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Show TIMELY RESCUE . OF STARVING SEALERS VICTORIA, B. C July 15. New waa brought by th Seattle Mara ?-terday ?-terday that the Japaaeae gunboat Me sashi, whieh atarted on craiae toward Bering eea to patrol amonf the Japanese Japa-nese sealing echoonere, did not proceed farther than the vicinity of the Com-mandorski Com-mandorski ialanda and haa returned to Japanese watera. bringing tha reeened ercw of the Japaneee Beating echooner Ichi alarn, which went aahore oa the Kurile ielanda during tha typhoon ot June t3. The thirty-are eealera were found la a atarring condition on bleak Etorofu ialand. Seven of the eealera had taken a boat from the wreck and etarted for Mhibctori to find euccor for their companion!, com-panion!, and when their report wae telegraphed tele-graphed to Admiral Uryu at Yokoeuka, he ordered the Mueaahi t the arena and all were reacued. When the warship war-ship arrived tha abipwraeked company waa on the verge of starvation. |