Ogden Daily Standard | 1893-01-25 | Page 1 | Distress among Oystermen

distress amone among oysterman oystermen Oy oysten OLD POINT COMFORT va jan 21 24 two negro oyster dredgers arrived hero here from front island walking twenty four miles ser across oss the tile ice to cape charles they say there were twenty in the party seven of whom dropped on oil the ice abia and aro re supposed to be frozen to death they report great destitution on tangier island scat cattle are killed for food foot but there thero i is no 0 bread on oil the island four thousand oya tennen on the eastern shore 0 of f ma maryland ryland and virginia are ont and d dependent eceil on charity