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Show SEAMEN DESERT. San Francisco, Nov. 3. Men on the whaling steamer Belvidere bring news of thrilling escapes from the-whaling schooner Bonanza. The vessel was short-handed and in dire straits for a time, but managed to gather a crew of natives and get into the arctic. When the Bonanza was off Nome the boat struck against the ice floe. Three men got over the side of the ship and made a race for liberty. Five men were sent after the three deserters. This pursuing party also left the ship and struck off for Cape Nome and the mines. It is reported that three of the deserters floated off on a giant cake of ice and probably perished. From the steamer Alexander there were similar desertions at Nome. A boat steward and seven men were sent ashore with bone and never came back. |