はじめのひとこと
エルトゥールル号が沈んだあと、大島にいた生存者を、神戸まで運んだ船があります。
ドイツの砲艦、ウォルフです。
当時の神戸の英字新聞が、その数日のことを書いています。
After the Ertugrul went down, one ship carried the survivors on Oshima to Kobe.
It was the German gunboat Wolf.
An English-language newspaper in Kobe at the time wrote about those few days.
Nachdem die Ertuğrul gesunken war, brachte ein Schiff die Überlebenden von Ōshima nach Kōbe.
Es war das deutsche Kanonenboot Wolf.
Eine englischsprachige Zeitung in Kōbe berichtete damals über diese Tage.
ドイツの代理領事が、エルトゥールル号が沈んだことを、ウォルフの艦長に知らせました。
すぐに、艦長が助けに向かうと決まりました。
林知事は、ドイツの役人たちの好意に礼を述べた、と記事は書いています。
ウォルフは、トルコ語の通訳と日本の役人を乗せて、大島へ向かいました。
翌朝、大島に着くと、軍医と士官をすぐに上陸させました。
島には日本の医師が三人いましたが、器具が足りませんでした。
ウォルフの軍医が、いちばん重い傷の手当てをしました。
生存者たちは、寺と茶屋に身を寄せていました。
日本の人たちから、食べ物と着る物と宿をもらった。
とても親切にしてもらった、と生存者たちは話した、と記事は書いています。
日本の人たちは、亡くなった人を一人ずつ木の棺に納めて葬っていた、とも書いています。
艦長のクレドナーは、死者に海軍の礼を尽くそうとした、と聞いている、と記事は書いています。
けれども海が荒れて、兵を上陸させられませんでした。
ウォルフは、生存者65人を乗せて大島を発ち、神戸に着きました。
神戸と大島に残った人を合わせて、救われたのは69人だった、と記事は書いています。
The German acting consul told the captain of the Wolf that the Ertugrul had gone down.
It was decided at once that the captain would go to help.
Governor Hayashi thanked the German officials for their kindness, the article says.
The Wolf set out for Oshima with a Turkish interpreter and a Japanese official on board.
Reaching Oshima the next morning, she at once landed her doctor and an officer.
There were three Japanese doctors on the island, but they did not have enough instruments.
The Wolf's doctor dressed the worst wounds.
The survivors were staying in a temple and in tea houses.
The Japanese had given them food, clothes and lodging.
They said they had been treated very kindly, the article writes.
It also writes that the Japanese had buried the dead, each in a wooden coffin.
The paper heard that Captain Credner wished to give the dead naval honours.
But the sea was too rough to land his men.
The Wolf left Oshima with 65 survivors on board and reached Kobe.
Counting those left in Kobe and on Oshima, the article says, 69 were saved in all.
Der deutsche Vizekonsul teilte dem Kapitän der Wolf mit, dass die Ertuğrul gesunken war.
Sofort wurde beschlossen, dass der Kapitän zu Hilfe fahren sollte.
Gouverneur Hayashi dankte den deutschen Beamten für ihr Entgegenkommen, schreibt der Artikel.
Die Wolf fuhr mit einem türkischen Dolmetscher und einem japanischen Beamten an Bord nach Ōshima.
Am nächsten Morgen erreichte sie Ōshima und setzte sofort den Schiffsarzt und einen Offizier an Land.
Auf der Insel waren drei japanische Ärzte, doch ihnen fehlten die Instrumente.
Der Arzt der Wolf versorgte die schwersten Wunden.
Die Überlebenden waren in einem Tempel und in Teehäusern untergebracht.
Die Japaner hatten ihnen Essen, Kleidung und Unterkunft gegeben.
Sie seien sehr freundlich behandelt worden, sagten die Überlebenden, schreibt der Artikel.
Er schreibt auch, dass die Japaner die Toten einzeln in Holzsärgen bestattet hatten.
Wie die Zeitung gehört hatte, wollte Kapitän Credner den Toten die militärischen Ehren der Marine erweisen.
Doch die See war zu rau, um seine Männer an Land zu bringen.
Die Wolf verließ Ōshima mit 65 Überlebenden an Bord und erreichte Kōbe.
Zusammen mit denen, die in Kōbe und auf Ōshima geblieben waren, wurden 69 gerettet, schreibt der Artikel.
記録の言葉
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『The Japan Weekly Mail』1890年7〜12月の合本（1890年）一次史料
H.I.G.M.’s gunboat Wolf arrived here, says the Hyogo News of the 22nd inst., yesterday morning at six o’clock from Oshima, bringing 65 survivors from the wreck of the Ertougroul.
when the bad news was officially communicated by the German Acting Consul to the Captain of the Wolf on Friday morning that the Ertougroul had foundered, it was at once decided that the commander of the Wolf should proceed to render any assistance he could, and on Governor Hayashi calling on him on a previously arranged official visit he informed the Governor of that decision, and the Governor at once expressed his sense of the German officials’ kindness.
There were already three Japanese doctors on the spot, but they were insufficiently provided with instruments. The presence of the Wolf doctor was a godsend, therefore, and he promptly dressed the worst wounds.
The men were being housed in a temple and tea houses, and said they had been very kindly treated by the Japanese, who had furnished them with food, clothes, and lodging.
Some 65 bodies had already been buried by the Japanese, each body being placed in a wooden coffin, and there were about 25 more awaiting burial.
With the two survivors in Kobe, the two left at Oshima, and the 65 on board the Wolf, the total number saved is 69.
It was the wish of Captain Credner, we hear, to accord naval honours to the dead, and he steamed round to that portion of the island where they lay, but it was too rough for him to land a firing party.
The Wolf left Oshima for Kobe at 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon and reached here yesterday morning at 6 o’clock.
Having taken on board coal, provisions, a Turkish interpreter, and a Japanese official in case of any difficulty arising in the matter of landing outside Treaty limits, the Wolf steamed out at four in the afternoon in order to reach Oshima by daylight next day.／The Wolf reached Oshima next morning about six o’clock, and the doctor and an officer were at once sent on shore.