New-York tribune., 1898-10-30
SINGER SAVED BY HER VOICE.
MISS RoUDEBUsHs STORY OF THE MO-
HEGAN DISASTER.
awFuL HOUR SPENT cLINoINd TO SEAT OF
OVERTURNED BoAT-CALLED LIFE BOAT
AHoYi" FOR roRTY-FIvE MINUTES
RESCUED AT LAST.

OVERTURNED BoAT-CALLED LIFE BOAT
AHoy" FOR roRrY-F1vE MINUTES
RESCUED AT LAST.
Among the passengers who arrived here yester-
Cav on the Etruria Miss Maud Roudeoush the
anger who was on the Inflated steamer Monesah
when II ran on the rocks of the Lizard rev
weeks ago. Miss Roudebush. who is known profes.-
siona,ly as Miss Maud Roudez, was on her way
home 10 accept an engagement at the Metropolitan
npera House She was accompanied by her mother
Mrs s. l.. Grandin. Her mother was saved ou'
died from the result OF shock and injuries In
telling the story Of the wreck last night MISS
Roudebush said
II am alive to-day simnly through the fact mat
nv voice had been trained, and understood no"
10 make my cries for help be heard at distance
Al the time the ship struck 1t was, as far as can
fudge about o'clock in the evening ana my
mother had Just gone into the dining saloon anu
the dinner had just begun. Suddenly whHe we
were at the soup course. there was an awlui
sornd as though the ships bottom was being torn
out My mother and myself both got up from the
table and walked the stairs to so TO our rooms
At that time one seemed TO know what was ''e
matter Stewards continued TO serve the dinner
and It was only when Charles Duncan who was
on the ship shouted out. TO the life-preservers.
that we realized the serious accident that happened
My mother and / reached the head Of the stairs
where our stateroon wSs. when we met TWO OF 'he
deckhands. We had in the mean time secured
nfe-preservers. but were utterly unable. 10 put
them on and as we stood bewildered the men came
I'D 10 us and offered to assist us up the stairs
can positively say that there panic at that
time for as / looked back into the dining saloon
saw a number OF people still seated at the taole'
I should iudge il was about four minutes after the
ship struck. when. without warning. every light
went out. When went on deck, | snail never
forget the scene. There appeared to be absolutely
no panic and every that we could see through
the fast-gathering mist OF the evening was work
Ing with desperation to save himself or herself. l
saw no officers AID l heard no orders given. and
ten minutes after the crash we were on deck TWO
boats had been launched. one of them was mica
with safors and at the ,ast minute. as they were
leaving she ship. Mr. Pemberton threw his wife
and his Child into the boat. following them himself
The boat was just clearing the ship when the mald
threw herself the side. and. by miracle she'
as well a. the family. saved.
Il turned 10 the two deckhands who were sun
BY our side and asked them what we must do Ihey
said we ought 10 get to Of the boats. We ioI-
lowed them as they Crawed into boat ana 'hey
assisted lis after them explaining that our only
hope lay in the boats floating free of the wreckage
as the ship went down. We had been there a niue
time when one Of the men climbed over the SIDE
snl out. The other was about TO follow Wheh
asked him what he was doing. He turned 10
me and said. NV God: can't die ike thls'
We've got TO try something else. AT my request
The men assisted us out Of the boat. on deck the
pathetic, ana SHdIl never lO4 Sc -
The masts were black with people. the majority OF
whom learned next day were sailors. They know
ing the coast AID knowing that the masts "ouio
always be above water. had climbed as near the
Ton As possible. I assisted my mother up mast
but as the men by whose aid hoped TO save our
lives left to get into another boat we LETT WIN
them I noticed that many of the boats were not
unfas,ered and there seemed TO be no attempt 10
launch them. We reached one OF the boats' ahu'
AS before the assisted us into II. Inc oechs
were now on a slant, and 1t was only question oi
,ninu:es before she went down. In the boat with
us wer, Mrs. Compton Swift. Or. fallo"s' MT.
Duncan and a number Of others whose names
cannot remember For few minutes we sat III
the boat terrified. and then the question arose as
10 what We should DO to save ourselves Ohe oi
the men remembered that he had hhlie' Out suoh
was his excitement that he lost 1t while passing
81 10 another !. as well as my mother' s'o"
calm. and / believe 1t is to this fact as wen ds
the fact that ] was able TO use my voice. tndt
am alive to-day. Suddenly as we sat tnele' 'ie
boat lurched, and wave struck us ana then the
boat turned and felt as II had gone 10 t'le
bottom of the sea. Consciousness had almost leI'
,ne when we came up and | found myself under
the overturned boat, with scarcely room enough
70 breathe l think If / live TO be thousand years
old / can never forget the ewful hour wnlch t i0,
lowed Tossed by sea, unable 10 see any SihnS: ms
win scarcev air enough to breatne. because Was
under the boat, clung 10 the seat ol my % 10
with only my shoulders out OF water anu win viii ~ IA
cbi, resting on the seat Close beside me was olu
MIR Duncan. and he shouted as louuiy nd od by they
able His shouls weaker and oy ana r Oy .iI 81
stopped didnt TO think what ha1 pecoio 5 boaI
him My mother knew G w., na1 enow TeeE Where She was
tben' When Mr. Duncan ceased TO cry toSn Snr1Y IY
the cal LeSSS. e}Se 10 ShGg ge fact that my voice had
ter iratned and that able TO keep II up pd lGl
IorV and SO had no idea the ifeboats
~ cominr and learned afterward that II va, va,
opy through @ me iacI 'aa the horror Of the
SITUATION could feel bumpns nsW bv the short
Inv tnf Sat IL was one Of the deckhands that naq
helped US into the boat l was d adi' ,o,entlv over
srS fell Exhausted the bottom Sun d CItnsi iS
TO the sea ii Ihe ,p6n neXI v.o entity into the feboa
h'VTEs CnmnIon Swift was also IN the poai, an ~
was saved Ny ny, TSder one Of the seats for the
mn IN removing her chopped on one one, " Uned;ca AZ aid
believe she would be aNe I'VE '9te' ehe was vigorous
o9 not yet forty five years old We WEI were SsIe
re aSVte % Nv mother az tha story has been told
died from shock and injuries ho,.,.ed that the
Both my mother and myself oeneTeu I We e"%s you'd
Cleopatra no! good DO boat knoWn eRa T that V her
nent "a The inquest but was told that w. nseS
wanted. and | 90 not know TO TINS DAY "'i3'
' In repy 10 questions Miss Roudenbush SAID sb,ns
The opinion OF John Hysop' beiieve is iriIe
and can say myself that they were couple n@s,o9 1;
O. has been stated. and the ran drouiT TheW We're
cbainsd down am when went on deck "a" at
tempted TO launch do not know what canssu e tsio
sccident and believe that If captain Irinie, M md
resnoneible he had certainly gone out OF ms IlIu
As remember it, he let the bridge at clocn;; S;
leaving the chief officer in COMMAND huo ~ e5
oNTcer was relieved o'clock by the thlIu o1I.-
Ger who l understand. young and lneNpeitl,
enced The fact remains that the Doat weh IT. ot bore
rock and that despite the fact that those oi. sol -
eaw her course OF danger and sent up rockets OF
warning. l saw no officers who were appdreH"S ID
authority during the excitement o..
Miss Rcudenbush lost twelve trunks TWO Of rng wcn
ber six wears abroad. She expects 70 put III
claim 10 the Atlantic Transport Line Tor damages,
but whether or not II will be in the nature OF suit
she has not decided. She has Just finished an en-
eagement at Covent Garden. LONDON, ana comes
ScTe 10 ioir the Maurice Grau Opera Company.
a number OF the friends OF those who pershed IN
Rnlldel hlIsn arrival 10