Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-12
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RKs0UINa EaE BIKxyENuEs CREW.
Brave Work Of Life Savers on the Cha.,si
| -f- CoAet.
No Drawer struggle for life has been wit
messed on the British coast than that which re-
suited hast night IN the rescue Of the remain
ing members ct the crew Of the British ship
Bienvenue Of Glasgow. AL day since the terri
BILE situation Of the crew became known the
Hythe and SYNDICATE life boats had been strug-
Cling to reach the doomed vessel through the
dangerous breakers, which best With fairy
that seemed 10 make the existence even Of q
life boat impossible. While the crew chung to
the masts the people on shore tried to make their
encouraging cheers heard above the roar of
the storm. About $50 in the afternoon the
Bienvenue began to break up, but the masts,
| with the unfortunates clinging to the rigging,
| still held together.
A sEAMANs DARING.
| About this time the multitude on shore were
thrilled by the spectacle OF q seamsn's daring
and desperate stroke for salvation of himself
and his fellow survivors. The sailor, brave.
| sturdy fellow, looking every inch q British
| seaman, fastened line around his waist and
leaped into the waters that beat With fearful
force about the wreck. Cheer upon cheer
L Wcnt up iEOh tuo WHtCuluk tuoubauuo 1uo
sailor struck out boldly for the shore. He was
| evidently splendid swimmer, and for few
| moments il seemed chat the powerful sweep Of
his limbs would carry him through the boiling
waves.
But suddenly a pursuing breaker burst upon
him and he WA buried from sight. Breathless
with anxiety the crowd on shore and the rem
nant of the wreck awaited the mans reappear-
anoe. Even tho storm seemed 10 hush.
Then came an agonizing cry from hundreds
OF throaS as the sailor appeared again, limp
and lifeless, tossed on the crest and in the hol
low Of the waves. He was dead, and his fate
seemed 10 be foreshadowed by his late CON-
panions Not long afterward the corpse and
that OF another bold swimmer from tho wreck
were carried ashore.
RrscUIN9 THE CREW.
The storm abatea somewhat as darkness
grew, and another attempt was made to launch
| the Sandgate life boat. Scores of volunteers
assisted IN the launching. and, amid shouts
from thousands that must have sent hopeful
echo scrOss tho stretch of foam to the weary
hearts and numbed limbs on the wreck, the
life boat started. 1t seemed doubtful for
awhile whether the task could be accomplished,
but at length, after O tremendous struggle,
the brave life savers brought their boat up to
the rigging Of the Bienvenus and rescued
every one that remained. The poor fellows
were almost unable to help themselves They
had chung mechanically for hours in their
perilous positions and they were utterly e1-
Il was 9.l5 p. m. when the life boat touched
the wreck, and the work OF taking i'll the poor
wretches was as perilous as that of getting to
them.
The reception on shore will be remembered
Tor many long day. Everybody rushed to
cheer and shake the rescuers by the hand, and
most generous attention wRs devoted to the
victims Of the storm. These were taken to
Folkestone. Ten minutes after the Ssndgate
crow had succeeded in saving the Bienvenue
people the Dover life boat arrived.
The number rescued from the Bienvenue is
twenty-seven. The lost are Capt. Moddill of
Liverpool, two apprentices. the steward and
seaman. The sea swept as high as the mizzen-
top, 30 the struggle to hold on may be imagined.
The Bienvsnue was bound from London TO
Sydney.
- oTHER wREcKa
At Dungeness, on the same dangerous shore,
five vessels were stranded. one a foreign ship.
The Dungeness life boat, in making an effort to
the crew were drowned. Two men from the
stranded ships lost their lives in trying to swim
to the shore.
The schooner John Roberts Of Port Madoc,
Wales, went ashore in the afternoon near
Brighton. Rockets failed to carry lines to the
vessel. The crew were in the rigging and the
vessel seemed about to break up.
The Shorehain life boat did not engage tug
Tor the rescue. but was drawn to the scene by
horses on the road. reaching the spot Just FIVE
minutes after the vessel broke into pieces. the
spectators were SO angry at what they consid-
cred lack Of energy that might have proved
fatal that they made hostile demonstration
against the crew. Meantime the shipwrecked
mariners had leaped into the sea and battled
their way to the ahore, with the assistance of
volunteers.
WRECKED AT HASTINGS.
The bark T. P. Phuger. from San Francisco
for Bremen, WAS wrecked at Hastings. Her
crew Of seventeen and five passengers remained
in the rigging five hours while the life savers
sent rocket after rocket, with line attached, to
the rescue. Several rockets fell short but at
length line reached the vessel. Thousands
were assembled shore. their sympathies
more aroused by seeing a woman 8 form among
the shipwrecked.
tremendous cheer went up when it was
seen that the line was fastened. The crew be-
haved nobly and the woman was the first to be
sent on the perilous journey to safety. Nearly
half dead, she was hauled ashore. Then fol-
lowed two boys and after them the men, the
captain coming last. He was given an ovation.
Two Of the members Of the Hythe life-saving
crew were drowned IN the accident to that
boat while attempting TO reach the Bienvenue
early in the evening, others being rescued BY
the spectators. 1t appears that artillery was
also used in the attempt to throw line to that
vessel. Chain shot was discharged from
cannon ct q safe height, a cord being attached
to the shot with the hope that the cord would
be carried over ind fall upon the wreck. Every
cord broke. The Dover life boat, which ar
rived Immediately after the rescue BY the
SYNDICATE Grew, had beeh brought around by a