A STORY OF HEROISM.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2311, 28 January 1892, Page 3

A STORY OF HEROISM.

The rescue by the New Brighton and Liverpool lifeboats of the Cf.ptain and crew of the, barque Hannah Landles, Wrecked in the gale of December pth, is a splendid s.tG.ry of human' courage and, persveraiice.' The New Brighton boat with her crew of sixteen men, was towed out by a tug, the sea running very high at the time, with a great gale blowing from the north. After three hours' fruitless effort's in" the' darkness ?P. complete that thev. could see "nothing bi>t the lights'' of the l a '10'uriiig vessel, the lifeboat's crew succeeded, about midnight, in anchoring under her stem, Avere all aboard appeared to have mustered, Kising and falling continually with the sea, I it was only when the lifeboat >vas o>-' the high crest of a w*- t " hat ther 'g was » Ciiance of affording succour. Then it was that a man from, abqye, seizing the moment, dropped and was caught in the anus of two lifeboat men below. This perilous process ! went on for half an hour, till I passengers, crew, pilot, and oaptain, J ill all tyrefity-fiye persons, wore taken ! in. Still, the Ijfelioat lingered, though the mants of the barque were badly sprung, and were expected to go over every moment. Finally, after

half :m hour, the cry went up. '• Any more aboard?" and there being no answer, the lifeboat men raised their anchor, when to their grief a voice Mas faintly heard amidst the howling wind and darkness. Some thought the words were '•' Good night; " others that they were " Don't leave us." Luckily the Liverpool lifeboat No. 2, towed out to the scene in like manner, now came to their relief; but the New Brighton boat still continued to hover about until she learnt that her comrade had succeeded, and gallantly completed the work of rescuing all aboard the unfortunate vessel.