The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-10-11
Two Sailors Rescued at Sea
on the Verge of Star
walton.
ONE MAN TRIED SUICIDE.
Terrible Experience of Fishermen
Without Food For Five
Days.

Two men leaned over the rail Of III,
warped into her berth at the iInmburs
American piers to-day.
They wore sailors uniforms belonging
to the line. but the scene before then
was very unfamiliar. They were French
| fishermen whose home is at 81. Pierre
Cape Breton Island.
They were picked up 30 miles of the
coast OF New Foundinnd. half dead
| from starvation and exposure. on Oct.
by the whldersee.
Fa. Ave days they had drifted mt the
without food or water. other than tina,
they Tapped up from their oilskins.
One was little more than u boy. The
other was bronzed and gray.beatded.
As the passengers began leaving the YES
| sci. the two. obtaining leave OF the ofii-
Ger OF the deck. came down the narrow
companion way and were found by m
Evening World reporter convcrsinG with
DR.. Borchcrs. the ships surgeon, who
talks French as fiuen,ly as he does
German.
and longitude $3.50" said Or. BoTchers.
They were pretty near gone. W. would
have passed them had not the fog Just
lifted In time.
The nrst officer saw them signal II
was shirt tied TO the blade OF an oar.
The vessel stopped and put about.
Second Boatswain Peters and one OF the
s,esraSc stewards helped them aboard
from their dory.
They wer. too weak 10 talk. but after
thir'y-sIx hours In the hospital they
were well enough to get about. rh. old
man had stood the terrible experience
better than the boy.
The old man IL Gucgou. The Young
on, IL his nephew. l.Is-"lon. Both be-
long In 81. Pierre ana had been nut N
from the hshIng smack IA Brc,agne
on Oct. -
Their story, Dr, nnrchcrs S',ing as
Interpreter. II as follows
We. Nth seven other dori.-. i.rt the
smack carly on oct ..
w. were a mil. or 80 away from The
smack wncn tn" fnR suddenly settled.
We tire" over our anchor. but i strong
breeze Hprang up. saw "" were lrift
ting rapidly to the south -
The old man did the talking.
Late tina, nigh; The fog cleared
away. The stars cam. out but ".
could 80. nothing OF orr boat. We had
only = few biscuits AMI & quart Gao ~!
water.
Thinking that the smack would soon
appear We drank the little water W.
had and ate our biscuits, | told the
boy I" go TO sleep and ! kept watch.
All night long | kept y sharp lookout,
but nothing appeared. Toward mofn-
Ing the fog settled down again and the
Wind .reshcn-d and from tina; Tim" on
We wore carried here and ,her. ny the
wind nod s.a.
we mad" no attempt 10 row,
knew We we're drifting toward the path
OF the ocean steamships. and ". prayed
that the weather nigh, be clear 50 that
We might signal them.
our hunger nccafn" more urhcarab,.
a. the hours passed Our ,hrs, We
could partially nopsase nov anh then
by tapping on the moisture that con.
Scalcd rpon our o!lsk'n Jackets.
More than once the boy asked II h"
nigh, jun? overheard and end 1t all
would not lc. him. once had to hold
nun by FORCE,
II. sleai great lea. could sec
him get thinner and MS eyes got Wild
"" w.s going crazy, On tn. third Jay
Of our dfift saw II Big vess.! low down
on the horizon. We waved our signal
had tod my shir; to one OF the OARS
out II was MOI noticed.
'.Agaia--i think Il was tho next after
roon-wc saw another. but sh" was too
FAR away.
Did We pray" The old man crossed
h mselt devoutly I'VE prayed con.
stan,ly
1T was our prayers that raised ,h-
fCs whcr the Dig German boat came
along. We had dri.tcd right across hcr
aath."
Cap, Kopt, Of the waiders"s, later
turned the fishermen over - tn. !nmi-
sration officers They Wei. taken t.
Ellis Island. where they viii remain
until thu Canadian Consul sends them
Rom.