Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-01-17
ALL ON BOARD RESCUED
Passengers and Crew of the Strand
ed French Steam T KUssie
All safely Landed.
4 L0aG NIGHT OF TERRIBLE SUSPENSE.
The Fishermen and Lie Savers OF
Farnnan We're Unre1GEfSiEg in
Their Efforts at SuccOr. Which
Were Finally Crowned with Per-
feet Success.

feet Success.
Faraman, Bouches du Rhone, Jan.
l2.-After a night OF terrible sus-
pense. all of the passengers and crew
of the French steamer Russie, from
Dram, Algeria, which stranded near
here during a violent storm, Monday
bave been safely landed.
AS the life line connected from the
shore with the steamer parted again
Thursday afternoon, when night set
in no communication with the strand
ed steamer was possible. The last
signaled message read as follows:
Not n Scrap Of Food Left.
I'VE have not a scrap of food LETT
CONSERVATION prevails on board"
On receipt of this appeal.-the fish
ermen made two more plucky launch
es of their boat. but were beaten
back, and as the Russie disappeared
in the darkness those on board APP
Parentiy were trying to launch their
only remaining boat.
The storm Continued Raging.
The storm ragged with renewed fury
during the night and only those who
were compelled to do so stayed on
the shore. part of them huddled be-
meath a tarPaulin. and others seek
ing refuge from the gale IN the Far
anan lighthouse.
At midnight two floats. with lines
attached to them were launched. but
both attempts to reach the Russie
were fruitIess.
Another F'rUitless Effort.
In the early hours of the morning
TORCHES We're lighted at the bow OF
the Eussie. aud III response TO the
signal the fishermen made another eff
fort to reach the wreck. But they
Wer again tossed ashore. and the
crew of the life beat. who belong TO
the fishing village OF Caro-, gath
ered round a Eonfre made of wreck
age FROM the steamer. drenched to
the skin and with teeth ckatterino
from cold, out not discouraged.
He-OiSm Finally Rewarded.
Their herolsm finally was reward
ed, as, with dayhreak, the weather
perceptibly moderated the sea be-
came calmer and the wind, having
shifted from the east ii north. the
CAIRO fishermen 81 about ESQ z. in.
again put out to seq. The spectators
watched with fast-beating hearts as
the boat disappeared through the
waves. More than once it was thought
she was engulfed. but the small craft
rosa ~ rI-l .r,, - 49, II
h waves approaching gradually
nearer to the Ruys;e.
> Alongside the Wreck.
Then a rope was thrown, which the
fishermen caught, and the life boat
con afterwards, was alongside. Then.
above the bowling wind, rose cries OF
JOY from those on board the Russie.
which We're re-echoed by the crowd
ashore. Another boat. manned by
four men, wa then launched and sue
ceeded in reaching the wrecked YES
sci. \ few minutes later the Caro-
boat left the Russie's side. heavily
laden. AS she approached the shore
the occupants were seen to be women
and one baby.
DeliriOus Enthusiasm.
The enthusiasm was deliriOus. The
spectators plunged into the sea. Some
of them dragged the life boat ashore
and others lifted the women out OF
the boat and carried them in their
arms. through the waves, to dry land.
One woman was clasped in the arms
OF her son who had been waiting or
shore since Monday. She swooned
and had to be transported, on a
stretcher, hastily constructed from
werckage. and covered with blankets,
to the lighthouse. The other women
collapsed from fatigue. cold and hun
ger. Their ha@Gard faces and trem-
bling limbs told of the awful expert
ences they had gone through.
4 Lack Of Foresight.
1t was unfortunate that want of
foresight resulted in all the nourish-
ment being kept at the lighthouse,
two miles distant, for the sufferers
had to walk there. assisted by their
friends. before restoratives could be
administered to them.
The f~our-nared boat next arrived
with seven more passengers, and the
life boats then made repeated jour
news. until all We're saved and shell
tered in the lighthouse.
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