The Warwickshire Herald. — 1885-09-17 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER. An account of what Captain Myrland calls one of most remarkable escapes on record appears in the Tims of holm. If this stet), be true, an Arab seaman, Abdoola bin Ahmed by name, lived without either food or water for 18 days, and drifted upwards of :.00 miles in an empty tank before striking the coast of Cuteh. A large bugle, the Jahre., owned in Bombay, foundered on the Inh of June eff Ras-al-Had while on the voyage to Muscat. The crew numbered GO souls, and there were 40 passengers on board, seven of whom managed to climb into an empty water-tank that had been washed off the deck, as the bugle sank amid the "whistling of the wind and the apparition of men and tiaras in the sea." Here in this tank the seven men lived for 10 days without either food or water ; but after the tenth day one iierson died daily, the bodies being thing overboard. The tank drifted on toner& the cora of Cinch at the rate of 28 miles a day. The sixth man died while si ithin sight of land, and the seer nth managed to crawl ashore at Jaekao, in Cinch. Ile saw a Pk's (a saint's) place with a Nag ; but it was deserted. Anil as I was," be said, " quite naked, I apologised myself to the l'ir and appropriated his flag to cover lily loins." He also found a pot of millet ; but this on account of his parched throat he could not touch until he had moistened it with sea-water. Thus refreshed, he seas able to find a human habitation, wh re he was kindly treated, and where he was laid up for a lomr time with fever. The tank and the corpse were found in confirmation of his story, and the only question is as to the length of time that had elapsed since the bugle foundered. There was a violent storm in the Gulf of Aden about the beginning of June, and Captain Morland does not seem to doubt the accuracy of the date given by Abdulla bin Ahmed, lie suggests, however, that the vessel must have foundered much further south than Ras-al-I tad.  A serious dispute has arisen between Thibaw and the Bombay and Burmah Trading Company, which enjoys extensive forest rights in Burinah. Both parties have appealed to the Chief Commissioner. An explosion has taken plsce at Elterwater Gunpowder Works, Westmoreland, which occa=ioned considerable damage. The report was terrific, and houses for miles round were shaken. Fears were entertained that several lives were lost, and the greatest excitement prevailed, but it was afterwards ascertained that the workmen had just left the building and had experience I a narrow escape, but that one was slightly injured. Several buildings were totally destroyed, the were thrown a long distance, while the force of the ex plosion broke several trees. The works are the property of a company. M. Marc Veillard, a dealer in walking sticiAs, has been found murdered in a room under his bsiop in the Rue St. Denis, Paris. The skull had been fractured and the face was disfigured with blows. His pockets had been rifled, and the premises ransacked. It is Firesumed that Veillard was murdered in the shop, and that the corpse was then dragged down a small staircase into the r ,om below. Although a prosperous tradesman, and on the point of retiring from business, he kept little or no money on the premises.