The evening times., 1895-10-10
SAVED FROM STARVATION |
Nine East Indian Sailors Res.
cued in the Nick of Time.
FIVE IN A DYING CONDITION
In the Midst Of IL Terrible Monsoon
the Crew of the Steamer st. Ninian,
Mt the Risk of Their Lives, save
Sailors aud Monkey Floating on
DhOw.

Philadelphia. Oct. 1O.-Thc crew OF the
steamer ST. Ninian. which arrived at this
port yesterday from Java, East Indies,
besides having experienced friShtiiIi gales,
sailed into a monsoon on the Indian Ocean
ut the risk of their lives and saved nine
wrecked sailors who were being slowly
starved to death ON a dhuw.
Capt. Ia ynes. of the steamer 81. Ninian,
said the dhow was plying between So
crota and Carl Island. when il was sighted
iis,uastcd in the monsoon. None of Tie
scaIncn could he seen on the vessel at iirst,
but when the ST. Niniau stccrcd toward
il there was evidence of life on h"ard.
Evidently the blowing OF the whistle of th.
81. Niniau was heard above the roar of the
monsoon, for soon Two men emerged from
The cabin of the chow. As soon as they
saw that Eelp was near they threw Up
their hanis and screamed with delight.
Almost Immediately two more men rushed
from the cabin, and they, too, danced
about the deck with joy. When the st.
Ninian came alongside OF the distressed
dhow the four sailors, one of whom could
speak English were taken on board. The
English speaking seaman said that four
other seamen and the captain of the vessel
were in the cabin dying of hunger.
SAVED FROM AWFUL DEATH.
When the crew of the st. Niniau boarded
the diiow the sight which greeted them was
an extremely sad one Five men lay about
the cabin floor so near to death that they
We're obliviouS Of the fact that they We're
being saved from the horrible fate of dying
slowly OF starvation. Their eyes We're sunk
deeply i'll their sockets and deathlikc
stare greeted the rcscrcrS aS they bent over
the limp and almost lifclcss forms. The
helpless men were lifted with all the care
possible a nj taken with great haste on board
the St Ninian, where preparations We're
made at once TO provide them with needed
nourishmcnt.
In the cabin OF the dhow was an East In
dian monkey, which was chewing on piece
OF rope. and ii was taken possession OF by
Capt. Haynes. The crew OF the wrecked
vcSSel lmadc him a present OF the animal and
it was brought into port yesterday in the
81. Ninian as clipper as If it We're a native
born. The sailors who had such "A narrow
escape from death began TO regain their
former health after being provided with
nouri>hmcnt and medicine ard were soon
out OF danger.
The dhow sank 10 the bottom Of the ocean
about half m hour after the sailors Were
rescued. II was on lis way from Zanzibar
to the port Of an independent prinCipaiity
in the East Indies. When out but a few
hdN IL WIS Asiuelll III tilt StNfit'Nl hlitl "a
Indian Ocean gales, which continued for al
most week. These were followed 10y Il
monsoon. and for eleven consecutive days
il was of such n violent character that the
sailors expected every moment that the
dhow would bc blown To atoms. First the
mast was torn from its Ia>tcninGs and
hurled into the turbulent sea with terrific
force and then the Iatcen sails followed.
THANKS FROM INDIAN RAJAH.
The vessel was tossed about ut the mercy
of the rapidly moving swclls and volumes
of water until it was completely stripped
while the sailors were confronted by the
danger OF hcing drowned and of dying Of
hunger. d the provisions had become cx-
haustcd. For ten days they were without
food of any kind excepting 4 quart of
rice. which had been divided equally
among them.
The religious belief of the sailors on the
dhow prcciuded every idea Of killing the
rs a suggestion was made by any one OF
them that the anirna should DC sacrificed.
The Shpwrcckcd sailors We're landed at
Minkoi. Il seaport a bovc B'mbay.
When Capt. Haynes stepped intothe office
of Peter Wright < Sons, agents for the st.
Ninian. yesterday. he found letter await
ing him from the RAJ iah of Cutcb the owner
of the dhow, thanking him and his crew for
the humanitarian act performed The letter
was scaled with carmine wax and red tape,
and bore the seal of the Ra iah's court.