The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
BULGARIA
FOUNDERS | ! : ! ! |! J. /
Hamburg AmeriC conf Steam
ship Goes toIthe.Boftom.
FOUR MORE SURVIVORS FOUND
STORY OF SECOND OFFICER
sCHARGEs TOLD AT BALTIAsDRE.l i s.

Only Twenty-niae saved IN 4All-One
Hundred and One Passengers analS
Members of Crew Said to Have N
rillinE story OF Ex-s
periences OF the Doomed ves-a
sci. IKE S13
BALTIMORE, Feb. s2ess. The British;
steamship vittoria, Capt. Wetherell. aT.g
rived today from Hull, .,ia Hampton
Roads, with four Of the crew OF the foull-
dered Hamburg American liner Bulgaria.
The rescued mariners are:
Second mate. o. scharges, Quartermas-
ters Carl Lldtke and john Schulz, and
Seaman William starke. ,i3
They were picked up by the vittoriaS
from an open boat from the Bulgaria..
three. and one-half hours after they had
been cast adrift In attitude 40, Il north:
longitude 43 west on Feb. s. These, with,
the Is women and children who were
ken and landed In Ponta Delsada, AxoreS;
islands, "a {Neek ago. are all that haze
ben ben heard 81 from OF the crew OF So men and
a passengers, who sailed from New York
for Bremen on Jan. 2S slseS SSs III
The story of the experience of the sBlll.
garia as IS 4 told by Second onlceri scharks
is thrilling one 4
ION Feb. 1, at about s s. q, . I; 81 ia mi. II
"a hurricane 1T Us severe a ~ t,te tes VIZ
experienced as il was found innp,o Md
70 make any 5leadway. ana VI i o,cloc Y thss
following day We were coinpeil rs II u ,ts VIZ
to. The .flying giss, both fore ana 81
we're carried away and seamar,s ~ Ana N,
gers were afraid to venture al, dcck.s
for fear Of being .WeptE inao fl,a ~: III
aboutt7 q. I'M. the spring m the r,,dd &
which is used to break the Al tn of n ,eavvs
seas. collapsed ana sot,, N IA fhe
entire steering gea Z VA 1 q a1A
The steamer then fen IA the tro,,x Il sof Ina
sea and was left at the mercy 81 ,the Ninsds
and waves. s ssss
s.se. ftar 600 !. o. I, /, 4,
scharpes ..sra.hi,,s NJ
cah,r: and d.cI. nnol. - &,
washing in the awning deck ana screaft,
havoc and disorder al.s over sthe shin 10
make matters worse 100 horses that wero
stabbed on the upper forward tierk sth u.
pt ded and in their fright ma q 81 ~ WIN.
dash, trampltr,g each other toS Sdea III Taiis
state of aaffairs la asted untils All but 70 hatis
been killed or drowned In the Wal Ii ~ sthes
waves Then the butcher 81 tlta vessel
with number Of sealaei, want into the
pen and tried to- quiet the beae ele that re !.
masned. This failing as did also the IT,
tempt to force the frenzied animals over II II
board, their throats We're cut BE fore the
n:addened animals swere dispat ched. how
ever, the butcher had both his legs brQ.E:
ken and one Of the seamen was badly inris
jIred. 2
ANY idea that our troubles L were over
was soon dtspelled When Y was found the
vessel was leaking kim All the hatchs cover
ings' had been blown on and fore they
ct lid be replaced, four of the seven holds
filled and all had considerable cor water itl
them. me cargo, next snifted, tile
z. ST
:, -. w. ]" a
1ouins - 8 - - u.s. 49, 81 S5sS
for seyenty-tWo hours. noun passengers ana
cl eW WORKED IKE slaves tnroWlng cargo
little avail. Inch by incal, foot by fool
the ship settled, and as she sank deeper
the waves washed with greater force a and
II eedom over her One wave carried away
eight OF the life boats from the tow tines'
port side and with these Went mucn OF ans the
hope from the hearts OF tne passengers
and, crew.
''At o'clock on the morning OF the 9TH
he continued, "the order was given toscall
all hands on deck, to prepare TO take to,
the small boats. The water had flooded
the engine room and four pumps could
not keeplit down. Itswas then up to the
CRATE bars, but the firemen still managed
to keep the fires burning. Each passen-S
ger and seaman was given q, life preser-
yer and the remaining boats were gotten
1,ebt Tho .hrea stean nars ftia Wee : vixen