The evening world. Newspaper, January 30, 1914, Page 2

; 7 SURVIVORS FOUGHT IN ICY. WATER HALF AN HOUR | but had not gone to bed. The fog horn was blowing every Suddenly it blew twice and repeated the double blast twice. Bike’ putting on the brakes, the Monroe stopped, and | there was something the matter.’ Rushing on deck, | Skw some- Body getting ready to put a lifeboat over. 1 asked him if there was ‘hy danger; be replied that he didn’t know but wanted to be ready. ‘“Aunest before the words left his mouth the Nantucket struck us , far the bow on the port side. | ran downstairs and tried to dress, but the ship was listing so that I could not stand up, so I hurried back up, There were very few passengers on deck, and.one boat was overboard. As tt pushed away Capt. Johnson told me to jump in, as thefe was 06m for One tore. | had to jump to make it, and | left Capt. Johnson Standing om the deck of the ship. The boat went back and he got in. ‘The Monses went down easily and was below the water within twelve ftiinutes efter the collision. ~ “The crew behaved splendidly as far as 1 couki see,” continued “There were not very many women on the ship, but they were 16 get into the boats first. There was no effort on the part of to caowd them. While we were in the Mfeboat we picked up Smman anda women. He wes holding her by the tmir in his teeth’ and ee er eeaetes ore we pueden i, The woman died, ‘were many people who must have been caught. in their state- "rooms, ‘The collidon occurred so suddenly and the boat sank so quickly hie a wonder that many more were not drowned. The listing of the ‘Steamer made tt impossible to lower the lifeboats an one side of the ship Trl clepeg bplopredapey Nantucket stood by us and those of us who could climbed on ther vepe tedder, ‘Those who were not able to follow us were Med with Placed under their arms. We then proceeded to Norfolk and did ‘tte Hemaliton yntil about 6 o'clock this morning.” » As covmes & was certain that there were none left to save, the Nan- ther head southward and, convoyed by the Hamilton and ee ne OR Newtek, jp stért for this city was made. AND CLOTHES FOR SURVIVORS. Fhe Mentucket made directly for the Meschents and Miners’ pier giurey. ‘Thé steamer Smithfiéld was in waiting here and the rescued pentagons etd ceew were transferred) to her apd taken to the Old . dock... There clothing and doctors ‘were in waiting and after frjuved_ tnd Ween attended to the passengers were rushe to city ‘where seservations had been made for them. ; ‘was tardly 2 passenger who was not injured im some way. peoliaion had thrown them from their. berths to the ied wim created te wot Spralned arms, wrenched backs and ere ontrsert oe wom of Sialeahas, Ent usieer potunaness ble believed ttiet aft wilt recover. ‘ Code, redlng om Quincy street; Dorchester, Mass, sa the Mon- v amidships.” ‘He'éstimated that it was not se soca ide rerived ter death blow that the sea the vessel. sry he tipo L force the deck trom pty stteronm,” he. sald, the wis even) qifa the upper deck. 1 was in the ‘water for half an SOReLB EGE NE ts tte sce” bled! ta ‘he’ floated 9p eae as.be could jutige, before lifeboats picked: him up. Netew of fs Mongce cid petty well” sald Flaman, "but at 2 hts batt was everybody for themselves.” 1 ASnydor of East Orange, N. J., sald he was immersed for thirty Getng clad only in hts pajamas. . KoA remember grabbing some woman 25 | was floating,” Snyder said. long together anit the Weboet picked us up. 1 dort even ta nll Nehons sndiend and excited by tums with the ter- Werks of the night thet be could not recall fis residence, said he, was d-clear out of hls berth by the impact of the two ships. went down stern first, tt appeared to me,” Robertson de- “4% ¥ men and women Jumping Into the water as I came on deck. he 6a fe half an tour before aid came.” -C, Citinesen of Milwaukee, Wis., erroneously reported as missing In | ae est apart ca haat IN ‘ROSPITAL. 08; he. Monroe's passengers were taken to the City Hospital| oon. "They are suffering from serious sprains and bruises, i paxposute, but all are expected to recover, ee pce cane Ce sist bn ta re cir ches das, tare, He states that the poe: the, etirbonrd side, between porls, one. and two, wo. of Bridgeport, Conn,, held his un-|' Ste ne eet S between was one of the (hrilling stories of the night's s douse told by C. Chasen of bravely against the waters for more ly held afloat. | could not see how he the Mfeboats came, and then in’ the lantem all that: hour of terrible effort he had: kept tis teeth. Every tooth in his head is jarred Spas ptt tn rion tenis aboard the Nantucket. The terrible strain of the dis- ‘hed. been too much for her.” Aart Of Bast ‘Orange, N. J., who is in business at 1390. Feent étrpel, New York, was one of the Monroe's injured pas- be sent.to the hospltal..Snyder was too exhausted jo tei. It was sald he was not much hurt, but suffering from long ex- in the water. Ne rn re ce ere te Reni much de- He said. he felt in no condition to talk about the disaster 19d would have to.defer eny statement that he makes until he had time ‘an official report io officers. of his company. have been up fortwo days and a night,” said Capt. Johnson, “apy understand how | hardly feel/like: talking about, this no See weet foe Oe rete Be eave 1) fel, Vice-President ef the: Araestcan’ Federailén of and bathrobe when he came off the steamer. Ht ae dditaba mare then shout minutes:for the Monroe to sink Dominion Liner That Was Sunk, Its Captain ‘ And the Steamship Tha The Nantucket a ‘‘Hoodoo’’ Ship in Collision Often Before}:.:%. BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 90.~The Nan- tucket, the Merchants and Miners’ steamer which crashed into and sank the Old Dominion steamer Monro; off Hogg Island, ts known as a “hoodoo boat” along the Boston waterfront. ‘The Nantucket sank while at the dock im Baltimore Sept. 3, 1912, when water was a into her hold to Two sailors were “killed ai and the crew of i the boat Was releed and put the beat was after the Nantucket struck her. There was very little, if any, confusion. The crew and passengers hehayed well, the men allowing the few women and children to get into the lifeboats fit fitst?” said he, ENGINEER WASHED THROUGH me + Theodose. Wiegand, of No, 931 Irving Street, Brooklyn, one of the a ga pee most theilling experience of: any of. those «| was oling tie machinery. when thé cash: came,” Ie said.” the boat-reeled 1 looked up to:see the steel] prow of the Nantucket crushing its way into (he very’ engine, rboni in’ 4 was standing. 1 expected to be crushed to death as the big steel plates crumbled above my head. ‘But Suddenly th¢ mass seemied to halt, and then backed away. As it (did thete came,a rush of, water,that engulfed me. 1 am a strong swimmer, but the receding wave carried:me ough the hole in the Monroe's side and into the ocean. ‘I did not haye any life-preserver, but as | was aim- ledsly. swimming. about. managed to reach a capsized boat—I think. it ‘was our starboardpforward lifeboat—and pulled myself up on it. A few seconds later I saw a man swimming near me, and | called to him, He managed to reach and J pulled him on top of the boat, and we ‘clung ‘there until lo Sr finally picked up by the boat from the Nantucket.” The:Nantucket, a smaller steamer ¢han the Monroe, carrying freight, two passengers and forty in the crew, was bound to this city from Boston ‘at the time of. the collision, Survivors say the Monroe was practically cut in two, . Although the Monroe fad six watertight compartments and was equipped with every safety. appliance required by law, she went to the bottom:in'twelve fathoms’of water in tess thanten minutes after the col- lision occurred, There was no time to, lower the boats, Such of the ship's company. as reached the deck had to leap into'the sea, and ‘it is ‘amazing tbat so -ndpy. were picked up by the lifeboats of the Nantucket. CALM SBA AIDED IN RESCUES. ‘The s¢a was calm at the time of: the collision, else the loss of life would, have. been greater. All those picked out of the sea by the Nan- ‘tucket’s boats are suffering from shock, exposure and immersion. "The Moitroe, ‘with forty-eight first cabin and eight steerage passen- sem: tlt: Notte i730 crclotk lam Hight om bes tequiar trip to New ‘York, There was a dense fog over the water and the vessel moved at rediiced’ speed, Six NOurs after ‘leaving her dock she was off Hog Island, close 4o shore. % » Prom the moment of the collision the Nantucket’s wireless had been sending Gui calfs for help. ‘These calls reached the naval wireless station here;but the information received. was incomplete for a long-time. It was after 3 clock before the news came that the Monroe had been sunk end that the Nantucket, although crippled, was on’ the way to Norfolk: with the survivors. Mrs. T. J. Woods, the only Norfolk passenger on board the Monroe, left-on the ill-fated vessel for New York to reach the bedside of her dying husband, + Mrs. \Woods was among the rescued, and comes back to Nor- folk to,get'a telegram from New York telling of her husband's death, CRASH DUE TO. DENSE FOG, The Monroe:was one of the newer ships of the Old Dominion. « She was built at‘Newport News in 1903, and was 344 feet long and 46 feet beam. She had one screw and was equipped with every safety device in addition to her powerful wireless, Tiere was a heavy fog when the Monroe left Norfolk last evening. She passed through Hampton Roads and passed Old Point Comfort at afair clip. -She-was last seen by the lighthouse keepers on Smith Island as she swung out to sta into the northern route lane. As soonras the.first wireless arrived, Navy-Yard officers ‘were aroused of |4nd.the engineers and crew.of the revenue cutter Onondaga were onseaed Prt ly practi Lp a Pg er off the sengers crew of the Nantucket should it become necessary, a i assist her to hioheee 9 Within twenty minutes the cutter was on her way. The Monroe was in trouble off the Jersey coast in June, 1903, when blade on a submerged wreck. She was towed |, were Iost or injured 4°, 4s | eal Conpeny® |wire OF CAPTAIN SORRY FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. Capt. Johnson of the lost Monroe livea with his wife and two children at No, 2488 Seventh avenue. Alice, (ner daughter, is ep years old, and William is five, ‘Tne wite, Mra, Augusta Johnson, had been notitied early this morning of the boa cnd and had been told also that her was among the t Ran Her Down Like her husband, s| ant of the hardy Ni tle given to’ emotion. She appears to take it for Svanieg that adventure must come tp thee who go down to the sea in ships and that ~ sailor's lot Her two children ho are lost. I did not hear how many were joat. It le-too bad. My husband |has been with the Ii for fourteen ears dnd has been ‘ain for the tae year and a half. mother lives in Maine” _-_o ARMY LIEUTENANT BACK FROM EXAMS IS AMONG VICTIMS. Lieut. Curtia, lost on the Monroe, = on Oy inted from Iowa, and was Major E. H. Curtis, U. & A. He eo had been at Fort Monroe taking examination for promotion, ‘W. C. Clausen, another victim, was onnested with the Milwackee Stamp- business Ce lived in Weat Allis, & mub- in e aul to 3 pares walk, ie survived by widow an oR * re Harrington Bridgeport, “Conn, "rhe died oe oe ing rescued from “the sinking M my husband ta fe 1 am sorry for the poor people id. She taki: ‘thirt:; rs ol was ing been trip with her husband for the ‘of his health. Into commission she got in collision with the barge Gibson in Vineyard Sound, ripping a ten foot hole in her bow. Many women were among her Passengers and panic was averied with difficulty, as at bey she was thought to be in On Nov. 14, 19) abled in Viney: breaking of @ throttle valve. The en- gines were put out of commission and the Nantucket was forced to anchor] Department of Commerce, in a heavy sea to await assistance.|ant Secretary Sweet instructed the The steamers rsp res and Manitou | steamboat inspection service to make stood by until the weather calmed. |an exhaustive inquiry. THERESCUED, (Continne soom Piet Pies) | ———— ee —— FEDERAL OFFICIALS WILL INVESTIGATE CAUSE OF an (iam ust Invertigation of the caunes vent on of creymasnoes, resulting in the colli- sion between the Nantucket and the Monroe was ordered to-day Li Phosd of sinking. the vessel was dis- Sound through the t Tiere Al Mt ee Macaria Theatri- Lesa Yan Winkle: Me Nitin, M: 3, Wiltamen "New Yorks = Williamson, dein, New. York. - Woods, Mre. T. J. No x —_— — ne ON THE STAGE, “THE MACARIA PLAYERS WERE RETURNING WERE. The Macaria company waa a tour- ing organization assembled | by Charles Marshall Jeliif, who drame- tised the play from tha novel by Au- gusta J. Evans. The company opened at Newport News, Va. om Jan. 19, and closed recently owing, it is sald, to poor business, eh a The Miss Haviland in the list of dead was Miss Hilda Haviland, lead- ing lady of the production, a New Yar« girl. Tho Lewis in the death lis, was George Lewis of New York, the stage manager. He also had & part in the play. | Marlo was a young actor. Another actor who perished was B. B, Vernon, a New York maa, formerly manager | for @ Western stock company. There |were no records ie the office to dis- close anything abovt Miss Seville, also reported to be among the dead. ues the offices of the Old Dominion Line here it was explained that the ed was the junior ff the crew sav was the | wireless operator, The chief wire- less operator, whose name was ugha, was lost, Evans, Enoch, Etherid, RL. Frankleih, ioe Hart, Hayne, W. J. | hogs tet George. Johnson, a, E., Captain, New 5 |, Jan, 90.—President ‘Wilson to-day nominated William .H. Murray as Postmaster of Albany, N. ¥. Acker,Merrall & Condit . Company +2 You pay no more for the quality our name guarantees BUCK WHEAT—Hecker’s Prepared—234 Ib. pkg.” 14 SAUSAGE—Morrell’s Country Pork—packed in 1 Ib. cart yeee oll ASPARAGUS-—A. M. & C. California—Mammoth ‘ Green Stalks . viavsasiees. oa LIMA BEANS—8s Peep—Small wd Green . 12 BUTTER LOWER FINEST FRESH CREAMERY . Ib. .35 FINEST JUNE 3 ~ tb. 33. Crowd at Ship Office ut , Asking for Survivors mN The general offices of the Old Dominion line on pier No. 26 North River were besieged from early morning by friends and relatives of passengers. and members of the crew of the Monros, All of the effcers of the vessel live in or near New York, but the waiters, bedroom stewards and freresdh hands on the O14 Dominion boats are negroes and have their nomen of Norfolk, The first inquiries came from the wives of officers of the boat, and one of the first to call was the wife of Second Officer Gatley, whose home is 68 No. 98 Perry street. Gatley, accoréing to the wireless advices received ‘at | ‘rom the Nantucket, was the only officer of the Monroe to lose bis life. President W. H. Walker of the Old Dominion line was in Washingtos at the Raleigh Hotel when news of the sccident came from Norfolk: He immediately established long distance communication between Was! and Norfolk apd Weshington and New York, and worked the wires poth ways. For a long Ume the only news of as official nature came by bie distance telephone from Mr. Walker at Washington. The officers of the Monroe who were rescued are: E. E. Jobneom, captain; G, Horsley, first officer; John Perkins, chief engineer, and Jamea B, Sullivan, chief steward, The fact that the officers Were saved indicated to the local steamship people that the bosis were not launched and the Officers, being the last to jump overboard as the vessel went down, were {ust Jn time to Be pitied up Oy Vests thet ind’ besa Ldupithed’ am (8h lantucket, Supt. Leyland said the Monroe carried nine lifeboats with a capacity of twenty-eight persons each, and three with a capacity of thirty. In addities she carried life rafts for 220 persons. A wireless message was received this morning at the Old Dominion Line offices here from Capt. Peter Nelson of the Old Dominion liner Hamilton. , Capt. Nelson said he was nearing the Nantucket and would stand by that Leer brig eg ache Amma dnae acta Desa fcc of | Nantucket into meee Nee Va. “ Dominion Line’s First Fatality in Forty-seven Years’ Operatio WASHINGTON, Jan. 90.—“This ts;nearly double the number of the first time in the history of the|she carried on thie trip. Under the Old Dominton line that the life of a | DAvigation laws nt Se ante Passenger bas been fost at sea,” sald | peason of H. B, Walker of New York, President |that. The ‘Monros” and Generel Manager of the Old for over 300 and there rere, bee Dominion Steamship Company, to-|Peisone aboard her, all told. day. “The live was organised in|for « meeting at the Pt Seven have been tn Company's office and tion for Rapes years, The was the staunchest of the|Capt. 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