The coastland times., 1953-08-28

culation, until he gave those
assisting to understand by signs
that he could reach the station
without further help. He got to
within few yards of the house
and there fell prone upon the
snow from exhaustion. Forum
ately, his wife, who lived near
the station, was on her way to
the shore, having just learned of
the dreadful accident. Her COM
ing at that moment seems provi-
dental.
! Seeing her husband fall, she
fastened to his assistance, and
with the help of another woman,
carried him indoors to the station
fire, where he soon revived.
After leaving Tedford, Keeper
Barco turned his attention to
Etheridge. Two of the party were
endeavering to bring him to, but
it seemed a hopeless case; he was
unconscious and appeared to be
dying. The medicine-chest was
at hand, butKeeper Belanga had
taken the key in his pocket.
1t took but a moment, how
ever, to burst it open with boat
hook, that had washed ashore,
and an effort was made to ad-
minister a stimulant. This did not
succeed as the sufferer could not
swallow, so after doing all that
was possible by rubbing his
limbs and using other means to
induce warmth and start the
blood into circulation, he was
put on the boat carriage and
hurried to the station where the
women took him in charge. I'm
der their care he slowly recover
ed, and in a few short hours
could sit up.
Brave Keeper Perished
Keeper Belanga by this time
had also been dragged from the
water, some distance farther
south. He was unconscious, his
eyes were fixed and bloodshot |
and his breathing short and la
bored, indicating congestion. The |
life-belt was torn from his body |
and brandy sent for, but before
it could be brought from the |
medicine chest a short distance
away, the brave keepers life had |
ebbed away. He lived not more |
than three or four minutes after |
leaving the water. In fact, life |
was nearly gone when aid reach
ed him.
Surfman Etheridge declared |
that he owed his safety in a
great measure to the Keepers
assistance; the latter, as they |
swan in company towards the
shore, encouraging him to hold
out and helped him to remove
his cumbersome long rubber
boots, expressing his regret while |
doing so that he could not re-
move his own, which were held
by straps or suspenders passed
over his shoulders inside his oil
skin coat and life-preserver,
which he could not disengage.
Could he have shaken the boots
off he would have reached the
shore sooner and doubtless been
saved. He was an excellent
swimmer.
The bodies of two of the Ger
man sailors were recovered
shortly after Belanga's death,
farther south; also the bodies Of
Surfman Stone, Spartley and
James Belanga, all with belts on.
The body of Captain Halberstadt,
also wearing a life-belt, was
washed ashore an hour or so
later, just south of the Little
Island station, or three miles
from the wreck. BY that time, the
boat of the Dam Neck Mills Sta
ton had arrived, but it was too
late, the sad affair was over.
The bodies of the rest of the
ships company, save five, all
without life-preservers, were re-
covered on the following two
days miles further south, the last
one being found thirteen miles
from the wreck. Thus, out Of
twenty-nine men, but two escap-
ed-Etheridge and Tedford. With
the exception of the Captains
and that of one passenger, HolI-
MANN, the names of the Ger
mans who perished were not
ascertained, as the ships papers
were lost.
The names added by this mel
ancholy disaster to the roll of