Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-31
HE Was sHIpWREcKED.
A Graphic Experience In The Caribbean
Sea.
AND A FORTUNATE RESCUE.
Tho Thrilling Story Told by Mr.. A. w.
Burch, the Survivor, and How He
Ovcrcaine Other Trouble.

The following account OF shipwreck.
rescue. subsequent disaster, and final SAL
walton IL given by Mr.. A. w. Burch. Of
Rome. " Y. 1t Ia exceedingly graphic.
and viii be found most interesting:
ION the 18th day OF January, 1888. while
cruising down the caribbean Sea. accom-
panied b. my wife and child. We were
caught H. a heavy northeast gale. which
drove our schooner ashore on the north
coast OF honduras. No one. unless h. has
been shipwrecked. can imagine what this
means. Fortunately, we were rescued
from the wreck by some Carib Indians.
who were living in a small village on the
coast. AMI such comforts "a the village
afforded were placed at our disposal.
Among this semi-barbarous people we
remained five weeks. finally crossing TO
the island OF Ruatan In n dugout boat.
During the time we were among the
Carlbs we were forced to live upon cocoa
nuts. bananas. cassava, and other foods
to which we were unaccustomed. Our
stomachs were soon deranged by this
strange iiet. and we suffered acutely
from dyspepsia. Both myself and wife
had terrible Indigestion. nausea, occa-
stomach, and the usual troubles dyspep-
tics generally undergo.
I'VE finally reached the United States
in very broken condition. where We EN-
ployed the best physicians and used va
rious preparations, but we received little
If any benefit. The malarial posons
which W. had taken into our systems.
with the acute gastric troubles. refused
10 yield % the various methods OF treat.
ment, and our conditions became daily
more painful and alarming.
1t seemed terrible that wo should b.
rescued from a watery grave only TO be
plunged into n worse than living death.
and you can naturally understand that I
became quite discouraged.
ut was at this time that observed
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began I'D gain flesh. and now both my
SELF. my wife and our child are restored
10 perfect health and strength wholly
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1T was this great discovery which toos
IA from an almost hopeless condition II
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50 hamper life and Interfere with our
Happiness ami success
This 3 my story IN brief. and while
feel grateful Tor the rescue from ship.
wreck | feel stiil moro gratitude Tor the
salvation from the condition Of sickness
and mis- ~ which | might even now b,
UNDERGOING had II not been for this great
pre-digesied food.
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