The sun., 1896-08-03
RESCUED AMID TALL SEAS.
Ia BoURGOGNE RUNS ACROSS a
GERMAN BARK IN DISTRESS.

| Boat Service Was Risky and There Were
Two OF Her Own Men 60 Piek Up Ne
fore Getting to the German-Crew OF the
Latter Brought Here-Dor q LEFT TO Drown
For two days the French liner La BourRogne,
| in mid-ocean. had been plunRiNg into the tre-
mendous combers that raced down upon her
| from tho westward in unendng array. Each
wave that leaped for her bows told its tale Of
fouler' weather than the strong breeze then
| blowing. On the morning of the third day,
| July 2S, the living evidence of the power be-
| hind the waves hove in siaht to windward. 1t
was bark flying signals of distress and rolling
terribly in the sea-
The news ran swiftly over the ship, and
| though 1t was 8 O'Clock in the morning and few
| of tho passengers were up, within half an hour
| every living person board whose duties or
internal disauietuue did not peremptorly keep
aim or her below was on deck watching the en-
dangsred ship She was flying the signal:
Come to me. want to speak"
| When sighted the bark was about four miles
| of the port bow to windward. Capt. Leboeuf
ordered La Bourgognes course changed 30 as
| to meet her. When the two vessels were quito
close the bark changed her signal to:
| I'VE are In danger. Send boats to save u.s."
Some Of her sails were set and her rigging
| stellltu 10 De III TlBnV, Dut ITOH tuo lORy uO-
tion with which she plunged and her slow re-
covery. those on La Bourgogne judged her to
be half full Of water. Two boats were lowered
| although the violence of tho waves made the
undertaking not little dangerous. The first
boat to reach the water in command of
| Third Lieutenant Unsworth with three men,
and it was closely followed by larger boat
manned by five mon under First Lieutenant
| Motay. AS the larger boat was being lowered
| there was a cry or alarm and warning from on
board. A huge wavo that seemed to have
ing down toward the boat. II was too late to
get the boat clear of tho steamer, and the great
mid air. throwing. the First Lieutenant and
two sailors into the sea, where another wave
Third Lieutenant and his men " were sea near the the
| spot, and under the officers quick and steady
direction the smaller boat picked up tho men.
when a boat hook hauled him in. great
cheering and handclappinH from the passengers
Lieut.. Motsy and the two men. having been
| returned to their own boat. both boats put out
yards distant. lying hove to: But II IL was a
iificult matter getting away from the steamer.
Time and again the little boats approached.
| only to be forced TO draw of lest they should
ing sRp So '' OF the men on m board Called out
TO them in German and finally made them
sa had ns
there was no immediate danger tho twn small
boats lay, under her lee 10 'he hope that the
as ever and the wind seemed to have increased.
| done ought to be done without delay.
AS the boats drew up near to the bark again
ders. and a small boat with eight men in was
lowered. BY good fortune n sea caught 1t at
vessel. @ al and The sailor-: falling to their oars,
wers soon close s to Lie Lieut.. Mottsy's boat,
No: We'll tho Hteamer,' WAS the
reply. &c. the ,, Others of, The Captain and
The bark's boat then went on to the steamer,
where the men were received with great en-
the , i. s0n Ia
yantaseoas position 80 that the men men on ns tho
mans did not do, instead. one OF them climbed
{. ow G he Jumped well ou. and had I'd barely reached
beside him and he was hauled in unhurt. With
the next man wh9 jumped there, was more
and over and sent him astern Of the two boats,
but LIEUT.: Motays hI men put about no An and i got
who jumped with such close calculation that
he fen barely ynra short Of The bow Last
soon seated beside the Third Lieutenant Both
boats then started back to the steamer.
came from the bark. .1nvoluntariy the men
| stopped rowing. and when the cry came again
the First Lieutenant called to the German
You've left somebody aboard"
| There was no need for the Captain TO an.
swor. for at that moment n shaggy black head
! appeared above the rail. and again the mourn
| full sound reached the boat. The deserted one
| was big Newfoundland dog. which the Ger
mans did not dare take in their boat lest he
crying the French sailors crossed themselves
| while the Germans muttered to each other
| that IL would have been better to kill the dog.
| When'th boats came alongside La Bourgogne
| great cheering and handclappng greeted
| them The two rescue crews were made heroes
| Of Lieut. Motay getting the lions share Of
| honors when II was learned that he had risen
| from a sick bed TO command his boat. Capt.
| Ahrens Of the Ernst gave this account of his
| disaPt rou5 voyage:
| I'VE sailed from Carnarvon. Wales. on June
| 30, and had been fifteen days out when a vo
| lent gale struck u.s. The bark IL thirty wears old,
| and the pounding of the waves wrenched ber
until sha sprung several leaks. We set the wind
| mill pump going and manned the two hand
| pumps With these might have kept up,
| but tho sand ballast clogged the pumps and
the water gained rapidly. A. signal of dis.
tress shown, but we sighted no vessel until
feet OF water In the hold When we last
| sounded"
| Capt. Ahrens and his men were taken to
| Ellis Island yesterday. lie thinks that his
| bark is probably at the bottom Of the ocean
| by this time.
| FTRp sT CRAMp,S aHYpV4Hn