The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
PART

+ allied: "Help US, we are sinking" A
slight moderation of the weather per.
mitted the Mannheim to lower a brat
In charge. OF a volunteer crew which,
after q perilous and most diff ;ult row
to the British King. rescued ii of the
crew. The men Of the British King
vera bravs for they pushed one
another forward, all apparently will.
ing to walt for the last chance Of be.
ing saved.
Sailors Of the B ostonian Wed with
each other for the honor Of sitting in
the life boat and we're not deferred
from this when the first boat wss
dashed to pieces against the steamers
stern. First Officer Vim. Brown and
the six seamen with him we're left
struggling in the water, but they were
saved by means OF lines thrown from
the Leylaud boat. The men were all
oadly bruised.
A great cheer went up from the
Bostonian when at 4 O'Clock the star
board life boat was successfully put
out in charge of Second Ola ,er Crom-
well. The steward and four sailors
went with him and the er couraging
cheers we're kept up az the little crew
calamity struggled to reach tho sink
ing steamer. This boat took of Is
men, ircluding Capt. O'Hagan, who
was tenderly but hastily lowered by
bis men by means of a | ne from the
stern,
The Bostonian was reached and the
rescued seamen placed on board. But
before the life savers could climb to
the deck a quick forming sea hurled
the futile craft against the side Of the
steamer, forcing her apart, and then,
the water receding, carried the volun:
teers some hundred feet distarcs from
tbs ir ship. Cheering cries reached them
to cling to the wfeckage while the n
glnes Of the Bostonisn started and
che ship manoeuverd to a point near
the struggling seamen. Again e
the lines used with skill. and success
for all the volunteers we're hoisted t.
the ship, though Offer Orom well was
almost drowned.
Capt. Parry deemed it imprudent to
send another boat to the wreck, as
darkness was setting in, and decided
to wait until the moon arose before
conttD ulng the work Of rescue. About
II o'clock, when the gale was running
with apparent reinforced velocity, the
British King was seen to staggGr IL
the trough Of the sea. raise herself.
and plunge down.
Both the Mennl elm and the Bosto
MAN steamed to The point where the
ship had foundered ard it had jus
Jeen decided that all those o. boar''
mad persisted when a feeble Try from
the darkness tolo that 8 me at las
had rot been drowned. Haif an hou.
later Capt. Parry Of the Bostonian 10
a'sd q small sec ION OF 3 cattle d. cS
u whic'. tive Or. clinglng. These
uere Second OH ,er Flanagan, Chief
Engineer Crawford, Adolphus B!ck
fourth engineer, and two cattlemsn
Tney had been carried down with thu
steamer but after coming to the sur
lace, had, after mighty eff )rts, sue
oeeded in swimming beyond the whirl-
pool, and in finding a temI orary Il flge
upon the wreckage.
All night and until 7 80 q. m. on
Monday both the MluEheim and The
B ,stonian stood by searching FIR b d.
les ard then both ships resumed Their
passage. Yesterday, after terrible
,pff .ring, Capt. o Hagan died. Fifty
six mep, including q stowaway, e
on beard the British King, and q Of
these, 1t is deemed almost certain per
ished with their ship.