The evening world., 1904-06-15
RESCUED TELL HOW
LIVES WERE SAVED
Many Deeds of Heroism Described by
= Excursionists-Boy of 13 Shields a
Little Girl with His Own Small Body
When People Fell on Them.

George Gray. thirteen years old, of No. 800 East Fourteenth street. one
of the survivors, tells the following story of his experience: y
Il was sitting o IN the rear of the upper deck with my W friends. Otto
Hans. of No. $40 East Fourteenth street, and Albert Greenwarl of No 1926
East Fourteenth street. The boat "a Just passing ut of He'll Gate and
going toward an island when smened fire.
e" said to Otto and Albert, Hey, boys, there's a fre' and we jumped up
on a eat and tried to pull down sou nfe-preservers.
"A lot of them we're rotten and all the cork came out of them. Women
and children around us were yelling something awful. Whns we werep pull
ing at the life preservers a big cloud of smoke and flame came right up out
of the centre of the boat. Then the boat seemed to stop. and the women
began jumping overheard, and saw some Of them throw their babies in the
water and jump after them.
after the fire came all u around the deck the boat got started again,
but the people kept jumping over. There wasn't any tug boats near III
then, but soon rsaw a lot coming for U.S. I was afraid to jump w and
got Otto and Albert o stay with me.
I'VE all had got life preservers for ourselves and for three little girls
who W e held On to when they tried Ito jump.
WATER FILLED WITH STRUGGLING PEOPLE.
coming at us fast, but all back of us in the water 1 could see men. women
and children going down. Most OF them couldn't swim al all, and went
right down as as they jumped over.
The first tug that a o us IA the Director. It W as a big boat and
came right up near usa IS we were going toward the island.
Il jumped onto the boat, and then a whole crowd of people jumped on
top of me Half of them that jumped o the boat fell into the water be-
tween the side of the tug and the steamer.
MAN FILINGS BABY
Pretty soon there were 70 many on her that her rear end was way
down in the water and her bow way up In the air. but they kept or jump
ing an slipping into the river and going down. got a hold of a little
girls leg who was falling over pulled hr up and sat OF her sc As to keep
her from being pushed over.
throw IT into the water. The babys hair was all m fire and she fell in the
watern zeal the tug and a man jumped yer and got her and brought her on
to the Director.
BOATS PICK UP SEVEN GIRLS.
AS the tugs came around the boat everybody that was left tried to jump
an them, nj they Jumpe on tor OF eac otner, los f them rolling III the
decks Of the tugs into the water. / saw a Tot Of young girls swimming
towards the island who were picked up by rowbons
" saw two little girls who hadn't Ifepreservers on. but who could swim,
sink when a wave made by me of the tugs rolled ove them. The women
and uhe kids were crying and yelling so that you couldn't hear the shouts of
the men who had come o n the tugs to rescue u.s.
II saw about ten men jump overheard long before the tugs anne and
not n of them could swim. They we're shouting for help and they all
went down. After the Director had S many o her that thought she
was going to sink IT turno over. she steamed~for the New York shore where
we got off and a lot of us were taken in wagons to the Elevated road"
BRAVE BOY SAVES YOUNG GIRL.
John Tishner, thirteen years old, of No 404 Fifth street. another sur
vvor. describes his experiences and his rescue Is follows:
IL o. down on the lower deck with Ida Wousky fouteeptv aara old
who lives in the same house with me. We were eating Ice cream when The
flames bnrsto out right pears u.s. EyeybodS seemed to be yelling are and I