The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-30
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Liveipo1l--A terrible tragedy Of the
sea, involving the loss OF the Leith
steamship Dunear, with hty-oue OF
her crew Of nlty-three hands. was
described yesterday b. William Phil
lips. youth 81 i9 third officer OF
4 the Inflated ship. on his arrival
home at South Shields
The only other survive, besides
Phillips was John LONDON, fourth en-
! gineci.
The sc sci was baurl from Karat
sne to Singapore Two days after
| leaving port typhoon burst upon
| them. On thr thiri day the storm
lA.-s raging al It's height, aud about
Gi5 in tno afternoon y fearful wave
crashe on board, sweeping AWAY the
| bridge. cha-thouse and lifeboats.
The captain AMI seconI mate were
on the hrllge at the tima. aud went
overheard with the wreckage Phil
! lips made his way TO the port alley
wa, wherc . number on the crew
were shelierine ar told them tbs
vessel was keeling over In lev
moments they were compelled TO cram
Ole up the ,ccK. to prevent themsclve
being buried beneath it as the sAir
gradually went ove,
Perished Ore ~ One.
They reached tho side Of he shlr
as she la over. but one after anoth
ei was washed away, Taey number
@ twenty altogether. out of the total
Of fifty-thIee sixteen being Lascars
while the others we're the second an
fourth engineers. who had rushed out
of the engine room when the crash
was heard, the qua9termaster and
Phillip
a large quantity of wreckage wa
floating about ana many OF the hap
less crew, after going overheard, man.
aged to keep themselves ailoat by
this means
But one by one they sank Phil
llrs supported himself by means OF
two planks, one under each arm A
Lascar seaman hung on 10 the same
planks in the same way Phillips
saw the fourth engineer and anoth
or l.ascar holding themselves ahoat
~ two other deals.
SO. fer some time, the last -four
guvlyors Kept together under the
Aff ga Attt rliAlf MuANH Ndh AOM htt4
ulNard end slowly sinking.
Certain death appeared TO await
teen all. There was imminent risk
OF being sucked lOwn by the loun1er-
ing YES ell. They were constantly
lashed. too, by the heavy seas which
broke over the sinking ship and hurl-
ed the broken water over thcm.
FOR more than an hour they faced
the double ,anger arl tnen the VIM
beat them from off the ship. and they
d-llted away and apart.
TAe Two white men were IN sisht
OF each other until sunset, each hav-
Ing LasCar as companion on the
planks which bore them up By this
time the typhOon Aai passed over
them. but early morning brought
flesh terriers and tortrres In blaz-
ing hot sun.
liea, Drives Man Insane.
The bcat, raid Phillips, drove the
I2sclr insane. ana he dive1 unlcr
tie waite ana was drowned The
ason.es of phillips were prolonged TIL
- tldai ~ which tim2 he hai been
twenty-five hours In the water.
Nicn be ha lmo.t given 'lp hope
ne saw passenger steamer which
rrryci 10 ha the Saii,io Maru, cruis.
ing ancng the areckage, Twice the
oere' rassed round him. but on the
NJ : occasion it g me nearer IFS
faint CRIES for help were hea-l, and
hr rr te esCpet more dead than alive.
Ar hour aiterwa-d the same shir
ieied np the fourth engineer fully
cl miles away f-om the spot whore
jas fQuri He too. was
alore, The Lascar having stayed with
him uptl rear laybreak. when his
cave out, ani he slipped
lr-"l thC llanks and disappeared.
Tho Two -e3cued men rallied under
i"od'"'l trc1iment and were landed
al Mol, Ahoncc thoy were sent on
~ EnnlnINl