The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-11

Georgian, Captain Parker, Whlch lelt
London on Christmas Day. arrived this
morning, and reports that on January
E in latitude A.Sb. longitude A.6s, she
foil in with the German steamer Ella,
captain STANCE, from Perth Amboy for
Halifax. coal-laden. water-Iogged, and
with a heavy list to starboard. The
Georgian stood by, lowered her boats,
and succeeded in rescuing the entire
crew and Captains family, thirty-five
persons all told, and brought them
safely to this port.
Captain Parker reports sighting the
ella at 8 p. M, Of January 5. The Ella
was burning distress signals at this
time. The starboard boat was lowered
away. in charge OF the chief officer. and
aoproached the vessel. Captain STANCE
reported his vessel water-logged, with
cargo shifted. and decks at an angle Of
forty 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 officer Field and his volunteer
crew of six seamen reached the wreck
Saturday morning the wind and the
sea had so Increased in violence that
the sailors aboard the Ella, despalrins
Of ever reaching the Georgian, waved
the boats crew away for fear that it
would be dashed to pieces against the
sinking ship.
1--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 oheyed, the boats
crew rowing hard all the while to keep
their cockle-shell away from what we
thought was their doom.
1.-The rope connecting US with the
lIfe-boat's crew looked like 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 him a cheer.
"But the missus Captains wife)
would have none of It. and told US to
try it first. So the boys jumped the
cook in a jlity, and the chief officer on
his end Of the line hauled him into the
llfe-boat. The struggles OF the cook
set US laughing, though the watch re-
ported at the same moment that the
ship was settling fast. Death was rub
bling US close.
Little Eddie, the captains son,
crowed and cooed and shook his small
red fists in glee. He Didn't know our
danger. but we that did laughed with
him. don't know but twas the relax
alton after the suffering we had under
gone.
I'VE filled the life-boat with the crew
until the chief officer waved his hand
and started for his ship about mile
away. 1t was 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 mlssus 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 Ger
man sailor. Petersen, took the boy.
Little Eddie laughed and shouted as
he struck the water, and was chlrping
when they pulled him into the boat
Annie. the sister, was laughing, too,
but the muse had swallowed more salt
water than was good for her.
Twice the lIte-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. It
was a hard Job handling the captain.
He was heavy, and so sick and sore
that he was helpless, but we lowered
him into the sea and then hauled him
Into the boat. The last boat got away
from the wreck at quarter past elev-
en-, and before we reached the Geor-
CLANS side the Ella went down bow
first. The boats crew who rescued us
were badly played out, but the chief
officer patted em on their backs and
said they were the right sort"
All hands were almost completely
exhausted on reaching the Georgian's
deck. Captain STANCE, who was thrown
down by a heavy sea on the bridge OF
the Ella, was severely injured about
the head and face.
Captain STANCE, when seen at Quar-
antine this morning, said he sailed
from Perth Amboy on December 81,
with 1856 tons of coal for Halifax, N.
s. On January the vessel ran into a
heavy northwest gale, which gradually
Increased to hurricane accompanied
by tremendous seas, which swept over
the vessel. The steamer rolled and
plunged violently.
At II p. m. the cargo shifted, ana the
vessel was thrown on her beam ends.
The crew was set to work to trim the
cargo in order to right the vessel, but
owing to the heavy sea and the plune-
ing Of the vessel they were compelled
to abandon their efforts. The Ella then
became unmanageable, the sea break
Ing over her continually, and an at
tempt to abandon her would have been
made had the Georgian not appeared.
The Ella yvaa undnr cbnrtnr % a.