The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
BULGARIA.
FOUNDERS ! ! | |
Hamburg3 AmeriC com Steam
ship Goes t0lthe..Bottom.
FOUR MORE SURVIVORS FOUND
STORY OF SECOND OFFICER
sCHARGEs TOLD AT BALTIMORE ]; u

Only Twenty-ninei saved In All--One
Hundred and One Passengers anil
Members of Crew Said to Have
Notwithstanding story OF Ex-3
periences OF the Doomed Ves-s
sell + 73 55s5s s 3
BALTIMORE. Feb. 2233.-The British
steamship vittoria, Capt. Wethereli, al
rived today from Hull via Hampton
Roads, with four Of the crew Of the fouil-'
dered Hamburg American liner Bulgaria.
The rescued mariners are:
Second mate, O. scharges. Quartermas-
ters Carl Ludtke and John Schulz, ana
Seaman William starke. s;''s sS.s
They were picked up by the vittoria
from an open boat from the BuIguri
three and .one-half hours after they had
been cast adrift In latitude 4o morn ia
longitude 4s west on Feb. s. These, Win
The 25 women and children Who were,
picked up by the tank steamer Weehaw w
ken and landed In Ponta Delgada, Axoref,
islands, a week ago, are all that have
ben heard from OF the crew of 50 men and 4
Il passengers, who sailed from New York
for Bremen on Jan Is. NJ G3s i3sss ssl ss
The. storyo the experience of the Hull.
tgaria as told by Second Onicer 6charxes,S I
is thrilling one s5S q
ION Feb. I, at about Is p. M. said Rllf.s
"a hurricane OF 70 severe III Ina ture WIZ
experienced as ut was found i.npossiblc
30 make any head wa u, ana az q O'clock AtAss
following day we were comp iled 10 hsaYe
to. The flying gigs, both fore ana afts
were carried away and seamen ana pas I
seEgers were afraid to venture on deck
for fear Of being swept ineo tue ~. xts
about a. m. the spring IN the rudders
which Is used to break the strain, of heavy
seas, collapsed and soon Afterward the
entire steering gear wal R6shedt aWAyss
The steamer thensfell In the trough 81 the
sea and was left at the mercy d the wind
and waves.
s'sea after sea swept over sus, continued
scharges. smashing In: the doors of Sthea
cabin and decks, flooding the main deck, as
washing in the awning deck ana creating
havoc and disorder all over the ship. 10
make matters worse 100 horses that were
stabbed on the upper forward deck, stalln-
ptded and In their fright made "a via
dash, trampling each other to adea III. This
state Of aanafrs lasted until all hut 20 had
been killed or drowned In the wash Of the&
waves. Then the butcher % L the vessel, 81
with number Of sean1en went into the
pen and tried TO quiet the beasts that IA "A
mr. sned. This failing, as did also the At
tempt to force. the frenzied animals over 81
board, their threats were cut. Before the
n:addened animals swere dispat ched. how
ever the butcher had both his legs bro
ken and one Of the seamen was badly in-Ei
jEred. sFE$ &, , 45H " Is II 5ssSs
"Any idea that our troubles were oveys
was soon dispelled when It was found theS
vessel was leaking. All the hatch cover
ings had been blown on and before they
CT lid be replaced. four of the seven holds i
filled and all had considerable water inQ
them. The cargo next shifted, listing the
steamer heavily to port. In addition the
adding to the heavy list. ..93s "
For seventy-two hours, passengers and
CT ew worked like slaves throwing cargo
ov erboard to tighten ship. but It was Of
little avail. Inch by inch, foot by foot,
the ship settled, and as she sank deeper
theIwavesi washed with greater force and
fl eedom over her. One wave carried away
eight of the life boats from the tow line8s
port side and with these went much Of the
hope from the hearts or the passengers l.
and crew.
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''At o'clock on the morning OF the 9th
he continued, "the order was given TO call ~
all hands on deck to prepare TO take TO q
the small boats. The water had flooded
the engine room and four pumps could s
not keep 1T down. It was then up TO the
crate bars, but the firemen still managed 4
to keep the fires burning. Each passen-
ger and seaman was given a life preser-E
yer and the remaining boats were gotten
ready and provisioned Shortly after day.
light the three steamers 1.-THE Weehawken,5
Vittoria and Kordistan) one after another,
hove in sight.
"The Weehawken was the first to be OF
service, as she sent two boats in which
the % women and children were placed
These were landed safely on the Weehaw-S
ken, but after that the storm Increased In
violence. One of our boats was smashed
and it became almost impossible TO lower
another on account of the vessel being Sd
far down on the port. side and corresponds
ingly high on the starboard, where the
TT manning boats were made fast. Another
attempt was made ane one was success
fully gotten into the sea. and the three
men who were saved with me, jumped
into her to take the oars. when by some
unfortunate accident, we were cut loose.
The men on the vessel were seen after
that to try repeatedly to lower another
beat, but without success
The second officer stated that through
out all the conduct of the crew and pas
sengers was excellent. The women were
especially brave He thinks there Is little
likelihood that the Bulgaria weathered
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