The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07
AWFUL EXPERIENCE.
SURVIVES TWENTY DAYS WITH
OUT FOOD.
Thrilling Tale OF Terrible ordeal RE
lated by william Warwick who Was
Rescued From the jaw OF Death OF
New fouDdiand Coast.

liam warwick, u sailor, has been res
cued and placed under II physicians
care. His feet have been amputatcd.
and his physical condition is very
bad. His tale of suffering Is almost
beyond belief. lie said:
"On July |. with two shipmatcs,
oliver Smithwick and Henry VIM,
| deserted the British schooner Littl
Pet. We slid down the line by which
the yawl was made fast astern and cut
adrift. SmithwiCk 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 cool
WAGES.
when we had been anoat about six
hours, 1t blew IA gale. The yawl upset,
and the last | saw of Winn and Smith
wick they were fighting In the water
to get on the yawl. They were out of
sight in u minute, and I fancy they
were drowned.
IL kept afloat. when II got daylight
ny 80 ~ WV u l'Nie
and | had no feeling In my arms. !
saw an island and swan for It.. The
surf rolled up on the rocks and pound
ed me. remember dragging myself
out Of the reach of the waves aud go
ing to sleep. ! woke up about moor
and the sun was frightfully hot. My
skin was all pulled out in blisters, NY
lpu. ,rnY., on. PuyAlI,,, ,ha. \ lnl A.. .m,.
my trousers of with a sharp piece CT
stone. | could not get my knife out
of my pocket. | lay there In the hot
sun all the afternoon. too weak 70
move. When II got dark | went to
sleep again for Il while, and when |
awokc II was raining. My tongue was
swollen so that ! could not keep 1t in
my mouth. | rolled over and drank
my All from a hollow in the rocks and
went to sleep again.
o July 3, at daybreak. | dragged
myself to the top of some rock to get
my bearings. | could see the main
land, about ten miles off to the north.
My idea vas that | was off Cape Race,
and | was right, for, after dark, | saw
the Cape Race light.
1T may sound strange. but up to
July 4 ! had not been hungry, al
though | had not had anything to cat
since leaving the Little Pet. ! guess
| was suffering SO much that | forgot
to get hungry. There was plenty o.
water in the hollows Of the rocks. |
went off on a cruise around the island
for something to eat and found thai
| was upon a rocky desert. There WAS
not a weed. a bush nor a root on the
whole island. On July 3 ! became very
hungry. The sur came up rs hot as
in the tropics and my skin began to
peel off. | drank a quantity of water
but could not drag myself around
much. A fishing schooner passed, but
| could not attract its attention.
"On July 6 | tore up my trousers and
made a sort of n hook ont OF the
buckle. | tried to Ash, but, having no
bait, OF course | did not catch any
thing. ! was out of my head at times
with pain and hunger.
'On July Z I soaked the pocket OF
my trousers In which ! had carried to-
bacco, In water, and chewed the wet
cloth. 1t seemed to mt that II stayed
the hunger some. On July s | was in
a kind of stupor. Several fishing boats
passed during the afternoon, but they
were q long way off. ] could scarcely
crawl, but ! kept filed with water.
On July 8 the SUI was very hot and |
suffered more than at any time since
| had been cast ashore. had lost all
feeling in my legs from the knees
down. My stomach hurt me so that /
was bent up with frlghtful cramps. /
drank about a barrel OF water on July
10, and for the four succeeding days
all hunger had left me and | lay with
out moving, at the side OF a pool OF
water. ! saw a steamship passing one
day so close that | could see people on
the deck looking at the island, but |
could not make a move to call atten-
ton to myself.
ION July 10 the wind blew a gale
through the night and II was fright
fully cold. ] managed to crawl to the
side Of a rick close to the water, where
| was sheltered from the wind. Ny
feet were beginning to turn blue. !
remained there till the nth, when
began to feel quite strong, and, get
ting up. tried to walk on my swollea
legs. They did not hurt, but | could
not manage them. | had to make up
my mind that | was going to die,
when a small yacht came along and
appeared about to put off a boat. |
Jumped up and screamed. but my
scream was a whisper. My throat
seemed to close. On July Is | knew
] was going crazy. ! could see hun
dreds OF boats OF the water. They all
came TO the beach and turned around
and went back again. | thought there
vas a big band playing at Cape Race
and that ] could hear the music plain
~. The idea got into my head that
! had found a rich gold mine. | actu-
ally crawled around hunting for gold,