TERRIBLE TALE OF THE SEA.
LIVING IN AN OPEN BOAT ON SHARKS' BLOOD.
Capetown, March 28.—The British ship Andromeda, which arrived here to-day, brings intelligence of a terrible tragedy of the sea. She landed nine men, the survivors of the French barque Psyche, whom she had rescued at sea. The Psyche was bound from Chili for the English Channel. During the voyage she spunk a- leak, and the water made Mich "headway that 0:1 January 30 it became necessary to abandon her in mid-ocean. The crew got away in two boats, and the barque foundered almost immediately. The officers and crew numbered 17. One boat, in which were six men, drifted away, ami was lost si>.*ht of. The other, with 11 men. drifted about for 30 days. They sighted several vessels, but were unable to "attract attention. The sufferings of the castaways were awful. The ship's cook died, and another man became insane, and also died in the boat. The scantv stock of provisions became exhausted, and the survivors just managed to keep bodv and soul together by catching sharks and drinking their blood. When the survivors were rescued they were perfect skeleton..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11650, 11 May 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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193TERRIBLE TALE OF THE SEA. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11650, 11 May 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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