The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-01-14

S'.< HEROES OF THE OCEAN,
A r. nuinE Grew Place Their Lives In
Peril to Save Another.


lvmR1ooL, Jan. 8.-A boats ,ew
comp. 5ed OF six meo belonGiny to the
Eritis steamship Eleanor arrived here
TuesO ~ morning in . hall frozen con-
dition The sailors tell tale Of much
suffec 1g, from which eXpe.ience sew
eral item will I've permanently in
jrred From the Storie; told oy the
mari RS reIerred 20 il appears That Que
of tnr passengers of the Eleanor, who
had b m acting in a strange manner all
the ti'He he had been on board the yes.
sci, Suddenly jumped overheard on
Sund,.y while the steamer was at full
speed The Ele ,or at that time was
off Grrenore hgl ., County Louth, Ire
land, "ut Tar out at sea. In addition 1T
was ght time and a u: sty sea was
rum Y; the Weathl was | Lteriy coli.
In sr',e of these facts The captain Of
the s eamsh,p stopped and then re-
verse6 his gir"s aud ordered a boat
to be &ot ready for launching. lie also
called for volunteer crew and burned
blue yhls while the boat was beiDg
swupy overheard and lowered away.
a cr3w OF six voluoteers slid down
the fa' Is the moment the small craft
was ready for them and. with the steam
er sti'l burning colOred flare lights, the
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pulling with all Their strength in ,e
| dlreCti On in which Tue browning mau
was S: pposed to be. Under une in
| fluenco of wind, sea and 8, =, g urreut
| the DOlt was soon so far aW " II Jm the
steamer that her lights could not Oe
seen. The gallant Seamen, however,
conll1ued their search for The passen-
ger WI . had jum' ID overheard.
| When The first; TN Of "ulan over
board had been given on board the
Eleanor life buoy had beea thrown
overheard from the steamer, and after
an hour Of fruitless search the men in
the Elo? ,or's boat iou nd this buoy, nd
clutci ng 1t iiercelv in his death ag, "
was le unfoi unate passenger. Ile
died \ fore he could be pulled into the
boat.
| The six reScuerS then turned their
attent OD to their own safety and apy-
iously scanned the horizon in search of
the $, Gamers light or Of G ores
beacon Nelther to their dismay, co id
be see''. Ey this time he sea W.. run
ming higher, tl,reatcnl' every Diomer
or so u swamp the light boat. The
men, :, ter the first excitement Of g
work CT rescue pad worn Off, beca .le
cold aud numbeo, Those WHO had o. |.
skins "a found Il IN frozen l'lCC board
ing aonut em, d to who we q
not SO well equipped began TO Suffer
s verr'y from the cold. The mer
shout / and shou,ed for help without
avail, md at LIST they realized tie ffct
| that I g Eleanor had abaNdoned til" n
and TIT their Chauce% Of ever putt g
their foot ashore again were very
slim indeed. Tue boat vas half
full ot water aud it required the
comb ued strength Of 81. men forming
her "w to keep her half bows on TO
The S"a. TO make malters worse q
drenci'lng downfall OF rain swept over
them. still further adding 70 their
| mise,
Son. Of the men were so exhausted
that t';ey could hardly grasp their oars,
| while heir feet were so COLI they az
pearcU to be turned to ice. I'll ere was
nothing to eat or drink III the boat. and
| in this manner the men and b oat were
| coateC thick with ice. They pulled
wearily throughout the night. Three or
four limee during that Perlo the sailors
gave up in despair and proposed to lie
down n the boat and die. Each tine
the ch nering words or taunts of the sec
| ond officer, who was in command, nerved
| the sa: lors to make one more struggle
| for lite.
Some claimed that their bad luck was
caused by the presence of the dead
| body III the boat, and it was proposed
| to heaYe it overheard. More humane
counsel prevailed and the men. with
their dead, continued their battle
agains cold and wave.
When the morning daWned they could
see in the distance a long, low line of
black, and, pulling towards it with re-
newed vigor, they were overjoyed to see
that IT, ey were approaching land. Some
hours later, at ID in lhe morning. the
Eleauor'S sailors, so weak aud exhausted
that ;l:ey hardly had the strength of
child. n ran tier boat ashore at Green.
ore ami were $ on being tenderly cared
for by he coacnguardsmen. 1T was soon
seen tt at the rescued men were badly
| OStblLten, and that several OF them
would at least lose fingers and toes be-
fore thy recovered from thcic nights
experience
| SO sron as possible they were for,
wardeC to Liverpool.
| The Eleanor had in the meantime
reac4et Holy Head ardreported the loss
Of the six men and the passenger re-
ierred 20. The greatest Indignation is
expire ed against the captain Ot the
steamship for haviDg 50 hastily con-
cludeG that the six Seamen were lost
| lie SAYS that he crulSed about for two
houlS III the vicinity oi the spot
| The injured seamen propose to bring
suits for damages agalOst the captain
and tho owners o. the vessel.
They say that i, is Impossible for the
Eleanor to have cruised two hours
| about the spot where her commander
should have known they were to be
found without actually finding them.
| clemson Co lege Crippled.
| Cler son College viii not be opened
| before next year. Work on the build
ing ha been entirely stopped. Recent.
ly the Columbia State had IN intervi, '
with Gov. Tillman 10 reference to me
college. He said that me trus'p"s H.. 1
stoppe. all the work and all INA, was