Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-17
WOMEN WERE BRAVEST
Passengers Tell Of Wreck Of
the Madiana.
YOUNG BRIDE HEROINE
REFUSED TO BE SEPARATED FROM
HER HUSBAND.
Lifeboats Manned, Passengers Weak
and Aged but Heroic, Calmly Dr.
rected Their Rescuers.

rected Their Rescuers.
The Evening Star yesterday announced
the arrival in New York on the steamer
Pretoria of eleven of the passengers of the
steamer Madiana, which was wrecked of
the coast Of Bermuda q week ago. They
were John A. Cook, BROOKLYN; the Rev.
c. H. Dalrymple. Oakdafe, Mass; Mrs. A.
w. Hart and Miss Hart, Brooklyn; Edwin
Ives, Montclair, N. j.; Mrs. w. H. Maynard,
Richard Shannon, James Parsons, Brook
Ign; Mr.. and Mrs. G. 8. Tubbs, Kirkwood.
ILL.,, and Miss Mary Bingham, Chicago.
The purser. G. B. Griset, and the chief
steward. Gordon Ferguson, and forty-nine
Of the crew of the Madiana were also on
board the Pretoria. The remaining mem
bers of the excursion party, except eight
men who have gone to the West Indies on
Halifax steamship which touched at Ber-
muda, are to come on the Quebec Steam
ship Company's steamship Trinidad due to
arrive in New York within few days.
The New York Herald today says: Those
who arrived yesterday acknowledged that
from quarter before O'Clock, when the
ship struck, until hours after daybreak
there were many times when 1t seemed that
the end would soon come. Half filled with
water, with an off-shore list of twenty de-
grees. the great seas tumbied up the slop-
ing deck and were knee deep where the
passengers were clinging to the rail. Only
the mild temperature of the sea water pre-
vented intense suffering.
When at last by noon Of the day of the
wreck, all were In comfortable rooms at the
American Hotel on the island there were
several IN a state of collapse, and one wo-
man, whose name could not be learned
was, and still Is, dangerously ILL.,
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Tubbs are a bride and
bridegroom Mrs. Tubbs refused to leave
the stranded ship with the other women.
and said that she would not be parted from
the worst had come she would have been
content with the sacrifice. AS Mrs Tubbs
was awake at the time of the disaster, her
story gives a graphic description of the
struck the reef.
Story of Mrs. Tubbs.
I had been Ill from the violent motion
OF the ship the day BEFORE" she said, land,
1uliy dressed, lay down in the social hall
"hen, at exactly a quarter to four. there
came jar which shook the vessel all over
Immediately there was the greatest con-
fusion. the officers rushing about and shout
ing for everybody to come on deck. From
out the staterooms. not stopping to dress,
many barefooted and with only a blanket
wrapped about their night clothes they
came in response to the call.
Hardly had all reached the deck, when
every light on the ship was extinguished.
ana as the vessel settled with the. thrush of
the water We were obliged to Chamber to the
hurricane deck, where we chung to the rails.
There was no panic after they had rushed
out OF the staterooms, and when all were
gathered together the officers encouraged
Us as best they could. while Capt. Fraser
was busy with looking after the life boats
and the crew. 49, :. = =.
Three of the ships lifeboats were crush
ed by the great seas that came tumbling in
from the ocean side and II frppoSSfhlo
to launch the others. We could see the
lights on the land. and presently the moon
came out from behind q cloud, which re-
Heved the horrible darkness.
Their Refuge Submerged.
Frequently the seas would wash up the
sloping deck until 7 stood, with others,
knee deep in the water. I think that at
about six in the morning nearly every one
had given up hope, but I heard no one
complain. Instead, when at one time it
was still except for the roar Of the sea, we
1sed to deliver us; deliver US now Every
one said Amen In their hearts, know.
Mrs. Lydia H. Luke of West Newton,
Mass. seventy-four years old, was the first
to be taken. There was no sign of fear
on the old lady's face, and she helped the
captain to adjust the rope. Then Mrs
James Barry Of New York and Mrs. 8. L.
Munson Of Albany, both advanced in years.
were next to go, and they had words Of
good cheer as they started out on their
perilous journey.
by reason Of remaining with my hus-
be nd I stayed an hour longer on the ship,
but did not mind it,
Mrs. Tubbs said the women mentioned
were at the hotel in Bermuda, and would
return on the Trinidad. Mr.. Tubbs averred
there were many times before morning
when the men among the passengers had
given up all hope.
Edwin Ives Of Montclair, N. J., who re-
turned yesterday. said that after the pas
sengers had rushed out of their state rooms
to the deck many went back to their rooms
after valuables or more clothing.
In Total Darkness.
I'm ten minutes" he said. "the lights
went out, leaving us in total darkness.
There was confusion as men and women
found the wrong state rooms but each
helped the other to bring out what they
could until the rising waters drove all on
deck. 1t was difficult to put on the life
preservers In the darkness, but'I think the
women helped the men as much as they
received assistance.
Our spirits fell when. after daylight,
we saw In the distance a steamship which
we believed to be the Pretoria. Although
signals had been burned in the darkness,
we believed no one had seen them. and.
as the steamship kept on her course, we
felt doomed, as the Madiana seemed to be
sinking deeper and deeper, and we feared
that the constant pounding of the seas
might break her In two.
Then at nearly we saw the tug COM
Ing out, and We were in doubt whether
she, too. had discovered us. 1t was the
Gladisfen. Captain Chester, and he came
up on the inside. Because Of the numer-
GUS reefs. he anchored a mile away. and q
lifeboat started on to our rescue from the
tug.
But our danger was far from past. as
between us and the tug the seas con-
stantly broke over the hidden reefs and
the gale blew without ceasing Our first
lifeboat was capsized and then righted.
and the boat from the tug got away first.
with a few women as passengers.
Ropes Around Their Waists,
Captain Fraser put a rope around their
waists as they went down the rope ladder
hung over the side. and they had to Jump
to the tossing boat
although we were huddled in groups
waiting for that terrible unknown some-
thing to happen there vas not one woman
who became hysterical or BETRAYED undue
symptoms of fear. Their behavior was re-
markable.
when morning dawned WE sau ua xv.-.