Show SAVED FROM DEATH N NEW YORK aug 3 twelve distressed marinero marl mari whose thrilling rescue in mid ocean last tuesday from a waterlogged sod and slowly sinking wr wreck k formed a dramatic incident of via xia bou Bourgo gnes voyage age from this port to havre arrived here sunday bunday on board that steamship their own vessel the german bark erner from wales for now new has gone the WRY way of the storm conquered they were rescued during the bight of a heavy gale and circumstances stat ices which severely tried the cour age and seamanship of the rescuers it was witnessed by passengers of the big liner who clung to reeling taff rail and heedless of the fearful rolling of the ship and the storm storms s spray which dashed in their laces faces watched with bianc tied cheeks the struggle of uie the life savers to reach the wreck the bark signal signalled led tor for assistance and captain lie le bouef boost ordered the launch lowered with notay to la cow command within a moment it was over turned and its crew were thrown struggling into the water they were saved with life lines and then nobly volunteered a second attempt which was successful the small email boat having been in a like manner launched they went in company corn to the ernst but owing to the high seas mean it was impossible to got get nearer than a hundred feet of her the wreck was only yards away but it took the boats nearly an hour to traverse that distance the little boats stood on end at times then flung skyward in a boiling creel and at as intervals would disappear for so tong iong a time that those who watched them feared they had bad been swamped outright finally they showed close under the leeward of the sinking linking bark which seemed juiet able to keep her drowning decks above water one by one the crew of the ernst jumped overboard and were picked up by the life savers ant ana taken into the boats boals all but three were rescued this way they refused to trust themselves to the son on the chance of bt be tug ing saved eared by the boats and after vain expostulation and many urgings by the two french officers officer the boats put back to la bourgogne leaving the three men behind excited passengers watched their progress with breathless interest and many willing bands were ready to assist the rescued and rescuers on board A dozen times the first boat tried to tg get alongside rod and as many times it was swept away by the big seas the steamship had swung into the trough of the sea and every wave that swelled agai against nother her railing was nearly flush with the sea then would follow tile the wild windward roll and a score of feet of her be beaching athing beai bing would be behave behove bove into view boarding a beseel under those these circumstances is a perilous undertaking but good seamanship finally prevailed and the men were taken on board exhausted and wet and trembling from their exertions and the perils they had escaped lieutenant notay was washed overboard again while trying to climb a sea lacuer but a line was waa thrown to him and lor for the second time be wen was rescued but there here were till still three lives in danger it would not do to abandon the men who had bad been left on oil the bark sod and after another effort in ila which the boatswain of the ef ernst not took a prominent part all three were roe res cued captain P aherne aberns was master of the wrecked bark to captain be bouef boost he be said aalde he had sailed in ballast irom from carnarvon calep oo on june bound for shed lac ise N B he met a succession of gales gaies from the start and fifteen days out from port sprung a aan gerou leak the pumps were kept going night and day and by strenuous us efforts the leak was kept from gaining on the night of july however ha wever the pumps became choked with sand wid and there was ton ten feet of water in the hold when la bourgogne was sighted the crew of the ernst was sent lent to eli EIJI island and will be turned over to tile the onto care of the german consul |