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Terrible Sufferings Of A Shipwrecked Crew

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Day
8
Month
November
Year
1872
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tho spjiooiicr Seriólo sailed froia Liverpool, N. 8., on the Sth of August for Demerara, and soou af ter gctting to soa encouiitered. a sevore hurricano, daring which tin; vessel waethrawn on hor beu.m ends, necessitating tbo CUtting aw. her nKists, wlien sho rightud. The i becanic onmtinageable, the soa breaking over hor foro mul aft. All hunds lushed theiuselves tí) the wreek, where thoy wero exposed to the wayes, which constantly vrasbod over thcm, and :u!so to tho imn;inont dangcr of Statvistion, as do water pc fpod CQpld be bad. -Oa tho 31;i of August tho galo abatt-d, and on th lowuig ilny tne moi succeeded in breaking a nole taroagh thu deuk sui'iciently large to mlmit pf tho arm of a seamaD, who reached down and drewforth asmal] quanl.ity of 'lour frmi m opi.-n bftrrel. The ilour OU !) ':;'; iniii :,,i' il lurnishoil tho only i'ood thafc tbey had taken sino) the vi: si'l was disabled. Tho oaptain and a soainan nanieil Lowis W. eatüon woro too niueh reduoed to eat the ilour. On tli1 2d of September the] oau 'm somo small fish and ate them raw, lirst tfioking th! blood (rom them to qnenoh t'veir intolerable tbirst. 'l'hcy oould obtain ouly cno or two after lishing all day. On the uh a turtlo coming alongsjde was captur.il ;i:.vl the blood and ilesh of the ani mal was uivided among tho faraished marinéis. Tho oaptain, tho coo!c, and Leathen wen; iathemeenwhilo foatsinking uuder their inObrings being now roduood to tho last oxtreniity. On the (ith two qtiarts of rain water was caught by gpreadi&g oil cloths on deck, and this s rviil to nioisten their lipa and tongnea. jn Bunday moming Leathen die3, aad the oaj tain beooniogdeliriout contíased in that condition imt.il tho lltli, when ho expired. Tho surwivors remained on tho wreek UU til 1 1 1 o 15th of September, enduring all tbo agonies of death, whon tliey wen; taken ' by Qapt. SöftTB, of the Eliza iStevcns, from Boston, and carriod itiniipii'. The cook died aftes ing transferrod to the bvig, but th ecovfrod through t ! i ... oareful treatment ved at thu hands of Captain Sl-.iin.

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Michigan Argus