, 1875-12-13
RESCUED FROM A WRECK,
The story Told by q rnssonRcr OF tho
9SHltlG,

BEIRUT fS:e-Ittsa
An interesting story Of noble work Of hu-
maulty, pcrfuluud bY tho ofcots ami asamen Of
tho Whtc Star steamer Baltic on her last trip
from Now York, IL told ln private lottor from D
passenger Of the Baltic to q friond 10 thia city.
Wo append tho letter, whicl, was written Oh
board The steamer, oil Queenstown, Nov. g.:
"On the night Of sho 18th. when wo ~cro roll
Ing and tlinsblinx shout in a hsayy. sen, sono
aguala vera Bocn to tho northwau tlat our flrst
ul.ictr at tirst miAtook for steamer, put being
undecided as 70 what tt.e sieuala meant
3,e called IL tue csptaiu. ny that. that ti%o tho tho
supposed steamer. Can't. Gloadel' fearing 1t
might DO = wreck at onco tnrnesl the ship out
ot har courho mud malo for tho lieula. Il was
no s,eau,sr, but tho slug Oriental, OF North
sl,telta, from Lundon, bonnd to st. John, dis
uasted md in ainkinE condition. TLa crow
were making signals by burning tnr IN barrel
on l,or deck. I'his Eavo her somowhas Tue np-
peatAuce ot q steamer in tho distance. Tho
'tte-hnat waa launched and Chlof officer irving
.ouk command, aud. Notwithstanding tho wrocG
waB rolling mud plunsiny IN frlghttul manner,
tho eixtann men Oh hor deck weEo takon Oh In
two trips without Tie Bghtess accident. Tho
management OF tue boat was u 'orfscs mystery
to us laodruen. It Looked as though they wctc
au,o TO la JaAhed to pieccs at any moment.
Wlon tic crow cana on board, which was nbout
.. ~. tho steamor then having bepl,
told Capt. QleadoN TINT ton men had deserted
the Al,ip in Two bouts tho previous day at noon,
Their leaving their comrades without boats was
most dnstardly act Of sosnnhncss. The wealth.
er Ind bsen no o1a tho whole day AMI night that
thero soe,aed no cl,anco Of finding these poor
wrctcbes alive. l1owoyor, when Cant 0leAAcll
heard this story ho said le would stay by tho
wreck till daylight, aud not give them up uutll
thorough search MaA maln. Tho night WAS
clear, and wo lad thu Igllt Of tho noon aud tho
light from tho wreck, which Ind caught fro
from tho tar batrul nftor tho crow loft, aud was
nov q mass OF iasncs Wo should hayo thought
artistic poiat of view, had not tho poril Of
thpso ttu 1pen Ieon III our tlopG]lta. Tho BAL
tic kopt SLOW steam III, and wenk round at,i
round tue wreck In gradually increasing clrclos
I'll! daylight. l.oriHg 10 lshd the missing boat.
At daylight the Baltic was pointed to tho SOUTH
Inst saw tho boht STORING, aud about $3.50 = tiny
flag wsa aoen occasionally Jumping up from bo-
llll,l u largo wAYe. III fow minutes tie boat
! .aa alougsido, aud by careful management her
crew got out aud slo taken up on the davitB for
ward, VAgEo bhc now ID, rc!ip Of TIN y cod Bhip
boats, but one of them became disabled and khoy
all got into ono. 1fhd 1t not boon that NO
wore blown tow milea ouk ct our courso by
tho gale OF tho day before We saw tho wreck
(durluH wllicl, no lost I've aats, blown 10 rib
| bons BY the gaio). no nesdr should havo Been it
Ut all aud thu twonty-sl1 &ncn HAyed-her ontire
cEow--woutd haye bcen lost in \ day ~ tho most.
sucl, acts OF kindness and humanity tLlnk
sloull 10 noticed, al it IL no small matter to
stop Grezt steamer III heavy seA for eisut or
teu hours, and alt0s Aor courto, for tho almoat
hopeless chance OF picking up ANAL boat Tint
had Loft nearly day ahcau. 1h0ro was very
lltlo claneo Of tho boat being on top OF Tho
tbae no ono would havo thought small boat
could poaa4bly AaYp survived tho night"