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Show ADRIFT FOR FIVE DAYS. Harrowing Experience of Survivor of Wrecked Schooner. Nowport, Va. Six men are knowr. to hnvo perished, and two others wero saved only nfter undergoing harrowing experiences whllo adrift at sea for live days on n bit ol wreckngo as tho result of their threo masted schooner Sirocco going tc pieces on a reef In tho West Indies Tho two survivors, Mnto Joseph l.nlng nnd Cook G. Roberts, were brought hrro on tho steamer Tlvor ton. Tho Sirocco of Nassau, laden with railroad Iron, was bound from Ilruns wick, tia., to Wilson City, Ilahnmas Sho ran Into an easterly galo that was blowing with fearful force on October 1, when off tho linhnmuH nnd dismasted, and after running be foro tho wind until noon of that day struck Mantclla reef and went tc pieces. Captain Munroo and tho un fortunate live with him wero wnshoc nwny with tho debris from tho wreck Lnlng and Hoberts grasped a portion of tho poop deck and nil drifted to gcther until evening, when they scp nratcd, tho captain and tho live dls appearing. Tho two men on theli Improvised craft wero tossed about for flvo days. They wero without water, food or sleep during all that tlmo. Finally they wero sighted b) tho Tiverton nnd rescued. |