PLUCKY FISHERMEN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1783, 7 March 1888, Page 3

PLUCKY FISHERMEN

On Deoember 15 the amask lem brought the ctew of the eciew-colllep Tyn© Qaeen Into Halt, It seems that the steamer left the Tyne come days before, bound for Copenhagen, and ran towards the Holman without meeting bad weather daring the first twenty-four hours. On her second day the gale broke, whtoh caused the death of so many men, and she was Boon In trouble. Her fore trysail was carried away, her steering gear was emaahed, the sea took oh >r^e of the Tesßel, and she lay In the trough with the water making a clean breach over her The captain found that the tires must ba drowned out m a short time, ho he gave order to oiear away the lifeboat- la doing this the men were badly knocked about and injured, and their labor was all m vain, for a flea fell on the boat ana broke it m Into fragments. There was no other boat on board, and all hande must have gone down had not help arrived after the lifeboat was destrojid. The craw of tie Tyne Qaeen had given up hope when the Lena dine In sight. Signals were holated, and the ßmackmnen answered. Now, it if a significant faot that the smaok was trawiing when Bbc hove up m Bight of the collier The sea was enough to make a strong steamer founder, and yot those fishermon weregoiDgoo with their ordinary work. That is the North Spa fashion ; nothing short of a hurricane Interrupts thu steady rou'ine of the amacksmen'a till. The trawl was hauled, and the little 11 Dandy " drew down on the distressed ih'p. Captain Lawaon, on the Tyne } Quaen, signalled to the fishermen to tend their boat ; but that wan a difficult thiog to dp. A sea had lifted the boat and knocked r hole In the bottom of it, the gap being large enough for a man to orawl through, But the Lena's men were equal to the occasion. They tore up some be«f tinß ; then they nulled the enacts of tin over the ho c with pump tacks ; and then they put a thfok coat of grease over their impromptu piece of patchwork This dou*, three of the I ena'a men jumped into the mended boat and took her to the sinking steamer. Much cleverness is needed to handle those eqnat cockleshe'ls of boats In heavy weather. One man stands faolag the bow, iho oiher faces the stern; and the two must work m concert by means of well understood signs. The slightest slip may put the boat broadsideon to the bob, aud then all is over. How* ever, the Lena's men seem to be good boatmen ; for they worked rip to the Type Qaeen, and, after running risks which soared! the ofcptatn of the eteaoW, they ' took off half the ore*. The fishermen's second trip was just made In time; the Tyne Quean foundered within a minute or two aftir b,er captain b»d left Atr,