The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
THE LOST STEAMSHIP vEENDAM.

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f fSero Was @S % So moon o%a and there we're no Stars;
To those aboard the chip the night it, seemed med
EEiiGgSEearr R an Sdr' their ,sracEiiny, smashing sound
louder. Now and then spray would splash over
inch inc D tSc old Hfs sRip sott iSG'' she was VS." 50 down y
the stern that it was not easy TO stand on me
t the fare se lights ~ we're i@''i III sna, rockets were
sent up. 1t was nearly midnight; There mad
Were when nj IN d the darEfne satn There was eisyen feet
OF water in the hold. and 1t was still rising. II
S %sS C WOULD & s%ues5lqips t Ct = f stTo G0S a6 t SS's sh shs
II they took to tho boats, almost Sx-
h Be assnes as tos .hI fSen MeF fho tG Banging IVA" Of 9 IL,
rockets became more frequent u oqtoS as t tosd situation ths ,nen
s6sy mSse a MsFe aisht r N g the Inc e0t Of ' the % Sis
steamers from southampton, and hat It would
s seer 7 theis ,i be n Sns Thus 4 tsw en as@as ws' TIC sn mem Mo s%!
~5 Tsf S s1iSsfs I had R i o?iisai hs%P nnssa ,i'sl so sni II
when away back to the cast there was seen .
sssDsirins sG sISnSisy. \ aa lew sn @inu sas ls xssn on ths
horizon the masthead light OF q ship appeared:
y Isr wss ,s sisas so sl0. .SS . tsa1 sp% aSs Of tns nf To
look at l. until they wore sharply commanded
The light mounted out Of the water. making
straight for the Veendam: It was the st: Louis;
than taa. ta arss s.sn ,h Of stl hour fS5,s sft Sss the wI Itsh5
the name OF his ship. said she was sinking. and
faSia s T. be tak Ssc IN that c Ss.d E sssna S Of tie Gh 81
6faesr segraVe 'S was on deck. He Read the
signals. He VOLUNTEERED to go. and the Cap;
launched. Volunteers were called for. and eight
seNmen stepped forward in an instant. Boat
@ %ster s''fTRSs s Other on IL e four n E IoSer 1sSo tssm 1asI sas
boat was a. times out q siFht q the 81:
ing : rh %.'s rio men n"s I At the oars drove the
S Sspss s s%S said Re AaS Sis pss%s aboard;
boats We're needed; ssSrsys reported thls and
children first; The boat was made fast. bow
men on her tended off with their hands. q tackle
was rugged, and the he, first rs PASSENGER a1a was ;ns
d doWn OF t { sllasr"f and PA' saasflinF sna and = sS 9%s
S sssmsn TO- Sy cs sssr fCr. f fRs s psasssa 0y pass 60 sas
were elamering to be taken off first; The frss
twenty children. ali Of the storage, were
= rope was tied around the body under
ths arms %nn, and s,S w%s dr1 SImss tight ;est IN eS tSs
S Women 70 y "sS LEO le y ! EIsRins sn ssd scrssM;
filled the boat, and lines were cast of and tho
S%TtS5ss sEiDs e 6s sst d SHSs to c shS a: hSTiS was SS. Sc gsrs
Meantime Capt Randle had ordered out two
Officer Beckwith was directed 70 command one
f H. extra ,Ss Second econ 0 q If Il. Campbell en,t the w other;
% s one b snf" there Sa 'n Was 81 room a1u'' for @'n SSs
sixteen: They were picked; Tho frat boat
the ship, A hole was stove in her. The
mon grabbed ropes and clambered back on the
safely. CampIell's boat got on the drst time.
The second officers boat reached the Veen;
Into, il one after another. They were ali
Of the steerage. t9o. The cabin passengers
loaded. Xix ike the second, with steeraEs passengers sSas
This time, some men were taken. Before either
Sai taa'' ss aSais ES bad 0n sueo &c :&S IN IN pulling %HHis en lis
R Insr nSs had sH stsrt SG Of Soe on sh taI A% Prip! 4
were gathered on the deck. and they
e ebosre. They e cheere drs tho Chief S"o onl sas TOO, e%se as
he started OIL with his, boat again. Before
s SECOND De trip hsG cn TSef stsnrs snI had Se Sr E = S SR s Cd:
mon TO launch one of the Veendam.s lifeboats.
and O friea f Ss' Isus ssfRpP 3 so %frt II at va. .sG sm RSRRsSi
in a trice. They had better luck with the next
S"S to an JOCKEY ass 1t sr ssisGly a mt @Sild the 1S s ws' i%iio s pd.i taiss
to receive passengers; It had not taken on its
hf TSe lS work w of Te ssssa Was sF w.li u iF h %a ssG sS@.
The men who tied the rope about the passen.
sseS T faot. 9HRssAhfgfit y. oaR,i s Me%sm s and 's airla
were all removed in safety; Segreve gotl the
l HSs g ST. sA: ships .H Sa "a, a FL ssa. Inf f0f ia a4S ST: s .SaIs.
and the boat load was soaked to the
ss,n e m9 Fhs Ss shs ssIp; but on IL ahsr s, was fsa nS G %sss
more excited even than the rescued people and
aomi n,raef co %Sq tnishiin s themR and sntns asm nHr ahGnr
their s~torles-which stories were told In Dutch.
T wsS. 9n nsssea s Tos Kept r Se as w sss e ssssas sh esSR!s
when the yeendsm's own boat. with twenty
~ FOR thai ssF'f Time &s1' ss sas .; l SSat 4; $pd Sy' t saa
s Sslson. and h] ssSHsft on. boat at ' Made n'p s%s
trips and, brought on thirty.six, and
e GSplss sSa v ssns %ses OWN sMp D ,s!ps ms sHs t fGs Of s,i 30
and brought on 30. most OF them members Of
ON tho last trip of the Chief oalcer's b~oat,and
the Veendsm's boat segraye ordered that his
eSiEsd d'S With 1y tS Ss' CAPTAIN Sepsi s aftsr th Sai is SH' m hs
but stenger was in the boats. The Captain
s %oald t'e sinf Within %Hf no a doubt sSSSfo that df ho @ls Hf III
sSid she had nearly TWENTY, feet Of water in her
Sss ne ii s",a .a anS T 4 w a'ss not .a Ia % taS sb Iins OF h fas
there while she aoatsd. He said he would nrs
i%.' Al sn stated sssP before ss s.i "a piIGd ov ialS I'M h ssS
and threw Eerosene over the pile. As he ran out
!am sss S si@. f If e Srias ca 5Rsr t NJ h siSs s sSi
SrSpR sSa IL Into snr his SS own boat and tho voendam
Shen the two boats loft the burning ship. The
veendam WAS VOL down at tho stern then
half was tho hardest the men had eyei
EoWeSS' they said but they made !,
dams boat was turned adrift and tho St
Louis proceeded on her way. having beer
hours. She 70, 10 her pier at noon yesterday
being delayed in coming up by tbs fog,
Various statemen5s Of tho rescued an,
dam Wss sent to eHcSoEen t aSa. wen wfsi
thu exception OF tho Captain and the doc
iSr, went aboard the SpaaTndem q tho sam