Tokyo, Feb. 27.—A fresh chapter to the age-old tale of the grim struggle between men and the sea became, known when the, Protesi-Jaus, a Blue Funnel. liner, dropped anchor in Yokohama harbour yesterday-e It transpired that "the survivors of the Japanese vessel, Daisantaishin Maru, which was not able to withstand the buffeting, breakers of the Pacific, managed to keep body' and soul together for several days by subsisting on rats and the ship's pet cat. The suzvivors were rescued by the Amer-can freighter Japan Arrow and the story was related to The Japan Times by Captain Lloyd of the Protesilaus, who heard it from the skipper of the Japan Arrow.
The Daisantaishin Maru became helpless soon after she left Yokohama for North America, both her rudder and the propeller getting out of order. The damage soon proved to be beyond such repairing as the ship's hands could do. The vessel drifted and drifted for nearly' a month. The ship had a crew of ment.
482 all told, and had no radio equip-
In. the meantime, the stock of provisions and of coal began to run Tow, As starvation was staring all the face, some of the crew manned a lifeboat' and scoured the neighbouring seas in the hope of sighting Jund or another vessel. This boat, failed to return, Another was sent out—-and the fate of that, too, never could be known.
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