The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25

| One or Extreme DIFF.
ncuity' Owing to the Heavy Sea-
Fossible That the Vessel Nav Ba
Saved.
CAPE HENRY, Va, Dec. 24-Tbe pri4
| lsn steamship Ariosto, Capt. Bsines fro,,
Galveston to Norfolk for coal tbenoa az
hamburg, loaded with cotton Co.,,
wheat and meal, stranded an Oorooa,-'
peach, six miles south of the H..
weather bureau office ar o,o1ool, 80,
morning The steamship carr;od '-llN
Of thirty men. ="
"eNty-one men abandoned the steame,
"ii0 LOOK 10 the boats soon after che
stranded The boats were wrecked ~
''ie heaVy seas and the entire twenty
one were drowned.
p'' oa1hes and the REMAINING e,oh4
llieh were taken from the shin toda,y h.,
Cap'' James Howard and the crau ne 49,
OcracoKe Hfe-saving station. The raso,,e
was erected with difficulty owing 70 +b<
neaVy sea, the landing taking almost +l,o
entire day 'i'e
Oapl' Balnes and the eight slrvivine
members OF the crew are now being ooros
roi aC the Ocracoke life saving station
some water is making in the hold IF Tho
vessel but she is still in good conditio,
anu PROBABLY can be saved II pro1nnt as.
sistance is reade ed.
WORST WRECK IN YEARS
The Ariosto wreck is the worst -, tho.
shores since the German chin EF1tataet4 't'eoe
went went ashore in 1876, when ffty-fve neonia
were drowned peop4e
| 1,ii mex Iogs have prevailed along tho
virginia ard North Carolina goasts for
tot's Sot ei ai Gays end number of vessels
niat+ 1taIio"ly Iy escaped destruction Last
| IisHt' however. the air was clear. bu+ +bo
| "lno averaged from forty To fft,- no;Ia-
al Aour' and the sea was furious around
| e ane point which has been designatod os
| the graveyard Of American shipping
Inc coast patrol from Ocracoke was re-
r,oa-t ruaillns 10 the station about o'clock this
AhoIillng when he discovered a hio chit
ashore He immediately lighted sitr15,
| " " HotlIy those aboard that they vrare
I discovered, and ran to the statior ~
@rodse ehose OF the Iife-savers who were
Against the fierce wind the Hfe-savers
then. dragged the heavy apparafus oo,,1
sisting of the Lisle gun. breecfes ma fifo
car ana 1t was almost daylight when
| LI!eE reached the scone of tho y-rooI-
| Ahey could see the outlines of bio
| steamer, but could not accomplish anv7
| thing until daybreak
Inc wind caught UP particles of sand
Wnich were blown into ;he faces of the
| life savers until their checks yJore o,,+ ~
| if by a rawhide. eO' as
SAILORS SEEN.
When daylight broke the sailors were
| seen huddled together on the 1,,roclSa5
ship, waving their arms in en e,l,lsoi
TO be saved. To launch boat in e1cL
| sea would nave meant instant deotb
so the life savers placed their gun In no
| sition and fred - p0
me Ar1osto was some six hundred feet
! out and the line fell short Another nrs
was fired to the stranded shin b,,+ '-ai9 ap7
failed to reach In the meantime the
| waves were Cas7ing over the shin and
capt Baines called his men together for
| consultation, explaining TO them that
| the chances were about even If tbey,
should take to the small boats 1r wait for
the NE saving crew to fire a life line
| on board. Sc far as he was concer, al
the captain said. he would rather wait
| Tor the life savers but he left If To the
| crew to decide among themselves Eight
| OF the sailors said they would stick bv
the captain. These were saved Twenty
| one declared they were doomed if thew
| remained or board, and they left the shin
| In small boats. All Of them lost their
| lives.
| The boat in which the twenty-cne men
| put Off was one of the regular life boats
1t was strong in ordinary weather, but
| a cookie shell IN such a sea The ship
was tossing heavily, and with difficulty
1t was swung from the davits. The twen-
| ty-one men in their excitement made no
preparation for the overtuTning of the
cl5ft, and one by one they elambered In
in haste to go to their deaths.
Capt. Baines and the remaining eight
men from their perilous position watched
hOat
departing sailors.
ALL MET DEATH.
Tossing about on the great waves, the
sailors pulling a strong stroke, the boat
seemed in a fair way of reaching shore,
when q wave swept with mighty force on
the little craft, engulfng it. The twenty
one men were thrown into the sea, and,
although the watchers on shore were wit
nesses of the disaster they were power
less to render aid The sea swallode the
unfortunate men, only for an instant, for
they appeared high on the crest of the
wace, making a last desperate effort for
their lives. Finally, one by one they
sank out Of sight.
Capt. Baines. on the wrecked vessel. as
he saw his men perlsh-this mariner. who
had sailed the world over for twenty-five
years-wept like child.
LIFE LINE SECURED.
stood It's ground and continued firing
lines to the stranded ship. About four
hours after the ship first struck life
line was cast over the ships side. Capt
Baines aud his remaining men made it
fast, and an hour later they had dragged
the big hawser aboard. The lifesavers
slowly ran out the breeches buoy and 1t
reached the ship In safety Through the
binding spray ths men were then, one by
one hauled to shore more dead than
alive, and by night fall all were safe.
When the disaster was made known
here wrecking tugs started for the scene,
and it is a matter Of steam against time
If they succeeded, in reaching the scene
before the vessel goes to pieces.
AID FOR THE SHIP.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-supt KimbaI
tomorrow will instruct IJsut. Johnson,
Of the revenue cutter service. who Is at
tached to his office, to proceed to the
scene OF the wreck and make a report Of
the circumstances attending the loss OF
life This is the practice always followed
by the life saving service when there Is
loss Of life attending an accident to Q
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