Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-24
A HERO OF THE SEA
A Mans Man. No Matter Of Ubs.
NatinnaIit,-

Inc German presSand house of ra-
personalities are furiousIy daro,.,1
ing the captain and crew or The
Crathie, which pierced the Erba ana
left her and her hudreds of nassor'
gers without lowering boat 10 save -
life.
Ger-lan criticism of the covarbi,s
and duplicity of the Cra,hia is aytsrb-
ed unreasonable To- AN British seamor-
ship, and the imperial government vas
urged TO find a method bv which tb,
alleged inhumainty of the Brffitb mon
chant marine should be- brought IL, no-
tice of parliament. 4
At the same time the Germans ub
have voiced the natural RAGE of -
people over the cruel catastrooba IL
been without reproach IT. is TO be Il
to one of their great ships declare Inc
mented that facts upon which {hjs
judgment is reached have not beenrur-
conduct of the crew of the EIbo tobaya
nisheb TO the world. Emperor VII
liam himself was first to denounce the
crew of the Elbe for saving so few
passengers and only one woman
their own number shows survivors Dro-
portionately four to one of those whose
lives they We're bound first TO try TO
save.
Some good may come ont OF a con-
troyersy already revealing much Bit
terness. A noble contrast TO the dis
NAL tale of the Elbe and 1.-THE Crathie
is that of the Teutonic. Captain Cam
eron which reached harbOr &C New
York Saturday, after passage whose
episodes surpass i'm excitement those
of the most vivid story of The sea con-
trived by romance
Ten days the great ship with more
than 700 souls aboard was buneted
The phenomenal tempest that has
girdled the globe during that interval
on both land and water, alike on
oceans. inland lakes and rivers seems
to have centered its frenzy upon this
ship. A good part OF the time the wind
was raging at seventy miles an hour,
and, in addition to- its furious pace,
was cyclonic.
The ship was often lifted sternwise
so high that the bow plunged almost
10 the perpendicular i'm the abyss Of
y. 4
herself another blow struck lee or port
and sent her reeling as the stern came
down. Thus. handled by her com
mander so deXtrOusly that, although
no hope fingered among the passen-
gers afte rnearly a week OF such ex-
perience, he bore her safely home.
not a life lost but that Of babe born
amid the fury of the elements, the
premature victim of its mothers ter
ror.
For thirty-seven continuous hours
Cautain Cameron paced the bridge OF
the Teutonic 1t was not enough that
the shin should be beaten about; the
thermometer fell below zero; and while
the trembling passengers were kept
at least warm below, the captain and
his chief assistants held their posts in
the face of the cutting gale. Captain
Cameron paid for his bravery 1l2
temporary. perhaps total, loss Of the
sight of one eye. which was paraly8ed
by freezing The first officer suffered
grievous mishap also. it fell To MIN
10 pipe away a lifcboat on a errand
Of rescue: and when he touched the
pinpe his tongue froze to it and was
mutillated.
DISPATCH of The rescue is oe OF the
thrilling incidents of memorable pas
sage. Captain Cameron discovered a
fishing smack in distress. the ere"
working at the pumps. while the salIs
were still unreeied with glass he
could see that it was life or death with
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