Sentence:  There was a youth and his mother, and a maidservant on board, who were going passengers, and thinking the ship was ready to sail, unhappily came on board the evening before the hurricane began; and having no provisions of their own left, they were in a more <WSD>deplorable</WSD> condition than the rest. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Lamentable, to be felt sorrow for, worthy of compassion.