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* ACH N NEW YORK| Most of Them 'Silent st Gause of Wreck l i New York, Nov. 15 (#—All except nine of the known survivors of the | Vestris were safely in New York today, the last being brought | ashore in Brooklyn early this :aorn- ing from the French tanker Myriam. | The nine others were rescued by the | battleship Wyoming, bound for Nor- | folk, Va. i he tanker came only to the har- | bor mouth, rehoring in Gravesend | Bay where government tugs went | alongside and brought the Vestris passengers as She was bound for Thames . England, from New Orleans and did not wish to delay her passage. Of the 57 survivors only eight| were passengers, the other 49 being | members of the crew. Most of Them Silent Most of the passcngers were silent | concerning Captain Carey's actions | in delaying his § O S. message but members of the crew were outspok- en in their criticism of their late skipper. The S O §. should have been sent out hours before it final- ly was transmitted, they agreed. Mrs. Cline Slaughter, the f\nly‘ woman passenger on the Myriam, | defended the captain’s action. “He | did his duty and did his best,” she said. She denied the truth of stories | told by other passengers that mem- bers of the crew rushed the life- | boats. | Most of the passengers were clad | in clothing and wrapped in blankets | furnished by the officers and crew | of the French tanker, Mrs. Slaughter being attired in the French captain’s trousers. Last View of Carey | Thomas R. Edwards, a bedroom steward rescued by the Myriam from a liteboat, said that just before the | Vestris sank he saw Captain Carey and another man on the bridge their hands clasped. | Together, he said, they walked to the rail . . . then the second man plunged into the sea. A big wave hid the Vestris from the lifehoat for a moment. - When it subsided the ship was sinking. Captain Carey had disappeared. Harry Fay, a Pittsburgh pugilist who was en route to South America tor three bouts, said as soon as he had rested he planned to start; .‘;).:. 3. Sears, of the Long Island College hospital, the ship's surgeon. declined to talk on the disaster at all, and A. Paterson of Edmonton. Alta., was almost as reticent. Pater- son said he would start again Satur- day, on the Lamport and Holt liner Voltaire, of which Captain Carey was to have taken command after the voyage in which he met death. W. Fields, of New York city, said he had no difffculty in getting on a liteboat, and that the boat picked up what swimmers it could. Members of the crew, dirty, be- whiskered, in dlothing stiffened with . salt water, wefe taken in busses to the Seamen's Institute in Manhattan. The Vestris' officers were takén to a Brooklyn hotel and the passen- gers scattered to various hotels in Brooklyn and New York. 57 [teas Sbipper. carried no wireless. By the Associated Press. Sharks which infested the warm waters of the Gulf Stream were an added menace to victims of the Ves- tris disaster. Several survivors told of seeing one of the huge fish tear human bodies. Paul A. Dana, representative of the Radio Corporation of America in South America ,gnd Mrs. Clara Ball, a stewardess on the Vestris, were called “the pluckiest pair” he had ever seen by Capt. Schuler Cum- mings of the American Shipper, who rescued them. They floated in the water for 22 hours. A cat and a dog were among the survivors. A wire-haired fox terrier was rescued , Tuesday morning by the American Shipper after it had | spent the night in an open boat in % | the arms of its owner, Mrs. Earl De- vore. The cat, a striped tiger tom- cat, was regarded as a mascot by the ship's crew and was saved by its owner, Alfred Dinely, assistant stew- ard, who carried it all night in his arms until picked up by the Amer- The steamship Montoso arriving in Boston yesterday heard for the first time of the wreck of the Vese tris, although she was but 25 miles away when the ship first encounter~ ed serious trouble. The Montoso Despfte criticisms of his judg- ment, passengers and crew united in praising the courage of Captain Carey of the Vestris, who went down with his ship. Alfred Duncan, sec- lond steward, was standing with the captain when the last lifeboat had left. The captain told him to jump. Duncan replied, “You'd better, sir.” Captain Carey answered, “Hell no— you go."” Captain Sir Burton deputy master of the Company of Master London, England, of which the Prince of Wales is master, has pro- tested against the “wild and cruel injustice” that he thinks is being Honorable Mariners of - While you’ The 49 members of the Vestris crew the Myriam rescued, included six staff officers, three.musicians, 17 members of the steward'’s force and 23 firemen. A turning-fork struck in a va- cuum will give no sound because sound is an impression produced upon the ear by vibrations of the air. A recent census shows ‘more than 693,000 motorcycles in Great Britain. for PLAY from this Nutritious Bread / WhireRose BreaD Herbert L. Mills Fas An Tmportant Message For You! extre. for the small bouse o List price, $95. Wit Read It In Tomorrow’s Paper Chadwick, | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928 SURVIVORS LANDED done to Captain Carey. He said judgment on the captain’s actions should be withheld until an official inquiry. Not one of the passengers aboard the American Shipper slept Monday night while the ship was cruising about the wreck area in search of victims, said' Mrs. Esther Hasson of Washington, who was returning from London aboard the rescue ship. She said the passengers shared the nervous strain with the officers and crew. Chief Officer Eric Nelson of the American Shipper regards Mrs. Clara Ball, stewardess of the Vestris, who floated in the water for 22 hours, as one of the pluckiest wom- en who ever went to sea. She insist- ed the ship should pick up the men first. - Vestris is the name of a theatri- cal family well known in the 18th and 19th centuries in Italy, France and England. Gaetano Appolino Baldassare Vestris, the first of the family to acquire fame, was born in Florence in 1729 and gained great success on the French stage. He died in 1808. His daughter, Marie Auguste Vestris Allard, was also a talented dancer and Vestris Allard’s son, Auguste Armand Vestros, fol- lowed in his footsteps. Auguste Ves- tris married Lucia Elizabeth Barto- lizzi (1797-1856), an English actres and she acquired a fortune manag- ing the Olympic, Convent Garden, Lyceum and Drury Lane theaters jn London. She latroduced such ballads as “Cherry Ripe,” “I've Been Roam- ing,” and “Meet Me By Moonlight Alone.” Auguste deserted her four years after their marriage and she married Charles James Matthews, accompanying him to America and aiding him in his managerial ven- tures. Gaetano Abbeidini, who was on his way to Buenos Aires to marry the sister of a friend, a girl he had never seen, is afraid his romance is ended. “I don't believe she would be willing to come back with me by Model Four-forty. Comsole-type Orthophonic Victrola. A fine mu- sical instrument and an excel- lent piece of furmiture. List price, $165. With electric motor, $33 Model Four-three. Orthophonic Victrola in compact form. Ideal motor, $35 extra. sea now,” he explained. His wedding clothes and presents he was taking south went down on the ship. “I haven't even a cold” was the boast of Carl Schmidt, 20 hours in the water before he was picked up by the liner Berlin. He said he went ‘“batty” when he saw women and children drowning all around him. *“I felt my heart grow colder than the water all about me,” he said. “Then at last there came hail from the Berlin's bridge. I felt warm again.” Wounds on his rack made by the life preserver chafing him he called “welcome wounds.” ' | The tackle ogliteboat number 13, e about i, you may as well who spent | some of the passengers said, was jammed. The ship was already in her death lurch. A big wave caught the boat, tore it loose ‘from the tackle, carried it clear of the sinking |ship. " Lucky 13. Captain Schuyler J. Cummings, 37 year old captain of the American Shipper is a modest hero. Worn by his many hours of reacuing survivors from the sea he said: “I've done my job. Let me alone.” He then went into his stateroom, locked the door, and dictated a terse statement recit- ing the American Shipper's part in the work. . Each surviving passenger of the Vestris was given $20 by Lamport and Holt officials on longing in New York. The money was for hotel ex- 1OWA TORNADOES TAKE DEATH TOLL One Lile Lost and Six Re- Dorted Injured Vinton, la., Nov. 15 UP—Torna- does dropped out of black skies in localities of north- te yesterday causing at least on death, injuries to six, and property damage that will run into many thousands of dollars. penses. “It might have been worse,” said | | several passengers of the Vestris, in | remembering their ship sank in the Gulf stream, which is several de- | |grees warmer than other parts of | the North Atlantic. The water was | | much to be preferred to the air, they | |sald. Several of them hung over |the side of (he lifeboats to escape the cold winds. | BUTTWO VESSELS REMAIN AT SCENE { These Still Look for Survivors or Bodies Washington, Nov. 14 (#—Ot the fleet of commercial and govérnment | vessels which dashed to the assis- Itance of the steamship Vestris, only |two remained today at the scene of the disaster. These were the coast; guard destroyers Manning and Mo- | |doc. Both are under orders to con- | |tinue the search for survivors or bodies. The coast guard vessel Tucker with seven bodies on board was| bound for New York. The battle- | ship Wyoming received instructions | to put into Hampton Roads. She‘ has nine survivors on board—three members of the crew and six pas- sengers. At nightfall the coast guard de- | stroyer Shaw feft the scene of the search for New York. She had been badly battered by the high seas. On board were the bodies of 13 victims. GE T | tornado, at about the same hour, |many more damaged, with much | Two twisters struck, one sweep- ing down about five miles south of Vinton, in Benton county, cutting & path 40 rods wide for 11 milea then bounding, to drop on farming community called 8ilver Creek, 20 miles northeast. The other struck at Chester, 90 miles north- west of Silver Creek. Woman Dies When the first twister toek its last dive at Bilver Creek, it caused the death of Mrs. Alpha Hawkin- son, 30, when it crushed the barn in which she was milking. That was the only casualty reported there, but two farmsteads were completely demolished, and about a score others damaged, much live- stock was killed and trees and tele- | phone poles were laid flat. Damage | in that vicinity was estimated at $75,000 or more, On its earlier journey the twister had caused injuries to at least four persons and had wrecked ten farm- steads, in addition to damaging many others. Near the start of its course south of here it turned to- | ward the William Herman home, causing severe cuts to Mrs. Herman and her two children. They had taken refuge in the cellar, but when fire broke out they were driven from their haven. Working in a nearby field, Mr. Herman escaped injury. One Hurt Next the tornado destroyed the house and barns on the John Fry farm, where one man was injured. From that point on to the end of the 11 mile stretch, eight more farm layouts were reported leveled, and loss of livestock. Damage in this ravaged strip may exceed $150,000. Chester, Ja., just below the Min- nesota line and 40 miles from Aus- tin, Minn, which was visited by a death dealing twister August 19, the only town reported hit. The second funnel-cloud paid its visit to this community of 250 residents, in- Jjured two and damaged the Metho- dist parsonage, & creamery building and a residence. Bnake bites caused 19,069 ‘deaths in British India last year. y SUSPENSION OF TWO YEARS FOR HILGHOUSE H. 8. FRAT Theta Sigma Reported to Have Had “Rough House” Dances After Permitted Hours Theta Sigma fraternity of New Haven Hillhouse High school has been suspended for two years by the New Haven achool board because of its failure to live up to the rules of the school. It was alleged that the fraternity conducted all-night dances, that it had dances on nights which proceeded a class day, and that there was conaiderable “rough- housing™ at the dances. During the suspension the frater- nity is to remain inactive; pins are not to be displayed and all lchgrl functions, active or graduate, are to be suspended. The attitude with which this suspension is taken will determine the reinstatement of the fraternity at the expiration of the penalty, September, 1930. New Britain High school has a branch of the fraternity. Trolley Skids Along Rails Against Auto A trolley car in charge of Motor- man Bernard Carlson strugk an au- tomobile owned and driven by Rob- ert H. Budde of 645 Corbin avenue shortly after midnight, on Chestnut street, smashing the left front fender and bumper and cutting the left front tire. Budde was driving west on Chest- nut street and the trolley car was going in the opposite direction. Budde turned out to pass a parked bus just above the Connecticut Com- pany car barn and seeing the trolley car coming towards him, he stop- ped his car alongside the bus, ex- pecting Carlson to stop and allow him to pass. Carlson applied the brakes but thc distance was so short that the trolley car slid alopg the rails until it struck the autdbmobile. 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