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Show ABANDONED ON HONCADOR. fhi Plijjht of Two Wreckers Ahont tfca Bones of Uio Old Kcarsargc. A story of tho manner in which th? Sulk of the historic old Kearsarge, now whitening on Roncador reef, is baina iespoile'd by Caribbean sea wreckers, md of tho awkard predicament of two jf them who were at work upon her, it old by Mate Sohwolow of the schoonat Frank M. Noyes, which arrived from tan Andreas with coccanuts. On Oct. 28, he says, while outward jound from Baltimore, tho Noyes stoofJ jloso into the Koarsarge's wreck. To tb .ssrprise of all on board a whito flagwai leen fluttering from tho bones of the gallant old corvet, and soon after a unall boat was seen pulling off from per. Captain Asquini ordered tho Noye aovo to, and in a few minutes she was ioarded by two bearded wreckers who aid they belonged to one of the Carmen roup of islands. Thoytold Captain As juini they had boon landed on the reofa &bont the Kearsarge on Aug. 1 by a rmall schooner, which was to call for Ihem in a couple of weeks. As soon as they had settled themselves they began work on the -Kearsarge. In a short ,vhile they had secured COO pounds of sopper and about 200 pounds of copper bolts. This was all of value they could lecure, so they settled down to wo4t foi the schooner that was to take them and their plunder away. When they were lathed on the reef, they had a fairly good supply of provi-rionB. provi-rionB. August passed, and with its going their food and matches went. Septem-ior Septem-ior came ana -yent, and October had a' nost gone when t& Noyes was sighted snd in a measure ended their distress, 7or nearly two months tho two men had rived on raw fish. They had no matohei with which to kindle a fire, although the Kearsarge offered them her dry tim-ers tim-ers for the blaze. Neither had they sail ffith which to flavor their raw fish. One d them had a piece of sail cloth in hie iiouth which, ho said, he had been shewing 18 days in place of tobacco. Captain Asquini supplied th& men with all that was necessary to sustain them for some time to come. They would not leave ho reef, for they dW aot waut to abandon their copper treaa-ore. treaa-ore. They appreciated Captain Asquini'a kindness, and to show it they wished to jetrrra to the wreck nnd take back to aim some mementos of the famous traft. A favoring wind made Captain Asquini decline their offer, and soon thi Noyes fillod her sails aud sped off toward to-ward Fau Andreas. Baltimore Sun. |