Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-04
RICHMOND va SATURDAY DECEMBER f. TIL

the sailors and passengers who had Deen
concrcgated there. At once the cries ana
proans Of wounded men rose from under
the crushed deck. Two men VINO had
been washed from under the turtie-back
lay where the water left tbem--dcad.
Dir. Hoff signaIed the engineer to slow
down the engines until they were lust turn
log over. and then rotided the csptsin.
TIE watch below was called. Henri Ver'
straeten, the lookout, was helpcd down
from his perch on the bridge. The wave
had bent the gas-pipe railing back until IL
pinned him against The mast, breaking ms
leg. Seaman Rasmus sandagen was picked
up with his skull crushed aud throat ent.
He had followed the sea thirty'nvr
years without ever having so much As
broken bone. Under one OF the big iron
beans that supported the turtle-baek was
Seaman Gustav Dudart, OF Antwerp Hl,
skull was crushed. Not far away was Emil
Decock, another sailor from Antwerp. lie
had been crushed 10 death. The dead oody
OF Henri Jahrens lay a little further forward
with scarcely whole bone IN II. lie was
from Antwerp.
Impaled on a stanchion that bad been
forced clear through his abdomen was
steerage passenger, Max Frank, German
boy OF seventeen, from Unterheisen.
Another boy, Gabriel Livadsri, fifteen years
old. from Constantlnople, was crushed un-
der the heavy beams, but was still alive,
and with Max Frank was carried TO the
second cabin, which the captain turned
into q hospital. Frank died at II O'Clock
the next morning, and Liyadari at O'Clock.
The work OF getting the wounded FROM
under the dfbrjS Of the broken deck took 4
long time. Ii was necessary To get jack
screws 10 lift the fallen beams of the men.
Tue second boatswsip, Hansen, was taken
out with an arm and o leg broken. seaman
johannes de Jongh was suffering from her.
MIA. Seaman Nils OLSEN had hoth iegs
broken. Among the passengers Max
kagls arm was broken above the
elbow. Several OF francesca Taslni's ribs
were broken by beam that fell
on bis back, crushing the ends OF the
broken bones into bis lungs. william lIol-
combs shoulder was put out OF JOINT. Jo-
seph Livadari, q brother OF the young man
who was killed. had al arm broken near
the shoulder. Josef Christmann's leg was
broken below the knee. Julius Wiel had
serious bruises on his back and stomach.
Eugene Sohmer had q bad scalp-wouDd
Gustav Braun was cut in the face and badly
bruised on one thigh; Martin heser sprained
his ankle.
A steward who was Just coming ont OF
closet under The turtle. back lost the tips oi
two fingers In curious manner. The door
opened forward, and was held open by a
catch over the top. The steward put his
left hand on the after door.pOst just as the
big sea came along, carrying of the do0r,
which caught the ends Of the fingers that
projected beyond the door-post, shaving
| them of as with knife.
Surgeon Frank liurlock took charge Oi
| the wounded. and, with the assistance Of
some OF the officers. set the broken bones
and dressed the injuries.
As the sun went down the wind mode
rated, and at ! O'Clock The ship was put I'M.
| der full speed. At IL O'Clock the engines
! were stopped. The bodies OF the dead
| sailors, having been properly sewed up by
| their mates, were taken to the rail and.
after the reading Of Il brief service, wert
owcrtd into the sea. The next night at
| the same hour the two Steerlge passengers
| were buried in the sea in the same mlnner.
| When the steamship reached Jersey city
| yesterday the wounded were transferred to
| hospitals ashore. A subscription OF 1000
| francs for them had been raised among the
| crew and passengers. Some OF the sailor.
men contributed as much ~ twenty fran =
each, although not all the cabin passengers
| were so liberal.
The turtle-back was an arched deck ey.
| tending from the stem aft about forty-fve
feet. 1t was supported by u beams made
OF steel, the upper and lower sides OF the
beams being 81 inches across and the di-
agOnal 81 inches. Above the beams was a
decking Of !.inch steel plates, and above
that solid yellow pine 4 inches thick.
Beams, plates, and plsnks were cut OIL
| clean aud stancheOns driven up through
all by the great weight OF water that fell
on the ship.