The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-03-31
HEROES BRAVE
DEATH IN OCEAN
Crews Of Two Ships Go to
Aid Of Men on Sinking
Steamer.
LIFE BOATS CRUSHED TO BITS
Volunteers Are Thrown Into the Sea,
But All Are Reseued-Vessei Goes
10 Bottom When Darkness Ends
Rescuers' Efforts.

Boston, Mass, dispatch: Sailors
facing death on a SINKING ship and
lighting to see who should be last 10
leave H.; the crews OF two resculng
vessels vying with each other In ef.
forts TO man the lifeboats for rescue.
and the captain OF the laundering
vessel, with one leg broken in two
places. brayely directing efforts for
the safety OF his heroic men-these
are the graphic features which at
tended the loss OF the Phoenix line
steamer British King. which on sun
day, March IL. In a terrific hurricane.
foundered $50 miles south OF Sable
island and carried 10 death twenty
seven members OF the crew.
Thirteen men were rescued from
the sinking vessel by the Leyland
line steamer Bostonian. bound from
Manchester TO Boston, and eleven by
the German tank steamer Mannheim,
from Rotterdam for New York.
Five others. who had been drawn
down In the vortex into which the
British King was engulfed. were
picked up by the Bostonian from
frall bit OF wreokage which they had
grasped after a desperate struggle In
the whirlpool The Bostonian arrived
here Wednesday afternoon and the
details OF the disaster became known.
Captain Dies Of injuries.
Captain James O'Hagan OF the Brit.
ish King died on board the Bostonian
from the effects Of terrible injuries
sustained IN trying 10 save his ship.
The rescued brought here include
James Flanagan, second officer; J. ID.
Crawford. chief engineer: Adolphus
Beck. fourth engineer. and William
J. Curry. steward. The others were
coal passers and sailors mostly Bel
CLANS. and one stowaway, Henry Par.
kotch Of New York.
Two llfeboats from the Bostonian
were crushed 70 fragments. and the
volunteer crews which manned them
were thrown into the high running
seas while engaged I'm the work Of
rescue. but all were safely landed on
board the steamer
Volunteers from the Mannheim, AZ.
ter heroic battle with the waves
had taken of eleven from the British
King. but after this neither OF the
steamers. in consequence OF the in.
creasing gale, could make an attempt
to reach the laundering freighter
Goes Down In Darkness.
Moreover. darkness fell. and II was
an utter lmpossibilty TO do else but
walt for the moonlight 70 guide them.
In the darkness the British King. wa.
ter logged and helpless, plunged to the
bottom.
For three days her captain and
crew. working against unconquerable
odds. had tried 10 prevent or at least
postpone their ships destruction On
Friday, In the height OF the tempest,
the deck load OF oil barrels OF the
British King and an her fittings were
carried overheard The barrels and
wreckagc. forming into powerful
ram. were driven down upon her sides
with crushing force. opening up the
vessels plates and allowing the wa.
ter 10 pour into her holds
Fires Are Put Out.
The extent OF the leak was not un.
derstood until tho following day. how.
ever. and then. although all hands
we're placed AZ the pumps. the water
gained considerably. The fires had
been extlnguIshed and the engines
rendered useless by the rising water.
The only remedy az hand lay in re-
pairing the damaged sections. and.
while personally experimenting this
work. Capt. o'Hagan sustained a frac.
tured leg and internal injuries. Al.
though unable 10 stand. he continued
TO direct the efforts Of his crew.
AZ the end OF the three days. when
all hands had labored ceaselessly
without rest and with little food. the
BostonIan and Mannheim were sight.
ed. aud 20 these Capt. O'Iiagan dis.