The evening times., 1897-11-25
SAILORS STARVED AT SEA
Pathetic Signals Which Stopped q
Steamer in Her Course.
The Sufferers We're Too Weak tu
Lift Provisions to Their
Deck.

Baltuore, Nov. 25.-'.we are starving
This was the story OF suffering told 10y
flags at about O'Clock ON November 1 S,
when the f,iefning watch OF the Johnston
liner Rossniore Were feeling that Il gene ro,is
breakfast in the galley would soon be en-
joyed.
TIE Rcssmore At the time was making he
way tn Baltimore, which she reached yes
terdaA, against strong winds and seas.
Capt Nelson was notified. and he cana
On deck. Looking through .he glasses he
saw that bcreath tine flag OF Britain the
signals of :, starving crew We're straight
ened cut u the breeze, appealing tor food.
The R',ssuore bore down toward the
schooner on which the flags had been
sighted. II proved to b. the Elite, forty
days from Cadiz, Spain, for ST. Johns,
Newfoundland. II was seen that the Elite
was not able 10 send off for food, and Capt.
Nelson asked for Il volunteer crew to go
to the stranger. Second Officer Pottingar
came forward and IL was but a few mo-
ments when SIX brawny Men from the
crew lad asked to he taken into the relief
boat 4 barrel filled with meat and ba es
of seabread and a few little things that
would give East to the food We're taken on
board the relief boat. and she dropped from
the Rosslpore 'iarits, and was soon speed
ing u the schooner in an angry sea.
Mr.. Pottinger and mis- crew We're not Ion.,
In their cig.rt to reach the vessel, but when
they closed upon her it was found that It
was impossible for thos. on boart TO receive
the provisions sent by Capt. Nelson to
keep them from starving. The captain OF
the schooner said that he had q crew Of
six men, three of whom We're laid up for
want of nourishment, and the others. in
Guiding himself We're too weak to raise the
cask Of meat on board.
Mr.. Pottingcr then ordered the barr.l
broken, anG AS the seas would allow him
he threw piece after piece upon the deck
Of the Elite. To his astonishment there
was but little attention paid TO him after
the first piece of salt meat dropped on
the Iacs ui me Elite. \ rusi, was uiadA for
it, and the cadaverouS men began to eat
it without the rormality of cooking.
Then the bread and other Lfe-saying food
followed, and. feeling that the pang u
hu lger was soon to be alIaycd, the small
crew realized that they had been saved.
Thanks :eehly expressed were heard by
aAi- bAtt4rti anu MS ttSN a. l!t bbdt
withdrew aud made her Way back to the
big RuSsmore, which was wallow wing in the
seas ready to take them on board and pro-
cced 70 Baltimore.
The boats falls Were made fast and her
humane crew were on board the RUSsmore.
wet, l'ut delighted with the humane work
they had performed, when Il sudden roll
of the hg ship dashed the boat against her
sides and completely wrecked 1t. Capt.
Nelson quietly ordered the falls hauled up
aud the RoSmOre stoud on her course
The schooner Elite was supposed 10 be
commanded ty Capt. Hargraye. She is
a woo4"n schooner Of 12S tons gross regis
ter, and is owned at Goole, England. by
]. RaddingS. II was supposed hy the Ross
uore's people tfat she was loaded with
salt. When spoken the Elites starboa rd
l,ulwarks had Teen carried away. at the
time the relief was given the schooner by
n" PrSsnore both vessels Were in latitude
As degrees 40 minutes north and Ion ngitude
40 degrees l 4 minutes west.