More Cannibalism.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 93, 23 March 1885, Page 4

More Cannibalism.

flitfe, o^anhibalism'totf | the high seas is't^jVdilted. A Delaware pilot named '"fyertand, with two Norwegian "tioa^men ji£s-= nis ! $il6fc' boat m a skiff' for tlie purpose of put-ti|?g-^tej M^n ? .board a^tearn^ ! er^n. , *he $§rfr f of. ■# fi vesJje£ ( last: | After doing this,jthcy started to re'weather and a heavy sea, and were I! driven olifc s'nto die '•'Atlantid': 1 Several : pilot typats were sent m search of ; thetn v , i and'^o l rie cruised 300 miles. Jeff | the coast without, discovering a ' trace of the men. It was on Sunday they left theisteamer. ■< , All j M Qiida,y and Monday nightvand Tuesday they drove aimlessly about, suffering the ; e^trem : es ■6f I liu l ii§fe¥, ! tli^sl?/«rfnd co ( 14. : Towards dusk .qn. J^uesdiiy evenm^V ifoth' ■Nbrwe^hnis' bbca-nie delirious and, before Bcrtrand could control them., they lost the'oars and everything else that was loose m the boat, and they were thus left without ady means of v.handluigK the skiff. About^midnighjof •T.ues/lay, one of the Norwegians, fexhalisted by his l^ng fiistj, ,and, chilled jp Jiis, icy mehts' fell, sliriekin'g ' aiid'ga'spihg. ac^ssj jonei thwart^,, at,, Bertrand's ifeet. In a few" minute's 'he ,?va&,deia^. ■( JSfext jn^rning-fiUqrtrand an,d t .t>ije Qthcr map agreed, to 'c«|t.^'of .fchei.bod.y'Qf their, companion, ;]i|, I..p]j;-dcr1 ..p]j;dcr to sustain: tlieip-lixes^^th.ovi^b i they did it with lothing which, only! th^t»oriviction ; that they : wer.o '.then ; acting m self-preservation could en-' "Üb'le tiFftm fecoiiquer: 'i;J.;hcn' ili^y ', '*W BaclK'undiv tM gunwales bf tbeir crliffj occits'idiiall^'i-iisin'g" tJheh'-licads • to scati J tlie' Waller fbr'n Sriil^-'-Oy-hfen j the sun went down on Wednesday, ' iiertrarid saw passing its disc the

nutljne of a 'Vci§sßtiibt»mi>rc-t^i'-'a | mild distant, and headed a.lpiost di- I reel \y t^w'aW VhcM* ■* ? Dr.Wi4f oo f his {oilskin coat;, J;u.\, swung- it high j^ove his hdi" J jifst 'aY tills! ; moment fortune ..aided him.,,, the. byat im'ountin'g -higirti^o'ii tlle 7 d crctt : 6^a f king rol'er, so that it'was' ti'rown in•U cull view of the look-out^ on the iiJiecastle of the vessel. !A" frioment more^anid tlip;^tran^y caipe^a^iuud/ before the w/n^i.anpjj^a^'^if^gfiV towards tb c m , b jf sixo'doclop W edriesclay c v en i ii'g thqy \y ere l co"m'Jortably resting m the'caliin: 1 . F v or S^xty hours thejjr.. but salt water tJ ancl v Tjlie^iflfesh' 5 ' $M bldod of their sKipife 1 ' 5 W' i]B the ship bore dowti up^n theiV they threw overboard the' body ; ' of th<j dead ma.i. '' v '! :i \"' * ;:/( ' '