DRAMA OF THE SEA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 225, 29 December 1920, Page 6

DRAMA OF THE SEA.

A THRILLING.RESCUECAPTAIN 'SAVES STOWAWAY.' ,• 4 After a'two mom It*' voyage, <luririg which; { hts-enpouhlerod a »uct!e.»*ion of "»tornt», .the* 'BOO-toii Ijnrooo it fr»iir-m«st"i*-«iup, vv« wrec'kf'd ori* PlvrnouUi "'Breakwateiv SVitK hj roaitl io! JfogwobtJ. iba iYvongei'had set out) from Jamaica W Ha*re. wan tjib weather : iiun» slio had io.'f/ '•» t " OUl ' times, < At the mouthy of; tlip' English Clituinel shif ran into'thi? wVW*,W«",'oi.i" e *erie».-* with thounlainous ioai. , I , Under, almost, barfi masf* -she racedl up Cluimil'l, just . ejeiping. . the' »W* Rocks.! Darkness coining on. the captain decided to-seek shelter in PW" o "'^^ 0 ""! but when the sails Were hoisted tho guie olew t icm to ribbons, There wa» a tromenVlbu* : 9oa. on, and tho ship failed »• I,mk ' he wcistom witraiice; -. ;• ' i ; Suddenly somo "of the. .crew were beat ,houtij.g , "Brwkors • ahead.!' and. .;imnltaiieou->ly the ship t - m ,' ,e i*° .tAl*!, ' ...La ;:.i,. ..r Wvinouth .Broakwotei.

jeuvy *im. poiimlwl'thft* -Yvonne, great, v'.ives.'waging ijj«Ul!- over'■"*"'• , : i Q n W IJiel wpWi* assembled the prow of W,w| 1,0 .poop." Tlh; wirrteM sent ortt. irid toutinned dmng ,*> -until „tho »0M ; .mashed the apparatus. < ~ • flwo >' After that -rooklito.,,wore bred and Baj?«j ."Jte! Load, where _ they SSIS drenched to ihc .kin. and WL *M ai other midnight a Government .tug but. to tho d«may of Ihe. »ailore, .tcrrtfic, sous, prevontcd tlioir coming, nm.- :. BOAT FOUNDERS. ; from ««, JgJ lighted the wreck, and rewaurcd the wau in M c cr 0 w & w i* |l#^MW# the loo,of the breakwater (i ttrt uflaMp to got, nearer.' .They reaped. that they mu* [fust to their own rasourceS.. ■■ . i . ■ The starboard, lifeboat pit !m®sW was found . completely W|s3B of the regaining lifeboat were I6wered w> the breakwater. ■•'; ; .. •; •/ s}&££ ' beTho sailors, wafting their SgSfejSJ t»eon> breakers, wramUod overboardL w b ropes, und with a great shout «U°h ft™ the lifeboat down flu? break water s incline into the sea and; waded■aboard. - , ,As soon:as tho «£# fff of. m breakwater, *?^ nd^d h !sss her 20 occupants into the;sea, : whwh f^W itowawuy. a, Ja"W t cn -^ of^ n 'l fffi in ,v cpal bnnker ws*ljv»»r««?J days put He- could, not hwim jo Uptai' (jerhard ThomiflasoJi' perched- btrn pmRP SSiWer. and after. aJiahl struggle. MMjn "The Plymouth lUebW A 'ne, fully thrown bv one'of the, lifeboat s crew, and both wore draped aboard-" , , ~,..,. ! .. ; «{YOU RISKED :' • Cruising about among .the g«M ViM the lifeboat help came from Hio darkness, fcu .rarpH g i ft that direction; they^oould^scov.er.»{J ""The "two 'Hfeboaf? ono fr«n %niouth lin d. IhL other "from River Yea* dd magnificent j work,' 3and . wcto »eq«wrt*j n wepti by. seas from bow to .storm ; ;A ,cox wvaiu siiid if was; tlie'most mountainous sea ho had oncoui,%eain » long-WpeTience. Sovisn riutionUifiWWC represented, by. the rescued:men. Tljey w» very.:aptwrt in their gratitude; one Brenchmatv wringing the hands of thelifeboatnien, and < saving. ' 'You J are very, mi hra fe, i and"r»sked ?our lives to "save our*.' ... - s>■ •••' ';. * • Captain Thonnessen, who is*. Norwegian, raid he know the--men could stohi, hut realised that the little stowaway, could not. Tho boy had,-he said, stood on tho.edge of the 'breakwatcj too teitififltl.to move. ; "I shouted 'Gome along with me, aonny, the captain added, "and he.perched,on- m > shoulder. It %aK a hard, druggie but wc managed at last U catclrt lino thrown to us from the. lifeboat, mid were hauled on TlVonnken said ,fliat.the.searchlights from the? ;fort were of considerable nssistanco. .■}•■'■