| Show J S S URINE speaker cannon a witness of rescue of thirteen people from sinking ship people rescued were nearly starved to death as they had L ved for a week on a few water soaked B acu s new boil dearly nearly every vessel that has arrived am ved from southern ports during the past week has brought some story of marine disaster wro ight by the tornado off hatteras during the last ten days ot of march the bluecher arriving aiom debt indian ports was no exception excel tion standing in disconsolate groups about her deel s were thirteen ie le wl om orn the I 1 ner had saved from their founder ng bark the gulfport Gulf port as the vessel was on the verge of 0 going down the rescue was witnessed by er joseph G can nor norf and others of the congressional party on board the bluecher those taken by the lifeboat of the liner from the waterlogged wreck were near starvation as for nearly a weel they bad had had nothing to live on OR except a few water soaked biscuits thursday morning the bluecher al her course to head tor for a wreck that had been sighted the gers hurriedly quitted the breakfast table and gathered on deck to see the crew of the bark clustered about the aft rails little difficulty attended the work of rescue the lifeboat in charge of 0 chief officer beyer was lowered from the bluecher and rowed to the krecl into this went captain ap tain larsen of the bark and twelve mem bers of hi arb crew and in a short time had the refugees safely on board the bluecher |
