Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-05
HEROES OF THE SEA.
Six Men Who Risked Their Lives to
Save Another.
THE REPUBLICANS TO REDISTRICf OHIO
WHAT THE NEZ PERCES WANT
The Tale OF Suffering Told by . Rescuiug
Boats Crew.

The Tale OF Suffering Told by . Rcscuiul
Boats Crew.
LIVERPOOL. Jan. 5.-A boats crew composed
OF si, men belonging 20 the British steamship
Eleanor arrived here this morning in half
frozen condition. The sailors tell a tale of
much suffering. from which experience several
OF them will be permanently injured. From
the stories told by the mariners referred 10 it
appears that one Of the passengers Of the
Eleanor, who had been acting in a strange
manner all the time he had been on board the
vessel, suddenly jumped overheard on Sunday,
while the steamer was going at full speed. The
Eleanor, at that time. was of Greenore light.
County Louth. lrc.aad. but far out at sea- In
addition, IL was night time and nasty sea
running; the weather bitterly cold. In
spite of these facts tho captain OF the steam
ship stopped and then reversed his engines and
ordered a boat to be got ready for launching.
He also called for a volunteer crew aud burned
blue lights while the boat was being swung
overheard and lowered away.
A crew OF six volunteers slid down the falls
the moment the small craft ready for them
and, with the steamer still burning colorcd
Hare lights, the rescuers disappeared in tho
darkness, pulling with all their strength IN tho
direction IN which the drowning man was sup
posed to be. Under the influence of wind, reA
ana a strong current the boat WAS soon 80 far
away from the steamer that her lights could
not be seon. The gallant seamen, however,
continued their search for the passenger who
a
had Jumped overheard
When the first alarm OF "man overheard"
mad been given on board the Eleanor a life
puoy mad been thrown overheard from tho
steamer and after an hour Of fruitless search
the men IN the EleEnor's boat found this buoy
anu, Siatching II hercoly In his death agony,
was the unfortunate passenger. He died DO.
lore he could be pulled into the boat
AT SEA IN An oPES BOAT.
The six rescuers then turned their attention
to their own safety and anxiously scanned the
horizon in search of the steamers light or Of
Greenores beacon. Neither, 10 their dismav.
| could be seen. BY this time the sen was run-
ning hlSher, threatening every moment OF so
TO swamp the light boat. The men after the
hrst excitement Of the work OF rescue had worn
OF, had become cold and numbed. Those who
had ollskins on found them frozen into board
inS ABOUT them and those who were not
SO well equipped began to suffer severely
from the Cold. The men shouted and shouted
Tor help without avail. and at last they realized
| the fact that the Eleanor had abandoned them
ana that their chances Of ever putting their
| foot ashore again were very slim indeed Iba
boat was hall full of water. and II required the
combined strength Of the six men forming her
crew to keep her half bows ON to the sea. To
maze matters worse. a drenching downfall OF
ram swept over them, still further adding 70
| their misery.
some OF the men were so exhausted that they
could hardly grasp their oars. while their feet
| were 80 cold that they appeared 90 be turned
TO Ice There was nothing to eat OF drink in
the boat and in this manner the men and boat
were coated thick with ice They pulled
wearily throughout the night. Three or four
| times during that period the sailors gave up in
| GespMr and proposed TO lie down in
| the boat and die; each time the cheer
ing words. or taunts of the second officer, who
Was In command, nerved the sailors 10 make
| one more struggle for life.
| Some Claimed that their bad luck was caused
| by the presence of the dead body in the boat
| and It was proposed TO heaye Il overheard.
| More humane counsels prevailed and the men,
with their dead, continued the battle against
| cold and wave.
| LAND SIGHTED IN THE MORNING..
When morning dawned they could see In the
distance a long low line Of black, and, pulling
toward it with renewed vigor, they were over.
| loyed TO see that they were approaching land.
Some hours later, at 10 in the morning. the
Eleanor sailors, 80 weak and exhausted that
| they hardly had the strength of children, ran
| their boat ashore at Greenore and were soon
being tenderly cared for by the coastguards-
men, 1t was soon seen that the rescued men
| were badly frostbitten and that several Of them
would at least lose fingers and toes before they
recovered from their nights experience.
80 soon as possible they were forwarded 70
| Liverpool
| INDIGNATION At THE CAPTAIN.
| Ahe Eieanor had IN tie meantime reached
Holy Head and reported the loss Of the si, men
and the passenger referred TO. The greatest
indignation Is expressed against the captain Of
the steamship for having so hastily concluded
that the six seamen were lost He says that be
cruised about for two hours in the vicinity of
the spot.
The injured seamen propose 10 bring suits
for damages against the captain and the owners
of the vessel
They say that it 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