Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-31
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From ALI Quarters.
Saved FROM THE DEEP,
Brave Seamen Effect a Res
cue in a Gale.
sTEVENsoN's FORMAL ACCEPTANCE.
Three Negroes Accidentally
Lose Their Lives.
A FLOOD OF COUNTERFEIT COIN.
Scandinavian Tributes to
Lief EriksOn.
A FLOOD OF COUNTERFEIT COIN
PICKED UP AT SEA.

Heroic Rescue of the Crew of the
Supreme, a Norwegian Sailing Yes
sel-Particulars of the Wreck.
BOSTON, Oct. 30.-The British steamer
Oranmore, which arrived here this morn
ing, had on board the crew of the wrecked
barque, Supreme, picked up at sea. Cap
tain Bartlett of the Oranmore reports that
on October 81, p. m, when in latitude
4S.43 north, longitude 1920 west, wind
south and blowing a strong gale, sighted a
barque showing signals of distress. We
Immediately bore down on her and she
proved the Norwegian barque Supreme of
Haugesund, from Pensacola, Fla, for
Troan, Scotland, laden with hard pine,
fifty-six days out. She was almost totally
dismasted. Her foremost was gone by the
deck, maintop gallant mast and rudder
were carried away, and the vessel had
twelve feet of water In her hold. A volun-
teer crew was mustered, one of the life
boats was launched, manned by T. g. Nc
Kenzie, the second officer, W. q. Stead,
third officer, and five seamen. After bat
ting with the elements for nearly an hour
the volunteers managed to reach the water
logged vessel and only with great difficulty
took off Captain S. NJ. Helgesen, eleven
seamen and stewardess and landed them
safely on the deck of the Oranmore. 1t
was dark at the time of rescue and was
blowing very hard, and the vessel was roll
ing and pitching heavily, which rendered
it very dangerous in going alongside. AZ
ter returning from the wreck the ifeboat
was lost by being tossed alongside the
oka NIB he -
Captain Helgesen of the Supreme states
that they left Pensacola on August 20.
Everything went we'll until October 1,
when the weather commenced to get
bad, and on the 18th of October.
when in latitude 47.30 north, longitude
1928 west, the Supreme took gale
from the southeast which increased to a
hurricane, accompanied by terrific sea.
The vessel labored heavily, shipping great
quantities of water and was thrown on
her beam ends, in which position she re-
NAMED for several hours. In order to
right her the fore and main rigging had to
be cut away. The vessel sprung aleak and
in order to keep her from laundering the
three of which were kept going, including
a wind mill pump. 1t was only by siren
uous efforts that they managed to keep the
water from gaining. The following day
the rudder was carried away, thus render
ing the vessel unmanageable. The gale
blew necessarily for four days and
most of the time it was extremely
dangerous to be about the deck,
but the crew pluckily kept at work
until rescued by the Orsnmore. Had
it not been for the timely appearance of
the above steamer the crew could not have
held out much longer, as they were COM
pletely exhausted when rescued. The crew
comprise Norwegians and Swedes and they
lost nearly all their personal effects. The
Supreme was built at Quebec about four
teen years ago and was afterward sold to
the Norwegians. She was owned by S.
Rasmussen of Haugesund and was unin-
sured. She was 1852 tons register and was
valued at about $1,000. Captain Helgesen
and crew express their hearty thanks to
Captain Bartlett and crew of the Oranmore
for the timely rescue, kind treatment and
general hospitality while on board the yes
sci. Much credit is due the officers and
seamen of the Johnston line of steamers
for their bravery at sea, this being the
third shipwrecked crew that they have res
cued in the past twelve months.