The evening world. Newspaper, January 23, 1909, Page 1

700 PASSENGER AN SS Tes ae D CREW > SAVED BY STEAMER FLORID WEATHER—Foggy and mild to-night and Sunday, EXTRA : po en ee ene £ =—— Wiad PRICE ONE CENT. PRICE ONE ‘CENT, and Diagram of Boats Called assistance, and by the Baltic and La Lorraine, which turned back to the rescue. Ay BOA HING VIOLENT SHaCKS ~ OF EARTHOULE WOMAN FATALLY BURNED IN EXPLOSION OF GAD nd Windows and Doors Blown Out When Mrs. Graham Lit Match in Her Apartment, on West Six'y-sixth Street. eee | Instruments at Various Ponts | Indcate Crash Worse Than at Messina. With a force that blew out doors and windows and rocked the! atpaNy, Jan. t1—The occurrence of Everett apartment tiouse, at No, 153 West flat as though a cyclone had svuck families, a gas ex the flat street, wrecked a another strong earthquake, perha: less vlolent than the Itallan distur it and spread panic among fifi a i Bs Pp Muelits fifteen was recorded last evening by the seis- of Mrs. Selma Graham early this) mograph in the Stato Museum, The morning set her clothes afire, and so burned her that she is dying in tremors travelled In an east-west direc- Roosevelt Hospital, Her body from head to foot is a mass of burns, tion and were of distant origin, probably M seth at least §0) miles away, indicating a Mrs, Graham, who is twenty-eight, ond an actress, four days AZO. source somewtere in Asia or the east- rented an apartment on the second floor, She at once complained, first) erm Mediterranean region, The dt >, of nd con- to the janitress and later to the gas company, about leaking gas, but | (umance Pew a Hf Ah and con though they searched for a leak they failed to locate it. They promised) LONDON, Jan. 2 ) ) yp to have torn up the floors to-day to fix the trouble, @ selsmographs |of the Continent and Mrs, Graham was out with friends Ingland recorded a revere earthquake at a few minutes evening and returned home shorty a 1 o'clock this morr here she was’ left In care of yefore 4 o'clock this morning. Tn son A ee |instances the Intensity indicated hy the 8 OW: a it Oy one in- apartment she proceeded t i needles was as great, an ana struck a eat Instant ston, who arived shortly | stance worse, than that r Was a terrific explosion. directed her immediate re- | month at the time of the M patil 1 to Roosevelt Hospital. He sald was hurled across the room, the i ‘ aster. Néuditig’ to! the dining-room, was Were so severe that she had) The estimates of distance vary from * out, jamb a nd every windo ¥ No chance of recovery, | 2,000 to 3.0% miles to the e the house was sm da. Mrs, Graham’: e meantime Barlow had cailed the point of record. This wou Clothing caught fire from the Mare back, | 1° NBN Company No. 49, but when | the location of the disturbance | [the Ablaze From Head to Foot. ; in the house. Bhrleking for help and a men arrived they found no fire |Casplan region, or beyond in a | Russta, Afghanistan, Northern Ind head to foot Mrs. Graham rush Rae ones: jen mt oe a i + extrem abla and ter Lillle and May, wno also are on| KAISER WATCHES FLIGHT. I" the Indian Ocean the stage, ilvedn the apartment across No reports have come in from a the The three rushed into the hall a nin sina dis from about Frigid Sail Over Berlin Berlin and suburbs! bu Tha tried to get into the Graham flat. Fin Demanded Fur Wrappings | 2 Pt 4ng the door locked, they made a con- for Rov. ero jat the Geod et certed attack upon it and forced it in or Royal Aeronaut. | registered « vi Inside they found Mrs. avam Jan. %%.—Prince H v of A. M, tor BERLIN, ly equal to th of the Messina cotas ' from Berlin is estim between 1,80 and servations of intensi pecause the insiruments broke human torch. She had thrown open « front window and was about to’ leap from {t when the trio se! + The woman was so « she fough her reecue her, threw rugs about ‘or Will'am, In a military . The balloon Major Grose, » and the furs, and distance her and qui TTRURG, Jan here registered a ad around the Old {n tha meantime the rest : r Willlam waved familiey, In scant attire their night clothir ‘treet, rilsing: ort Their shouts brouger Py How, of the West Sixty fatation, who. a. soon as ie ran to the ald of the s: Horne woman. Wrapping his ccat about her and the Fuge, he, with Burns and his twol Hav x -earried her to the police Bettie t UASie A STICK OF CANDY, FREE! DAY AMBRL Hf tosnorrow's 3 catartrophe. a Fine New Turkish Ratha pow open at the new Vullizer Sullding., Onis Sung eae ct eee Fomts aoe 9 t mal ARE RECORDED, Vessel That Rescued Republic’s Passengers by Wireless ™ "C. Q. D.” was the code message flashed by wireless from the disabled liner and was caught by shore stations, which sent boats to her fre GRESHAH SHPUBB- ADIN Rie POSTPONED Englishman ue Foot and Manager Powers Sets Back the Marathon. P. T. Powers, one of the promoters of the Longboat-Shrubb Marathon race scheduled to he run Madison Square Garden next 17 night, not | ‘| Well, sir rma tip on where all thes Degan applying linseed oil, of w ‘ er] i there happened to be a quantity in over Chars | Burns flat ygarten, along announced to-day that the race had been postponed until Feb. 5, owing to Jan injury to Shrubb's foot. The Englishman ran twenty-two miles at Montclair, N, J., on Thursday, | and that night his foot showed signs jot Shrubb had worn a new | pair of running shoes and they had pinched his feet and frritated an old distress. wound, | The injury became so serious on Fri- day night that Shrubb came to New York with his physician to consult with Manager Powers. Mr. Powers sum- noned his own physician to the Bar- ldt Hotel. After a consultation ft was decided that Shrubb had a chance to regain perfect control of his much needed foot. While Shrubb's Injury ons,” sald Mr. Powers to will probabiy be able t ork either to-morrow or Monday, id not want to take any chances. When Longboat and Shrubb meet they [ought to be in perfect condition, ee, |CHUCK CONNORS WRITES TO ROY McCARDELL. And this Is what he wrote: “Say Roy 1 want to see you rite way down stick me up ancer rite way this Is swell. is not sert- ca. | “ME CHUCK CONNORS, “at barneys pell st. bowery.” Now, what on earth do you think uck Connors, the famous Bowery haracter, wanted to see Roy McCardell about? It seems that Chuck had lome snakes , | were coming from. j authority on "sna Cardell was in Having a wonder ul ‘nose for news, | Mr. McCardell hastened. He enlisted the co-operation of Princess Rajah, uses real live snakes tn her “Vision o: . ae Cod, picked up a faint message from the Repubtic. who aT WIE Wireless Tells of Disaster and Brings Many Boats to Aid of Steamship Disabled by Collision Otf Nantucket. OTHER VESSEL IN CRASH IS MISSING; MAY HAVE SUNK. Italian Liner Florida Takes Off Passengers and Crew—-‘“‘Republic Will Sink Within Two Hours,” Said Last Message. The White Star liner Republic, which left New York yes- ierday afternoon with 441 passengers, bound for Naples, was rammed by another vessel twenty miles south of Nantucket early to-day ina thick fog. Her engine and boiler rooms were flooded through a hole torn in her side and she drifted helplessly ‘until the Italian immigrant steamer Florida, bound for New FOR OR TEN DAYS rs from Naples, with 900 in the steerage, happened along { and took off her passengers. REPUBLIC IS SINKING. At 12.30 this afternoon the wireless operator at Vineyard Haven, on It stated that| ; that the pas- he liner could not keep afloat more than two hours longer urths of the crew had already been transferred to the the vessel as} White Star line; balance were in readiness to abandon ida and that the soon as she began to settle. The Baltic, of t La Lor: | raine, of 1 moned by wireless, were on their way to aid the stricken vesel. ' The Florida is not equipped with wireless apparatus. The Republic’s |mssages were sent hy power furnished by storage batteries, as her motors he French line; four revenue cutters and a torpedo-boat, sum- ‘in the engine-room were rendered useless soon after the collision by the ‘flood of water that entered the hold. The last message was very weak, indicating that the storage batteries were dying out. OTHER VESSEI, IS MISSING. the Republic, In the wireless messages describing the collision, sent from the Republic to shore, the other vessel is described as “an unksown ship.” Whether it was a steamship or a sailisg vessel or whether it sask or determined. here is a suspicion in shipping circles that the Florida and Republic were the vessels that collided, The Florida is a large, sharp-prowed steel heavily lades with freight, is addition to her cargo of peasantry from If she rammed the Repudlic her bows might ship, Italy and southern Europe. have been damaged only superticially. tons and a speed of 15 knots an Voltolm, She was built in 1903. |MAY PUT INTO NEWPORT. If the Florida was in any way damaged she will certainly make for the nearest port, which happens to be Newport, R. I. Even if she were not the ship that struck the Republic, and is in first-class condition, she jmay go to Newport with the survivors of the wreck instead of proceeding hour, Her commander is Capt, G. directly to this city. evening. OL L. Ric warders, of No. 31 Broad “The Florida, B. Richard & Co., bankers and for- agents for the Florida, said hard, of he firm of C, with a cargo of 800 tons and over 900 passengers, | | | tog bells and was informed | |daylight. wireless messages w | Nothing is known about the identity of the vessel that collided with} escaped is a crippled cosdition and drifted away in the fog casnot be; She ‘has a capacity of 5,600} The Florida was due here this afternoon or this j sm Ne REPUBLIC. HIT IN FOG AND ABANDONED AT Std The Florida, it is rough the fog gat into range of the Republic's been unable to locate the drifting, helpless ‘Republic, uspposed, feeling th her wa) of the condition, of the latter vessel by word of mouth sped thr mist through megaphones. Immediately after the aie ion, which happened. it is believed, about projected from the Republic, These inessages consisted of the letters “C. Q. D.,” which in the wireless code notifig all ships in the wireless zone that some ship is in danger, GOT THE “CALL FOR HELP.” As this signal is recorded all business is suspended in every wireless office it reaches, After a time there is a lull, and then, in response to an answering signal, the cause of distress and location of the vessel in danger are sent out. This was the course pursued by the commander of the Republic. He announced to all within the reach of his wireless electrical arm that his ship was filling with water and helpless in latitude 70.10, longitude 40, This message reached the Baltic and La Lorrai in the wireless offices at Charlestown Ny Woods Hole, Siasconset and VineVard Haven. MANY BOATS TO RESCUE. The revenue cutter Acushnet started out from Wood's Hole, the revenue cutter Gresham started from Boston. the torpedo boat ing started from Newport and the revenue cutters Mohawk and Seneca picked up the message somewhere along the coast and headed out in the general direction of latitude 40, longitude 70, south of Nantucket lightship, The fog was thicker up there even than the fog that smothered down on this city like a blanket, and the vessels bound for the Republic were obliged to proceed with caution, because that section of the Atlantic is thickly sprinkled with ships, It is right in the line of travel between New | York and all European ports. | ENGINE ROOM VrLOODED. Capt. 1. Sealby, commander of the Republic, at sea and was received y-Yard, Boston, Newport, notified the White Star He said s had been vuld keep afloat joftices in this city of the collision in a bfief wireless mess we not Host, that the engine room was flooded, but that the shi {until assistance reached her. jhis vessel had been rammed by an unknown ship, Other wireless messages received during the morning were not so assuring. The captain of the French liner La Lorraine, for instance, sent to his agents the following wireless despatch: “Am going to the rescue of the steamship Republic, which is sinkinyr southwest of Nantucket. Heavy fog, we have to take bearings,” At about the same time this message reached the French line ottices Capt. Ransom, of the Baltic, sent a w way to the rescue of the Republic, Cannot go to her right away, as ess stating that he was on his The Baltic, steaming westward in the fog, had reached a point 112 miles east of Sandy Hook and off the easterly end of Long Island when the news of the collision reached her commander. The vessel was instantly sent around in a wide curve and headed back toward Nantucket. The Baltic and Republic had passed close to each other and exchanged messages only a few hours before. | The revenue cutter Acushnet, after two hours’ search through the | fog off Nantucket, located the Republic and ran alongside, |LITTLE CUTTER ALONGSIDE. So far as was known up to that hour the little revenue cutter was the only ship within reaching distance of the disabled liner, It was believed by mariners that the collision occurred as the Re- public was about to turn Nantucket Lightsi.., although that beacon was some distance away, The position in which the Republic reported herself to be, of latitude 40.17, and longitude 70, is slightly to the north of the regular steamer lane, but near the place where outward bound vessels change their course a little north of east, in order to make the great circle | route for the Mediterranean. Besides her passenger list of 441 the Republic carried a crew of 250. | She had no second-class passengers. The steerage passengers numbered 171 Italians and 40 Portuguese. From the fact that the engine room of | the liner was flooded it is plain that the force of the collision was most _| strongly felt in the steerage, and there was undoubtedly a thrilling panic in that part of the ship. Cleopatra dance,” and with Chuck il chiefly in her steerage, could hardly provide accommodations for the 700 | SAVED BY WIRELESS. Ja gulde, the three started out to find tha! nearby snake farm where, it was sald, | thousands of vicious reptiies were ratsed every ye om which crop New York actresses, &c., Were supplied. The farm was discovered. The mystery It's a story was solved with excitenent, wit, humor and down- right mirth. Rend tt to-be-forgotten teat day World. Roy McCardell will write fit. Don't miss {t—but ve sure to order ( asees copy of the Sunday World In ad- Tt will be a never. of to-morrows 4 that brims over | | passengers and crew ot the Republic, As Newport is less than five hours @ the accident occurred, it is from the place \ altogether probable that our ship will h for that port with the rescued passengers and crew “Bor our boat to do otherwice would necessitate the rescued Peopie | spending a night on our ship, where we have not the room for their keep. ing. The ext of the Florida is 1,250, and 1 es trickling in trom the fo vaste of waters off Wireless messag y Nantucket this afternoon indicate that the Baltic and La Lorraine have The wreck of the Republic is the most marvellous story of the sea ‘in recent years. By the use of the modern ‘nvention, wireless telegraphy, she was enabled to notify the shore and other ships of her dangerous plight, and the 700 souls aboard owe their lives, it is likely, to this fact. ‘The last great disaster in this vicinity was the sinking of the French yur ner La Bourgogne off the coast of Nova Scotia or. July 4, 1898. That was before the days of the wireless, and only a little over ten years ago, La Bourgogne went dowr with a loss of 580 lives. Nothing was known of that accident for two days. Then the Sut ae