New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-11
A WONDROUS SEA STORY.
PECULIAR ACTION OF ATLANTIC WAVES
ONE r-1Jow SWEEPS A SAILOR FROM HIS
SHIP ANOTHER BRINGS HIM BACK-GOOD
THROW OF A LIFE.PEESERVER.


After n terrific combat with winds and waves the
British steamship British Prince came INTO port
yesterday with the story Of rescue more startling
than anything Clark Russell ever dared TO wn'e'
The British Prince came from Mediterranean ports.
As soon as she got outside the Straits OF Ghoraltar
she encountered the fierce gales which have been
recently making such havoc the North Atlanuc.
She Is not n large steamer, and though stanch ana
well found, she had hard time OF 1t, the waves
breaking over her decks and pounding her back as
she struggled to advance. Still, Inch by inch sue
struggled on, until Lcr coal began to give OUT anu
she ran Into St Miclaes, in the Azores, for iresh
Supply. After leaving ST. Mchaeps she met the
same kind of weather as bef)ie and had " up 10
Sandy Hook When Ago miles east by south OF SANDY
Hook the steamer sighted what Captain lnnis, VINO
the British Prince thought was piiot Doat
4 heavy southwest gale was blowing. and a tremen
dous sea was running The supposed pilot boat was
headed south and had not stitch ot canvas up
She was apparently deserted The pilot commissioners
say there IS no pilot boat IN that region rom N'"-
York. and none at sea tor which any fear Is iei''
still Coptan Innis thinks 1t a pilot boat.
II was , O'Clock in the afternoon when the sup
posed pilot boat sighted. Three hours later rs
the captain was eating his supper, and doing so with
considerable difficulty on account OF the pounoihs anu
the rolling Of the ship, and the second ofhcer was on
the bridge n great wave, which the hrSt omcer say
H."
everything before It, The swedish boatswa!n of the
ship, Charles Iastadus was on what Is calied inc
ny BRIDGE structure extending out In front Oh
the real bridge He saw the cliff OF water falling on
him and grasped a stanchiOn. Stanchion ana man
were swept away like leaves before hurricane
The second officer the boatswain rise on the Top
Of a wave close the sarboard hand. IL was prient
starlight so the struggling man could be seen as nc
was swept along the great SirSng blllows' ana ne
was shouting for help.
Thomas Jones Is the second officers name. and
Mr. Jones made one OF the greatest casts OF the lund
ever read OF in seafar1ng tales lie grabbed He
buOy which was hanging handy on the brla2e' ana
threw II out into the waves with such precision uia'
II settled down over the boaswans head, Just as people
at Gomez Island throw rings over cheap canes IN 'he
nootps Of the fafrs" In summer time. The man
pulled II under his arms, ana though the water
was so intensely cold that it numbed him, struggled
bravcly for nre The captain hearing the cry OF
o. man overNoard,' run on deck and ordered the snip
backed down toward where the boatswain could be
sccn rising the top OF the giant waves IN tne s'ar
light and driving to the northeast Inc STEAMER
backed down past the man. trying TO get near him. ana
then great wave swept him around the bows to the
front side Of the ship Then he was swept away into
IN. ight and Captain Innis lost sight OF HIM.
But the captain heard n loud cry from him, and
noting "A star in the direction nom which the cry
came he scered by that star and soon saw him
again bobbing like cork on the foaming crests oil
the starlit waves. The steamer ran toward the
struggling man and then close TO him, until hc was
lust ai,nam close aboard. great wave reared IL
self with the boatswnn on its crest am dashed MN
against the vessels rail- lie grasped Il as 4
drowning man would and the wave, receding, lcft
him there The man dayed, as we'll he might
bc aud clung tightly 10 the rail- that II took hEe
az his shipinates to loosen his hold and carry him
below. Hot water hot whiskcy and hot cloths soon
brought him around all right ana when The British
Inince arrived here yesterday he was none the "orse
ior his remarkable adventure.