The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-26
WRECK0F THE ISLANDER
Tragic Stores Told By Survivors
OF the Disaster.
EseBEEgs TOUCHING TAEEEELL

IesberE Dia Their Dnty asa s'ls~-
ed Great Bra,sry-Csptais Foote',
CsolBe...
The resp5nsblty for TIRE IslanIer
disaster is being dse1sse1 a-d a.
though fhe fast sGeed-i4 kn5ts-is
criticised ,bs actie-i seems % have
ben unaroIIaDla. ays Victoria rB
c. dispatch % TIE New YORK sun
The STORES %, TIE p1ssenzers q TIE
captain being excited b. uqu1r are
known % b. uafr1e
That Csp,aln Foote scfed as hs id
n nOt wanting luueliatciy % put fte
Efeauer On the be1ca j. easily under
stood To view q t-e T.1st errerlence q
that nari-1t1r ubel in command %
the steamer D1uute ab1Ut two years
aco. ne Dau1be st-uck q p'=ce o. ~
CT Taku Arm. uL.rh tore hoie 10 TIE
steauers boz. but buikbesfs saved the
kfeamer f-cu fe1I.l- end she steam
81 Into JEneau l-fie down by The
head Bot ofherwise irfact she was
temporarily rer1.re 1t Tuueau ans
sfear-ei down to Victoria with a h0ie
IN her bow sEst ~ thc water Inr
which was Temporarily patched With
canvas end cement
Wbeo The Islander sfruck Captain
Fooi- who acted cooliy and gave bis
orders i1 q calm voice. accJrdlng o.
those who stood hy. erideufly thou-ht
that a. in tbe Instance % the Danube
TIE buikheads q tbe Islander would
ave the sfeamer. She had four bulk
heads. one about fe1 feet Or therr-
about from her bow. the secoud be-
meath IRE steamers bridge and the
third away aft without doubt. &C
cordins 90 the surviving officers. the
ice struck the steamer on her port
quarter lrst at q the second bulk
bead. beneath the bridge. and through
the hoie torn there the water rushed
into the large portion q the vessel
nmidships % ber next bulkheaL L.
rushed into the engine room. and al
though two nrcmen endeavored % shut
the top wheel and keep back the water
from TIE engine room all was useless.
The story % the getting out q the
boats a. told BY the survivors now re-
turned shows that the officers and crew
Of the steamer Islander acted with
brave self sacrifice ln negiectlng 20 So
cure their own lives and struggling 20
secure the safety o. their passengers.
But many - the passengers rushed
into the boats and fought 20 push %
before the boats filled. neglecfiug Y
chances 20 save others IN their hurry
.. E..as.H.ff
Officer Powell jumped from the steam
er 10 save himself as the steamer was
making Der fual plunge. there was a
boat standing by for Mrs Ross and
Others. but when the steamer plunged
u sheered OF on once and did not walt
In some u the boats there were a
scauty number % passengers. In one
boat. according 20 several survivors
there were only ten men. and il an.
other only Il. These facts bear oui
Pilot - Bhnc's statement that bad
the passengers preserved order Dol
launching The boats tbe list % dead
would not have 0ccD 30 large.
From Captain TOofe down % lremer
and walters lt ls shown that tle men ID
the Islander did their duty and remain
ed with the vessel as long as was pos
slble Captain Fo0te waited ou %,
bridge until the water almost litel bin
or Pilot Le Blanc. Second Mafe Pow
Ell aud Mate Neurots0s waited unt
the vessel was making her lual 9lun-'
before they Jumped for safety. Pursel
Bishop co0.ly gave the gold f-0m ha
safe % those who came Tor it an,
helped with The boats 90 the end stew
ard Simpson waited until the lights bad
gone out aud the steamer was founder
ing before De sought safety and hl
second steward Horace Fowler wen
down 10 death while ascertaluins 10 al
the passengers lad left their s.ate
roo-ls. Chief Engineer BrJwulee. Sec
ond Engineer Allan. Third EuE.ncc
Alice. Fourth Engineer Denny. each %
them waited until the engines were use
less. aud tLcrc was 20 use remaining i'
the engine room, and then went 90 ren
der assistance 10 getting COT the boats
declining O place themselves.
Tie farewell ~ the engineers iu On
flooding engine room was "a tra-i
feature OF thc catastrophe. The Del
had changed twice for fuli speed ahead
ard when the levers bad been moye
the only effect was 90 make the tw
screws of the steamer race wildly il
the nonresistus air aud cause The bl
steamer 10 tremble. So far had DO
flooding steamer gone down by ID
head that The propcllers and rudde
were out Of the water and the engine
were useless. The changing signal
from the bridge calling Tor "full spec
ahead" could not be 0beyed, aud aftc
tie engines had Lceu stopped aud tw
firemen bad died iu attempting 10 slu
the top wheel which would hay
blocked the water. the engineers too
each other by the hand. aud then. a
they ran Tor the upper deck. Sec0n
Engineer Allan said In bis Sc0tc
Hccent,
III we meet we meet, and u we don
We don't; Ee'll make a bold dash Tor D
anyway"