The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
.AI)ARING RESCUE.
BrdNe Life Savers Take Twenty
One Men from Ship.
VESSEL TOTAL LOSS.
he afge Oil Steamer Northeastern
Psl;adins to Pieces on the Treach-
erous Shoals of Cape. Hate
ras. Crew. After Great
Peril. is Saved.

Alter being Imprisoned on tht
wrecked oil steamer Northeastern
nin.sm!les of Cape Hatteras for 81
htuss, Capt. Wilder and bis crew O.
FL lien were taken ashore at moor
Thursday by the crews of Kinnakeet,
Cre!us Hill and Hatteras life saving
stations.
The big steamer is pounding Dia.
mohd shoals under terrific sea anc
is given up by the crew as a total
less.
Ina bewilderipg fog Tuesday night
the Northeastern, on her way up the
coalsat from Port Arthur, Te 1as, to
NeE York with cargo OF crude pet.
rOlerin, showed her Prov into the
deasIy sands on Ha6teras and was
fast bfnltho clutches of the graveyard
of sidpping before her crew realized
wbaHhad happened.
Tasa,was at IL O'Clock and before
day had come the gale that swept
over the country from the middle
west had st. uck the SEA and waves
=e-eec,sssstiii::Ig over inc helpless incess
antly.
The force Of the wind and tide threw
her on, her port beam and the food
Of w;ter exiting uished her fires before
her itflammable cargo could become
ignited. Had this not been the case,
the % men aboard the Northeastern
would have met horrible fate with
no pssslble chance of escape.
When mCrnirg dawned the wreck
wassighted by the life savers and the
weather. observatory at Hatteras. She
waSnfhe miles off shore and the water
between was seething mass of noun.
tatn0us waves. No surf boat ever
buiip could have lasted one minute In
sucf "a sea and the life guards on the
coat had to stand by helplessly aud
watch the big ship being pounded by
the aves. During Wednesday night
the md diminished, but the temper
~ued about 20 degrees, add,
eIe'suffering OF tine crew. 1his
NJ .Tng at sun.up the hardy life
say rs began their attempts to get a
sur. boat TO the ship. Again and again
the life boats we're sent head on into
the sea, only to be caught up by q
monster wave and hurled back on the
beach. Human determination con
Quered the elements after three-h houl
struggle, and at O'Clock three life
boats, with their brave crews, were
safely across the breakers. When the
surfman reached the wreck they were
confronted with a problem Of great
danger and difficulty. The sea. while
1t had ubSided to soma extent, wa:
still In an angry mood and the little
life boats we're being tossed like cookie
shells about the helpless mass o.
steel. Lines were tiDa' ly strung be
tween the boats and the Northeastern
and every man was taken from tht
vessel in safety. It was over six hour:
before the first CT the boats reached
shore again. The almost exhausted
crew was cared for by the Hattera.
life savers. No statement could be Sc
cured from Capt. Wilder "Wednesday
night, owing to the fact that The
coast wires we're broken shortly afte
the barest facts clncerring the rescu
we're obtained.
The vessel, it Is said, will be tota
loss.
The Northeastern is a steel oceal
steamship, built In Chicago in 1901
and Is owned by G. Ccunse,man o
Cincinnati. The Northeastern sailet
for Port Arthur, December /, from
New York, arrived on the 18th an,
sailed the same day.