The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-22


ed. heard grating sound, and then sew
eral hard thumps on the rocks shook the
ship. The vessel then seemed to stop dead
A few minutes later l heard some one call
ing All hands on deck. l reused my
ehum, who was still aslep, and we went
on deck. We were told to secure our life
belts and we returned below and got Them
We were not allowed to return to the deck
at that time. All were kept waiting be-
low. AT the first summons a few of the
passengers appeared in their night clothes,
but as soon as they discovered that there
was no danger they returned to their
rooms and made themselves ready to leave
the ship. The passengers all behaved in
the best possible manner. There was no
screaming on the part of the women, and
the most perfect order was maintained.
We We're kept waiting below for an hour.
Coffee and biscuits were served and then
we entered the ships boats. Steam tugs
brought us to Falmouth
Among the passengers of the Paris were
many poor female emigrants, mostly for
eigners. All have been safely housed In
the Sailors Home here. One of the wo-
men describes her experiences as follows:
Woman Describes Her Experiences
81 was awake when the vessel struck. 7
heard dragging sound and felt the shock.
then the engines stopped. l went upstairs
to find out what the matter was. L could
see the land quite plainly. I thought the
ship had stopped to take on passengers
did not think there was anything wrong,
and returned to bed and stayed there half
an hour Then a steward told me to get
up. l said: There's my baby; don't wake
him. The steward replied: If you want
to save your baby, get up l got up and
dressed myself and the baby and went
on deck. We were much frightened, but
there was no confusion. They treated us
in ffa in6l
us here on a tug" q
Mrs. Bachelor. a sister of United States
Senator Vest, of Missouri, who embarked
at Cherbourg, says the weather was wet
and nasty when they left port. She retired
early, and at about l o'clock was awaken
ed by tremendous crash, which at first
seemed to arise from the machinery. Then
everything became SO quiet that she did
not leave her berth. Soon afterwards,
however, she was aroused by a steward,
who urged the passengers to dress and go
on deck Immediately. Putting on a few
| things, Mrs. Batcheler hurried above and
found hundreds of half dressed passengers
there before her The officers were busly
engaged in preparing the boats for launch
ing, and calming the passengers, though
there was comparatively little excitement,
Eas it was evident that the ship was not
sinking, and at daybreak all were assured
by glimpses of the shore.
Mrs. Batcheier said that some of the
passengers asserted that they heard Cap
tain Watkins say
II am unable to understand how this
happened"
There was no fog when Mrs. Batcheler
went on deck, but only a misty rain. The
whole trouble, she says, arose in trans
ferring the passengers in small boats to
the tugs.
1.-THE officers and crew worked like Tro-
jan in getting the old people and children
off, and they certainly deserve great
praise"
The Moon Was FUN
H. w. Southworth one of the passengers,
an Englishman. says:
1.-THE Paris had good weather most of the
evening. the moon being about three-quar-
tiers full and at the zenith at Q O'Clock. The
weather was misty but not foggy. When
the vessel struck most of the passengers
were asleep She seemed to rise then quiv-
cred grated over the rock and stood still