The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-05

ing. Inc launcn1ng operations were
not conducted simultaneously, the Off
GERS and crew going from one to am
other. Had men been set to work at
each boat more would have been saved.
Some of the crew We're worse than the
passengers, and but for the officers
would have put off in the boats them
selves. These were driven back and
threatened with death unless they
obeyed orders. The captain never left
the bridge, but he shouted so many or
ders that the crew did not know what
to do. Therefore I stuck to the third
mate. Together we jumped into a
small boat just before the vessel went
down, but we did not think SO many
were left behind as appeared on the
water when the Norge sank. Those re-
manning on board were chiefly women
and children. saw only two other
boats after that, one a big life boat,
easily carrying sixty persons, and the
other a smaller boat, carrying possibly
forty. NO other boats got away,
though there were eight on board 2
Many deeds of heroism shine brightly
through the pail of catastrophe. That Of
James Peters Jansen, who has relatives
in Brooklyn, N. Y, is told with adj
miration by the survivors. He was one
of the engineers of the Norge. When
the ship struck he learned the extent Of
the, disaster and went below to. where
his relatives were and told them and
those nearby to go at once to the up
per deck. He accompanied them to
the boats and saw them safely on
board. He was urged to join them but
said he must return to the engine room
and shouting farewell ran to his post
of duty, where he died.
Some Of the male passengers without
a thought OF self. placed women and
children in the boats, preferring to re-
main behind rather than take advant-.
age of their strength.
The mate Of the Norge, who left the.
ship In the boat which arrived here,
seeing that it was overcrowded leaped
into the water for the purpose of SWIM
ming to a second boat not far, away.
He had only gone short distance.
when, weighted BY his clothes, his!
strength gave out and he sank.
The crew of the Norge appear to have.
behaved well after the first panic,
when, it is said, the officers were COM
PEELED to drive them back from the
boats. But there apparently was no
discipline, the orders which the captain
shouted from the bridge being fnisin-
terpreted or unheard. So far as the
survivors here remember there was no.
systematic distribution Of the people
to the boats, which We're not adequately.
manned. No attempt was made by any
of the survivors to save property There
was no time to make preparations.
The correspondent Of The Associated
Press made careful inquiry to discover
why the Norge was SO far off her,
course. Rockhall reef3is known to every
sailor on the north Atlantic and is
marked plainly on the charts. A strong
current sweeps in its direction, and it is
presumed, owing to the absence Of def
mite knowledge, that the current drew
the Norge to her grave, that a heavy
mist prevented the lookouts from see.
ing the danger, and that there was no
thought of Rockhall reef until the ship
struck and the captain called out that
they had struck this terror Of northern
navigation. .ss
Those survivors wishing to containue3
their journey to America will be sent
forward via Liverpool tonight while
those who refused to so further, togeth-
er with the sailor, Mathieson, have left
Grimsby by steamer direct for Esbjerg,
Denmark. All the men were provided
with new clothing before their depart
ire Ets&