The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 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 Savins Service, with No More
SERIOUS Damage Than a Thorough
Brenching-Thc Vessel Still 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. %, 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 lastGeport,
moment OF before the Elder ran
ashore, showing eighteen fathoms of
water. TfS quartermaster engaged in
heaving the lead had just gathered up
the line for another cast when the Elder
grounded.
The Elder carried eighteen cabin pas
tengers-not including children-and 11G
IN the steerage.
Taking the Passengers Ashore.
The work of rescuing the passengers
..as 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,
al. NE
tain Heineke allowed some of the male
passengers to land i'll the first boat load
taken ashore. Four children Were also
slowed away in the bottom of the boat
under the thwaTts 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
nwamped. 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 ventured out into the
phl 40 laI 10 ItbNolblC, anu WIN u iuoii
the boats We're dragged amid cheers upon
the beach and the passengers and crew
landed in safety.
All Arc Rescued.
Finally, at $50 last night, the last boat
], ID was safely landed, amid the cheers
OF the assembled people. There were
many thrilling episodes as boat load
after boat load departed from tht
stranded vessel, and many times it was
thought that the rescueis and rescued
were doomed to death.
After. being landed and warmed M
The rescued passengers We're speedily
dir n in carriages to Ventnor, about
nine miles distant by road, from which
piact they were forwarded by rail tt
Ryde, on the northern shore of the Isl,
OF Wight. AT Ryde the Elders passen
gers were transferred to steamboats, AM
taken to Southampton, where the NORTH
German Lloyd Steamship company viii
house and otherwise provide for tht
steerage passengera and crew until aftel
the fate of tho Elder is decided.
The Elder is still on the rock, and /
is feared her cargo must be removed
before she can be taken of.