The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-19
RESCUED IN MID-oCEAN.
Crew of the Schooner Deer Hili and Two
 YOung Women.

New York, Dec. 1S.-The British steamer Pawnee arrived to-day from Mediterranean ports, bringing ten ship wrecked people who were taken from the disabled schooner Deer Hill in mid ocean. Captain Aikenhead reported that on December he sighted a three masted topsail schooner in evident dis tress and needed assistance The name Deer Hill of St. John, N. B. could be seen on the stern. A heavy gale was blowing and dangerous sea was running. The schooner was seem- ingly unmanageable and the rudder dis abled or carried away. The Pawnee stayed by and finally succeeded in get ting tow line aboard. The line part ed, however, and boat was launched in charge of the chief officer and sent to communicate with the Deer Hill. The boat had nearly succeeded in sea struck and stove it and after great difficulty the boat crew succeeded in getting on beard the schooner where they were obliged to remain all night. On the following morning the weather had slightly moderated and tow line was sent on beard and the Pawnee tow ed the Deer Hill towards Bermuda. Af- ter towing about six hours the line again parted. Finding that the wind and sea was increasing when the line parted it was found impossible to get out another. The captain of the Deer Hill signalled that he wished to aban- don the wreck and requested the Paw nee to stand by. The gale continued throughout the 9th 10th and 11th, the Pawnee keeping her position near the wreck, but found it impossible to use the boats to remove the unfortunate people of the Deer Hill owing to the l dangerous character of the seas Fin ally on the 12th rescue was effected and the Deer Hill was abandoned in latitude 3542, longitude 5249. The res cued people were Captain c. w. Burns, Louisa Burns, his daughter; Hazel Merritt, the owners daughter, and seven of the crew of the Deer Hill
 When Captain Burns was seen at quarantine he said that the Deer Hill was a hree-masted topsail schooner owned by w. H. Lorrim and others of St. Johns. The Deer Hill sailed from St. Johns, N. B., on November 23 fol Santos with a cargo of lumber, large part of which was deck load and two passengers, one of whom was the cap. tain's daughter, the ether girl a daugh- ter of one of the vessels owners.
 About a week after sailing, the sec, ond day of December, the schooner fel
 in with bad spell of weather, thu wind commencing to blow hard from
 the southwest. and increasing to ter rife force with a high and dangerou! sea, during which the vessel laboret heavily and the seas washed continual
 ly over the decks, swept away the decl
 load. smashed the boats and flooded tn, ' deckhouse. This weather continued fo
 six days with unabating fury until tn
 schooner broke her rudder and becam
 unmanageabe. During this six days
 blow the wind was from the south
 southwest and west and the seas wer enormous. Captain Burns decided t
 abandon the vessel on the first oppor
 tunity. On December the steame Pawnee appeared and in answer to sig
 nals stood by and finally after fou days transferred the unfortunate ship wrecked people to safety and brough
 them to this port. The Deer Hill wa : built at Moss Glen, N. B., in 1891, an
 registered 34t tons.