The evening world. Newspaper, January 25, 1909, Page 4

—— A THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1909, (EVENING WORLD GETS FIRST STIRRING TALE FRM TORY I) 110 Taking Passengers of Republic and Florida ‘Story WatenGniicizes | | the Paclfle, but was detached because From Latter Ship to Baltic by Searchlight. Delay of the Rescuers, } | James B. Connolly, a writer of sea wa a i | tales, was Inclined to criticise minor de- ' Rar : bid: Ned St) ye a . cy j Me Aisturbing eloment. He went to uy i ‘ a oe f : ABs : ML Washington and laid his case before I h iy + : iby 4 GAM | President Roosevelt and got permission i i of é 1 é * % : * ery ; MEM to rejoin the fleet in the Mediterranean ae ; oe eo ‘ : h i ‘ Aa | Mr. Connolly said | Pe te et 4 j = “The tog was black at 540 o'clock ys 4 3 2 % Connolly started from Hampton Roads Jwith the battleship fleet on Its vd tolls of the conduct of the rescue. Mr. Saturday morning when we were struck {by the Florida, It was about 1 miles | from New York, and fifteen miles south | of Nantuaket. “Five staterooms on the saloon deck | and two on the lower deck were torn out as the bow of the Florida, after cutting |into the Republic's side, ground astern, The rooms on the lower deck were torn out ty the Florida's anchor, which was +t HL J. Hover, of Spokane, Wash, De- | |» scribes Thrilling Scenes Aboard }* l the Republic from the First nt vn AC finally wrenched away and was later ; C h R ‘ : ¢ | found in one of the wrecked staterooma ‘Bae: ras. to the Re Cue; BN RHA. Killing of Mrs, Lynch, ) “The force of the collision was shown 4 ny the fact that, though the saloon ‘ Jack staterooms were well inboard, the i arp bow of the Florida cut through k planking and all ands: ed everything—bunkas, mirrors, wash basins and trunk: hat Was in the staterooms. "Mrs, L: h in s' r Mooney in staterc instantly—cut to pieces. Mr. Lynch had } hie leg broken. Mr: » who was “ in the berth benea in which her husband lay, was unhurt. Mrs a Murph the wife of a h Da f anker, was badly hurt, but her hus- band, who was In the upper berth was * not Injured ° “The shock of the collision started the plates of the Republic's hu low the water line. In ut six mi enough water had entered to stop th engines which were w lc light dynamos, and were no € and we terns. provide Ae around as £ matches and u HM up here E if ap hi Hi This state of thin long: | = daylight hater {tee # “When the F pat difficulty ; i out of the fog H a he ee i | H. J, Hoyer, of Spokane, Wash., who was one of the first of the Re- remark } public's passengers encountered by an Evening World reporter who orida was H | climbed oyer the side of the Baltfe from The Evening World tug Dalzelline, E , eof the Republic pas- i a ae ea rR: eas aaah, | ¥ the passengers behind. ‘The pagsen- } ‘4 told the foflowing graphic story of the collision at sea: Criticises Delay ‘om the shock } ! “The shock came when all of the passengers of the Republic and most nee eine Tee of her crew were sound asleep. Mrs. Hover sud 1, like most of the Re- him would have } publie’s passengers, were awakened by being violently thrown against the It aon € ‘ood luck that the { uide of our bunks. The shock was terrific. Outside, in the passageway, I sone ee FE iar th sea and i sould hear the sound of running feet, From above, on deck, came shouts {s no telling what might have happened | and the yelling of orders. had) we not had these (vo advantage ‘ { “{ turned on the electric Nght and hastily throwing on over garments, ; 2=Mrs. Hover and I made our way bareheaded and barefooted to the music 1 j room on the promenade deck. Meanwhile the alarm gougs were sounding } if all over the ship and the stewards were going from stateroom to stateroom ; |’ arousing the passengers. By the time we got to the musie room the place i i Hl was full of men and women, some with nothing over them but the clothes | ! in which they had been asleep, others wrapped in ship's blankets and ji steamer rugs, all more or less frantic with fear and shivering with the cold. \ H The women huddled together, some weeping, a few hysterical. | if NO REPLY TO WHISTLES OF DISTRESS. | i “Most of the men rushed out on deck to ascertain what the trouble was. PARLOR { ‘ There we found the crew of the Republic taking the tarpaulins trom the hogany OF ee | } Ufeboats and standing by ready to swing out the davits. There was no sign ——— Sera a —_—— me + frames, handsomely B\ fitted with loose | W)cushions of silk { plush and cord tase sels, as illustrated; =“? value $50, 29.50 of any other ship anywhere. The foghorn of the Republic was letting out) rousing passengers, telling them of the! better off, but they lost all thelr clothes i , but there was no answering whistle. I d danger and where to go and helping ; Ceaiianeaisvar All B h yea] Ad afd stirfil’ blasts, but there was no ig whis on't know how long ltheas anetweretdecea se nace a is i f y 2 ave mira ly, we were left to wonder what had happened, t oft that easy } ; | r | “Every minute brought more of the passengers on deck and in the| Poused Everybody In » Quick Time ' toll Re bli s S i! ; Cc iP] | Perf 5 | music room, and the excitement was growing instead of lessening, A great) “When they had been all througiy tt t et Bameec pale nares ee 1c ‘s urgeon ays number had put on life belts, and this elght had anything but a reassuring | fue. yi ie captain pi 1e fo disembarking to go effect. Finally the second officer informed us that there was no danger of se though th the.vessel-going under. The majority became composed at hearing this, | thing ev vitarivearetihevica led But someof the women were still beside themslves and refused to return to | back: ‘All clear, sir! . their staterooms to dress, and thelr clothes had to be brought to thom from "Pe" he #ave the order to go through onee more and report again. They re- They behaved admirably. The of the women passengecs, all of ized t From one after another, y had bean doing the same weir danger, Was indeed not say too much of Axminster Rugs 9112, formerly $28, 19,50 GET CELTIC § SUPPLIES. their cabins by the stewardess, ported, From the time of this final re jee es 8.3110.6, formerly $28, 17,50 “In léae-than a halt hour, however, mostly every one had managed to port to the closing of the watertieh t, Then| MESSINA, Jan, 2—The American 619, formerly $18 11,98 } get clothed and was in the music room and dining saloon awaiting develop- compartm upper decks was |¢5 7 r ‘ , supplic r the earthquake sufferers i " ‘ ’ I coun: d to close these door F here by the that sailed from New ¥ ver, are 10.6113,6 formerly $40, 29,75 12x15, formerly $50, 36,50 ments. After a little we heard an answering whistle, and the Florida ca Just eleven se d and so up, looming out of the fog on our starboard quarter, There was an exchange They of questions and answers between the two captains, and the injury to the Republic having been discovered more serious than Was at first supposed, we n I finally got my people. to- I found that T hadn't a stitch to my bathrobe, Dr. Wagers uth y n torpedo boats. Gen, Mazza, the 5 a fox Morris Chalr, Golden Only carved { were told that we were to be transferred to the Florida, Was, good ‘enougni toga! into: my vata. ‘ THERE CORE : pon da Ae aleartan ee elieae) lie of velener iike euty | 7 AEG wr room and get my overcoat. My daugh-j{n. and then t Wome St ieHE airet here eRiite er tn command of the earth- JPG UGH DHONTIDD | CAPTAIN STICKS TO HIS SHIP. Rerun granddbuers were ite! ule © pa aii GS ieee Oe ONT went on board the Celta i} “This announcement caused more terror than had the shock of the ahalaevansthe: park itu ie exgation ed with graye The men and we collision even, but after a while comparative calm was obtained, and the il transshipment was begun. The women and children went frst, of course, epu ic ai or pal e Ss L shall never forget the scene, The Morida could barely be made out,' standing by, less than a cable pulling off from the every one, The boats away into the mist, over the side, and it was 4 ships as to which woul! over the greatest number of p jj “When ft came to the of the Republic to avandon t of course, Dut neverth “We out ed aboa Bs but the were plu¢ were distributed to-day. ength away. The sight of the first boata of Crash and Rescue = - ; A Home and An Investment. as watched with a lump in the throat of nd out saliors on | an to take a hand at tt unde r the searebligi ght , and then fade ‘| who qwas on wateh et the ident happened, gave to an Vorld reporter a jucid and all the passengers to the spaenihelesaaret the two Fs than the other and take toes any heart lifeboats, It was the se excep! that the sea was r on us and struck saw her. Capt “] ghall never forget it. For n ve the signal to ek 1 think burried from one ship to the other ompart ut e Worst ‘ been taken over to the Baltic. The crew of ntentio luce | ample set by the crew of the Rey bye Nine f our passengers, Mr. Eugene | i tte er Arduihe between the two eh nd himse ant the firemen and vo moved, We are here now, and it fs al! ov ard the Italian ship uext week, but, just th me, | ho rf nly « er Lost Way In Fog this kind I will ever have.” {oT gers aved very well. St t the fire: wards were siarted for th +e » assur that everything Crew’s Brave Discipline ; ts ae Saved All Says Mr. Cupples, e two hours In locating the , uvwuy HE: Msnaunw crossY co ing 04 » the house just inspected? thy fy Samuel Cupples, of St. 1 f la, whic the wealthtest cttizens of that tithe Rad’ les SHE: had with htm his daughter, Mrs | Peranee Why that's a f question; H hat I had in mind der 7 ain” hous r mt World A Dr. Wegner. They we ‘ tang | ee a OR. BULL'S CONDITION, always fin to be away elght the M t r nditton of Dr. Willlam T. B neat z a : Last Year The World Printed 01, couldn't say enough E ‘ v as as side of ¢ vessel where I er in his apartraent O18 Real Estate Advertisementae: the crews of the Rey f a big| was stationed ying to. .butt. in 8 to-day report 1,007 More Than In 1907, Hundreds Baltic. «1 never dreamed that those qu! More in Yeater Did You See Them? through | ahead men. I was told that | gator pasted Y every stateroom, poking into berths,’ another man : tried to do the same thing cheerful on i ‘a Sunday World. \