Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1910 — MADMEN SAVED AT SEA [ARTICLE]

MADMEN SAVED AT SEA

Sailors Rescue Shipwreck Vic tim from School of Sharks. Ship Tocantines Alsa Saves Fourteen Other Fishermen from Capsized Boat—Entire Crew Crazy. New York, May 12. —The steamship Tocantines, a famous vessel which ran the mine# harbor of Port Arthur to escape from the Russians, swings gracefully at her dock in Brooklyn after a trip from Brazil, bringing a new tale of adventure and rescue. The gold medal won by the captain and presented by the Brabilian government commemorates this latest achievement of the little ship—the saving of sixteen fltehermen off the Brazilian coast March 22. The first of the sixteen men was sighted by the lookout before dawn. He was clinging to a plank in the open sea and waving a weak arm to the oncoming ship. A school of sharks swam about him and his rescuers found that his legs had been badly torn by the big fish,. The man had been in the water twen-ty-four hours and had eaten his last meal six days before. He had set out from Rio Janeiro with fifteen companions. A squall took away their rig and left them to drift. All went crazy except this one man, who was compelled to take to the water to escape his companions’ frenzy. After hearing his story the Tocantines cruised about several hours, finally locating the wreck and rescuing all the fishermen.