The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-09
4 DARING RESCUE At SEA
Thirty-Five Persons Taken From a
Sinking Ship in a Storm.
The Survivors Lasl,ed 10 n Rope One
mt n Time and Forced 20 Jump Into
the waves - Two Women Pushed
Overheard - The Freiehter Ella
Distressed by N Shifting Cargo.

NEW YORK, Jan. s.-The Atlantic
Transport Line steamer Georgian. Captain
| Parker. which left London on Christmas
Day, arrived this morning, and reports
that on January s. in latitude Abs. longi-
tude 64.o3, she fell in with the German
| steamer Ella. Captain STANCE. from Perth
Amboy for Halifax, eoal-laden, water
| logged. and with heavy list to starboard.
! The Georgian stood by, lowered her boats
and succeeded in rescuing the entire crew
and captains family thirty-ive persons
all told, and brought them safely to this
port.
Captain Parker reports sighting the Ella
at p. m of January s. The Ella was
burning distress signals at this time. The
starboard boat was lowered away, in
charge OF the chief officer. and approached
the vessel. Captain STANCE reported his
vessel waterlogged. with cargo shifted. and
decks at an angle of 40 degrees. Owing
to the weather being stormy and the
night very dark it was found dangerous
to attempt to render assistance during the
night.
The Georgian hove to and stood by the
Ella through the night. When Chief Off
GER Field and his volunteer crew OF six
seamen reached the wreck Saturday morn
ing the wind and the sea had so increased
In violence that the sailors aboard the
Ella. despairing OF ever reaching the Geor
gian, waved the boats crew away for fear
that it would be dashed to pieces against
the sinking ship.
We had given up hope" said one of the
rescued. but the chief officer would have
none of that. He brought his little boat
up as near the Elias quarter as he dared.
and shouted TO us TO throw rope. The
lads obeyed, the boats crew rowing hard
all the while to keep their cockle-shell
away from what thought was their
doom
THE rope connecting US with the life
boats crew looked like a thread in
tempest, but the chief officer stood up in |
the stern of the tossing little boat and |
sung out to tie the women on and Jump |
EN- The nerve OF the man and his idea |
hit us right. and We took heart and gave 4
him cheer
But the mlssus Captains wifel would /
have none of ii, and told us to try IL first.
So the boys jumped the cook in jiffy. and
the chief officer on his end OF the line
hauled him into the lfeboat. The strug-
giles of the cook set us laughing though
the watch reported at the same moment
that the ship was settling fast. Death was
rubbing us close
We filled the lifeboat with the crew
until the chief officer waved his hand and
started for his ship. about a mile away. II
was a hard pull. and We thought more than
once they were gone. But the boat came !
back for the second load.
This time we jumped the missus and /
nurse girl. They were so hysterical that
she wouldn't jump. and we were forced
to throw her in the sea. The children We
dashed TO the backs OF two men. John
Alexander second steward. took the girl
six years old and German sailor. Peter
SEN took the boy. Little Eddie laughed
and shouted as he struck the water, and
was chirping when they pulled him into
the boat. Annie. the sister. was laughing
too. but the nurse had swallowed more
salt water than was good for her.
Twice the life-boat was thrown up
under the ships counter, and some OF the
men were hurt. but she got away safely
made her second trip all right, and came
back for the rest of us. 1t was a hard job
the captain He was heavy, and
80 sick and sore that he was helpless, but
we lowered him into the sen aad then
hauled him into the boat. The last boat !
got away from the wreck at 1l:15. and
before We reached the Georgian's side the
Ella went down bow frat. The boats
crew that rescued us was badly played
out, but the chief officer patted EN- on
heir backs and said they were the right
Sort
Captain STANCE, when seen at Quaran-
inc this morning. said he sailed from
Perth Amboy on December 81, with 1855
ons of coal for Halifax. N. S. On Janu
Try l the vessel ran into heavy north
vest gale. which gradually increased to a
hurricane. accompanied by tremendous
eas, which swept over the vessel. The
teamer rolled and plunged violently. At
1 p. m. the cargo shifted and the vessel
vas thrown on her beam ends. The crew
we're set to work to trim the cargo in or
Ter to right the vessel but owing to the
leavy sea and the plunging of the vessel
hey were compelled to abandon their eff
orts. The Ella then became unmanage-
BILE the breaking over her continual
y, and an attempt to abandon her would |
ave been made had the Georgian not APP
cared.