The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-09
HEROIC RESCUE At SEA.
Thirty Five Saved From the Sink
ing German Steamer Ella.
TIE STORY OF RESCUED sEANEN.

How the Sailors Were Forced to
Throw Overheard the Captains
wife, ChilJren and Nursc-Littlc
Ones Thought II Fun.
/ New York, Jan. 9.-The British
steamer Georgian, which arrived yes
terday from London. rescued at sea
on Jan. 6 Captain Stango and crew of
| 30 men of the German steamer Ella,
also the captains wife. two children
and nurse. The Ella foundered at sea
the same date while on the voyage
from Perth Amboy for Halifax with
1900 tons Of coal. The Ella was a
steel vessel of 2,117 tons, gross and
1870 tons net. x
1--WE had given up hope" said one
OF the rescued. "but the Georgian's
chief officer would have none Of that.
He brought his little boat up as near
the Elias quarte- as he dared and
shouted to us to throw a rope. The
laos obeyed, the boats crew rowing
hard all the while to keep their cookie
shell away from what>we thought was
their doom.
"The rope connecting US with the
iifeboat'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 'em. The nerve of the
man and his idea hit us right, and we
took heart and gave him 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 jiffy, and the chief officer on
his end Of the line hauled him into the
lifeboat. 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 did not know our
danger, but we that did laughed with
him. I don't know but twas the re-
taxation after the suffering we had
undergone.
I'VE filled the lifeboat with the
crew until the chief officer waved his
hand and started for his ship, about
a mile away. It was hard pull, and
we thought more than once that we
were gone. But the boat came back for
the second load.
This time we jumped the missus
and the nurse girl. The nurse was 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, years old, and
a German sailor, Petersen, took the
boy. Little Eddie laughed and shout
ed 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 lifeboat 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. Before we reached the
Georgian's side the Ella went down
bow first. The boats crew who had
rescued us were badly played out, but
he chief officer patted 'em on their
backs and said they were the right
,ort"