The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-05
MONTGOMERY. ALABAMA. TUESDAY, 5

The swimmers in the vicinity Of the
ship were drawn into the vortex,
around which they swirled like chips
In the maelstrom. But twelve minutes
elapsed from the time the ship struck
until she sank. A hne Scotch mist.
which was falling at the time shut out
the other survivors from the view OF
those who were brought to 0rfmsby.
The latter. 30 soon as their boat was
clear of the scene of the wreck de-
voted themselves to thoughts Of their
own safety. A jacket was tied to an
oar which was In turn fastened In the
bow of the boat and sailor. Dane.
took charge OF the boat.
Men and women were put to work
keeping the boat afloat, as hole had
been stove In her bow when It was
lowered from the ship. An examine
ton OF the water cask showed that II
did not contain a drop Of water. There
were some biscuits, however. and
these were eaten by the shipwrecked
people. during the ~ hours from the
time the ship struck at g. m. June
%. until they were picked up by the
Grimsby traveller Sylvia.
And we who sat. horror stricken,
In that small boat, avoiding as much
as possible the heavy seas. because we
were afraid we would sink" said lara
Christina Peterson Of Copenhagen.
who IL on her way to Join her cous-
In. John Schroeder at Chicago, I'VE
were dancing and singing to the mu-
sic of guitars and violins. the night be-
fore on the promenade deck Of the
Norge"
."I was on the bridge looking at the
men gathering in the SEINE said
Henry Glover. second engineer OF the
Sylvia.
rs that buoy out of placer" I
asked the cook, who was with me on
deck. You don't see any buoy he
answered. I went below and got the
glasses. It's a small boat. said and
they have got a jacket flying at the
bow. They have been shipwrecked.'
I'VE told the captain and he imme-
diately told US to go ahead and we
picked them up They were a terrible
sight. Men and women were insufi-
GENTLY clothed and so cramped that
they could hardly come on board We
soon went directly to where the Norge
went down. There was no trace OF
the ship. but smashing In the water
back. of the rocks ere the bodies Of
more than a hundred men. women and
little chfldren-my God, little chill
dren."
Karl Mathiesen. the Danish sailor
who assumed command Of the boat
brought to Grimsby, only Joined the
Norge at Copenhagen Just before she
sailed for New York. He had never
been INSTRUCTED in a fire drill and did
not understand what IL meant. He
was on deck when the vessel struck,
but he did not know until he heard
the captain shouting the order to man
the boat, that the damage was great.
Mathieson said to the representative
of the Associated Press:
II worked with the third mate and
followed him to the different boats.
The first we attempted to lower foul
ed her tackle. keepinr her stern fxe3
while her bows fell and shot the oe-
cupants into the water. We went IN
another. a crowd of shriekine women
and children following. The launch
ing operations were not connected
sirI1ultaneousIy the neacer ana go,
going from one to another Haa mar,
been set at each boat. more wo1,,d
have been saved. some az the crevv
were worse than the passeprers ara
but for the officers would have put
of in the boats Themselves
Crew wanted Boat..
These were driven back ard throat.
ened with death unless thew obeved ar.
ders. The captaIn never left tba hriage
hut he shouted so many orders the,
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