Show TRAGIC TALE OF SEA mother drown children rather than have them eaten by cannibal cannibals victoria U 13 C few more tragic tales titles ot of the sea ea are on record than that brought by the steamer makura from australia of the wreck of the norwegian bark carrol carrot which struck middleton Middle toa reef june 18 rive five remained of twenty two when the steamer tofu took them off 90 emaciated from thirst and starvation that they had to be carried captain anderaon derson and the second mate were drowned while building a raft anderson a e wife and children looked on wringing their banda hands and finally after othera others had succumbed and tho the remainder wyre weak from starvation the captain 0 wife drowned her four children under the imbres aloa slon that the five survivors were plan ning 1 to resort to she followed the children into tho the waves |