BRAVERY REWARDED.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 992, 6 December 1910, Page 5

BRAVERY REWARDED.

—_fr ■ ■ ■■ . SALVING OP THE TRIESTE. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. Vienna, December 4. Tho Emperor Francis Joseph has bestowed on' Captain Matthews, of the steamer Lowther Range, a> gold watch with the Imperial initials in diamonds for services in connection with the Austrian, Lloyd steamer Trieste; disabled off Aden in June last. .

Captain Andrews, of the tug Dievan, has been presented with a pair of binoculars adorned, with the Emperor's signature. ''

: . The Lowther Range's first officer and six seamen have Tcceivcd monetary rewards, and the widow of the engineer who was killed has been given 10,000 kronen (about .£400). ' Admiral Slado and the Governor of Aden have been' specially thanked. The Trieste, after being some time overdue, was-sighted on Juno 23 in a disabled condition by tho Lowther Range, which was outward bound with coalv :A tremendous sea was running, rendering the task of salvage difficult and perilous, live Lowther Range's lifeboat was smashed and tho second engineer was washed overboard and drowned. Nino of tho crew were injured. After two days' constant exertion a hawser was got on board the Trieste, but parted, immediately. The Lowther Range stood by till June 29, when another- hawser was got on board, and the Trieste was towed to within 18' miles of. Bombay, where the hawser parted. A second 'lifeboat was smashed in endeavouring to re-establish communication..