Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-11-24 | Page 7 | Had a Terrible Adventure

HAD A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE cargo of redwood played havoc with 9 crew new york yov 22 A cargo 0 redwood the fumea of which tainted the food and spoiled the water was responsible for a terrible adventure which befell the german bark werra in the south atlantic ocean and which was reported yesterday by officers of the steamer coranna Ko ranna the steamer Is la port here from calcutta while in mid ocean the coranna tha bark becalmed and flying a distress signal for provisions four bailers bailors in a boat put out from the iback tor the coranna and those on loard the steamer were shocked to see that the tour oarsman oarsmen reeled in their seata from exhaustion the condition of those remaining on the bark waa found to be even more pitiful it was explained that a cargo of redwood obtained in south america while still heavy with sap had tainted both food and water with its fumes for six weeks previous to the Kor annas appearance pe arance the twenty two men in the bark had drunk rainwater and eaten salt pork the captain and the first mate both ill eiith scurvy had been carried io their bunks many days before and the command of the starving ship had devolved upon the interior officers every man of the crew was provisions cino and nursing were supplied by the coranna to the bark after which the vessels parted company since the werra has been reported as safely in port at port natal africa