Show RESCUE AT SEA SEAMan SEAr r V Man aL Overboard From Tramp Steamer t Saved a at Night J Magazine Notwithstanding their hard lives and their closeness the larger num nina number number ber Of tramp skippers treat their crews with great t humanity They are gen generally generally orally much affected aff ted by the th loss of any of the th slips ships company and they have been known to risK rI k the ship herself to save the of ot their shipmates Per Perhaps Perhaps haps Imps one of the most stupendous efforts at lifesaving ever syer ey r reported at sea was that performed by Captain William Inness macas df or f the freighter British Prince His Bis boatswain bo na a hardy Swede named LastadIus while getting setting a bucket of ot fresh water for tor a timid cook was picked up by a heavy sea sea and carried overboard As he swept along the starboard star starboard starboard board side of the ship Captain Inness saw him and shouted It Keep up a stout heart We will save saye you If It we can It was getting very dark and the boatswain was three ship lengths astern before anything could be done aboard the vessel eB I He gave himself up for f r lost but kept on oil swimming It was waa Impossible to launch a boat as the seas were colossal The captain had Just finished hi hw supper when ne saw the boatswain sweep astern He Heran Heran Heran ran toward the bridge shouting as he did so to the engineer Stand by to stop those engines Then he be flow to the bridge and laid his hia right hand on the telegraph Stop and reverse was flashed to tc the engine room and the captains I voice olee rang ra out All hands to starboard I with lines and buoys buos The captain told about the event thus Our SOur only hope In saving him lay In picking him up with the ship for tor no boat could c Uld live In the sea that was waa running When I backed the ship down to him I 1 i saw him struggling for his life Ufe He had the buoy that th t the sec see second second ond end officer had thrown to him under his arms and his hia body was well out of water I determined to save him If it he could hold out mt and sWi I could fetch him alongside We Wo missed him the first time tinui and ho was carried around the bow to the port side He kept shout shouting shouting ing and nd we answered back We Vole were going ahead a bit when hen he be was whirled to starboard I As Aa the tha night had well set in we Soon floon lost host him but I turned on the bridge and got the bearing of Ins his voice by a star I kept that star in sight and put the helm hard and bore down in the direction of ot the star We had lest his voice altogether but butas butas as aa we steamed toward the star we heard it faintly We caught sight of him too late to pick him up as we steamed past so we came caine up with the wind again with the boan bOSn on pur QU port hand We steamed slowly so that the themen themen themen men ranged along the port rail each with a life line Une or a busy buoy had a chance hance at him I knew know by the cheer c eer that went up that he was sa saved He had caught a line and was led hauled ht aboard He clung to the rail so tightly not know knowing knowing I ing that he was saved eared that tn t the men m n had to pound his hands to break his grip I |