The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-18
TAKE MOST PfRIL0US CHANCES
SIXTY PERSONS BROUGHT TO
LAND AFTER HOURS OF TER
RIBLE ANXIETY.

Atlantic City, N. j., Jan. 16.-After
spending t%wenty-four hours in terri
BILE anxiety the passengers and srew,
sixty in all, of the Clyde line steamer
Cherokee, which went aground on the
Brigantine Shoals Friday, were res
cued late yesterday. afternoon and
landed at the inlet here. Capt. Arch
ibald, two mates and the ships car
penter elected to remain on board
the stranded steamer. The rescue was
accomplished by Capt. Hark Caste
and a picked crew in the sloop Al
berta, and their experience was al
most as thrilling as that of the strand
ed passengers. More than a thousand
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 inhabitants OF
Brigantine and Absecon beaches been
so wrought up for the safety OF a
stranded ships company, and eve
were so many attempts made nor
perilous chances taken to effect a
rescue in the face of a fierce north
east Atlantic storm as were ventured
in the rescue of the Cherokee's party.
When the Cherokee ran it's nose into
the sand of treacherous Brigantine
shoals there was no fear for the safe
ty of the vessel or those On board.
Life crews from Atlantic City, Abse-
con, south Brigantine and Brigantine
Immediately
Went to the Relief,
but they were assured there was no
danger. During the night a moder-
ate northeast storm set in, causing
the sea to become choppy and sending
the vessel deeper into the sand. Day
light Saturday found the storm in full
blast, making it impossible to launch
a boat or for a boat to come near the
steamer. The wind ros until it
reached a velocity of thirty-three
miles, churning up the sea and dash
ing waves against the vessel with
such violence that the passengers and
crew were driven below. 1t was not
known until dawn yesterday of the
fate of the party.
Start on PeriIous Trip.
A signal from the steamer reported
all hands on board. During the night
the watchers at the life station
watched for a moderation of the storm
but it did not come until noon, when
there was a perceptible fall in the
wind. Then it was decided that the
Alberta, with Capt. Caste and a
picked crew on board should make an
attempt to reach the Cherokee. The
Alberta got ove the inlet bar In safe
ty and then went pitching up the
coast toward the stranded vessel.
Her progress was followed by hun
dreds of persons with marine glasses.
When abreast of the stranded steam
err 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
state of anxiety
Bordering on Panic.
Only four or five were taken off at
a time, and after nearly two hours
work all but the captain and three of
his crew were safely aboard the AL
berta.
Most Of the rescued persons were
in an exhausted condition, not hav-
ing had any sleep for forty-eight
hours. Agents of the company sem
the passengers and crew to hotels
where physicians prescribed for them.
The Cherokee, while ina perilous
position, is in no immediate danger of
should set in.