New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-15
TWENTY-SEVEN PERISH.
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At O'Clock Sunday morning Captain O'Hagan
sighted the Mannheim and shortly afterward the
Bostonian. While preparing to lower boats the
Mannheim signalled the Bostonan that the Brit
ish King in distress. Captain Perry, of the
Bostonian Immediately altered his course and
ran down close as safety would permit. The
British King signaled that she waterlogged
and would have to be abandoned At s o'clock
she sent another signal. which read do not
abandon me-"
Previous to this every small boat of the Brit
ish King had been demolished. and there
way in which the could desert the ship.
The fifty men or more of the wrecked steamer
were in plain view of those on board the Bos-
tonian and the Mannheim. who could however,
do nothing at that time in the way of rescue. 1t
would have been suicide to launch boat in the
agtated sea.
At lao p. n. the British King signalled Help
u.s. are sinking" A slight moderation Of the
weather permitted the Mannheim to lower
boat in charge of a volunteer crew, which, after
a perilous and most difficult row to the British
King, rescued eleven of the latters crew. Some
of the freighter's men jumped into the water and
were pulled out by the volunteer crew.
SAILORS ACTED LIKE HEROES.
The men of the British King were brave, for
they pushed another forward all apparently
willing to wait for the last chance of being
saved They almost overloaded the small boat
which after a dangerous passage reached the
Mannheim in safety. Whether the Mannheim
lowered other boats. which were stove in, is not
known, although survivors of the lost steamer
say that this happened.
Sailors of the Bostonian Wed with each other
for the honor of sitting in the Ifeboat, and were
not deferred from this when the first boat was
dashed TO pieces against the steamers stern.
First Officer William Brown and the six seamen
with him We're left struggling in the water. but
, eventually the lives of every We're preserved
by means of lines thrown from the Leyland boat.
The men wounded and bruised.
great cheer went up from the Bostonian
when, at 4 o'clock, the starboard Hfeboat
successfully put out in charge of Second Officer
Cromwell. The steward and four sailors went
with him, and the encouraging cheers were kept
up as the little CALAMITY struggled to reach
the sinking steamer. This they did and took
off thirteen men, including Captain O'Hagan,
who was tenderly, but hastily, lowered by his
men by means of line 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 form
ing sea hurled the frail craft against the side
of the steamer, forcing the small boat apart.
and then the water. receding, carried the volun
teers some hundred feet distant from their ship.
Cheering cries and excited orders to cling
to the wreckage reached them, while the en-
gines of the Bostonian started and the ship
manRuvred to point near the struggling sea
men. Again were lines used with skill and
cess for all the volunteers were hoisted to the
ship, though officer Cromwell almost
drowned.
Weakened from exposure to the icy water, he
lost his hold upon the lifeline. and for a second
time he plunged into the sea. He reap
! peared on the surface, however and with sud
denly renewed strength he grasped the second
line. which he wound twice around his body.
/ and by which he drawn up his ship
/ Captain 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 continuing the work of rescue
/ PLUNGED TO DEATH IN DARKNESS.
! About II o'clock, when the gale was running
with reinforced velocity, the British King was
! seen to stagger in the trough of the sea. mo-
ment later she seemed to start from the water
az If forced out by explosion and then with
her bow pointed to the surface, passed quickly
from sight.
The British King had gone down The onIv
/ evidence Of her in the distance was mass of
wreckage driven here and there by the winds
and current, and half hundred cattle which
had escaped from the suction of the steamers
descent, and were swimming helpessly about
Both the Mannheim and the Bostonian sailed
TO the point where the ship had foundered II
had just been decided that all left on board
had persisted. when feeble cry from the dark
ness told that some at least had not been
| drowned
Half an hour later Captain Parry of the Bos
tOnan located small section of a cattle dec,
to which five men clinging These were
Second Officer Flanagan, Chief Engineer Craw-
ford, Adolphus Beck, fourth engineer and two
cattlemen. They had been carried down with
the steamer, but after coming to the surface
had, with mighty efforts succeeded in swim,
ming beyond the whirlpool and in finding
temporary refuge upon slender bit of wreck
of complete exhaustion.
All night, and until 100 a. m on Morda,,
both the Mannheim and the Bostonian stood nv,
searching for bodies, and then feeling thar all
possible had been done in the way of rescue
both ships resumed their courses
Yesterday, after terrible suffering Cantai,
O'Hagan succumbed his injuries His death
is attributed to his persistence and heroisnn ar
time when he was severely injured
Fffty-siX men, including the stowaway were
on board the British King, and twenty-seven az
these, IT is deemed almost certain, persisted Win
! their ship. The cattlemen and seamen rescued
in addition to the second officer, the two enpi-
Christian Jacques, JEFF Mas. Vann Nefelers
Francis Coppins. Edward Rays Henry Burmin-
ster Charles Nelson. Frank Martin Josepb Rar
tofsky Frank Anthony. Joseph Schomog and
I Peter Peppers
Arrangements were made for the survivors to