The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-09
IGNORED AID WHEN ITCAME.
THE sTRASGE CONDUCT OF A DIS
<BLED STEAMSHIPS CAPTAIN.

III, Had shorn q signal OF distress, but
| Failed II Down After the !Girnvech Hnd
| Rr.vcd the Storm 90 Go TO His Aid-h'
Feared Salvage More than the Gale.
Capt Holman OF the steamship Glenveeh
which left Hamburg on Sent. 10 with general
! cargo consigned TO Simuson. Spence ~ Young
OF this city, and arrived in port on Saturday
night. reports that on Sept. n. while off the
Uebrides Islands. he fell In with the Norwegian
| steamer Borregaard. which was flying signal
| of distress. Uo wont TO the ships assistance
| though heavy sea was running at the time
md ter reaching her was much surprised al
not receiving any reply TO his inquiry as 10 the
nature of her distress. After standing by the
| vessel for somo time Capt Holman decided
that she was not in any immediate danger
and proceeded on his course.
First Mate George Chase OF the Glenvech
said yesterday thatthe steamship had called at
Shields on her way here and was twenty miles
northeast OF the Butt OF Lewie. n cane in one oil
the Hobridcs, when she sighted tho Borregaard
dead ahead. She caught up with and passed
tho Norwegian. "A west northwest gale was
blowing at tho time" said Mate Chase. land
the seas were breaking over both vessels.
Whom We were two miles to tho windward oi
the Borregaard. we saw tho Norwegian flag
tied in n knot. which is their signal OF DISTRESS.
hoisted to the mainmast head. We imme-
diatey put back. and 1t was no small Job
either. for we waved terribly In the heavy seas.
nnd our deck load. which was composed OF
sulphuric acid. was washed overheard. great
deal OF it ran over tho decks and burned several
When we reached the Borregaard sho was
drifting. the engines having been stopped
Although there was no immediate danger.
there was evidently something serious the
matter as her crew were engRE9d IN tnr9wing s
al ytt HaF IN
been carried away. and nearly a.! the bulwarks
on the port side were gone We were much
down when we neared her, and hoisted our
signal asking what was wanted. Kecei;inE
no we ne Ss ana sap or 9
i've times We saw her Captain standing on
the bridge regarding US intently. but he made
no motion. except to direct his crew. and never
"As we had suffered considerable incon.
venene , and loss IN turning Ming haeK Snpt MOI
tcntion to us and gave the order to go ahead
again. We, steamed to windward. on our
the trough OF tho heavy. sea Her crew was
having hard time. as the seas broke clean
her and some OF the men nsr to us
When we had proceeded about two miles on
hoisted to the peak, but us there was another
steamer n few miles away from the Borregaard.
our CAPTAIN decided not to 90 back again Ih9
from that time on we had terrible seas to con-
tend with. don't know what became OF the
Norwegian after we left her.
think her Captain. after hosting the sig
nal for helr. changed his mind when he saw
much to be towed into port. lie paid no at
tention to us. probably because he did not
way back for nothing. Tho Borregaard was
evidently from some port IN the Baltic. aud
was in oil probability bound for England or
Scotland. as the coalpit prop trade is all from
the Baltic Sea. l am inclined to think that her
engines had become disabled. and that they
were throwing the deck load overheard to
tighten the ship SO that she would drift better"