The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-23
A DOG RESCUED IN NIDocEAN.
The Newfoundland Left on the
Wreck Ernst Safe in Port.


Wreck Ernst Safe in Port.
When people read of the brave rescue
Of the crew of the German bark Ernst
by the men of the French line steam
ship La BOurgogne, as told in the Tr1b-
une and other morning New York pa
aers last week, they naturally clapped
their hands and cried "Sravor' But
one and all bemoaned the fate of the
big Newfoundland dog Kaiser, who was
the pet of the skipper of the Ernst and
the jolly companion of the entire crew.
The dog was left aboard the bark.
which, it was then thought, would sink
at any moment, because there was not
room for him in the small boats The
last Kaiser's companions saw of him
he was standing in the bow with his
forepawS on Che rail- bowling dismally
at intervals and gazing reproachfully
at his Old friends, as much as to say
Il would never have deserted you in
such a manner"
The German sailormen never expect
eo to see the big Newfoundland again,
as the bark was down by the head and
had ten feet of water in her hold, but
Kaiser was better skipper than they
thought. and he is now safely in port
to tell of his base desertiou. Kaiser by
the way, comes of a royal line as is
proper, and has fire in mis- eyes and
action in his tail. Brave deeds of dar-
ing have beeen performed by the faith
ful brute, as his shipmates will elo-
queptly TELL
The twelve men on the bark were
taken off early on the morning of July
Is, leaving the dog behind as skipper
mate and crew. The Intelligent animal
did not lower the distress signals which
his companions had left flying, nor did
he attempt TO alter the course Of the
water logged Ernst, which was then
in the path of the vessels bound for
New York. Kaiser is an old seadog, /
and, by transportation, he believed that /
in the midst Of death we are in life' I
and so it proved. Hardly had the
French ship showed hull down on the
horizon to the westward than as Ka'S-
er confidentially told by ways of his tail.
the smoke of another steamship began
TO show above the crested waves to the
eastward.
"A sail: A sailr' thought Kaiser to
himself in wise dog-fashion He iump-
ed about the deck in glee as he saw the
distress signals flying aloft from the
masthead of the Ernst The vessel.
which proved TO be the German oil-tank
steamship Mannheim, gradually ap-
proacned the storm tossed Ernst. and
<SNbeh several miles to the eastward
saw the signals of distress. he bore
down toward the bark. which he
thought still had her crew Of distressed
sailors aboard. 1t was about $50 n m
that the skipper sighted the Ernst.
which ne thought alarmingly low in the
water. The disabled bark was hove 10
under lower tcpsails. and, as the ex-
pelfenced sailorman thought in dan
ger OF capsiZing. The Mannheim bore
down toward the wreck and euclrcled
1t several times blowing the whistle
continually. The only sign of life that
could be seen from the bark was the
DIG plack dog that was prancing UP
ana down the decks and barking va
ciferously. The dogs action betokened
lie aboard the sinking craft and Can
tain Ocelmann decided TO board her al
though heavy and dangerous sea was
running al the time.
A boat was lowered from the tank
and with the mate and several man
was rowed close to the bark whose
decks were just awash. Taking ADVENT {
age OF favoring lull, the small boat
was run alongside and the mate scram-
bled aboard her. The big dog met him :
with a rough but hearty welcome. Fol
lowing Kaiser, the mate made for the
80, where ne quickly saw that there {
was no one aboard the bark AND that
she had been deserted recently. Tha
dos would hardly let the mate move ]
around the deck, so profuse was he
in his manifestations of delight The
mate decided that it would be best to /
set fire 10 the bark. as she was in the
Llne OF transatlantic liners, so he called I
the dog into the boat. took all the shir1,s
papers that he could find. and then
ordered his men TO fire the vessel This L
the men did by building a great fire in
the captains cabin and then taking TO
the boat. When the Mannheim again I
started on her voyage for this port. the
a
poured masses of flames thai lit M fine s
sea for miles.
Kaiser was one of the first to extend
Z, cold nose of greeting to the health Of
hcer when the tank arrived at ouaran- a
inc, and the captain was pleased to
learn that The Newfoundland compan-