The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-05
THE DISABLED SPREE.
| Thrilling Experiences Of Passengers - 100
Sacks of Mau Ruined.

Thrilling Experiences of Passengers - 100
Sacks of Mail Ruined.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. <.-The Queens Hotel
is filled with passengers of the steamship
Spree. and many have been obliged to GO to
Kilmurias. the European and other small
hotels or lodging houses. Most of the pas
sengers have thrilling stories to tell
Not q few, however. acknowledge that they
had no conception of their peril until they
had been landed. Twice, at least. the off,
GERS gave up hope of saving the ship. yet
each time they believed il would be eimpossi-
BILE for the boats to live in the tremendous
seas. On Sunday mig ht all the officers
were convinced that to abandon the ship
for the boats would be certain death.
Every body is eloquent in praise of Dwight
l.. Moody. His services did more than
anything else, all say, toward steadying
the courage OF the passengers. In every
translated the preachers words as they
came from his lips when preaching to them.
A lady told the correspondent of the In
transitional Telegram Company, on board
the drifting ship: Il was awake in my
state-room. was aroused by crash. then
felt heavy shock, which almost threw
me from my berth. / knew that some
thing serious had happened. gos
up Immediately. dressed as fast as
dor, where 1 foand the rest of the
passengers. frightened and huddled
together. When We learned the cause OF
tho trouble mono of ms realized the danger
we were in. When we got on deck. how
ever. we saw a frIghtfnl scene. Hundreds
were struggling for lie preservers. shout
ing or groaninR. or RAINING about as II
boats increased their terror For two days
and nights We were tossed about
and drIfted away from our course We did
not go to bed either Saturday or Sunday
night. The sea was terrific. The snip
rolled so that we had to cling to
dashed to the floor or against the
TO leave the cabin when the sea was as
it's worst was thrown against pillar
SO violently that she broke her arm.
The surgeon set it with the greatest diff
Guilty, as 1t was almost impossible to re-
main quiet even In ones berth. The sui
eide of the young man from Vienna de-
pressed US all. He wss wealty aud was en-
gagged to marry Niennese young lady.
four women in the second cabin became
temporarily insane from anxiety and loss
| of sleep.n
Miss NJ. L. Merriman. of Boston. was III
| in bed at the time of the accident in fact,
| too Ill to realize her danger. She was near
| ly thrown on the floor by the shock. She
| dressed herself slowly. and was one OF the
| last to get on deck. IL never before saw
snch a scene" she SAID. "rhe ship was at
the mercy OF the sea. and the waves were
| dashinR mp on the decks The passen-
| gers were huddled together In the pas
| sage ways. or on the stairs. or
| were running about as best they could on
! deck. Most of them had been called by the
time got mp stairs. but the faces of all
| were white with terror. We had a terrible
Sunday morning The sea was worse than
i had ever seen il. We feared that tho bulk
heads would not hold. and at night we had
become 80 frightened that we would not 90
TO bed but lay down in the companion.
way"
| The captain of the Lake Huron says thas
when the Spree made her first signals Of
| distress he thought that she was on fire.
| The Spree lies at her moorings in the outer
hxrbor. She draws thirty feet Of watss