The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-26
DRAGGED OUTOF THE WAVES
ONLY THREE MEN cor Ashore ABIrE
FROM THE PANTHER.

Tho Three Survivors OF the Crew or Thtr-
teen Had 20 Swim Six Miles, and Were
T,.n pr,re., On, or ,,. s,rr q, so,,,.
e y,.,.
'' '"o ~''" W INC A'Ne" 'A'eS'
| SOUTHAMPTON I. l., Aug. 25-If the SUNNI er
visitors from New York who stood out on the
| beach Yesterday and watched the rescue OF tho
dead and the living from the wreck OF the
| steamer Panther live to be a hundred years
| old they will probably never again see such
| thrilling spectacle. Tho sea, dashed 10 fury by
the wind. dashed the spray more than o hun
dred feet into the air. The waves. many Of
them fifty feet high. carried with them and
held up to view for a moment tho bodies Of
dead and dying, only to dash them down q gain
with frightful force. They carried, too. bits
Of wreckage. and with these. It seemed to the
ororrd a hora tbev heat thar victims os thov
s asnore' 'he' 'e"' 'ne'f '''''fn' a' 'he'
The he story of tho wrook OF tho Panther and
,or tow tha coai hares Ivrans Vaiiov was
briefly told in The Sun this morning. The
stories OF the survivors and Of their rescuers
were told to-day. The Panther was bound
from Philadelphia to Newburyport with q
cargo Of coal. She left Philadelphia on Mon
L.. or h.J ,ro,r -, ,tx,aon 49, mr.
Gay. She hah crew Oh s.1'een men. Inc
barge had crew OF four. Ihs ST. signals n warn
were seen by tho |aptalh ana inc LOOKOUT at
%artsd tSs Ssntan to turn in and seek shelter
,'ntii tha ~ ,ro. oyar RI, h. thonoht ha
un the over nas no
and the % psnsss forged nsh on thew onDo,
Quogue when the storm overlook them. 1t
was mild at first, but mild as It was the PAN
Their had ali she could do to keep her head
straight and her barge in position. Every
crew struggled calamity to weather the gale
but at last the Captain said:
let her CO." --...
mat ut that moment The tow lines snapped.
anS I NV 'n ons ha wava the Tysens yaiIsv and
hsr crew Vps swept far apart was useless
Of the gale that was blowing then. and anchors
ampton the steamer weethered the gale until
minSs told the story Of what happened from
I O'clock on TO Tue Sun reporter yesterday:
That Went by the board. We rugged up an
than got that IN place when we began to ship
the engineer yell;
THAT Instant q wave struck us that stove
in the side OF the engine room and put
cant sfn orr the e It to steam aad
scaldng steam rose in great clouds; made
on TIE ~dssr TO fhs snd
just after me. got to the top all right. and
turned lust to see him fall back In the hold.
head to the sea. SO she'd have chance to ride
it GU. and another anchor was heaved over
That hs npS Ii 81 AID fGt
out OF my fire stopped half the steam pumps.
servers and went on deck. The sea was running
that the sound pierced your ears. The water
was pouring into the hole In the engine room.
We took OF the fore staysail and nailed tup
to keep It dry. Tor whom the flTe went oas
81 at But aha a as we Se
got the sail up the sea would rip 1t down.
Then we saw that there was no hope and the
sweeping through ths rlggIInIF. t but i wasn't 50
that hit us where we were on deck and tossed
US about We'd all made start when q piece
81 ths boys aonesds ths erasSed
he had wife and three children In Philadel;;
to get him 50 could lash his body to the, rig;
cqs T va}Iot the mate who had gone up ahead
- Look out! sea is coming! :,
II made the mat Just in time and climbed
up with the rest. The mate and were on the
mainmast He was to leeward and TO wind
and officers were ON other parts Of the rig
ging. We hadn't been there but few min.
utes when q sea broke over our heads and
with it, We began to bid each other good. ~
then. Another sea came right on top OF the
first. and when 1t had gone we missed another
eSn rd there 1Sc gsss st It
hold OF the chief engineer. two sailors and
the lamp trimmer. They went flying from us
Before another came We "a, saw their N heads
away. The next one took the Captain and ali
but the mate and me.
me. take It cool and II We get ashore ali well
calmfy.', u,,,,,.-.,---.
I" He'd hardly said 1t when other sea came.
and whom looked for him he was gone was
alone had hold OF the rigging with only one
hand. Another sea came and took me. 1t
seemed to drag at me till my hold was broken, |
and finally my wrist was overstrained and /
was pulled away. l came across the mate In |
the water and spoke to him. He was twenty |
fathoms astern OF me, and he shouted to me. |
as near as / could make out:
"'We'll make the land all right
AS rode atop wave / could just see the |
foremost OF the Panther above the water. She |