The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-30
Three Life-B B ats Face
At',n1gry#Wai:l,Ves:; i:l,V to- \. Co C.;y':,' I toS8 q
Their Assistance. "
OF HAIR D
EXHALJS STING G WORK.
Terrible Suffering Of the Crew
on the Ships Frozen % DecksI.@ rs
@ All Taken OFF BY the tsels1S va
Lines oats Reach Shore q 81 81
With Rescued and Re IS5ssls
cuers Exhausted.
{By Asso ola tod Press. J

sQi} (By Associated Press) Sg " sSSS q
NORFOLK, J, y.A, December 2e.-Af-5SS
ter being Imprisoned 4 on the wrecked ss
oil steamer N Northeastern. nine miles OF Az
Cape III Hatteras, , for tfirty-six hours
Captain Wilder and 5i,as crew OF twenty
one men were taken ashore at noon Sto-5
day by the crews Of K X lnnakoe = It, creeds
Fill and GIatteras life saving sta tions. m " gS
IS 4 Tho big steamer IS pounding Diamond
Shoals under a terrific sea, and SisS givensES
@up by the crew as q total loss. III sS HI
y In q beWilderlng fog ,ru esday4 MI ght, ], the NJ
Northeastern on 81 her wa v 4 up the coast
from Port Arthur, Tex, to Philadelphi
5troleun, showed her prov into tile deadly W
sands of atteras, !. and was fa So ii the5S
clutches Of tho d graveyard oft Shipping 5
before her crew real ICED yXha " had 4llap-E
8pened. f
4 This was at II O'clock. ana before ia
4 had come the gale that swept over the Al
country from the fiddle sSV est had {st trucks
the sea and waves s:,y ere 4 ora shing ever
the he pless vessel ncessant Il j. Ess
Tho force OF the wind ana tide threw
:erS on her por " beam and the q oods or
water ext tingu she'd her fires be fore her
$inflanmable oarg could become ignited .ss
Had this not been Il tho ca Sc tho twenty s
two men aboard the Mort heasterils would
have met a horrible ftte wit b no possible q
Fchance$o OF ESCAPE
III pless to tAii d.
When f8morning dawned, & til q wreck was 4
sight ed by the u fesayersg and the Sweath her
5obseryatory at Fla tteras. IL She va 81 nine II
miles OF 4 hore, and $t he water etWesrs
5 was n a seothlng mass "a Of mount nous u
waves. ~ No Il surf boat 3 ever built GO ould# n
and the life guards on tile coast had to,
stand by and watch N the bl 8 ship being
pounded sbySt the wave s., as hel less to aid
those on board as & the Bcrews$.Wa to Id
itself.
ssg gBygsundown w ednesday. Il there was alit- -g
tie hope existing nong Il The watchers on
the beach hat life could be & s,ls tained dSS
aboard the strailded vessel. " BIZ " llanSS
darkness came, the gloom was sud denly
pierced by a faint CLEAN Of ~ Is hit EwltciaE
carried the mes Sage that SOM ot8 he aves-E
sells company We're still al lyes# tSi
& Preparations were "a at $ once begun Ii to1S,
make desperate efforts this morning to-;
reach the ship. The crews of Creeds& llL$Ps
and q lSinnakeet Lifc Saving III sta tons gs
were. summoned to the scene to aid tho
5Hatteras men, During Wedne esday5$ nj ghtsS
the wind diminished u but the 8S tempera-ssss
ture dropped about twenty degrees nj and S5
the spray from the waves froze sfas sitt NJ "
was swept across the beach BY the dying sA
gale. 3is3
Terrible Stuff erings, 5S3 CHI.
& The sufferlngs OF those on hoard the "
Northeastern were terrible during these
hours, but the signals burned by the life
savers sent words Of cheer and hope
across the nine miles of angry swAvess&9}
and this morning at sun up the \ hardy
8lIfe-snvers began their attempts to GET
a surf boat through the5 seas that were 81
plunglng YiciouslyS against tho shore ssss
II Again and again the stauncil lifo- tEf
bonts were sent ttead-on into tho sea- ~
only to be caught up by a 9monste wave S
and hurled back on the beach Human II
determination cong uerod the eenen ts az
ter d three-ho struggl and y att On
O'Clock three life boats with their brave 81
crews, were safely across the breakers vi II
and battling with the ontside sea s'sI Oh Nj ID
their way to the steamer. 81 & M NJ S,l$s g gs5
When tho surf men eaehed the wreolE ~
they were confronted wi II "a problem OF
great danger ana difficulty. The sea
while It had subsidized III y some y ten
was still in an cry mood .g#u'Id 5.t tha s'2
little lifeboats We're being tossed N lika NJ $
cookie shells about. the hell pless mass of
steel. Lines were final " yS s. runs be- lss l5s
and after much trout le3S avery man; was BIN
taken from: the essel In safety. n n q 5SG
3ss The RESCUE. 82 ;5
over ak hours were consumed beford "A
tho first ofsth boats4 reached the 5sllora X N
again, The almost exhausted crew Wera AS
cared for By the I1atteras ltfe-sa yers, ,gand Il
their sufferings from exposure "a nd the s
tossing Of tho ship attended 70. .;3
No statement could be secured rom ~ Sgs'
rnxIyt,1J
fact that the coast wires We're brok sls D.
shortly after the barest facts concern sgS
ing the rescue were obtained. NJ EsssSg Ill igS
The vessel, 1t IS said, Will bea totnl loss, ,is} ,
The Northeastern Is n steal ocean IL
freight steamship. built In Chicago In
1901 ana is owned by g. Counselman, q
Cincinnati She Is a56 feet lone, 4sss 81. ssa
feet beam and 26,5 DEPTH Her f1orse- S
power, 1874 Indicated and 1,150S normal .s i st
The Northeastern sailed Tor, Port "A rt hug
December 7th from New Yorf, arrived i i5;
on the 17th and sailed the same 9 1ay. ss8
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