The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-16
Battered and Bruised
 Crew of Collier Hector
 Brought Safely to Port
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leg and what appeared to physicians to i be gangrene setting in.
 | Oiler Singleton, right leg fractured. | Coal Passer McDermot, serious burns
 The men were taken to hospitals on their arrival here today.
 The story of the fight against the high seas and heavy winds from about 5 o'clock Friday afternoon until after mid night when all the persons aboard the Hector had been taken off was told here | tonight my men of her crew. They often | stopped in their recital to praise Captain Nelson and the crew of the tug WellAg ton for their seamanship in the five-hour fight in which the Wellington rescued 121 men from the Hector. Captain John son and the crew of the lighthouse buoy tender Cypress. took off the other men under similar difficulties and at the risk of their lives, they said.
 According to these stories the Yelling ton began four hours before dark Friday afternoon to get men off the Hector. The after effects of the hurricane still were being felt and sea and wind ragged. Four small boats were dashed to pieces as fast as the Wellington lowered them, the huge waves crashing them against the tugs sides
 Finally line was thrown to the col Her and a fifth boat lowered. Every mo- ment it was said, it appeared as if the
 
 from the collier and the line broken, or she would be dashed into shallow water where the collier lay helpless with her back breaking. The Wellington's engines were strainng to hold her in position, however, and they managed to hold her up while the first boat reached the collier.
 BRAVE WORK
 As many men from the Hector as could safely enter tumbled into the boat and the crew of the Wellington pulled at the line to drag the small boat back. Time and again, the survivors said, the men on the Wellington were thrown violently to the deck, as the tug tossed in the heavy seas, and it seemed as if each succeeding wave would be the one that would swamp the small boat.
 The first trip of the lifeboat to the Hector and back to the tug with it's load of men was duplicated again and again during the afternoon until 121 men had been landed aboard the tug. By that time it had become so dark that Cap tain Nelson decided he could not take off any more.
 Captain Newell and 20 of his crew re- mained aboard the Hector. The members of the colier's crew who had been in- jured were aboard the Wellington, where their wounds were bandaged by Annie and Johanna Nelson. daughters of the
 
 down the coast when they lost the tug S two barges and later sighted the collier in distress.
 YOUNG WOMEN AIDED
 The two young women remained on deck part of the time to give first aid to those of the marines and crew of the collier who had received minor cuts and bruises in the rough weather
 Believing it impossible to get more off the collier the Wellington steamed for Charleston harbor having notified other vessels of the collier's correct position. Four hours after dark the Cypress worked her way to the collier, and Captain John son called for volunteers to man life boat The sea still was running high.
 Twice many men as were needed volunteered and two boats were launched. The smaller boat was threatened with destruction as it crashed against the other, but finally the larger of the two made it's way to the bow of the broken collier. Eight men were taken aboard and after struggle that lasted nearly two hours they got back to the Cypress. A second trip was begun at once and the remaining 13 were taken aboard, Cap tain Newell being the last man to leave the collier.
 The Cypress then began the trip to Charleston, reaching here today some hours after the arrival of the Wellington.
 The Hector had become disabled in Fri days hurricane and was trying to get to Charleston harbor when she grounded. Fires broke out aboard the ship and high waves put out the fires in her boiler rooms leaving the vessel almost at the mercy of the sea.