The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
.Ap|ARING RESCUE.
Brae Life Savers Take Twenty
Ope Men from Ship.
VESSEL !, ss, TOTAL LOSS.
The 'afge Oil Steamer Northeastern
PaGading to Pieces on the Treach.
erous Shoals of Cape HATTIE.
ras. Crew. After Great
Peril. is Saved.

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wrecked oil steamer Northeastern
nintsm:les of Cape Hatteras for 36
ht u.s, Capt. Wilder and his crew of
II hen we're taken ashore at noon
Thursday by the crews of Kinnakeet,
Cret.1s Hill and Hatteras life saving
stations.
TIE big steamer is pounding Dia-
mohd shoals under terrific sea and
is given up by the crew as a total
less.
Ina bewilderipg fog Tuesday night
the Northeastern, on her way up the
coaisf from Port Arthur, t1as, to
New: York with a cargo of crude pet
roletJn, showed her prov into the
deacly sands on Ha5teras and was
fasSkn]the clutches of the graveyard
OF shipping before her crew realized
wbat bad happened.
Taisswas at IL O'Clock and before
dayshad come the gale that swept
over the country from the middle
wesJ nad sG; uck the sea and waves
werecrashing over the helpless incess
antly.
The force of the wind and tide threw
her on: her port beam and the food
Of w'ter extineuished her fires before
her itflemmable cargo could become
ignired. Had this not been the case,
the % men aboard the Northeastern
would have met horrible fate with
no pesslble chance of escape.
When morning dawned the wreck
waasighted by the life savers and the
weather observatory at Hatteras. She
waSenine miles of shore and the water
between was seething mass OF noun.
tainlus waves. No surf boat ever
buiin could have lasted one minute In
sucf "a sea aud the life guards ON the
coefG had to suand by helplessly aud
watch the big ship being pounded by
the q 8 avcs. During Wednesday night
the ind diminished, but the temper
>ued about 20 degrees, add
,d6lsufferlng OF tine crew. Ihis
n ing 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 a
monster wave and hurled back on the
beach. Human determination con-
quered the elemel.s after three-hour
s5ruggle, aD1 at 9 O'Clock three life
boats, with their brave crews, were
safely across the breakers When the
surfman reached the wreck they we're
confronted with a problem OF great
danger and difficulty. The sea, while
1t had ub5ided to some extent, was
still In an angry mood and the little
life boats were being tossed like cookie
shells about the helpless mass Of
steel. Lines were final ly strung be,
tween the boats and the Northeastern
and every man was taken from the
vessel in safety. 1t was over six hours
before the first OF the boats reached
shore again. The almost exhausted
crew was cared for by the Hatteras
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 after
the barest facts ing the rescue
we're obtained.
The vessel, it Is said, will be q total
loss.
The Northeastern Is a steel ocean
steamship, built In Chicago in 1901,
and Is owned by Q. Counselman OF
Cincinnati. The Northeastern sailed
for Port Arthur, December I, from
New York, arrived on the 18th anc
sailed the same day.