Milford chronicle., 1906-01-19
RESCUED FROM
STRANDED SHIP
Sixty Persons Taken From the Cher
Okee, Aground at Brigantine.
HAD THRILLING EXPERIENCES

Atlantic City, n j., jan 15.-Afte
spending 4S hours in terrible ANXIETY
lest they be wrecked and swept int
the sea, the passengers and crew. 81
IN all of the Clyde line steamer Cher
Dhee bound from san Domingo fol
New York, which went aground on the
Brigantine Shoals Friday. were res
cued and landed at the Inlet here.
Captain Archibald, two mates and the
ships carpenter elected to remain on
board the stranded steamer. The res
cue was accomplished by Captain
Mark Casio and a picked crew in the
sloop yacht Alberta, and their expert
ence was almost as thrilling as that Of
the stranded passengers More than
1000 persons greeted the storm-tossed
party as the sloop sailed into the Inlet
with the report that all hands were
safe. Not in years have the inha5it
ants OF Brigantine and Absecon
beaches been so wrought up for the
safety of a stranded ships company
and never were so many attempts
made nor perilous chances taken to
reach a ship in the face of a fierce
northeast Atlantic storm as were ven
tured in the rescue Of the Cherokee's
party.
When the sloop Alberta arrived at
the scene a small boat was launched |
and several Of the crew made the /
perilous trip to the steamer. They /
found the PASSENGERS and most of the |
crew in a terrible state of anxiety. |
The first to leave the steamer were
the Syrian woman and stewardess,
and the Syrian's daughter, who were
lowered to the little boat by means
Of ropes. Sixteen different trips were
made with the little boat between the
steamer and the rescuing yacht. Only
four or five were taken at time, and
after nearly two hours of work all but
the captain and three of his crew were
safely landed aboard the Alberta.
Cheering the Reseuers.
From the shore Of Brigantine Beach
hundreds watched the rescue, while
away off at the Atlantic City inlet a
number Of men with strong glasses
kept the anxious crowd there informed
.ef the progress of the rescue. A great
cheer went up when it was announced
that the Alberta, loaded with people,
was leaving the steamer. It did not {
take the sloop long to make the run
70 the inlet where the passengers and
crew were congratulated on their safe l
landing Most of them were in an ex- S
hausted condition, not having had any e
sleep in 48 hours. Agents of the COM Il
pany took charge Of the party, sending S
all the passengers and crew to hotels. s
they were furnished with dry cloth a
Z and physicians prescribed for
se who suffered most from the ter
le experience. c
Heartrending Scenes On Steamer.
All the passengers told stories of
leir experiences. Among those land &
d was Lieutenant H. NJ. L. Walker, II
ormerly of the United States cruiser e
Yankee, who was returning to Wash Il
ngton from Puerta Plata. He said n
he scenes aboard the steamer were r.
All the passengers and Il
ONE of the crew, he said, were filled n
With fear. The women prayed and the b
1en paced to and fro, believing that
he great waves that were washing o.
yer the helpless vessel would tear her 81
o pieces. All of Saturday night and Il
unday morning the passengers and =
rev were huddled about a fire in the
alley. The terrific pounding the YES p
el had received from the waves caus-
d the vessel to strain and leak badly.
,arly Saturday night 10 feet Of water Iii
7as In the steamer, and all fires went IL
ut with the exception of the one in re
be galley. Only the bravest of the T
rev, the lieutenant said, ventured on Ii
be deck, for the sea was pounding el
he vessel hard. and often the waves W
assed clear over the deck. It was a cE
-ying night, he said, and many of
hose on board gave up hope and
waited the worst.
The names Of the other rescued pas "
sngers are Joseph Schwartz. Albert II
|. Pierson, Louis A. Train, Walter w. to
-andley, all of New York; Edward h'
apodde, Elias Amaris. Filipa Amaris. W
1se Amaris and Anna Amaris, all of b!
IN Domingo. The Amaris family are b
ealthy Syrians. who fed from a town sa
santo Domingo on account of the W
there. dC
The Ship Abandoned. st
Captain Archibald, his two mates 10
I'd the life saving crews have III
,andoned the vessel. When they VI
It the steamer to the fate OF
. elements waves were rolling over
. deck and pounding against the ID
lot houso-the last refuge Of the ne
plain and his little band Of men. he
10 big vessel, which is valued at To-
out 100000. will probably be total A,
Is. Two wrecking tugs and a lighter III
) hovering In the vicinity OF the CO
erokes. and their crews will, at the bs
II opportunity, strip the steamer OF Ia
ateYer Is worth the salvage. Cap co
a Archibald and HIS mates are at a