Show V- V V A BIG STEAMER WRECKED The Eider Elder Runs on a Ledge of Rocks of the Isle of Wight During a fog the tho North German Lloyd steamship Elder Eider Eier ran upon a 0 led ledge e of rocks on the tho coast of Wight last Sunday night The Tho fo fog was so impenetrable that neither the bells bels nor the lights on the Island iland served to help the steamer in dodging the tho rocks The Tho Eider Elder was on its is way from New Nev York to Southampton and linemen Bremen When tho the vessel struck it seemed seemed seem scam ed to have run upon the tho top of a 0 sunken rock and balanced there in a 0 helpless posit position n. n The Thc saving life saving le-saving corps corl's promptly came to the vessels vessel's aid and took of or the tho passengers of whom thero there were o over oer o et er The mails mals and in coin were verc also taken ashore It was hoped at first frt that the vessel could coul bo be gotten off ut without seri serl serious sero ous damage and tho the crew sin stayed cd aboard until Monday night but at that time the sea had risen and the stern of ot the ship be beginning beginning be- be ginning to settle sette she shOe was abandoned by th the crew and officers The Theater water ater had then becam so rou rough h that it was very verv difficult dif di- dl- dl for tho the life lifesaving saving crew crow to get set to the ship I Tho The storm at the tho time timo tho the life boats hoats were ware le launched had gained terrific violence violence The Tho hele life le boat crow crew at Ather eld had a tremendous dous dons struggle le to get fet their theil boat beyond the tho breakers which were ping piling high upon the shore The men were vere greatly reaty hampered by their cork jackets oil 01 skins and mIl sea soa I boots Grasping the tho heavy life Ure boat by bythe bythe bythe the gunwales un wales they would wait wai for tor a recedIng receding Ing wave and then with a Q hearty ty All Al to together together together to- to gether they would attempt to run rn her out past the swirling foaming waters that tat came camo tumbling from the shore with wih a thundering crash Time Timo and a again aln they were beaten back but nothing daunted by their repeated failures they would again spring to their theil task determined that if i human human hu hu- hu man man skill could g got get t a boat afloat into the tho tumbling tossing sea they would do it i. i Once a big sea cau caught ht the boat up like a cockle ockle shell sheU lifted it into the tho air all swung it round end for end and hurled burled it close up to the beach Fortunately she sustained no damage and her hEl crew crow soon had her head ead to tosea sea again Then came their theil chance chanco The boat was run out out was caught by a receding re re- ro- ro ceding wave and like a flash fash tho the crow crew had climbed the tho their over gunwales grasped long heavy ores and soon their long powerful powerful pow POW- erful strokes carried her her out b beyond line lne of f breakers After hard u wOrk ork rk they succeeded in rescuing rescuing all al tho the seamen The waves were wore pounding the vessel against the rocks when hen last seen Tuesday ay night Lit b The next day the weather mo moderated and work was be begun un in ia unloading and landing the cargo but the sea became rough again before night and t the e work vork wa was as suspended ed |