Show AH OCEAN TRA GEOr nine men found dead in a small boat san francisco april 22 the steamer city of para from central american ports brings details of an ocean tragedy when the vessel was at go an open boat containing the remains of nine men who perished months ago drifted ashore there the bodies were horribly emaciated and the manner in which their limbs were contorted showed that they must have died in horrible agony not a drop of water and not a particle of food was in the boat in december last william maglan of the el pier three of the port officials and five boatmen went out to the mall companas comp anys steamer lying in the offing at el they boarded the mall boat and waited until signs of nn approaching storm warned them to leave A gale came up and overtook the boat soon after it got away from the steamer it was never seen again until it floated into coranto harbor louis W was the son of K W maslan deputy naval officer of this port the names of the other are not given |