The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-03-16
Courageous Rescue of a ShipWrecked
CreW-A Brave Young Girl.

! The following account is quoted by
/ the London Times from the Stockholm
paper, the Dogen Nyeter, of a courage
Gus act performed by the people of the
| fishing hamlet of Creswell, on the coast
of Northumberland, in rescuing the
crew Of the Gustave, Swedish steamer
"On the 9TH of January last, at )
O'Clock in the morning, the steamer
Gustave, Captain A. o. Anderson, went
ashore, in consequence of the fog and
the set of the current, at the little fish
ing village of Creswell, on the coast of
Northumberland, five English miles
north of the town of Newbiggen. The
sea was breaking heavily, and the YES
sci struck violently at every wave. The
discharge pipe burst very shortly, and
the vessel drifted helplessly among the
breakers, which broke over her. Two
of the boats were stove at the outset,
and the third, which it was contrived
to launch, and in which three men were
lowered, was injured, and was carried
away by a sea and cast ashore in the
midst of the breakers. Every one in
this little villagc-men, women and
children-hastened, on witnessing the
misfortune, down to the lifcboat sta
ton, and at O'Clock the lifeboat was
got afoat and manned by thirteen out
of the fifteen male inhabitants of the
village. Only two old fishermen were
left on shore, and the women, who had
to wade well into the water to get
the lifeboat afloat. After an hours
fruitless endeavOr to get on board, the
lifebOat had to come on shore again,
and a message was sent to the nearest
lifeboat station, Newbiggin, to bring a
rocket apparatus, with which to attempt
the rescue of the crew. The tide was
rising, and at 4:30 the lifeboat was
launched once more, and at last sue
ceeded in getting alongside of the
steamer and saving the crew. Several
of the men had by this time been more
or less injured by the breakers, but all
were able to get into the lifeboat, and,
last of all, the master, who left his fine
and hitherto fortunate steamer with deep
emotion. On shore the shipwrecked
men were received in the most friendly
manner. Whatever the poor people had
they placed at their disposal; the crew
were sheltered in the fishermen's huts,
and the owner of neighbOring estate
Cresswell Hall-invited all the crew to
dinner. Later in the day the crews
things were also saved, but much in
jmed by the water. A touching Incl
dent in the shipwreck deserves special
mention. The writer of this heard of
it on the following day, and was at
tracted to the spot by cries for
help and of pain. On hur-
rying to the place whence the
cries proceeded, he was received by a
venerable couple-the steersman of the
lifeboat and his wife. 1T is poor Bel
la, said he; she was not satisfied with
being in the water, ike the others; at
night she was wet through for six
hours, and has now got one of her at
tacks of cramp on returning from New
biggin.' 1t was this little pale fisher
girl, who, wet through on a cold night
in January, had rushed along the beach,
wading through several bays by the
way, and at length had reached the
next lifebOat station to claim assistance
for the shipwrecked people, and to ac-
complish this feat she had been COM
PEELED to 90 ten English miles. Who
this shipwrecked people were was I'M
known to her-it was questioa of
human life that might be rescued by
her means. l opened the Family Bible,
the sole ornament of that unaSsuming
room, and there read the name of lisa
bella Brown, born 1888 On the wall
hangs a silver medal, awarded to the
father for saving life. Every thing in
that little hamlet bore witness of the
long struggle against the ocean. For
tunate country which possesses men and
women like those who, on that icy jan
uary night, flew to the rescue of the
Swedish steamer Gustave andits crew."