The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-09-04

| day, The Ramsgatc litcboat Bradford
| had rescued and brought to port ! / out Of
/ a crCw Of 90, and dismal procession in
! decd those II scarcely living sailors made
walking with bent forms, dropping heads
and ncrvelcss limbs. Some were crippled,
some were Elshcd with bleeding cuts. and
all of them were soaked through and
chilled to the marrow by the freezing
brine, which had left a snowy crust upon
their lips ana bcaJd1 aud Ia the hollo,gs Of
their eyes. The body of the mate, who
had succumbcd after being helped into the
llfebo.t, was borne ON the shoulders of
four men, and close after came the IL heroes
| of the remarkable rescue
The story OF the cuvswain Of the lifeboat,
Charles Edward Fish, Is reproduced here
almost word for word
News had been brought TO Ramsgatc that a
large ship was ashore on the Long sand. and
the isrbor master inme lately ord rel tie
tug and lifchoat to 20 to her assistance. II
was blowing gale, and the moment We got
clear OF the piers we felt the sea. Our boat is
ccns detcd "A fine one, and there are only Two
In Great Britain bigger. But 1t l. ridiculous to
talk Of Ligncss when 1t means only A. fee,
long and sea Is raging round You heavy
enough 10 swamp line Of battle ship. | had
my eye ON the tuc-the Vulcan, sir wrs.l shr
FIRST met the seas and she was thrown up h.v
revolving In the air high enough for q coach 60
pass under, and when she struck the hollow
she dished "a sea over her bows that left only
he stern OF her showing. We were towin,
I iicad to the wind and the water was fyins
over the boat ia clouds Every man OF us wa
soaked to the skin by the time we had brought
TIE Ramsgate Sands abeam, but there were a
good many miles TO 20 over before we shou
fe ch the kuock lightshp, where the wreck
iEy, and 50 you see, sir, 1t was much too ea-iy
Tor u TO notice that things wcr, not over an
above comfortable.
1 never RENE zihcr Il colder " ind. Idout say
tilis because | happened to be out in it. Old
Tom Cooper, one Of tbe best buaimen in an
England, sir, and who made one in our crew,
agreed with me that il was more like fayina
machine than "A gn.e Of wind. To feel IL in tbs
;ace was like icing gnawed by dog.
We were heading northeast, and the wind
was northeast. When we got clear Of the fore.
land shelter, witt, the ocean ahead OF us, the
seas were furious. They seemed miles lonl.
| Ike an Atlantic sea, and it was enough 10
make Il man hold his brrati, to watch how the
! tug wallowed and tumblcd into them. / suns
out to Dick Goldsmith, Dick" SAYS. ",he'-
| slowed, do you seer She'll never hc able to meet
| It." for She had slackcued her engines down "a
a mere crawl, and / really did thins the.
| meant u give up. | could s"C All Page, the
master of her, sir, on the bridge coming aut
y ling, like the moon when the cloud svrcl
OYER IL, as the seas EIrntheTed him up one mo
irent and left lin shining In the sun the frXt
Bat there was 20 be no livingup with the az
crew any more than with the Ill, bouts. Sh,
hold on, and we followed.
BY half paGt it was drawing on dusk. and
| about thnt hour we 81. htcl the revolving / Et
OF the Kentish Knock li;huhi', and little
| after 0 we were pretty olu,e to her. Tho tug
| hailed first, and two men LOOKING over her eide
! answered, but what they said dilu't reach us
I in the litebnat. Then the steamer towcd Us
| aHrea,i, but the tide canght uur wagpuud gave