The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-25
An EXTRiORDINtRY CASE.
A suit 10 Recover Twenty thousand Dollars
Tor Rcsouing Shipwreckcd Pilgrims.

Pom ne london Times.
A curious case, Nelson Ct al. against the
Singapore Steamship Company, came up In the
q Gems b'ncn on march %s,ona motion TO move
tue case back from the Admiralty division to
the Lxcheq .cr ciYisioa Cf tue SURE Court Of
JuuicIture. 1t was "a claim Of fiOO rs due
from the company to the plaintiffs under all
AZ enent alleged u have be n made with the
master OF one OF the planting snip, by the mas
te. Of one OF the cOmpany's shiJs for the con
W. ne, Of pas iengers from place on the Red
S-a 70 Jeddah, IN Arabia. 1hi, ususual Claim
was III ido under these circumstances: Ga the
3Jth Of september, 1873, tue Medina, one Of the
company's steamer, while on a voyage from
Sing pore to Jeduah with general cargo, and
having On board 90 pussengers (hahommeddn
pi,gnms) who had embarked at Penang for Jed
d III, WAS wrecked on rock In the Red Sea, and
the pilgrims we're landed by the Medin - boats
on the rock, winch Is small sharp rock about
~ miles IRON the main land and about 20 miles
from Alden, tnd from two TO three days voyage
fiom Jeddah 1he Medlnas boats were so
knocked about 10 landing the pilgrims on the
70 k as 10 be useless, and the lives OF the pill
Rrlna, Tor whom there was scarcely standing
room on the rock, were exposed to danger.
ON the lst OF October tue master OF the Me-
dina observed a steamer, which turned out TO
DO the llmor, bound on voyage from kurra-
chez to Liverpool and made signals Of distress,
which were observed by the llmor, and she al
tered her course ana bore down TO the rock
when she approached the rock tho master OF
thu Medina went on board Of her and told the
master of the position Of the pillrims, and
asked him to render assistance. Thereupon ne
EQUATIONS commenced between the master OF
the 'llmor and the master OF the Medina. The
III uster 81 the Amor refused to take the pill
grims from the rock to Jeddah for less than
1900, ana the master Of the Medina offered
ALto' and subsequently f2,OOO, to the master Of
tue limor for his services.
1t was alleged. however, by the plaintiffs that
there was then an agreement between their cap
tain aud the company's IN I they should receive
t4OO for the carriage Of the pilgrims whereas
on the part OF the defendants II was alleged
That, their Offers being refused, they proposed
TO refer tho amount to arbitration, and that THU
proposal was rel cted, and that the defends ant
were ultimately forced TO Acquiesce IN the de-
mands and 20 sign the agreement relied on By
the plaintiffs.
The Medina was totally lost on tbs voyage
ana the action was brought Ia the Excheque
division to recover the e4.0OO The defendant
alleged that the sum Of 9i,0O0 was not a reason
hble amount for the services to DO rendered b
the limor, but was an exorbitantly eIcessiv
amount for such services and the master OF Tn
limor, 10 procuring the master OF the Medin
20 sign tho agreement. took undue advantage q
the position In which the master Of tho Medin
aud me pilgrims were placed, and that the mas
Yer OF the Medina had no authority TO enter int
the agreement on behalf OF the defenda anita, an
that y was extorted and improperly obtaine
from the master Of the Medina, and was who'll
unjust and ineauitaole; but that the defe nd an
were ready and wiilinR to paw the plaintiffs
reasonable sum for their services.