Saved From Cremation at Sea,
Thrilling Rescue by White Star Liner Cymric of Crew of Burning
Freight Steamer St. Cuthbert Oft the Coast
of Nova Scotia.
Safe In port i?t Boston after a terrl-|
ble disaster on the Atlautle, in which j
fourteen of their comrades lost their
lives, the thirty-seven burned and j
bandaged survivors of the freight
steamer St. Cuthbert told thrilling
stories of their peril and of their rescue '
by the lifeboat crew of the White Star 1
liner Cymric.
The St. Cuthbert was bound from
Antwerp to Philadelphia with a cargo '
which Ineltnled 400 cases of matches, a [
big shlpnuut of oil and COO barrels of.
naphtholine and explosives. She wast
off Cape Sable. Hgbtiu# a wicked uorth
west gale, when (ire broke out In No. 2
hold.
The cry of fire ringing along the
decks brought Captain I.ewls in hi*
nightshirt aud trousers out upon thi-j
bridge. Seeing blue (lame During from )
a ventilator, he starred Mow to tlnd i
out the loeittiou of the lire when an ex- !
plosion mv trvea wli'.-h shook the ship j
from stem to steru. A kill of tlame .
? iu-sI to strike the captain squarely. [
aud lie fell in n licnp.
The crow. who knew i o well the lu
ll; hi Kti-ie nature ?!' rhe cargo, rushed i
on ?' . ???mi.' >:r! ?!;??.? and lm> 'edlate
ly de :.anded that the Imjits be launch
e>: : his revolver. Chief Orti
cj r iloM.s drove them liaek and or
wind Inul the velocity of n hurrlcaw.
"PlflJculty was experienced In get
ting the l??at out of the chocks, nud
when that was Anally accomplished
there was Imminent danger of the
light craft, only twenty-four feet long,
-.winging against the sides of the
Cymric and being smashed.
"Quartermaster Matthews In trying
to fond the boat from the Cymric was
struck In the chest by the butt of his
oar and was so badly hurt that he had
to be hoisted aboard. Matthews' place
in the boat was at once filled by Quar
termaster Redmnnd. a volunteer.
"It was necessary that we make the
greatest possible haste to the St. Cuth
bert. for her crew could be seen hang
luir to the rails and even huddled on
the anchors. Clouds of steam rose
from her redhot decks every time a
sea swashed across the dismantled fab
ric.
"In about twenty-five minutes we got
within balling distance of the ship
and could see the horrible plight to
which the poor fellows were subjected,
nothing on the men was blazing. They
were madly dousing themselves I" the
ley sea to extinguish the fire. We
could feel the intense heat when many
hundred feet distant. It was like a
roaring furnace.
"WE CREPT ALONGSIDE THE BURNING ST. tVTHBERT."
dered the men ttTfnll into flre quarters. |
T.> thel. horror they found tliat the :
Are h?*e li: '1 burned, and there
was u<> way to stop the tire/ In a
body they dashed fur the lifeboats.
No. ?; was swung out. und into It piled
firemen, t>i! rs and stewards. The sig
nal was given to lower away, but the ]
men let one line to the davits go too
Boon. The boat hung by one end per
pendicularly. and the eight men In her
dropped ot:t one by one. making inef
fectual grasps at lines aud thwarts and
shrieking in despair. They were in
stantly swallowed tip by the water.
I.ifel>oat No. was next put over,
and she was launched, but not uutIT
Third Officer White atul two seaiueu
had been swept overboard. There were
ten men left i:> her. and. comma tided by
Secoud Officer Tuohv. they got her free
of the ship and rowed away. Those on
board made a dash for the last remain
ing lifenout and found it already being
devoured t>y flames.
The Ore hail spread with Incredible
rapidity, and now the entire forward
section of the ship was a mass of
flames. The hatches of No. 1. 2 and 3
holds had l>een blowu off. and the ear
go below was blazing like a furnace.
There were despairing cries from be
yond the flames, and the crew saw a
dozen mcu standing upon the forecas
tle peak almost surrounded by Are.
Then one by oue these dropped over
the side.
The others t nought they had been
driven over info the sea. but that was
not so. Six or eight feet below the
deck the huge anchors were held In
place, and upon their flukes the men
had found refuge.
The sea was now so rough that no
boat cou!d live In It. and at this time
the steamer Cymric was sighted. Cap
tain Finch caw their distress signal,
which was a red blanket and a cork
fender, as their flags hud all been
burned, but at that time he dared not
launch a boat. She clrvled around the
doomed ship, as did the steadier Cam
brian of the Leylaud line, which came
up shortly after. It was late in the
afternoon before the Cymric dared
send her ?>oat away. Chief Officer Stl
vey tells the story of the rescue graph
ically.
"Captain finch ordered me to pro
ceed to the rescue, and I asked for
volunteers." says Lieutenant Stivey.
"More nte;i stepped forward than were
needed. ?
??V;. ere was selected as follows:
Bo." -i Robert Jones. Quartermas
ter ?. Seamen Itussell, Harper.
W! ? l" :!;e. We at once set to
wr\ 1 :g boat No. 4 on the port
al.ir Th t'ymric was rolling fearful
ly U tLu uusty, cooXtu?d seu, and the(
"We crept along I le the wallowlne
St. Cuthbert in tlit.- midst of a sizzling
sea.
"Fendiug the boat with oars, we kept
clear of tlx' St. Cuthlterfs sides while
the.v lowered Captain Lewis down
to us.
"Joubert was placed l>eslde the cap
tain. The lifeboat was shipping wa
ter, and they u.re quickly drenched.
Luckily It was not severely cold, only
i 4 degrees below freezing. Others of
the St. CuthbertV compauv came down
lines or Jumped nverlmard to bo hauled
into the boat till we had seventeen, a
very heavy load for so small a craft.
It was a loug row back to the Cymric,
as every sea threatened to swamp the
boat. Under the lee of the Cymric
wo Anally crept and managed to catch
the davit falls.
"Again we started with the same
crew and got alongside the vessel,
which seemed to l>f sinking more deep
ly even' iustant. The struggle was a
repetition of the tirst trip, but if any
thing made in slower time because my
men were getting a bit fagged. This
time we took ofT eighteen men, and It
made my heart ache to watch the poor
men on that steaming deck, their feet
blistering or burned so they couldn't
stand still an instant, begging us to
hurry.
" 'You'll come back for us, won't
you, old man?' sang out Chief Hobbs
of the St. Cuthbert when we were
ready to go.
" Til be back Just as soon as I can
get here,' I replied.
" 'You know she's three-quarters full
of water anil Is liable to drop out from
under lis any minute!' shouted poor
Hobbs as we drew away. He and the
other live of the castaways, and they
have hearts of oak, crept away to the
coolest place on thnt crackling deck
and waited.
"To make the story short, we finally
got alongside the Cymric, having burn
ed a dare so Captain Finch coulil As
certain our position. He wot^eil tis
ship near to and lhiullv jpit the men
| aboard. I asked the already wornout
crew If they wanted to go back for the
third time. Every one replied that ho
would stand by the St. Cuthbert to the
very end.
"Again we rowed dowu to the sink
ing freighter and took off Chief Officer
Hobbs and his comrades. Another
squall obliterated everything on the
way to the Cymric, but by the use of
torches and the ship's horn we man
aged to reach her side, though the boat
was half fill, of water when we got tne
last survivor and 'ourselves to the
Cyr.irVs deck It was not worth while
t<> hois! the boat owing to Its dumaged
conliuojj, miU we ui?i it adrift."
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