The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-02

r -, " ss,.-s.s.sL, crowd assembled
%-sssss ~ ON the wharvCs
.Tsytt>n-s sI-Nssss-s-~ and piers at
Ft atAs<.%.Sy Ramsgatc, Eng
- ~sse NJ - land to greet the
- Or. -.<.t- survivors Of the
= Sss - wreck of the In
dian Chief, which
had gone ashore
on Goodwin Sands early tho preceding
day. The Ramsgate lifcbuat Bradford
had rescued and brought to port II out Of
a crew Of 20, and dismal procession in
decd those / I scarcely living sailors made,
walking with bent forms, dropping heads
and nCrvclcss limbs Some were crippled,
some were gashCd 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 and boards and in the holluws Of
their eyes. The body of the mate, who
had succumhcd after being helped into the
lircbont, was borne on the shoulders of
four men, and close after came the IL heroes
Of the remarkable rescue.
The story Of the coNswnin of the lifoboat,
Charles Edward Fish, is reproduced here
almost word for word:
News had been brought to Ramsgate that q
| large ship was ashore on the Long sand, and
/ he lArbor master imme lately ord red tie
| tug and ltieuoat to 20 TO her assistance. II
| was blowing gale, and the moment We got
clear Of the piers we felt the sea. Our boat y
! considered "a fine one and there are only I'VE
| in Great Britain bigger. But it is ridiculous Il
/ talk Of bigncss when 1t means only y Zee
] long and II sea is raging round YOU heavy
enough to swamp line OF battle snip. / ma
| my eye on the iug-ihe vulcan, sir-WGSh SUI
[ first met the seas, aud sh" was thrown up llh'
i. n ball, and you could sec her stHruuard paddle
/ revolving IN tue air hiEh enough Tor coach VI
pass under, ana when she struck inc h"hoN
she dished sea over her bows mat ieIi on!
/ the stern of her showing. We were tuwlh'
/. head to the wind, ana the water was ilyln!
over the boat In clouds. Every man Of us wa
soaked to the skin by the time we hnd Orough
. the RHmsgate sands Rhenu' nut there were !
good many miles TO 60 over before we shou'
fetch the Knock lghtshlp where the Wrecl
lay, and 80 You see, sir, it was much TOO ear
for u 10 notice ihat ihihgs were NOT over an
above comfortable.
never remeSiber colder WInu. luoht "a
| this because | hal pcncd 10 he out IN II. Ot
| Tom Cooper, one OF tie best boa men IN al
England. sir, and who made one ~ our ere"
agreed with me That 1t was more IKE q nay IN
machine than "A Ea'e OF "lnd. 10 irel IL IN w
face was like being Enawcd by dog.
We were heading northeast, aud the win
was northeast. When we got clear OF the lore
land shelter, with the ocean ahead OF Us, tn
seas were furious. Ihey seemed miles ION.
lik" an Atlantic sea, ana IT was enough |
make man hold his breath 10 watch now IN
tug wallowed aud tumbied INTO them l sun
out to Dick Goldsmith, Dick says, she
slowed, do you seer She'll never be able 10 NEE
it," for she had slackcned her engines down
mere crawl, and really did think the
meant TO give up. lconIu see All rage IN
master of her, sir, on the bridge coming an
going, like the moon when the clouds swce
over It, "a the seas smothered him mp one M
ment and left him shining IN the sun the mex
But there was to be no giving up with the tug
crew any more than with the lileboats. ~
held on, and we followed.
: by half past 1t was drawing on dusk, an
about that hour we sighted the revolving li-l
Df the kentish Knock ltghtship, and "A lit
after we were pretty close TO her. The II
hailed first, and two men looking over her SIC
answered, but what they said didn't reach
in the liieboat. Then the steamer towed !
abreast, but the tide caught our warp and ga'
rs a sheer that brought us much too clio
Alongside of her. When the sea took her, 81
ccmcd to hang right over us, and the sight