The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-11


earnest IN his determination Co risS
his own life. crew volunteered and
started to he rescue. L. was a RISKY
task. yel 5y careful management eight
men were taken OF the bark and GOT
ten safely on board the steamer. al
though IN doing this each man had
TO 10 taken cut % the boat 20 the
steamers deck. and then the boat had
tn be abandoned. g. being too rough to
get IL on board again. The rescued STA
belonged to- the Norwegian Schooner
Emil They were landed az New York.
In recognition OF this service King os-
car OF Sweden and Norway forwarded
a telescope to- Captain Weiss and the
sum OF SIS for distribution among his
crew. The telescope Is silvcF-mountcd
and on a small plate appears the royal
crown OF Norway and Sweden. and IN
der this an inscription. % which the
following Is translation: Oscar.
King OF Norway and sweden. to Cap
tain r. l.. Weiss for n brave and noble
deed.
In 1885. while In command 90 the
Wells City. Captain Weiss came across
the steamship Albono. bound from
Hamburg for Baltimore. which had
been disabled for twelve days She
Was 500 miles from Fastne,. lie Eu, n
hawser to her. and IL parted nine times.
owing tn the heavy seas and rough
weather. but once more he entered
Queenstown with the feathers OF vic
tory in his cap. The salvage awarded
was So. 500.
ON May -. 1880. Captain Weiss made
another rescue under conditions tina;
again proved his personal PLUCK and
sand lie was TN command of Tho
Exeter City and when about $50 miles
west OF the Irish coast a-saiiia< vessel
was observed behaving IN q strange
manner about eight miles 20 The y.
NV. OF the steamer. Captain Weiss at
once hauled up FOR her. and On nearins
discovered that the vessel was fyinE
signals OF distress. Getting Within
speaking distance. the engines were
stopped. and u was asccrtaiued that
the vessel was the Norwegian bark
Louis. and chat the crew desired 90
be taken off. rs their ship was taEins
more water than their united efforts
could overcome.
The starbUIrd beat was at once or
dered on; by The Bristol captain. and
the cry for volunteers being responded
to by all hands. y crew had to b. Sc
lecteJ. This having been done. The
second officer. Mr.. Burrcu was put In
charge and the boat sped on It's crrand
o. mercy rs quick - the brave hearts
and strong arms of the sailors would
allow. "A many of ne NorweEians as
could be slowed away were accommo-
dated. ana Mr.. Burrcll. ON his return ia
the Exeter City. reported TO the captain
that the master OF the sinking barss
was disabled with broken shoulder.
On this intelligence. Captain Weiss
TrovideC himself with splints and han
dages from the medicine chest. aud re-
turned in the boat to- the Louis. Ar
IL
the disabled arm. ard had the suffering
mariner conveyed 20 the steamer az
carefully rs circumstances would per-
init. At the time. however. there vas a
heavy swell on. and stiff breeze from
the northwest. so. rs can be- imagined.
IL was impossible to get the sufferer
down into the boat and then zap the
side OF the Exeter City without causing
the poor fellow great agony through the
rolling OF the vessels. The Norwegian
captain. safely ON deck. was without
loss OF time accommodated with the
most comfortable quarters the ship
could ahord. aud here Captain Weiss
did his utmost to alleviate his pain.
In the meantime tire buas's crew r.
turned to- the b1rS rSur times and were
assisted by small b11t % ;hc Louis.
Imanue,. by two of the Norwegian sail
Crs. By noon not only had the whole
OF the barS's company. eleven hands.
ana the captains son. a little fellow %
seven years. been safely transferred.
but the greater part ot the personal
effects had also been recovered. At
tnis time there we're FIVE feet of water
IN the barS's hold. the main
pump choked. aud water pouring
in AZ the rate Of seventeen inehss
an hour. The bark had sand and
stone ballast. and at the time the Exc
ter City fell in with her she had been
out twenty-ouc days from osteDd.
bound to Quebec. When the steamer
preceded en- her way the dcrsiiet vas
100 miles west OF the Calf Lighthouse.
and captain Weiss. before abandoning
her. attached = paper TO the unainmasi
stating that the crew had been rescued
and requesting that the vsSse! might
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