The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine (1848) (14577099437)

Identifier: tragedyofseasors01ellm (find matches)
Title: The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine
Year: 1848 (1840s)
Authors: Ellms, Charles
Subjects: Shipwrecks
Publisher: Philadelphia, W. A. Leary: Boston, W. J. Reynolds & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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nd hope was nearly gone, as they watched thempass from their sight. They had now been without food orwater for four days and nights ; their tongues were dry intheir mouths; their flesh burnt and blistered by the sun, andtheir brains fevered, and many of them began to exhibit thepeculiar madness attendant on starvation. They could notsleep either, as the raft was almost always under water, andit required continual watchfulness to keep themselves frombeing washed over by the sea. Major Heath never, for amoment, lost his consciousness. THEY ARE DISCOVERED. 169 On Tuesday morning, a vessel hove in sight; and hertrack seemed to be much nearer them than those they hadseen the day before. They again waved their flag andraised their feeble voices. Still the vessel kept on hertrack, which appeared to carry her away from them. Sheis gone, said one of the crew, a poor fellow who had beendreadfully scalded ; and he laid himself down on one of theboxes, as he said, to die. Captain Pearson, who had
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The Survivors on the Forecastle discovered by the Schooner. been closely watching the vessel, cried out, She sees us!she is coming toward us ! And so it was. All sails set,and full before the wind, the vessel made for them. Theschooner proved to be the Henry Camerdon, bound fromPhiladelphia to Wilmington, N. C. As soon as the captaincame within speaking distance, he took his trumpet and 15 170 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PULASKI. cried out, Be of good cheer; I will save you. It was thefirst strange voice jhat had reached their ears for five days,which were to them as an age. When the schooner came alongside, they all rushed fran-ticly on deck, and it was with some difficulty the captaincould keep them from the water-casks. He imtrjediatelygave each of them a half pint of water, sweetened withmolasses, and repeated it at short intervals. His prudence,doubtless, preserved their lives. During the morning, Major Heath and his company hadseen another portion of the wreck, with several persons o