their sig
nal, of di,trc~> We'll. lids" said the captain,
heard thar man can live rnc days without
water We ought 20 hr good for siN days more.
f.a moments later the bank tackled, and at
noon the vessel had, by repeated tacklng, come
within hailine distance of the Conint. She was
tho bark TlllId The onptiin of the bark sent
ont a boat manned by IN" mate and a sailor ana
the crew ot the schooner wei" transferred in two
trlps The nr,t tlng the m"p aolcd for when
tho got on board the r"~cuIng bark was water
That's the -, stun ever tasted, said Captain
McDonald ~ he swallowed quart or 80 OF water
IN thrc,-ing"r gups
I'm spite Of their great thnSt the men mad had
.olf-control enough not To drink salt water Nellie,
th,. bull l,oe drank ia" brliy water, and when
hrni,put ON hoTtd the bark she went mad. lhc
,4,ptnin of the bark shot her. The llllid was
from Pcrnamhuco. Sh" encountered much rough
weather Vet sustained no serious damg'. The
Lark Sighted the wdtcrlogged schooner SIXTY miles
lst southeast of Ilattcrd-