The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-11

condensed milk, some water, ease OF
beer and two tins of biscuits, which were
sparingly apportioned among twenty
nine persons. Several of the men col
lapsed, others temporarily lost their rea
son and four persisted. Just before the
rescuing steamship hove in sight the
survivors had reached such pass that
none could swallow anything solid; it
was impossible for them TO eat the re-
naming biscuits, and their throats seemed
afre. They were saved in the nick Of
time.
Danish Crew More Fortunate.
The Danish 81 amship Indien was de-
stroyed by U-boat on March 81 last 100
miles northeast of the Azores The cap
tain and thirty-eight of the Indien's crew
put off in four lfeboatS from the sinking
vessel and for day drifted about to-
getber until storm scattered them. The
surviving boat managed TO reach the
Azores after SIX and half days and
those aboard were none the worse for their
experience, thanks to plenty of food and
drink and favorable weather after the
gale.
The Ansonia of the Cunard Line was
torpedoed on May 80 when Ito miles
distant from England. The survivors Of
the one boat known to have been picked
up were adrft on the Atlantic for nine
days. The only woman aboard the ship
among the twenty-five persons saved thus
describes in part their experience:
I'VE were put on an allowance of two
tablespoonfuls of water and half biscuit
three times day, and on Friday night
we had taken our last drink of water and
eaten all the biscuits. The captain
sighted land that night but could not
make it on account of the strong tide.
The exposure was very trying and the
men got sore feet and hands from con-
tinually bailing out the salt water. Some
of them had their limbs ,amputated after
we arrived in England"
The freighter Chilier was sent to the
bottom by a German submarine on June
90 last | 400 miles out from our Atlantic
coast. Two lifeboats put away from the
Chllier; one containing SIX members Of
the crew was lost, but larger one, carry
ing the captain and twenty-four, was
picked up after five days. The survivors
lived during that period on one biscuit
and half glass of water apiece daily.
Sinking of the Troopship Dwinsk.
The troopship Dwinsk, under charter
to the American Government, was tor
pedoed on her return trip to the United
States on June Is 700 miles from our
coast. Of seven lifeboats which put off
from the doomed craft SIX were picked
up at varying intervals and landed at ports
on this side. Three had their occupants
landed at Shelburnc, Nova Scotia; the
people IN another were carried into
Hampton Roads by the rescuing vessel;
twenty more were saved at sea and taken
TO Norfolk, Va, and sixth boatload was
rescued none too soon and put ashore at
Bermuda.
One boatload was adrift eight DAYS, an
sea for eight days covered about 600
miles by sailing or drifting, and in that
time worked to the nortllwestward until
she WIS within sixty miles of Seal Island,
well off the coast OF Maine
The boatswain's mate, who was in
charge of the little craft, described his ex-
pcr;ence as follows: "The second day
after the Dwinsk was torpedoed l put the
crew on rations of one biscuit and small
quantity of water in the morning and the
same in the evening. When we we.e
picked up we had hardly any left"
The tragic irony Of their situation lay
in the fact that during their days Of
drifting they sighted small steamer and
two schooners, but the vessels kept at Il
safe distance, probably mistaking the life
boat for submarine decoy. Finally,
however, the skipper of Gloucester fish
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