, 1896-07-22

the master took several S0undlngs. we dlo
not entortain any app .ehension, but had a
good dinner and then an entertainments,
which bad finished at l0.45. [ went on
deck TO AXE a little fresh air. aud had JUST
bid good uight to a Tronch iady. who hao
put her four children to bid and was gong
TO join them, w,rn ! "as startled by d shock.
1t seemed to me as if il Hae a glanoiug shock.
[ rushed forward. but, fiji ding nothing wrong
there, l returned 80 my deck cabin to put
my oyalcoat on, as ! thought | would have
to spend the night in some OF he small boats.
Seeing the list on deck, a. a precaution, | put
on q lifebei, ard sat on the rails, but by
by tie time | hld done that | found myself
in he water with tigAt other people, among
whom vas one woman.
They all dropped away one after the
other, until we were only three-Ellis, the
fourth officer, and n unknown passenger.
| forgot to say that wien | first found my
self il the water had to get lid Of a woman
who had g1asped me by The neck, and put
her on another plank. BY daylight only
Ellis was left on the tmher on winch was
holding. With tie strings attached 70 the
~llfebelt, which we cut away we linked one
grating to two pieces, and made triangular
raft and SIT upon it.
"Ae o'clock I thought Ellis w.F dead, for
sailed to hear LIS groans. Atthat moment
the tide changed and tifpBea became choppy.
My raft was broken and | was left with only
one spar. / saw several boats which |
vainly hailed. At last | heard a voice en-
couraging mo and | found myself Fitted into
a boat. ] had cabin No l3 on board, but
you see that, after al, | cannot complain,
although when | STATED on the journey !
felt nervous"
The fisherman Bertnelo, who has himself
twice been wrecked. and who saved Mr..
Marquardt, said =
81 was out since 6 O'Clock in NY shallow
k%eelless boat. | was aho, two miles off
UShant when ] saw two bodies. rowcd
towards the first body, aud tEen put the
whole weight of my body on the off side of
the boat. ] got hold Of tie trousers Of Mar
quardt and fitted him in. Finding he WAS
still conscious, | went for the other man,
who seemed to bo an officer and who was Il
Sow metres off, and hailed another fishing
boat, but before we reached hire he had dis
appeared. ! then exerted myself to warm
Marqaardt, and finally revived him"
Mr.. MGrquardt. when questioned about the
conduct Of the officers when the Drummond
Castle went down. said:-"Thr captain was
on the bridge at the time We ran on lie rocks.
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them to be calm and ali would be right. The
people responded, and there was no noise at all.
The captain then ordered tie officers to their
posts and commanded them to get the boats
ready. He evidently imagined, however,
that the ship was wedged on a rock. for he
never gave the word for the boats to be
lowered, and apparently thought they had
plenty IF time. In two or three minutes,
however, it was evident the ship was sinking,
and with great presence Of mind, the chief
engineer, who was on deck, rushed below
to let off steam and prevent the boilers burst
ing. This should be recorded as one of the
most heroic acts of that fatal night
Referring to some of the first accounts
published of the disaster, depicting in tie
most extravaganza tennis IT, e scene presented
as the ship went down, MIR. MarquaIdt said.
"No doubt it was horrible enough, but |
neither heard the fearful cries spoken of nor
did | see more than half.a-Gozen people
struggling in the water In fac, the greater
portion of those Oh board we're carried down
with the ship, and if there were any cries
they also were drowned by the noise of the
steam which was being blown off as the result
of the acf ofthe chief engineer. The shock
when she struck stopped the engines. Up to
the time he decks were level with the water
everybody was very quiet, for the captain
was on the bridge urging the people to keep
calm while the boats we're being got ready,
but we were in the water before they could