Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-01
THE WRECK oFTHE TAYLo OR.
Further Particulars of the Accident--Th
Crew Saved BY the Trave.


Crew Saved BY the Trave.
LONDON, July 1.-The North German
Lloyd steamship Trave, which left New
ampton. The Trave had On board two
hundred and forty-seven cabin passen-
gers and several hundred passengers in
the Rteerage, and also Captain E. F.
Hurlbert and twenty men, the ship
wrecked crew of the Nova Scotia full
rugged ship. the Fred B. Taylor, wrecked
in a collision with the Trave on the
morning of June %.
Captain Hurlbert's first inquiry when
the Trave came into port, was about his
wife in Brooklyn, and when he heard
that she had become a mother and that
she and the baby were we'll, he seemed
to forget his troubles, and exclaimed
joyfully, "Thank Godl"
Captain Hurlbert's wife had accom-
panied him to Havre, but went back by
steamship to New York, as she was in
need of medical attention.
The Fred B. Taylor left Havre in
ballast, and the voyage was without in
cioent until early in the morning of the
22d, when Captain and crew were look
ing forward to an early arrival in port,
the Captain especially anxious to sac
his wife and the little one whose arrival
he had expected.
The Fred. B. Taylor was about 260
miles east of New York. A dense fog
prevailed, and it was impossible for the
lookout to see even a foot beyond the
bows.
Suddenly was heard the throb of tn Q
engines of a great steamer, and the
swish of the waters as the STEAMSHIP D
Glove its way swiftly through the sea,
Almost at the same instant the great
vessel doomed up in the fog, and just as
the lookout shouted warning, at that
moment the steamer crashed into the
Fred. b. Taylor.
Captain Hurlbert at the time was on
the bridge. This is always his custom
in fog, or when near land at night, and
his personal anxiety was added to his
vigilence for the safety of the vessel in
keeping him from below.
The Taylor was cut very nearly in
halves.
The water rushed in like torrent,
and the broken halves of the vessel sank
out of sight.
Those of the crew who had escaped
immediate death or injury were strug-
Cling in the water. The chief mate had
been crushed to death in his cabin.
Captain Hurlbert had his legs badly
hurt in the collision, but he forgot his
own injuries in his anxiety to save his
men, who were now struggling for their
lives, in the water, some holding to
pieces of wreckage, and others making
an effort to keep themselves up by
swimming, until rescue should come
The Nova Scotians are, as rule, good
swimmers as we'll as good sailors, and
this accounts for SO many having been
Is saved.
Captain keimkasten and the other
officers of the Trave acted with noble
humanity and admirable prompJitude.
The collision came to them as uneX-
pectly as to the Fred B. Taylor. The J
were making good Roadway through
| the fog, and taking the usual precau
tions when the steamer crashed into the
ship, at the same instant that the ships
outline became visible in the fog.
The Trave was brought as soon a!
possible to full stop, and even while
| she was being stopped officers and crew
were busy preparing the boats, which
| were lowered within few minutes aftel
| the collision.
| The German seamen leaped into thu
boats, and with few strokes they were
among the struggling crew of the
wrecked ship, pulling them in as fast a:
they could be reached.
The Captain of the Fred B. Taylo
| WOulU not permit himself 10 O0 RESCUED
until he had seen the rest of his mel
safely in the boats. His legs had beef
crushed, but he kept encouraging tn
others and assisting them as far as h.
could.
The stewardess, the only female OIL
board, was rescued, but not until sht
was almost exhausted and about to sink
Several of the crew who were able Il
swim took turns in helping to keep he
above water.
All were taken aboard the Trave il
safety, except the dead mate and tn
drowned Russian seaman, who h ad ais
acted as carpenter on the Fred E
Taylor.
| The passengers on Jne Trave were s
much pleased at the conduct of the off
! GERS and crew of the steamer in riskln
their lives in the rescue of tn
Fred B. Taylor's crew, that they hel
meeting, presided over by Colone
= Martin, and passed d resolution 81
pressing the appreciation OF the courag
and devotion exhibited on the occasio
by the officers and crew of the Trav
and it was ordered that a copy of tn
resolution should he sent to the owne
of the steamship.