Connecticut western news., 1907-11-28
STARVED THREE DAYS
Two Men Are Adrift Seventy-tWo
Hours at Sea In Gale.
THEIR CRAFT GETS DISABLED

Lightly Clad and Almost Frozen, They
Had to Kick and Pound Each Other
to Keep Awake - Finally Land at
Point Cove.
Navesink, N. J., Nov. 27.-Half dead
of exposure, hunger and exhaustion,
two young men drifted on to the Jer-
sey shore at Point City cove, about
fifteen miles from Atlantic Highlands,
in disabled fifteen foot sloop and
after being revived at a nearby fisher
mans cottage told remarkable story
of having drifted at sea for over sew
enty-two hours in the face of the cold,
rain and stiff wind of the last three
days without food or drink.
After being piled with hot coffee and
cruel the young men told their story.
They said they were Charles Losee of
Ninety third street and Fifth avenue,
Brooklyn, and George Doff of Ninety
second street and Battery place, Brook
Ign. They left their homes on Satur-
day for an afternoon of deep sea fish
ing Having chartered the fifteen foot
sloop Island Queen, they left Fort
Hamilton at about noon and proceeded
to a point about mile and half out
side of Sandy Hook. They intended to
return home at nightfall and so took
no provisions with them except a few
ginger ale.
No Light on Board.
While shifting their position late in
the afternoon on Saturday a sudden
squat struck them. They had been so
occupied with their fishing that they
had not noticed the storms approach.
The wind blew gale, and before they
could reef their sails the mast was
snapped off short
A heavy sea sprang up Immediately,
and they had all they could do to keep
the boat from being swamped. BY
cutting loose the wreckage and battling
for several hours they succeeded in
keeping the boat from filling, but by
the time they had got out of this dam
ger darkness had come on. and they
could not tell where they were. BY
the swell and the direction of the wind
the nearest bearings that they could
ldhc tOlu Iucln tucy tiey were Iudlly
miles off shore. They searched tho
boat and found that there was not q
light of any description on board, SO
they had to sit up all night They
were in imminent danger of being
blown farther out to sea or run down
by larger boat and so kept up con-
tinual shouting all night long. sslS
C..Sk:I.. Oil
Both young men were lightly clad
and suffered terribly during the night
from exposure to the rain and sleet.
When dawn broke they rugged up an
improyiSed signal of distress with u
piece of Losees shirt tied to the boat
hook and divided the day into watch
es, each taking turns at sleeping be-
low. The fog was very thick all day
Sunday, and it was impossible to see
except few yards around them. The
rain and sleet continued, but they kept
UP their vigil all day long.
Their suffering during Monday had
been terrible, but when darkness fell
they repeated their tactics of the night
before, both remaining on deck and
shouting at intervals to warn any ap-
preaching boat of their proximity.
BY dawn yesterday the two men, al
most frozen, had to kick and pound
each other to keep from going to sleep.
During the day they recovered a bit by
taking alternate rests below They
simply lay in the bottom of the boat
until it struck on the shore, and they
were carried to the fisherman's cot
tage half unconscious.