The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

with, senior second officer No sooner lad
this boat settled into the sea than an :ia-
mense swell smashed it against the ship S
side and crushed it. Another boat WAS
lowered and into this Beckwith AMI HIS
crew We're transferred. This boat took
eighteen women from the Veendam. Henry
| Campbell, second officer of the ST. Louis,
commanded the third boat. Which also lcok
eighteen passengers. BY The time the thiid
boat had pushed off liom tie Facnlaul
had again arrived with mv boat ana in the
meantime two of the Neendam's life boats
had been lowered rhs second boat icln.
dered before any passengers had been taken
aboard. The crew, howeye:, WAS lu'ckly
rescued
1T was 4:53 a. m when the last boat
pulled up to the side of the st. Louis Just
three hours and ten minutes after the
first boat had left our ship. My boat nude
four trips and transferred thirty eight pas
sengers Campbell's made TWO and also
| ansferred thirtysix passengers and the
veendam's beats made three trips and
carried total of fifty passengers. The
last to leave the Veendam was Captain
Stenger. BY this time the stern of the
Veendam had settled perceptibly and her
bow was almost entirely clear OF The water.
Before leaving the Veendam Captain Sten-
ger set fire TO her
Asher Brown of this city was passen.
scene en- the ST. Louis while the rescue
was in progress he said:
Nearly all the passengers of the 81.
Louis were In bed when the news quickly
spread that a wreck had been sighted
Then We crowded on deck. We could see
the glare of the sky rockets as they burst
in the air and we could hear the shrieks
of the women on the Veendam. The ex.
ctement on board the St Louis among
the passengers was intense.
at was perhaps three quarters of an
hcur before the first lifeboat returned from
the Ncendam, and 1t carried about twenty
iiNe children, all hnddled close together
and crying Justify.
1T was sight worth seeing the way
our well dressed American women admin
istered to the wants OF the poor, wretched
creatures who were hauled on board more
dead than alive. The rescued women.
after they had partially recovered, began
to cry aloud for their children and when
they found them they cried for joy. II /
seemed to me that some of us men snivel- |
ed a bit about that time
AS the last boat hove In sight glare |
lurst out. The Veendam was on fire. The |
escued passengers huddled together and |
et up vail. They had nothing in the |
World except what was on their backs"
Mendel Mandoff and David Deyinishke,
wo passengers on board the Vcendam told
Joyous story of what befell the i'll fated
lOlland American huer
II was after o'clock Sunday, February
when there came a terrible crash. We
I'd not know what was The matter. The
omen, for the most rart sick, sprang
om their cots and began to rush about
hfieking. The ship stopped and from
ie rushing around we knew that there
ust be some grave trouble and we began
pray to God for His protection. Sud-
'nly we were ordered on deck and nut
work on the pumps, The crew of the
eendam were brave fellows. Not man
ould get until all Of W were safe. When :
were on the 81. Louis aud found thnt I
y soul was missing we fell on our knees
"a some OF us thanked our God We ,
we no clothing only that we are wear /.
r." -
me ilS steerngc passengers Of tho Vee,-
m were taken to The large office. or 4
csc seventy WIRE dntfined because az =
nk OF money n visible means OF support n
ie oantatn, officers and crew OF the veen- =,
m sailed for Rotterdam on the Spaarn- !
III this afternoon.