The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-10-13
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SURVIVES TWENTY DAYs'WlTa-
OUT FOOD. s
Thrilling Tale Of Terrible Ordeal Re-
lated BY Willian Warwick WHO was
Reasoned Fren tho Jaw Of Death on
Newfoundland Coast. NE

tcued and placed under physicians
care. His feet have been amputated,
and his physical condition is very
bad His tale OF suffering is almost
beyond belief. He said:
On July with two shipmates,
Oliver smithwick and Henry Winn,
/ deserted the British schooner Little.
Pet. We slid down the line BY which
tho yaWl was made fast astern and cut
adrift. SmfthWick had robbed the
galley Of stores enough to last for
three days. We expected to reach the
French lobster factories on the west
coast Of Newfoundland, where Vim
said there was plenty OF work at good
WAGES. ~ Il.
.7. When we had been afioat about six
hours, it blew q gale. The yawl upset,
and the last I saw Of Vim and Smith
wick they were fighting In the water
to get on the yawl. They were out of
sight in a minute, and I fancy they
were drowned.
I kept afloat. When it got daylight
my legs were swollen and cramped,
and had no feeling in my arms. 1
saw an island and swan for it. The
surf rolled up on the rocks and pound
ed me. I remember dragging myself
out Of the reach Of the waves and go
ing to sleep. I woke up about noon
and the sun was frightfully hot. Ny
skin was all pulled out in blisters. Ny
legs were so swollen that had to cut
my trousers off with sharp piece Of
stone. I could not get my knife out
of my pocket. I lay there in the hot
sun all. the afternoon, too weak to
sleep. again for while, and when I
awoke it was raining. My tongue was
swollen so that L could not keep it in
my mouth. I rolled over and drank
my fill from a hollow in the rocks and
went to sleep again. ~sI -
ION July 8, at daybreak, I dragged
myself to the top of some rock to get
my bearings. I could see: the main
land, about ten miles off to the north.
My idea was that I/was off Cape Race,
and I was right, for, after dark, saw
the Cape Race light. ~ =
1T may sound strange, but up to
July I had not been hungry, al
though I had not had anything to eat
since leaving the Little Pet. guess
I was suffering so much that I forgot
to get hungry. There was plenty OF.
water in the hollows of the rocks. /
went off on a cruise around the island
for something to eat and found that
I was upon q rocky desert. There was
not a weed. a bush nor a root on the
whole island On July I became very
sungry: The sun came up as hot as
in the tropics and my skin began to
peel off. drank quantity of water
but could not drag myself around
much. A fishing schooner passed, but
could not attract it's attention.
ION July tore up my trousers and
made a sort of a hook out of the.
buckle. I tried to fish, but, having no
bait, Of course I did not catch any
thing. I was out of my head at times
with pain and hunger. .== :. .'@ s.. =
ION July soaked the pocket of
my trousers in which had carried to-
bacco, in water, and chewed the wet
cloth. It seemed to me that it stayed
the hunger some. On July 8 was in
kind of stupor. Several fishing boats
passed during the afternoon, but they
were a long way off. I could scarcely,
crawl, but I kept filed with water.
On July 8 the sun was very hot and 1.
suffered more than at any time since:
I had been cast ashore I had lost all
feeling inSmy legs from the knees
down. Mylstomach hurt me SO that 4
was bent up with frightful cramps. +
drank about a barrel OF water on July
10, and for the four succeeding days
all hunger had left me and I lay with.
out moving, at the side Of a pool OF
water. 4 saw a steamship passing one
day 80 close that / could see people on.
the deck looking at the island, but I
could not make move to call atten-
ton to myself.
On July Is the wind blew a gale
through the night and It was fright
fully cold. managed to crawl to the
side Of a rick close to the water, where.
II was sheltered from the wind. NY.
feet We're beginning to turn blue.
remained there till the 17th, when I
began to feel quite strong, and, get
ting up, tried to walk on my swollen
legs They did not hurt, but could
not manage them. / had to make up.
my mind that / was going to die,
when I small yacht came along and
appeared about to put on boat. /
jumped up and screamed, but my.
scream was a whisper. Ny throat
seemed to close. On July IS / knew
] was going crazy. / could see hun
dreds Of boats on the water. They all
came to the beach and turned around
and went back again / thought there
vas 2 big band playing at Cape Race.
Grounds for ApprehensionS ssssa
Fred--Do you know that I am half
afraid to propose to Belle. the more
think Of; 1t. II 5ss
Dick-Pshaw. man! Why are 70