The Cook County herald., 1905-06-17
WRECK OF THE KNIGHT n Of
THE BATH.
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they came up with tribe Of Arabs who
had a large number of camels. The Ar
abs, however, were far from friendly to-
wards them; in fact, they were the most
set of men they had yet
not even barring the hill
mon who had given them such charac-
teristic greeting when they landed. In
order to be allowed to proceed on their
way the crew had to part with more of
their .scanty clothing, so that they had
only few rags left amongst them all
they had even to part with their shirts.
Shortly afterwards, while resting at
we'll, they were warned by an Arab wo-
man to push on with all haste, or the
tribe they had just left behind might
come in pursuit, and that, if captured,
they might fare badly. Their feet we're
now covered with blisters, and, to quote
remark Of the captain, it almost seemed
at every step as if they were walking on
daggers. Having journeyed IN this
plight for some time, they fell in with a
party Of Arabs, who were kindly disposed
towards them. One of them was very
friendly, and he led them to village on
the beach occupied by some fishermen
From these fishermen Captain Williams
and his crew received every Kindness,
and they express themselves as being
especially grateful to the headman of
the village, named Solum, who, for As
days, shared with them everything that
he had, giving them rice, seeds and
shark to eat. Despite the kindness
evinced towards them by these poor
fisher-folk, the life led by the men dur
ing their forty-five days. stay was miser-
able in the extreme. In the first place,
the resources of the village we're inade-
quate to supply them with even the bare
necessaries of life; secondly they had no
means of shelter or protection from the
sun. Moreover, they were frequently
harassed by bands of nomadic Bedouins,
who did all they could to induce Solum,
the headman, to turn them adrift. Stim-
ulated by the promise of large reward
by the Government, he. however, declin-
ed to accede to their wishes. syOn or
about the 9th August two mon arrived
in the village, Que of whom informed
the crew Chat ship had been sent IN
search OF them. He then handed to the
captain letter from Captain Cuthbert,
of the Amberwitch, asking them to fol-
low the bearer to the vessel. They set
out on the journey to the Amberwitch
at ten o'clock at night, and continued
walking throughout that night and the
whole Of the following day. They then
hired some camels and made rapid pro.
gress until they had got to the foot of a
hill close to the beach, near which the
Amberwitch lay. They then dismount.
ed and walked over. the hill to the beach
and were taken on board the Amber
witch. When taken on board they were
all in terribly emaciated condition and
almost naked.
The paper before US is time worn and
mutllated, and the story here becomes
almost illegible. Enough remains to
show that on account of their terrible
condition the greatest care was neces.
sary to nurse tho mon back to health
It appears that the man who brought
the shipwrecked crew to the Amber
witch was tho owner of slave who had
escaped from him and gone aboard the
vessel for protection. He voluteered to
bring the men to the boat expecting to
be rewarded by tho return of his slave
In this he was disappointed. The slave
was kept on board and, in time, became
favorite among the men. There were
thirty-three men in the crew of the
Knight of the Bath. Sixteen we're lost.
In the list of the saved printed in the
paper from which this account Is taken
appears the name of Mr.. Thoreson, who,
as stated in the beginning, is now cit.
izen Of Cook county.-ED. HERALD.