Show ON A DESERTED BARGE barde mental and physical sufferings of a sailor now new york june S rt phantom ships loaded with provisions and sailing to his rescue and of voices calling from abe sea tor lor him to join them while ho he lay abandoned and suffering from hunspe afung r on a deserted barge off the florida reefs Is a part of tho the story told by Z ohn john cunrad 32 years old a norwegian bailor in an affidavit hied filed yesterday in the united states district court in a suit for dam ages against the florida coast railway company menrad Alun rM who was a captain in charge of 61 three empty barges towed from mobile by the tugboat tug boat dauntless on their way to the extension work of the railway company from homestead to key west was discharged from the norwegian hospital in brooklyn april where he had bad been taken on hla his arrival in this city from florida cunrad charges the company with gross negligence 0 and disregard of life in that he was idt for 11 days without sufficient food and water in constant danger of being swamped all thio occurred in J january a nuary when the little flotilla of which ch he was captain and eol sole crew was dropped 15 miles from key west by tho the dauntless because the tugboat tug boat was toj tod deep of draft to take her tow into thy the shallow waters of the florida keys for food cunrad alleges he had half a pint of flour two potatoes and a piece of pork when this ran out he boiled a flour sack and ate the wn thin gruel it made re jie was rescued by captain malachi bethel of the i little fishing schooner White whiteland whitesand sand |