New-York tribune., 1898-01-30
lost ALL BUT THEIR LIVES.
-,,,, GREW OF THE DAGO HAD A HARD
TIME SAVING THEMSELVES.
,-,., Ry 11ID STEAMSHIP ALI,ER AFTER


.ha steamship Aller. OF the North German
V" I,,e which arrived at this port yesterday,
~ .he captain and entire crew OF the hl-ia'ea
we'e -, Daro which was abandoned at sea on
So = when about six hundred miles on SANDY
, The men had been taken of by the Alier
's,,,s when the Dago was In SINKING cohdl'oH
nv, ~, almost all hope Of rescue had been gwen up,
az ,sshoats Of the Dago had been smashed ana
IA' ..ssr two boats. which were small Ones won1d
inc se lived in the high long enough to nave
NV - ~ the sinking steamship The unfortu-
e crow of the Dago lost everything ou' t"o"
,'.s and when they were finally hauled aboard 'he
NV. l"'. roanv of them did not have enough cIothhs
"" "" 80 ,rotcct them from the keen winos "h'0" "c'e
.,,rr around the steamship.
,he names OF the rescued men are ar loi'o"S'
WILLIAM sCROGGIE.
e"' ~ or.er-J. W. JAcklLNH'
- o4,e--GEORGE LEAsK.
" .-lreer--G c. GUTCHfR
i"' r., rreneer-JAMES KlNGHORN
-, r,q'ncer--G. r BRITAIN
PFGMAN.
,l-.,,r, s,ewarl-JOHN BRADWOop'
cook-T. KALiES. ,,.pe,,, will
.. H. GRIrIt1X 4 PETERS9nX P5TI cXLMBRs MFa
I'M lSx SMITH JOHN SMITH
.1ss-J SUMNER. 6: WII-KdE r GL1RGE .EnSAsoN MfSdS
FT'Tase FT'4ssu JAMES WELLsDY ROBERT ANDi@''0N'
i0HN BLAIR
Chin hoy-JAMES PLIMhh"
RAN INTO a HURRICANE
The paco sailed from Leith on December o.
,,r,d IN ballast for Baltimore with Captalh '''-
,o, scroecie in command and crew OF twenty
g., all told When eight days out she ehcou'-
- q b,e hurricane from the west, ana tNe great
- ,,.at arose broke over her from stem 10
rno b3ch seas caused ;he steamship to ron
sh,,,llv and the constant jar to the machinery
aomv broke tho main steam lipe when supplou
,ha s.osr from the boilers TO the engine O"i''
rr,,sor g C. Gutcher tried 10 make temporary
,anoirs ly puttina an iron band around 'he s''""
~ h,, q a.d not avail much. Soon after""r"
~ steamship began to leak and although every
- rossihle was done TO discover just WheTe 'he
""'.7 - g., c,,ld not be found. The steam pumps
20 started and the crew worked nara TO pIeNc"'
,hs water from gaining on them. lh'y "oiNtu '
several davs at the pumps. until on January ~ ar
80 oc.54n, happened which. for a time at Icds..
~. the pumps out Of business. The bottom 'e"
~, Of the coal bunker, letting the co"l Id" INV
49, MICS choking up the pumps 50 tnai they were
- The water then began TO gam ma'oilAi'S'
and the chief engineer and some OF ms men s'"i'cu
getting the coal out Of the bilseS through '"'O'
way ,, ,-,, ~
r,na hand ru,nus were also manned The WORK o.
.,irq tho coal out Of the bilges was most dlncu.''
n a.,- v,4s alrnos, UP 20 the top of the ha'ch-
NV and Chief Engineer Gutcher ana SONS u '''o
men dove down into the water ana N'oue''' "p W
coal they could In their hands. On JaHH"'' ~ Wv
water had gained that 1t pu, out the poi'e'
There Was then FIVE feet of water IN 'lo e'le',o
,, and the crew tried to bail II out with pans
The seas continued TO run high. and all me S'oN'-
bo,s ,la,os were washed away. The men had 10 r's
wooden platforms in the engine-room TO staio OIL
Three times the water was lowered eHoue' ie. ort
start up the boiler hIes but f,ie{ ,G 70 be aban.
So,e5 The men then turned their attention % t'e
two 1anG PEps G ne stca ship afoat only one
would not have hoated minute Al '"e
that were running.
WOULD NOT TAKE HER IN TOW.
IN December the British steamship Manitoba
was sighted on her way from London 70 ms PoI.
and the captain offered 10 take the Da4o ere" o'
Captain Scroggie Of the latter however """"1
the steamship taken IN tow. The captain o. '"1
Manitoba refused 10 do mis-, saving ina II WoulH o
b. inlposs!hle for him 10 bring the l)dso IN Cal
tam Scroes.e then declined TO ao4Auoh III III N,r;
90 steamed away. soon after she had dlSap-
peared another gale sprung np %iu 'c ne D15y 55l,iyc
gsn 10 llst heavily 10 port The boat was iildA,i5
Tsier SO fast tnai It was plain thai she "ouu ho'
stay aAoai many hours ...,.., or ,,o,5av
The Aler have IN sight a O'Clock on Moi.ra!
rorrirg IN latitude 1902 and longitude Ola no
Dago was Ayng distress signals ana sehclns up sHI-
roNte.e TIN. Aller saw he signals and move 10
oe crew u Tie Da-O launched ne last OF their sma
boats and taree o. the crew got mo H. & lae -" ia
arains, the sie OF the steamship and the men naa
10 save taemse'eSr r ny t n ,oana one Of her
Mteooats in command Of Fourth Ohcer r; HahHer
and crew OF nine men, and aitei haiI Io" Dl
about Il quarter Of A mile succeeded IN lcdcnlhS the
80 10 ~ rT,as down from me uort side Of the
70 gai.5 sor ,b.ir ooyortunity The Alters nfeboat
- ~ M .,t,. arrf H. ,ook FIVE hours TO get ali
Of the DaeOs crew of. The rued men We're com
ceejed IN .svir ANYTHING with the exception OF the
caon boy VINO strapped small prayer book ana
some ir.nkets which MS mother had gwen 10 hii1
around rs waist The Dago.s ci"w were treated
vel board the Aler ana before they lef the yes
~, vie;i '' ,sc c1cw and The pass"neers
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