Tae Prosper, Captain Thorstensen, from Karatsu, reports having experienced stron; N.W. winds, with hare squalls, all throu to be called to account for his telegraphic
led to a breach in telegraphic communicaheartoutpourings. Tu any, cas his action tion which lasted over a week but}which, although it disturbed our official traffic, did little harm to us personally, as the the passage,' At 10am, on Friday she pas. Ostasatscher Loyd is. hardly yet the ed Amherst Rock, and shortly aiter '0.3 "World-paper" to be able to wire, its lot cutter signalled her to stop and take some shipwrecked people. The vessel on These men were part of the crew was accordingly stopped and six men taken of 22 of a junk bound from Newchwang to Shanghai, which was wrecked on the
Prosper sighted the wreck floating bottom When passing the Tungsha lightship the Rocks at 5.30 a.m. that day.
up about two miles N. of the light-vessel, with a number of men on the bottom and the sea washing over them. The ship immediately bore down to their assistance, and with considerable difficulty and some amount of danger, owing to the shoal water and heavy sea, got close to the wreck and Isunched one of the lifeboats, manned by the second officer, two engineers, and the boatswain, which succeeded in taking off nine of the men, who were all in an extremely exhausted state. Two men, who had gone mad with the privation and exposure, were left on the wreck, though every possible effort was made to save them. The survivors reported that seven men were washed off the junk's bottom and drowned that morning, among whom were the master, mate, an native doctor who had taken passage in the junk. The men were sent to the junk's agent on arriving at Shanghai. The wreck was drifting seaward, and is considered a danger to navigation.
Captain Thorstensen and his officers deserve every commendation for the manner in which the rescue of these unfortunate men was carried out in the face of the difficulties and danger attendant, and it is a matter for sincere regret to all these gentlemen that they were compelled to Jeave without saving the two men who had me mad, but as. the Prosper was in only four fathoms of water and the sea was running so high as to make the position a highly dangerous one to the ship and boat's crew, Captain Thorstensen very roperly, though reluctantly, recalled his and left the poor creatures to their fate. After the Prosper left the wreck a Ningpo junk was seen steering towards it, so that there is some hope that the men were eventually saved.
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