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his example. Still another Jumped into
the water and soon round the ship hun
dreds OF persons were struggling in the
sea, having preferred death in the open
than to being submerged with the ship.
Others determined to stand by the ship,
hoping against hope that she would re-
main ahoat.
Three boats, it is known, successfully
reached the sea. The passengers fran
tically pulled away from the doomed
ship, passing by poor wretches who
were still afioat and who yainly begged
to be taken on board, while from the
ship came long despairing cries, The
women in the boat which reached
Grimsby mid their eyes, but the men who
were sitting facing the Norge says they
saw the captain still on the bridge and
the: passengers on deck in attitudes Of
resignation. While they looked the
Norge plunged forward, her stern shot
up in the air and she disappeared. 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 fine Scotch mist which was
falling at the time shut out the other
survivors from the view of those who
were brought to Grimsby. The latter, as
soon as their boat was clear Of the
scene of the wreck, devoted themselves
to thoughts of their own safety. "A
Jacket was tied to an oar which was
in turn fastened to the bow of the boat.
Men and women were put to work
keeping the boat af1oat, as a hole had
been stove in her bow when it was low
cred from the ship. An examination Of
the water cask showed that it did not
contain a drop of water. There were
some biscuits, however, and these We're
eaten by the shipwrecked people during
the twenty-four hours from the time
the ship struck, att a. m, June 2S, IN
til they were picked up by the Grimsby
traWler Sylvia.
And we who sat, horror-stricken, in
that small boat, avoiding as much as
possible the heavy seas because we
were afarid we would sink, said LARA
Cristina Puderson, Of Copenhagen, who
is on her way to join her cousin, John
Schroeder, of Chicago, 1--WE were dam
cling. and singing to the music of gull
tars and yiolins the night before on the
promenade deck Of the Norge. We
were SO happy then. But in that small
boat no knowing what would be our
fate, with the memory of the horrible
scenes of the steamer, we could do
nothing more than pray miserably for
the succor and help that came"
Il was on the bridge looking at the
men gathering in the siene," said Hem
ry Glover, second engineer of the Syl-
via
rs that buoy out of place? asked
the cook who was with me on deck.
You don't see no buoy he an
swered
1T went below and got the glasses. 4
It's small boat said, and they
have got jacket flying at the bow.
They've been shipwrecked.' X
1--WE told the captain and he immedi-
ateIy told us to go ahead and we
picked them up. They were a terrible
sight. Men and women insuficiently
clothed and so cramped that they could
hardly come on board We could not
start Immediately, for we had our nets
out, but as soon as they were slowed
in we went directly to where the Norge
went down. There was no trace of the.
ship, but smashing in the water back
of the rocks were the bodies of more
than a hundred men, women and little.
ehildren-my God! little children!' NJ
Karl Mathieson. a'Danish sailor who
assumed command of the boat
brought to Grimsby only Joined the
Norge at Copenhagen just before she
sailedffor New York He said he knew
nothing about the ships arrangements
in case of collision or fire. He had
never been instruetedFin fire drill, and
did not understand what it 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
boats that the damage was great. Ma
fhieson said to the representative Of
the Associated Press: 7 worked with
the third mate and followed him to the
different boats. The first we attempted
to lower fouled her tackle, keeping her
stern fixed while her bows fell and shot
the occupants into the water. "A heavy
sea washed the boat against the ships
side. We went to another, a crowd If
shrieking women ard children follow
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