The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-23

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Always drifted aimlessly about, too weak
and weary to attempt to reach the land.
Then they met another Toe pack. on the
further side Of which a schooner appeared y.
dragging their dory across the doe wtt&
theln. With their feet swollen to twice
their natural size from constant immersion
In the brine, and their hands covered Win
sores from rowing, they toiled on until
Then they abandoned the dory and bur-
ried on TOWARD the ship. But to their hor.
ror they saw her make sail again. for night
was closing In, and though they shouted
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The Significance Of their situation, loft
to their fate on the naked Ice, now broke
upon them and reduced iI them s9 o9 3Sax
recovered they sought their dory aSsinl
which fortunately was near, and betaldnG
themselves to It, made another strenuous
effort to escape. But their strength va sS
French trawler Emile found them they
seemed at deaths door, though nourishinS
food and careful nursing soon set them up
| again.
An almost identical eese occurred In
August, 1904, when Peter Grady and Corney
| Connolly OF the Gloucester trawler Indiana
went astray on Guero Bank also and 10.
manned adrift for eleven days and nights,
during which period their only subsistence
out TO last them four days, the remaining
seven being passed without even that.
| They touched no solid food whatever ~
the period, not even fish, and the intense
heat OF the days, alternating with the cnny
nights, lessened their vitality, rendering
them insensible at the CLOSE, when 3theS
schooner Hydrangea found them IN the
dory's bottom
Terrible, however. a the sufferings Of
they are far outolassed by the miseries en-.
dured by the ones who 60 astray IN w1nt2r.
| Howard Blackburn, one OF the crew OF the
Oracle Sears OF Gloucester, with shipmate
named John Walsh, was caught in z mid
miles off Newfoundland, In February. some
years ago. They lost sight OF their vessel
In the blizzard, and tried to row to landl
one toiling at the oars while the other beiieo
| out the dory.
Whom night came on they made 2 dresl
or sea anchor, Of trawl kegs and bait tvbst
to ride to during the darkness. While thus
engaged Backburn's mittens were washSo
overheard, and with naked hands MS Pisn.
was desperate. But he CALAMITY held onI
sheltering them as beat he could. Next
| day his companion collapsed, and the third
morning froze to death where he lay.
Blackburn, taking the mitts and socks from
hands, that were now positively frozen
into the shape of his grip on the oars 20
that he could not straighten them. =,
The fourth and fifth days passed ana yee
he toiled on heroically, though all this time
Of the fifth day reached the coast and moored
| the boat at deserted fishing wharf, being
still burdened with Walsh's BODY. a. ho
had promised the latter TO bury him on
shore: &c..
snow, but being unable 70 find any food
in the untenanted hut attached to the WAT.
Blackburn lay on 2 pile OF nets an 'n ais.
S hts he o1a Se sory Lad
q rock and nlled, sinking at the wharf.
with the body still In her.
He hauled her up on the rock. bailed her
| out, and then, with his hands and teeGn'
entering tho boat. after plugging the breaks
with moss, he rowed along shore all Gay,
seeking in vain for q human being, until
just at nightfall, when he came upon = little
settlement. Even then he would not COM
sent to accept their hospitality until some
Of the men set out to bury his dead COM
rade.
As for himself, he suffered excruciating
agony from his frozen fingers and toos.
all Of which he lost there beng eng no surgeon
to relate. this man has since won fame a.
daring mariner, having twice crossed tho
Atlantic in the last few years alone tn =
dory. besides making cruise Of the Amert-
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also without any companion.
Almost as tragic was the experience OF
Raoul Hyppolyte Of the French fishing
March, 1908. went astray from hls vessel
Yves Capilaine, in q blizzard attended with
intense frost. They had neither provisions
nor water. only the scanty garb Of French
dorymen, and Capilaine was shod with
sabots. Hence he speedily became :
| ~ tho CO11 a n ia and nlR6t0
passed without their sighting land, ships,
legs swelled and became rigid. The third
day he lay down In the bottom and absn-
doned all effort, and that night died:
The survivor, undaunted at the idea OF
being alone on the ocean with dead COM
rade, pluckily toiled at the oars for two OF
three days longer. as best he remembers,
and then lay down to die also, oe,ng w. V.
own life. But Providence was mercifui to
him, for on the fifth day after his chum died
eight days in all-the dory driftcd among
the Newfoundland fisher boats OF Cape
St. Mary's, and these hurried 1t ashore, a
it was seen that one Of its occupants still
lived. though the other was beyond all
earthly help. ~
HyIpoyte was insensible when lifted
out Of his dory. His feet and arms were
blackened with frost bite, while his ears
nose and cheeks were also bitten by It.
He lost one foot, several toes Oh tho other
seven OF his fingers and part Of both ears
by amputation, and was several weeks n
the hospital at st. Johns.
On July :, 1904, there arrived here two
American fishermen. James White and
Charles johnson OF the Gloucester trawlel
Monitor, who had for eight days and night.
experienced the miseries OF starvation anC
exposure in an open boat on the Northern
Banks. near Belleisle Strait. The weather
having been fine and warm previously
they went to moor their travis with only
light clothing. Suddenly the fog rollet
them to the marrow. After vainly trying
' to find their ship they gave up that ques
as hopeless and pointed tho boats heae
for the land, tow ard which they rowes
steadily for two days. until their strength
= was exhausted. Bad weather set IN nov
n and the dory was half filed with water
b which drenched their clothing and pene
\ trated their boots, thereby adding to thei
i misery. Another day was passed N alter
foeey night they heard steamers whist,
and later on could distinguish the noise sh,
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