New-York tribune., 1899-01-02
prsCrED By THE PARIS.
-rv OF THE vINDoBALA SAVED IN A
RAGING HURRICANE.
uopK OF RoATs CREW FROM THE
,crsrcAN 1INER-oNLY ONE OF THE MEN

,,to port yesterday morning after one OF
-orrbest VOYAGES she ever made In al her
ao,lsrtic experience. she brought captain
.-.a.l Clarke, OF the British tank steamer
.sobsla and twentv-one OF his crew. who
-, IN rnidocean from the tank steamer
,,e latter was In a sinking condition. The
- the rescue is one Of the most thrilling
many tales Of shipwreck and rescue that
-o.,assers on the sea have brought into
Vt this winter. and that Is saying some
ting ,,.a,
~. wafer. and her captain says he has
- ,oubt that she has long since gone to ne
-, Only one Of the shipwrecked crew was
-. TIE unfortunate man was y. OesteNlcN'
s,in.s carpenter. The Nindobala, whin was
.,,au sincle-screw steamer OF llo9 tois' ieit
90, France on December l9. in hallas' pou"u
., philadelphia. she carried crew OF '"eh'!
.ro men The voyage was unevenHui uH'.
,aosnher 23. when the chief engineerdiscovered
,,a, the ship had sprung a leak CIlsI Oi'.oVi
.,.red Beckmann was on the bridge at ,he Time
- =, once Informed Captain Clarke. who
Immediately started an Investigation 10 oete'
,,e rasult OF the ships in:rrles He found
o.s- coming into the vessels stokehole' INTO
- org,n.-roon, and into her bunkerS 1t was
-Nil
A,.sors, here had been a ht OF a blow the day
before. 90,
rns h,,xe and ballast pumps were at once set
-, tho latter soon choked, and the
-.,s- gained In the stokehole When Saturua!
- broke the VIVID began TO blow harder
- Lictsd ND a considerable sea Captain
H"0 sa.s--n,ned 10 devote every attention 10
,.,,s the water down. Consequently ne
81 - =, a. the end OF about six hundred feet
Saturday evening the water rose 20
~.-Is,y that the fires went out. and the steam
.,,-,ns became useless. All hands were at once
.s, 8, workiug the hand pumps.
FIRST SIGNAL NOT NOTICED.
-r.,-a ras little sleep for anybody on Christ
80. Fv, and no stockings were hung up. Nheh
T-,-istnes morning came a large four-mas'eo
..ss,osr was made out the horizon and rock
e.s were sent UP. But ii was IN the gray OF
the morning and Captain Clarke thinks the sig
al wss not seen At any rate the steamer
seut on her course. The Nindobala rooe a' he'
sea anchor all day Sunday Sod all night the
water gaining in the hold slowly. On Mohua!
r,o-n,nc the salt water got into the fresh-wateT
tanks aud after that there was no water lor
snvbodv excepting what little was in three
be thought Of. and biscuits were all that a1y-
body had 70 eat
Things had begun 20 look desperate when on
Tuesday morning last a streak OF smoke was
made out 10 the northward. AL hands rushed
n the rail and Captain Clarke holsted the flag.
union down. Immediately after he ran up the
International code letters IN D" which. being
,nts-preted mean Must abandon the snip
To the delight OF everybody aboard. the stranger
saw the signals and altered her course. In an
hour she was we'll Up. and was soon made out
70 be the American liner Paris The Paris ran
10 leeward and inquired: What assistance
wanted?' and the reply came back: Must
abandon and have no means" Said the Paris:
.'win send boats.
Il <~s-neused hurricane was raging st this
time and as the Paris came up she seemed TO
plunge her nose completely under the seas that
swept roaring over Der decks. With the
greatest difficulty she launched Mfeboat after
having ranged 20 windward A terrific sea was
running and the Nfeboat struggled again and
again 10 slide down TO lecward 10 the sinking
steamer but found it impossible to get near
enough 70 her. Al length at Captain Clarke 8
suggestion. Seaman Fitzgerald. OF the Vindo-
bala Jumped into the sea with line about his
waist and tried 10 reach the Paris's boat. but
the distance was too great and he was hauied
back breathless and spent There seemed 70 be
60 little chance OF getting to the rescuing boa,
that Captain Clarke ordered one OF the Nindo-
bala's boats launched. Eight men clambered
into the she'll she was lowered away and the
falls cut She struck the water Just after one
huge wave had passed. and the men Jumped 70
the oars 70 get away before the next In an
instant It was upon them. and for a moment
the little craft disappeared from the view OF
those left on the waterlogged steamer.
They're gone groaned Captain Clarke. and
20 II seemed but the next instant the boat re-
appeared al a safe distance from the ship As
the wind swept her down by the PariGs lifeooat
a shout came from the rescuers bidding them
70 keep OF 70 the Paris and in few minutes
they were safely aboard the big liner.
THE SHIPS CARPENTER LOST.
II was hard fight 10 get the rest OF the Vim
dobala's crew 0f In safely. and before II was ac-
complished A. Oestervich. the carpenter. had
drfted away senseless. with his white race
turned up to the gray sky. He Jumped from the
vnidovaa with a life belt about his waist. but
he rose 10 the surface his head struck the
ships counter and stunned him. and ne was
borne away on the waves quickly that II was
impossible 20 reach him.
AT length somebody dropped life buoy with a
line attached from the Vindobaa. and the boat
from the Paris drifted near enough 10 PICK II up
Another rope was attached to the buoy and II
was hauled back 70 the Vindobala- One by one
the crew % the sinking steamer slipped into the
Ife buoy and were hauled through the sea 10 the
life boat the buoy being then hauled BACK te
the V,ndobaia for the next man. Each man a.
be was hauled over wore a li'e belt. Wnen Il
came 10 Captain Clarke all the life belts had Deer
used up and one OF them had TO be sent bacr
TO him before he could make the attempt Ih'
captain was the last man 70 leave the ship an1
when he had been dragged into the boat aite'
his men Chief officer Bradshaw. Of the Paris
who was in command. gave the word 10 pui
away for the liner and the order was ooeye'