The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-22
RESCUED IN GREAT STYLE.
LORD, SEND A FBESCBMAN, GLoUCEs-
7ERMEN VIII EVER PRAY

The sixteen Men on the Smack su-np 4.
Hodge Had Fought the Sens for Three
DAYS Under Jury Rig and had seen One
LINER GO by Uanettcing-La Bretngne
Took The- or AVID Treated Them as
HIopor.d eue-ts-Mish.p- Go the hs-
chinery OF the SraIe nud or the eniii".
Sixteen shipwrecked fishermen OF Glouces-
ter arrived here yesterday on the steamship
La Bretagne. which took them of their dis
masted and sinking vessel. the Susan L.
Hodge. on Friday night, about forty miles
southwest of Sable Island. Capt. William Har-
mon. the skipper Of the Hodge. who has been
for two days lionized by his rescuers spun the
yarn Of disaster that overlook the smart little
smack.
She left Gloucester on Dec. IL, and was re-
turning with a good catch when she got
tangled in n southeast gale of Dnnquereau.
| northeast OF Sable Island. The gale shifted to
northeast and finally got around to the north
west. The natural result was the combing up
| OF gigantic cross seas The schooner was hove
| to under storm trysail and all hands on deck
moved about with life lines around their
waists.
A crested cllff Of water rose on the starboRrd
| edo and broke aboard. swapping of the two
| masts and carrying away the bowsprit. Tho
| schooner was knocked on her beam ends and
| her pig iron ballast and her cargo Of fish
! shifted and kept her down for several hours.
Edward Stevens. who was below. was buried
under half a ton OF ballast His shipmates
| uncovered him and found that he was badly
| cut and bruised hut had no bones broken.
The crew went to work restowing the ballast
and cargo. and finally got the little craft almost
! on an even keel. They found three feet OF
water in the hold and set about reducing II.
| They drifted around for three days. or until
Tuesday. last. when they took soundlngs. wind
and sea having and c lpSha Thsv
made a Iurymast OF spare spar and lashed' Il
! to the foremost. bending on handkerchief oil
| q sail. 49,
| Tho sea got up again on Wednesday and
| smashed aboard, carving away the lurymsst.
right her the crew iettisoned about hive tons OF
fish. Another iurymast was rigged on Thurs
On Thursday night the weary fshermen saw
the mastheal light OF big liner coming from
ermen thought the liner should have oh.
served their signals Of distress the glare OF
swung from the. after deck But the liner
| passed on. shooting brilliant broadside OF
''i The water was gaining in the hold and the
| spirits OF the men began to droop No siGn OF
sea or sa was sesn IN d MsIs %n adT ,la
| the east at 10 O'clock at night and again pile
OF oil-steepcd hemp was heapsd on the alter
Ca Capt tn Rups Of La Brotagne. who was on the
| bridge. saw the glare and bore down on the
| schooner. There was then only n fresh breeze
Blowing. but a dangerous, swell was running.
! Capt Kupe ordered his chief officer and six
steam ed to within about an eighth Of mile OF
The Frenchmen lowered away the iifeboat
while nearly all the passen gers and most OF
the ships crew gathered at the rail aud cheered:
made quick trip TO tho luoEless smack. The
s%ped e oy hs tS
boat rowed down 10 the shin. which
bad dropped to leeward The whole
Ss ni the sS
der that had been lowered over the side. and
6s% SstSs6, T Psn the re:
| OF the fishermen and Cart. Harmon. who In
pursuance OF sea tradition. was the last to
| French women-or nearly alien braced them.
them ai that they seemed to be sorry they
couldn't rescue the fishermen All over again.
| lie says he never had such good time after
| shipwreck. He and his men declare that there
are no sailors kinder and women sweeter than
The North, German Lloyd liner saals. from
her usual winter voyage, ran into the tur-
bulcnee when two days out from southampton
the Tn ' seas. whose eresSs tuaSled ABOARD when
ever she dipped her PROV into the trough. the
The engine was stopped instantly and the
| ship lay to ten hours while the broken lever
was taken OUT and an extra lever substituted
| Third Engineer II. Stendts's foot was hurt by
being caught between the lever and the frame
work OF the engine Just before the lever was
| put in place The sasls proceeded under
cylinder gave out on Jan. 10 Ia a howl
ing sCuthwester, and the ship was st2pPed
was disconnected. Thereafter the ship was
run under steam from the intermediates and
high pressure cylinder.
hence for Liverpool on Jan. u, has doubtless
been making heavy weather OF II 10 Queens
town whore she was due live days ago.
She was spoken ten miles from Waterford
Hook by the British steamship Lucerna. which
arrived Yesterday at Queenstown from Liver
pool. on her way TO Philadelphia. The Gallia
signaled that her machinery was disabled
and that she expected to comp repairs and
proceed In four hours Waterford Hook Is
about quarter OF the way from Queenstown
10 Liverpool.