Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-25
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flag to 1t, tied the board to the
spanker.
1t was impossible for Captain E.
A. Berg, of the Harald, to distin-
guish at so great a distance, anyone
on board the apparently disabled
schooner. He called Second Mate
BouIsan, and after a consultation,
they sent the lookout to the crows
nest with a telescope. He made out
eight men on board, and singing out
his discovery to the captain below,
the latter ordered full speed ahead.
Half a mile from the schooner,
Captain Berg saw it would be use
less and dangerous to risk running
alongside. He called for volunteers
to man the life boat, and with n
accord, every anna on deck Of
fered his services.
Captain Berg picked out five men,
and placing them in command of
Second Mate Boulsan, swung the
starboard life boat from its davits.
In the boat were five of the sturdiest
men in the crew, men absolutely
fearless. who braved the dangers of
a gulf hurricane to rescue men un-
known to them. They were: D..
Sandsdalen, e. Petersen, John Sand
berg, Carl Ranard and Thorvald An
derasen. In~the@stern sat the sec
ond mate with the tiller in his
hands.
A Hazardous Task.
The second mate is rather a mod
est man, and dislikes to discuss any
venture in which he plays a promi-
nent part. Nevertheless, he con-
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morning of the tremendous task of
taking seven men from a schooner
to a life boat in the midst of a
storm, the like of which, he has
witnessed.
I'VE had a two-hours' pull from
the steamer -to~the schooner said
the mate this morning. Several
times, one OF two of the men were
exhausted to-such an extent that
they were almost unfit to pull an
other stroke, still they@kept on, inch
by inch pulling the.-small craft to-
wards the disabled schooner.
THE sea heaved and rolled. u
thought We could never in Gods
world make the schooner. Every
three or four seconds a towering
wave washed striking the
oars from the mems hands.
Each of us had a life preserver
about his waist. / was-afraid every
moment one or more of the men
would be washed overheard, but af-
ter two hours of the hardest kind OF
work We succeeded In reaching the
schooner.
Captain Walls threw us a line.
We pulled alongside, but only for a
second. One gigantic wav picked
the small boat UP and flung it
against the side of the schooner. /
decided to ease off, and told the men
on the schooner they would have to
jump into the boat.
"One by n they clambered over
the rail and jumped into the small
boat. Each time 1t seemed as
though we would be overturned, but
1 guess Providence was with us.
Erickson, 1 was told, had a broken
leg. l replied that he would have
to be thrown over, w%hereupon two
of his companions lifted him bodily
and tossed him into the boat below.
Refused To Jump Aboard.
Captain Walls alone remained on
deck. Jump aboard I told him,
DuJ lie Only SuOOh HIS uSdu. -NO,l
am going to stick to my ship he re-
| piled. He said = he wanted the
schooner towed to port, and when l
told him that. was impossible in the
gale, he replied that he would not
desert his charge.
at was difficult to understand
because of the noise made by the
roaring sea, but when I defined his
meaning, / attempted to e%xpostulate
with him. That is not bravery, cap
TAIN ] said, it is foolishness. 1t is
800 miles to the nearest port, and
we are now making less than four
knots an hour - .
"StilI he remained determined.
His mate, Paul Mangold, wanted to
go back and remain with his supe-
rior, but he was in my boat and /
would not allow him to depart.
I'm give you five minutes" to de-
eide whether or not you'll come l
shouted. Still he remained obdu-
rate. l waited about five minutes,
while Erickson. cried aloud, suffer
ing with his broken leg in the life
boat.
Are you coming, captain T.
again demanded, when 1 thought the
time had elapsed. Again he shout