New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-17
EXCITING RESCUES AT SEA.
THE BELGENLAND HAD AN EVENTfoH
VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL
TUT cprw OF THE THEODORE DEAN SAVED
AFTER THE CAPTAIN HAD BEEN DKo"-'
THE CRIPPLED WILLIE L. MAN
WE'LL TowED INTO PORT


THE CRIPPLED WILLIE L. MAN
WELL. TowED INTO PORT.
rhuoao,rbia Nov 1G-The closing porto'i VI '
vovaee of the steamship Belgenai'" ,ntorost,ne
today from Liverpool. was eveh'iui az, 20 ~ the
70 those on board and 10 the ""t'" s Number of
-, oan he credited the saving Oh i S ora
io0"VN' - c1o,, morning the waterloeseN "
~ ,o,ror Willie J.. Maxwell was SIS 80
90 sbo was taken in tow, 10 the s'e'' s ho1,,,oss
oreu, ~ ten men, the vesseI ha'iHe ,A.od drift
On Monday morning smaii qua. - yrben thu
ing helplessy with hVe men .,.hin u was
ne, ne u,era taken on board the steamship !" "
n o .n .to,, were the crew OF the apahuo!ei
.onoorer Tboodore Dean Captain James + i'ou5
dor .. tho Dean had been washed from '''e
hoat and lost Captain Hodgdon hVeu ~ a., en-
Mess and leaves a widow, TWO uaus''
-, ,>o., n,bo told the
tor, of the terrible experience ana OF ''e suoS
o'o'' osoua hv the Belgenland Of himself, three
,or and the cook says he had sailed WIFI the
can,ain for over nine years ana tha' ''io ~ ~,
Arst accident they had ever encountered. nv
ao-e Dean left South Amboy on frlda! last -
,olk with q cargo OF coal. When on Aoseooi' IS.
.be lost her mansail, and on SATURDAY ~ "oo
nban fortv-nye miles from Barnegat, she sl' unS "
80, = ,,,o,k having been torn from her SIDE Inc
.ssol flled rapidly and with four feet OF ""'ei -
~ bold the captan ordered the snall poa' ~" ~
and the crew Of six left the ship All io1i 80
tho vessel sank. There was a hea'9 sea or 81.
tremendous gale and the small boat was KEEP ailoat
With preat difficulty At $50 o'clock the Doa' wac
VIZ 80, on end and Captain Hodgdon was
.,,,ant overheard The oars were also Iosi' "i'A
those In the boat were left helpless. ,,.o,.
IT, hoa+ arifted from that time until O'Clock
Monday morning. when II was sishted y! INV
ranapd and the were rescued from .fer po'l'
s,,,ot,on This was lS5 miles from the Dea"aro
emf
80 ord hunger They had with them only sIran mht
ousntity Of biscuit and gallon jug OF h eyen
sheyd shhey iber Boat not be swamped i might be many
6avs before they were saved, iie NJ NJ frank
WfTe er 'a5S tn"jSrdd1 COOK OF Providence, r. l. ana
Thomas Thompson Marion @ OiS'n InoRn k feelingy OF
the treatment had reseiyed on OF Rer he When he
and tears weed M in the eyes OF xrnd buyd and the
n9 M oficers and crew. The Theodore Dean ~
was built in 1864 at Totenviile and WaS nd nr Ton
Roston Her gross tonnage was SAY anu AOI ''
mage age ~ cchooner Willie L. Maxwell which wa, was
ing off Nantucket vas annchgi ,r anetb yi and her
FTanEn = Ne S, ,Sas sae is Wien II l'fi She @ sd
nv the Beleenland she showed the Amei@tca @ iou its
nd union and sent to her When the boats crew reached
her the captain said he was short OF cafnS wa5
was was 'eIo M III and The boat returned to the BelGen
isnd Then again the Maxwell showed NE @ fsia a,e
Of the Maxwell announced that ne anu VA q
o,Id leave the ship. as there was COHsilt! dnIV
Star in her The captain refused TO eaye MS TsJ
sci but requested be towed to SANDY 9 moor .nH,
Ca,rteio Toxrud refused TO do, but OHefen 70 ""
Nm po Cane Henlopen. This offer was nna{ r sc a
ceped and after SonsderaSs bIJan s noon At 10 p m
the hawser parted and the WIND ana seasderins sea
Sanaeif safe refused further assistance unIess ne
nonld he towed to Sandy HOOK CaptaiH ioUAt ,ba
ssofise5 ths request and after an hour 6eii! tIe
pa,renland proceeded her course - lZio a; ~,
tt"reh sionals were again shown from the schoole'
toISn H. Beigenland returned The captain request
ed n be flowed TO Delaware Breakwater ms WAS
eoreanted to- the haWser was once more mace taa,
SO. d the Maxwell was toWed into the BreakWdter
mis- morning The Belgenland was thlrty-sx hours
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