The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-11-12
HEROIC LIFE SAVERS.
Their Battle with the Waves on
England's Coast.
SAILORS MEET A wATERY GRAVE,
Rut the Work of tho Rescuers
Saved Many Others who Seemed
Doomed to Certain Death-A Cap
tain, His Wife and Son Perish-A
Sailors Brave Attempt.

tain, His Wffe ana son PeriSh-A
Sailors Brave Attempt.
LONDON, Nov. 10. - Another heavy
gale is in progress in the south of Eng
land and Ireland. The White Star line
steamship Majestic, from New York,
was caught in the hurricane, and Cap
tain Parsell decided that it would be too
dangerous to attempt to enter Queens
town harbor. The Majestic was, there
fore, kept off and proceeded on her way
to Liverpool, from which place the mails
and passengers were transferred to Lon
don.
1t is feared that when the details of
the storm begin to be received they will
bring intelligence of many wrecks and
great loss Of life. Already few dis
patches have been received telling Of
wrecks. From Hythe, one of the cinque
ports. in the county of Kent, on the
English channel, comes the report of the
wreck of the French schooner Edirimi.
BY the use Of the life line the crew man
aged to reach the shore in safety, but
the captain, his wife and son were not
so fortunate. They were overwhelmed
by the high seas and all three perished.
Donh WIN fCSStts
The captain of the Edrimi, however,
refused to leave the vessel, and his wife
and son refused to be separated from
him, preferIing drowning with the gal
liant sailor to being saved without him.
Sandgate, another port in the County
of Kent, was also the scene OF ship
wreck. The iron ship Benvenue, Of
over 1000 tons burthen, sailed n few
days ago from London on voyage for
Sydney, New South Wales. She was
caught in the storm short distance
from Sandgate Here the ship COM
menced to make leeway and, notwith-
standing every effort, she was finally
lifted upon the crest of huge wave and
dashed ashore. The efforts to save the
crew resulted in serious loss of life. The
Hythe lifeboat, which finally got afloat
after over dozen fruitless efforts, was
capsized while trying TO reach the vessel.
Several of the life savers were drowned.
A large crowd ON the shore witnessed
the efforts of the life savers to reach the
vessel. Twenty-seyen chung to the rig
ging
All afternoon the Hythe and SYNDICATE
hfeboats struggled to reach the doomed
vessel. While the crew clung to the
masts, the people on shore tried to make
their encouraging cheers heard above
le roar of the storm.
l.,sis-' Rescued at Last.
About $3.50 p. m. the Benvenue began
TO break up, but the masts, with the un-
fortunates clinging in the rigging, still
held together. About this time the null
titude on shore were thrilled by the
spectacle of n seamans daring and des-
perate stroke for the salvation of HIM
self and his fellow survivors The sailor
fastened a line around his waist and
leaped into the waters. He struck out
boldly iar the shore, but in a few min
ntes his body, limp and lifeless, was
tossed on the crest OF n huge breaker.
The storm abated somewhat as dark
ness grew, and another attempt was
made to launch the lifeboat. AT length,
after tremendous struggle, the brave
life savers brought their boat up to tho
rigging of the Benvenue and rescued every
one that remained. 1t was g15 when tho
ifeboat reached the wreck and the work
OF taking in tho poor wretches was as
perilous as getting To them, The recep-
fion on shore will be remembered for
many long day.
Tho number rescued from the Fen
yenue is twenty-sovei.. The lost are
Captain Moddill, Of Liverpool two ap-
prentice9, the steward and two seamen.
Tho sea swept as high as the Inizzen
top, so tho struggle to hold on may be
imagined.
Life Savers Drowned.
Two of the members of the Hythe
life saving crew were drowned in the
accident to that boat, while attempting
to reach the Bienvunue early in the
evening, others being rescued by the
spectators. The Dungenoss life saving
boat, in making an effort to reach the
vessel. was overturned, and five of the
crew were drowned. Two men from
the stranded ship lost their lives in try.
ing to swim to Shore
The bark Pfugen, from San Fran
cisco for Bremen, was wrecked at Hast
ings Her crew of seventeen men and
five passengers remained in the rigging
five hours, while tho life savers sent
rocket after rocket, with line attached.
% the reFcue Several rockets fell
short, but at length line reached the
vessel. Thousands We're assembled on
shore, their sympathies more aroused by
seeing woman's form among the ship
wrecked. The woman was the first to
be sent on the perilous journey 70 safety.
Nearly half dead she was hauled ashore.
Then followed two boys, and afterwards
the men, the captain coming last.
The schooner John Roberts, of Port
MADEIRA, Wales, went ashore near
Brighton, and rockets failed to carry
lines to the vessel. The crew were in
the rigging, and the vessel seemed about
to break up. The Shoreham lifeboat did
not engage tug for rescue, but was
drawn to the scene by horses, reaching
the spot just five minutes after the YES.
sci went to pieces. The spectators were
SO angry at what they considered lack
Of energy that might have proved fatal
that they made hostile demonstration
against the crew. Meantime the mari.
ners had leaped into the sea and battled
their way to shore, with the assistance
of volunteerc.
Many fishing smacks have foundered
while yainly struggling to reach port,
and quite number of coasting schooners
have met the same fate. AT Lowestoft,
near Ipswich, Suffolk, fishing smack
which, after long and plucky tussle
with the storm, was just upon the point
OF making Lowestoft harbor, was sud.