The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
Thirteen Of the Ship
wrecked Men Gain
the Shore
Picked Up by the Steam
ship Queen After Sui
fering the Torture
of Starvation.

was so rough that it was almost i'm
possible for him to manage the boat,
and, the boat being old, it soon began
to leak, and two men were kept bail
ing. From Friday morning for four
days and a half they were buffeted
about by the raging sea, unable to do
more than keep the boat away from
the rocks.
They headed to the east, trying to
make the straits, but the southeaster
kept driving them continually west in
spite of all their efforts. They had
on board only a small supply of sea
biscuits, a few pieces of meat and a
little water, ana were obliged to hus-
band their provisions very carefully.
eating only one sea biscuit and a piece
of meat a day and drinking very little
water.
In spite of all precautions the meat
and water gave out on the third day,
and for twenty-four hours they were
forced to get along without water.
On Sunday night one of the men,
George Carrollo, became unfit for
work and was laid down on a coil of
rope in the bottom of the boat, which
was so full Of water that although
he was propped up as Well as possible
he was soaked with water up to the
chest.
He grew rapidly worse toward the
morning, going mad before he died
The body was wrapped with sail
but in the afternoon, as he interfered
with the working of the boat and i'm
periled the lives of the living occu-
pants, it was found necessary to bury
him at sea.
On Wednesday the sea calmed, and
after nearly five days of unspeakable
hardshipS, living in an open boat eXs
posed to the elements, their feet ano
legs picked in sea water starving anC
without water, they 7anded on de
serted strip of coast on Rafael Point
near Sidney Inlet. Near by were seer
some Indian s1lacks, put upon inyesti-
cation they were found to be aban-
doned by all but a dog. Even after
landing their position was not mate
rally improved. as they could receive
no medical attendance. which they i'm
peratively needed, and the food supply
was only increased by the mussels
which they could collect on the neigh
boring rocks. For three days, up &c
the time of their rescue by the cutter
they lived on this meager fare.
Friday morning they saw the cut
ter pass on it's way to Uculet, but
| could not attract attention. The mate
! gave up hope of rescue and set tt
work to repair his leaky boat to Sc
out again in search of a more hospit
! able shore, and was working at th'
time the cutter came and relieved
| them.
The third mate had most bite
! experience. He lost the first mate
boat in what he describes as the heav
! lest storm he ever encountered, th
seas running fifty feet in the open
| Having neither compass nor chart, h
kept as close to shore as possible anC
still kept off the rocks. They pulled
for thirty-one hours without stopping
| and finally, after many eXtremel!
narrow escapes from being wrecked
on sunken reefs they sighted at 11:3
| Saturday morning a sand beach nea
| Hesquoit and made for it.
Some Indians on shore were anxi
ously watching the approach of th
boat, and, seeing it attempt a plac
known to them to be dangerous, the,
frantically motioned the crew along tn
shore to a sheltered place and stood b,
all the time with their canoes to effec
a rescue in case the boat was capsizet
by the breakers.
Although the third mate made
much quicker landing than the frs
! mate, it was just in time, as three o
his men were badly crippled and witt
the remainder of his men itwould haV
! been impossible to have manned tn
boat any longer.
A Catholic priest at Hesquoit, who's
name at present cannot be ascertained
took all the men to his house and fe
| them and housed them. while the In
dians dried their clothes and did every
thing in their power to make ther
comfortable, in marked contrast t
the actions of those Indians who loot