SCOUTS RESCUE STEAMER

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1925, Page 4

SCOUTS RESCUE STEAMER

THRILLING HOW FROM SHORE. MADE EAST AND HANDED OVER. LONDON. Aug. 11. Off St. Bees Head. Cumberland, on Saturday five Boy Scouts saved a coasting steamer from running aground on the rocky coast. In the early hours of the nine th(> rteamshio Linton, of Ctirdifi 0121 tons), left Workington f'-r Haiti!.rtigli 800 l with a cargo of gravel. Eng n:ui rain were encountered, and between Whitehaven am! St. Bees Head a crow of eight left the vessel in the ship's small limit.

They landed at Barrnwmonth. near Whitehaven, and, guided by the light of St. l’.ees lightli ;ti e. climbed the dill's and reached the lighthouse in an exhausted iiindition at seven o clock. Tip, Dili Halifax Scouts and Hc'.i-

iugham (Cumberland! Rover Si mis. wlm were encamped nl St. Bees, sav. (lie 1 inton drifting helplessly about > a mile from shore. 'I hree hours later t c Scouts decided to .conduct salvage operations. Scoutmaster the Rev. K. Rosevenre. of Halifax, selected lour strong swimmers to ate annuity him in a rowing-boat. These were As-i-tant Scout master Detiloti. PatroJ I.e'ider Fletcher, of Halifax and Rover- V. alson and Wilson, of llensingham. all aood between )ti and 'JO. SMALL BOAT SINKS. Great diliiculty was experienced m launching the boat owing to the heavy roil !'. Several times it nearly cansized and ’the occupants, who ware chid in shorts and vests, were drenched, t.tentually good progress was made, and an hour later til - Scouts I: aide l the .steamer. Tins ;is no son nor a<<nmplislied than tiie rowing-heat was dashed against the ship's side and sank. The Scents made the steamer last by dmnping the anchor?:. In'the meantime the harbour authorities at Whitehaven I-;! Lvn iufortn(>'l of tiie situati-o. ’I " I ''ta;'.crow were trausp rtm! to \\ hitelmvei! and taken in a Whitehaven tug t. ) the anchored -livelier. Here o lr.jlt'-'D*r v.;c effected, the crev. rcil.ic.i.g toe S": ■»[,. The Linton, under her own -team, went t > White I, oven. On arrival hack in camp the Sc uts were given a rousing reception by their comrades. Mr Jtoscveare told a Daily Mail reporter he intended to claim salvage and. if successful. to devote the money to the erect toil cf new Sunday sehoclf in t Ilf parish of St. Raul's. Kings ( res;. Halifax, and the. furthrriiig the Scout movement. The new declined to make any statement ■