Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-25
MADE a RES q E
STEAMSHIP ELswrcK MANOR Is
now IN PORT.

BALTIMORE, January 25.-The arrival
yesterday Of the British steamship Elsrick
Manor from Philadelphia, by way Of Nor
folk, where she stopped to load bunker coal,
recalls the peculiar rescue OF four fisher
men who were found at sea on Charleston,
8. c., by Capt. brewery while that vessel
was en- route recently from Savannah, Ca,
for Rotterdam.
The incident occurred about O'Clock on
the evening OF January while the Elswick
Manor was bound up the coast. Capt.
brewery and First Officer Gentles were
pacing the bridge deck, and the night being
dark and foggy, were keeping sharp look
out. The steamer was passing Charleston,
3. c.. as near as the officers could calculate,
when peculiar sound was heard from the
direction of the PORTLAND side, apparently
some distance away; silence Of few
seconds followed and the sound was re-
peated. Capt. brewery ordered the vessel
slowed down and turned her bow in the d.
rectton of the sound. which by this time
was made out to be mems voices crying out
for help. few seconds afterward small
dory was seen in the darkness, in which
were four men. Exhausted and weak from
exposure, the men got their small craft
alongside the steamer and were quickly
gotten aboard.
The men stated to Capt. brewery that
they belonged to the fishing schooner
Charleston, and had left the vessel after
the usual custom in small fishing dory to
hsh Tor deep-sea bass While the men
were busy fishing they did not notice a
heavy fog bank which was sweeping down
on them, and before they realized their
peril the schooner was shut or from view.
They ceased fishing at once and headed, az
were unable to find. They kept rowing, as
they thought, toward the land, and were
finally discovered by those on the Elswick
Manor. They were then over thirty miles
out to sea. without water and provisions.
Hours without Food.
The men stated they were forty-eight
hours without food or drink, and had man.
aged during that time to, partially keep
up their strength by eating raw fish. But
for the providentiai discovery and rescue
by those on the steamer they would prob
ably have persisted. The men were tenderly
cared for on the steamer and were landed
at Norfolk on the steamers arrival at that
port, where She had orders to stop to COM
plete cargo.
Another peculiar incident connected with
the Elswick Manor occurred on her recent
trip from Porman, Spain, loaded with ore
Tor Philadelphia, at which port she ar
rived about ten days ago. After sailing
from Porman considerable heavy weather
was encountered, and a sea which struck
the steamer over the stern, unknown to
those on board, carried away one of her
life buoys.
FOUND Bouy.
Nothing was thought of the incident until
the steamer arrived at Philadelphia, when
Capt. brewery and his officers were great
ly amazed to learn that the vessel was
thought to have been lost, as the buoy was
found four miles off the Spanish coast en-
tangled in lot of wreckage, presumably
belonging to some other vessel. The find
ing of the buoy, which had the steamers
name on 1t, among the wreckage was re-
ported. and a number of newspapers took
up the report, spreading 1t broadcast. The
relatives and friends of the officers and men
aboard the Elswick Manor were under the
gravest apprehension, but were greatly re-
heved when the steamer was reported ar
irving at Philadelphia. Capt. brewery and
the officers at once cabled to their homes
that they were safe.
Capt: brewery, the commander of the
Elswfck Manor. is young man and ex-
ceedingly popular with his officers and crew
and has navigated vessels into every prom
1nent commercial port in the world. He Is
an expert operator of the camera, and has
TN his possession a large number of pic
lures which were taken at the numerous
ports which he has visited.
The Elswick Manor comes to this port to
load grain and general cargo for Rotter-
dam, under charter by the Furness- Witty
line, represented by Dresel, Rauschenburg
& Co. Of this city.