The Washington times., 1902-03-08

peril only when the water was rushing
knee deep through the portfolios. The
two were taken off ten minutes before
! the liner sank.
Mr.. Ferguson had previous eX-
perience of shipwreck. By remarkable
| coincidence he was also on the Waes-
land when in collision with schooner
! off Philadelphia. He then gave help in
pacifying the passengers and was one OF
the last to leave the disabled ship on
that occasion.
Saved Treasured Bible.
He has lost everything except valua-
BILE Bible. which he greatly prizes. He
says that Edward Dangerfield was a coal
miner, returning to Kansas with his wife
and four children. He had been visiting
England with a view to settling there.
Sounding the wells on board the Har-
monides, after the collision and again
when the rescued from the Waesland
were aboard of her. showed that. though
her bows were completely stove in, her
water tight bulkheads prevented the
water from filling the vessel. Her bows
were rent on port and starboard, but the
injuries were above the water line.
Rowed Three Hours.
The fog continuing dense after the ac-
cident, it was decided to signal pilot
beat and send message to Liverpool for
tugs. An officer CT the Waesland says
that the darkness was impenetrable. She
was going very slowly, her engines only
turning just enough to give her headway.
Ii was wonderful to observe the good
behavior of the passengers, he adds. Only
one saloon passenger lost his head. The
party in his boat rowed three hours be-
fore they found the Harmonides.
Was Not Alarmed.
An American commercial man says that
the first crash did not alarm him. He
thought that the engines had been sud
denly reversed. until steward rushed in
and warned him. The coolness of the
crew and passengers was marvellous.
Mr.. Dangerfeld. of Kansas, who was
suffering from a weak heart, jumped from
the deck for one Of the small boats. The
boat tilted and Mr. Dangerfeld, missing
his footing, fell on his head in the bottom
of the boat and was instantly killed. His
wife and four children were aboard. His
eldest 10y had two fingers mashed and his
little girl was injured.
StokerS Were Obed1ent.
DR. Shelmerding, of Philadelphia. who
was returning with his wife after two
years study in Europe. says:
Il cannot speak too highly of the con-
duet of the officers and crew of the
Waesland. The steerage passengers gave
a little trouble. The women were far
more stoical and more collected than the
men.
The stokers were orderly and obedient,
none attempting to get into boat until
the captain permitted him. l understand
that Captain Apfeld lost his savings of
thirty-five years. He did not leave the
bridge until everybody else was in the
boats"
Child Fell From Boat.
The Rev. Amos Emmett, whose little
daughter was lost. is a clergyman Of the
Methodist Church. His charge is It
White City, S. d. His wife placed the
little girl in a lifeboat and was following
her with another child when the fall at
one end of the boat gave way and the
little one was thrown into the sea. She
was not seen again.
Mr. Emmett left the Waesland by
means of rope. He nearly lost his life.
Literally Rained Wreckage.
Mr.. Chadwick, one of the occupants Of
the boat which did not find the Har-
monides for three hours says there were
forty-two persons in the boat. They were
in the greatest fear lest broken spars fall
on them. 1t literally rained wreckage
when the Waeslands boilers exploded.
Spars, timbers, and debris fell around the
boat and iioated dangerously near her.
An Awful Crash.
Another passenger, a resident Of Bel
fast, says that when the boilers exploded
there was ar awful crash and the Waes-
land doubled, her stem and stern in the
air. There was a great tearing noise and
then all was silence except the shouting
in the boats and the foghorns of the
Harmonides shrieIsing through the fog.
The rescued passengers have been Civ
en- the privilege of sailing on the Noord-
land next Wednesday. II is stated that
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