The Saint Paul globe., 1898-07-10

Deloniel was on the bridge. Seeing
that the ship had been hurt by the
collision, the captain ordered the ship
steered for Sable island. At this time
he did not know the extent of the in
jury, but he ordered the twelve life
beats to be manned by the crews as
signed to them. The crews responded
quickly to the order and remained at
their posts. After this the captain
signalled from the bridge to the Of
ficers below decks to ascertain the eX--
tent of the injuries below. He received
no response to the signal.
I about eight minutes after the cap
tian had signaled down below and re-
ceived no answer Fourth Engineer
Laise rushed up to the captain and
told him the SIDE Of the ship was cut
open and water was pouring into the
machinery compartment. Capt. Delo-
MEL ordered the boats to be lowered
WE'RE IN A PANIC
Passengers from all classes rushed
upon the deck and ran about in a pan
ic. They got in the way of the sailors
and pushed them away from the boats
as they were loosening them Before
the boats could be gotten from the
davits and ready to launch, the ship
suddenly listed to starboard, throwing
some of the passengers overheard. The
slant bulWark of the deck was so steep
that passengers could not stand upon
it. The passengers Of the first-class
cabin had rushed out Of their rooms to
the port side of the ship, and, amidst
the protests of the other passengers,
clambered into the six boats there. A
list to starboard made the big boats
swing on the inward and turned the
davits back against the side Of the
cabins. The sailors implored the pas
sengers to leave the boats, and in some
cases tried to force them out, so that
the boats might be lifted up and slid
over the side Of the ship. The passen-
gers could not be induced to leave the
boats, crowd Of steerage passengers
having appeared ready to take their
places. The sailors heaved away at
them, but could not bulge them. They
gave up at last, and were engaged in
cutting the boats loose, when the YES
sci pitched stern downward and sank,
carrying the port boats with it.
BOATS WE'RE SMASHED.
The beats on the starboard side wer.
smashed by the Cromartyshire in COL
lision. Beat No. 7 was filled with pas
sengers and had been launched SUCCESS
fully. when the big funnel fell, crushing
the boat and killing nearly all in it.
Twenty Austrian sailors from the steer
age secured Boat No. II. There was
room for fifty in the boat, but passen-
gers and crew were fought off by the
men in it. They answered the order
OF the Ships officer, who drew his re-
FoiVer and ordered them out, that they
were passengers and had as much right
as the others in it. They drew knives
and stabbed at the crew. The men
knew how to manage the boat and
launched it safely. Passengers in the
water tried to get aboard, but were
pushed Off.
Boat No. 9 filled after the passen-
gers got off safely. It had fifty-three.
including it's crew.
'"The only boat on the port side,
where the frst-class passengers had
rushed after trying the starboard side.
was No. 8. The sailors around 1t sue
ceeded in getting it launched, leapad
iEto 1t as the ship went down, and pick
ed up passengers enough in the water
to fill 1T. The engineers stayed until the
first engineer told them to fly for their
lives. He himself was last. They
climbed in single f1,e up the iron ladder
to amidships On top of amidships
were four RATS. They unshipped one
and threw it overheard but one of the
copper cylinders in it was smashed.
A second was put overheard success
fully before the ship sank. The other
two were not used. Passengers were
rescued from the water on the single
raft. Boats from the Cromartyshire
came up is the ship sank. Two good
boats and part Of the smashed boat.
to which some We're clinging. were
taken to the sailing ship. When the
boat with the Austrians got to- the
Cromarthyshire the captain of the
latter asked for volunteers to take 1t
back for work Of rescue. The AUS
trians refused saying they were pas
sengers and should not be called on for
work. A volunteer crew from the Gro
martyshtre then set to work and sue
ceeded in doing good service. The
boats manned by the crew Of the Bour-
gogne and the English ship cruised