Show two apples food por for seven castaways CHata the london daily mail a e correspond corre spon dent at wellington cables that tl e two survivors of the wrecked steamer elan camite who were rescued on a raft b by y the british steamer penguin went through a dreadful experience the raft from which they were taken measured me aured only seven feet long by twelve feet wide and had seven persons on it when it left the wreck th the only food on board was twe two apples the first apple was consumed on lues imes day and the second on wednesday each being divided into sixteen portions F prom rain sunday the day they were wrecked until thu thursday r aday when they were rescued the survivors drift drifted d sixty miles on the half sub merged raft several attempts were made to land on the three bree kings islands three men died monday night from dr aking salt water all of the survivors suffered the tortures of thirst and four other men man and the stewardess died of exhaustion ha ba before they were picked up by the penguin they had bad a cruel dis tuesday n A steamer was sighted in the distance and mind frantic shouts were raised by those on the raft to attract attention alien tion the steamer lowered a boat wh ch eh passed within fifty yards of them but the boat boats screw apparently did not see the I 1 laft aft and returned to their vessel wl en the pen pei guin was sighted only one of the bu u livors was able to stand and all were terribly emaciated |