The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-02
ALL WERE RESCUED
The Passengers Of the Stranded
Elder Safely Landed.
OVER TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE

Brought to shore in the Boats OF the
Life Saving Service. with No More
4Serious Damage Than a Thorough
Drenching The Vessel sim on the
Rock.
LONDON, Feb. A dispatch from the
signal station at st. GATHERINGS Point.
the southern extremity Of the Isle Of
Wight. states that the North German
Lloyd steamer Elder, Captain Heinecke,
which left New York on Jan. 90. for
Bremen, was stranded near that point
late Sunday night. A heavy fog pre-
vailed at the time the steamer struck,
Captain Heinecke, shortly before the
vessel struck, thought that he was
about four miles west of the Needles.
and as he had not sighted the Needles or
St. GATHERINGS lights he kept the lead
line going continuously the last report, a
moment OF before the Elder ran
ashore, showing eighteen fathoms of
water. The quartermaster engaged in
heaying the lead had Just gathered mp
the line for another cast when the Elder
grounded.
The Elder carried eighteen cabin pas
sengers not including children and l76
IN the Storage.
Taking the Passengers Ashore.
The work of rescuing the passengers
was begun by the life saving crew late
yesterday afternoon, the heavy sea for
bidding the attempt earlier. Most OF
the lady passengers feared to take the
risk of going OFF in the first lifeboat,
and as there was plenty of room Cap
tain Heineke allowed some of the male
passengers to land in the first boat load
taken ashore. Four children were also
slowed away in the bottom of the boat
under the thwarts and amid the legs OF
the lifeboat crew. The children. in
order to give them as much protection
as possible against the weather, were
covered over with tarpaulins, but every
body In the boat was repeatedly drenched
to the skin by the seas which swept into
the small craft.
When the lifeboats reached the line of
surf beating upon the shore it was with
great difficulty that they escaped being
swamped. The boats were finally rid
den in, bows on to the breakers, and
when they reached certain point they
were seized by coast guardsmen and
others who had yentured out into the
surf as far as possible, and with rush
the boats were dragged amid cheers upon
the beach and the passengers and crew
landed in safety.
All Are Rescued.
Finally, at g. 80 last night, the last boat
load was safely landed, amid the cheers
of the assembled people There were
many thrilling episodes as boat load
after boat load departed from the
stranded vessel, and many times it was
thought that the rescuers and rescued
were doomed to death.
After being landed and warmed up
the rescued passengers were speedily
driven in carriages to Ventnor, about
nine miles distant by road, from which
place they were forwarded by rail to
Ryde, on the northern shore of the Isle
of Wight. AT Ryde the Elders passen-
gers We're transferred to steamboats, and
taken to Southampton, where the North
German Lloyd Steamship company will
house and otherwise provide for the
steerage passengers and crew until after
the fate Of the Elder is decided.
The Elder is still on the rock. and it
is feared her cargo must be removed
before she can be taken off.