A GALLANT RESCUE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10587, 3 September 1896, Page 2

A GALLANT RESCUE.

THE SHIP PATRICIAN ABANDONED IN" A SINKING CONDITION. THE CREW RESCUED BY THE FIFESHIRE. (Pjsb United Psess Association.) Invebcakqill, September 2. The steamer Fifeshire arrived at the Bluff, from Sydney, this morning with the captain and crew of the ship Patrician,' bound from Sydney to Lyttelton with a cargo of coal. The ship was dismasted and in a sinking condition when the Fifeshire sighted her on the morning of the 28th. A heavy sea was running, and one lifeboat was stave in in the endeavour to launch ii>. The pinnace, however, got away safely, aud the rescue was effected by hauling the craw from the wreck to tho boat through the water by menus of a life line attached to a buoy. She Patrician was lying on her beam ends, with the sea breaking over her. The sa«si9 means were adopted to get the men aboard the steamer. The eeas were running over the rail, aud after all were takon off B&fely the bout had to ba cut adrift. The gale continued till the arrival of the Fifeshire at the Bluff. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Bluff, September 2. On the 28th ult., when a tremendous sea was running aud a gale of borrieane fores blowing, the Fife3bire sighted a dismasted ship flying signals of distress and aiking for the crew to be taken off. Captain Wilnon, of the Fifeshire, after six hours' laborious and very dangerous work, during which tbs lifeboat was stove in, succosdod in rescuing the captain and crew of the vessel, which urovdd to be the ship Patrician, of New York, bound from Newcastle to lytteltou with 1800 tons coal. At the time of the rescue ths ship wan quickly foundering. Everything had been done to try and gave her, bnt nil efforts were futile, and it wag evident that she would not float for more than a few hours. THE CBEW, Tha following is a. list of the crew :— Captaiu. B. R. Sterling Mate, G. R. Harris Second mute, Herbert Martin Steward, Otto Krumplog Cook, Harry Bmg Seamen — Charles Jansen, Albert Curtis, Charles Peterson, J. Peters, Lewis Christophorson. B. Johnson, T. K. Anderson, F. Hencß, Hadwig Lyotery. <■ A CASUALTY.. When trying to iiecure the deck spars a Frenchman named J. Janiur was washed overboard and drowned. This was the only casualty. DANGEROUS WOEK. The position of the wreck at the time of abandonment w»s lat. 39.8 S., long. 158.11 E. The greatest difficulty was experienced io getting the crow from the wreck to the Fifenhire, the officers and crew displaying great bravery. THE LOST VESSEL. The Patrician was a full-rigged ship, of about 1200 tons regi«ter, and owned by Captain Sterling. The Fifoshire experienced very rough weather during the passage, and at the time of sighti»g the Patrician was considerably out of hoi- course, fortunately for the latter, as otherwise, all the Patrician's boati having been stove in by the tremendous seas, no chance of escape remained for the crew, who must inevitably have perished.