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Show Twa Appleo food For ftavoa CaaUtwaya. The London Dally Mall'a correnpon dent at Wellington cablea that tha two urvlvorn af the wrecked nteamer Klan-gam Klan-gam Ita, who were reaeoed on a raft by tha Ilrltlnh nUamcr Penguin, went through a dreadful axperieoce. The raft fro ta which they were taken mcaaurad only aeven feet long; by twelve feet wide, and bad aeveu per-aonn per-aonn on It when H left the wreck. The only food on board waa two apples. The Ural apple wan consumed on Tuva-day Tuva-day and 1 be aecood on Wednesday, each being divided Into ntxu-cn portion.. From Ntinday, the day they were wrecked, until Thuratlay, when they 1 were reacued, tha aurvi vora drifted nixly mllen on the half submerged raft. (Several atlempta were made to land ou the Three Klngn talnttda, Tbrau men died Monday night from drinking anil water. AU of the aurvivora Buffered the tort urea of thlrnt, and four other men and the alewardei died of exhaustion ex-haustion before lhy were picked up by the Penguin. They had a crnel dla-appuiatineat dla-appuiatineat Tiiehday night. A nteamer waa alghted In the diatance, aad fra title ti-tle ahouta were rained hy thuae oa the raft to attract attention. '1 he steamer lowered a boat, which panned wllh.u tlfty yaran of them, but the boat screw apparently did net see the raft and re-turaad re-turaad la their veasel. When the Pen-gnia Pen-gnia waa alghted, ouly one of the aurvivora aur-vivora waa aide to Muiid, and ull were turrlbly vmuchited. |