Milford chronicle., 1904-07-08
| drowned ON
SINKING STEAMER
..., For New York Lost
Y I1f os Coast Of Scotland
- pocKS IN HEAVY SEA

So, ScOtlanu' J"''
erieen' lining II survivors OF !
loaa nanish steamer Norge
ID la'su ssred off Rockall Reef
b ioupot i ~ Aberdeen. Scotland, by
.n saust trawler a. Largo Bay: 49,. 4.
steam ,..oa at the mercy of the At
tey dTl'''' savs When both water
Il, I9' sere slS gone and when the oe-
iool ,eo no, almost too exhausted to
the s5 ,lpe eled out an existence on
usa ,ts l@t ner day. When they
d 9i'f1,r from the ill-fated ship there
isl .' One small cask of fresh wa
0l,' t hogt Before the Largo Bay
. 'ns .,rS them this and the bis
Il S been finished and the pangs
nau ~ cot in. They weathered
unsS' a,a d' continued as best they
' .triyirg to reach the coast OF
il.-s n, sulgai3 against the heavy seas. The
Isad sad scarcely strength enough to
the oars. .o,,oD nor
are still missing.
..ogedv of the sea has had more
.ning %r9 consequences, and none has
-rrad @ in a shorter time. The pas
~,s ~. we're suddenly aroused from
I .Ioen terrified by the contact OF
,ows of the ship with the solid
,to followed by a grinding, rasp-
-,, oornd as if the hull was being
.a5 over huge rocks. Then silence
~ clanging bells brought the en-
IN a stop. Those of the passen-
who were standing at the time the
.mor struck the rock were thrown
irst the bulkheads or on the decks
had not recovered their feet, when
tantorian voice gave the terrifying
sr. "Au hands or deck; hurry or
may sink
Immediately there was a rush tor
narrow companionways, and men,
smar and children pushed and strug-
and made every other effort to
m tbe deck where the boats swung
III tbe davits. Many persons, re-
nirg their presence Of mind, seized
nreseryers. only to find in some IN
r.es that the strings were rotten,
tbev could not be quickly put
bpnd their bodies. Those VINO
scbed the deck saw the nose OF the
rge pinned directly against the
h # remained there only a few
mites for Captain Gundell, com
snding who had Immediately gone
the bridge. gave the order to the
zine room to reverse the engines
ome men of the engineer force haC
satives among the passengers, anC
aher seeing them safely to the boat'
aey heroically returned to their sta
bns below.
Slowly the ship backed on, ana 2
he gained way it was found that tn
rater was pouring into her hold. Thi
hn9uncement, called out in Scandi
aYian and presaging death, added t
e supreme fright and agony. Tn
issengers who were piled in the boat
sere the fortunate ones who were t
ncape. while the unfOrtunates, VIII
aw death near, clustered in the V
nifty. seething, struggling masses
ame on their knees, praying, SUI
nmded by children, others suppliea
ng aid from any one, and shriekin
or permission to enter the boats, e
nwing fighting their way to tn
ibces from which the boats were b
lg lowered.
The sound of grinding ceased, an
i1e bow of the Norge yawed as tn
Famer returned to deep water. tt
a rushed hungrily into the hug
isnts made by the rocks in the ire
Nfpll. Swiftly the vessel began to sir
g the bows. Without waiting for @
aers, without paying attention to the
pioper manning, the occupants begt
q lower the boats.
Two of the first boats lowered, fill'
9itb women and children, were smas
N against the side of the ship, al
were drowned. When the upp
oeck Of the Norge was only a few fe
iiom the water it was apparent
cry one that only a few minut
Aore and she would plunge benea
~ waves. In the final crisis tho
Fho we're able to remember cleaI
vat happened say that the shrie
"a sobs died away, and that the qui
rs only broken by the curses Of sol
Aen' whose fear found vent in bl;
phemy
Suddenly one man threw hims
4ier0oard, and another followed
sample. Still another jumped il
" water, and soon round the 81
a1ndreds Of persons were struggli
the sea, having preferred death
open than to being submerg
th the ship. Others determined
and by the ship, hoping against he
~al she would remain afioat.
Three boats it is known successful
ssaehed the sea. The passengers fr
ally pulled away from the doom
ip' passing by poor wretches v
Fere still afloat and who vainly begl
be taken on board, while from
p came long, despairing cries. Z
0men in the boat which reacl
HflmShv hid tbo3, o,,oe 1,,,f Abo .,