A DERELICT VESSEL.
SUFFERINGS OF THE CREW. Terrible sufferings of a y crew whose veMei had become a derelict in midAtlantic wero described on Bth February when the Booth liner Denis landed at Liverpool the captain and cix men of the schooner Hibornia. The captain of the schooner stated that for twenty-nine days the men drifted in their water-logged and dismasted Vessel. For the first few day* he conserved their store of food. Then for fourteen days they had neither bread rior water, and one tin of salmon had to serve the seven men. To quench their thirst they resorted to chewing tea, and their last meal was a turnip boiled in sea water. After thai the only thing loft wa« the ship's cat. Just before they V-er© rescued four of the men had given up nil hope and had lain down to uio.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 71, 23 March 1912, Page 12
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144A DERELICT VESSEL. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 71, 23 March 1912, Page 12
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