Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
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Further Details of Wreck of
Emigrant Steamer.
OFF RAINAN, IN CHINA SEA
Terrific Suffering CT Survives On a
Raft.
sTooY OF sToa-z By RE JED
Ship Cvertaken by furious Iy. noon
and Bufetea By Montsi.lols
Waves Like a Cork-Foundered

HONGKONG, October 5.-Further details
grant steamer Charierhure. voyagiag te-
tween Hollow and Honghong, which foun-
der6d off Hainan Head September 70 with
the less of more than sixty lives. The
North German Lloyd steamer Kohsicl!ang
picked up a raft belonging to the Charter
house, on which were Chief Engineer
Dowse, twenty-ttree of the crew, and two
women, after they had been drifting for
forty-three hours.
On the third and last evening, October 2,
the survivors on the raft deserted smoke on
the horizon. On observing the Kohsichangs
hull there was great joy and the Chinese of
the party became frantically happy at the
prospect of quenching their mad 1ening
thirst and appeasing their gnawing hunger.
Captain Rosiefsky of the Kohschang res
cued the survivors, including a little boy.
They had almost collapsed from eX aus.i0n.
and were carried on board the Kohschang,
being unable to walk. Despite the doctors
unremtting attention the boy died an hour
after being taken aboard Chief Engineer
Dowse has been removed to a hospital.
The crew of the kohsichang gave un-
bounded attention to the survivors,.
Among those who went down with the
Charterhouse and were drowned were Capt
NeliftOn, Chief Officer Farquha arson, Second
Officer Grigor and Engineers Forbes and
Maurmann, besides the ships doctor and
sixty others.
Chief Engineers Story.
Chief Engineer Dowse, who was among
those picked up on the raft by the German
Lloyd steamer Kohsichang, in his state
ment made today, said
Previous to starting on the voyage to
Hongkong the Charterhouse landed 100
emigrants at Hollow. She departed a $3.50
O'Clock in the afternoon of Septemb, %,
bound for Hongkons, with ninety-seven
people on board7 including six Brit 81 Off
GERS, the doctors and full cargo OF sugar.
Six hours later she was overtaken by 4 ty-
phoon, and preparations were made to ride
out the gale. The officers were POSTED at
their respective stations. The wind in
creased. carrying away the masts and rails
the vessel tossing corklike en- mount iinouS
waves, sustaining considerable damage
from the sea. The engines were owed
down, but the wind increased, and the
chances were slight for the vessel weather.
ing the storm Between and O clock on
September 20 the height of the storm was
encountered, and the word was passed
along that the ship was laundering. The
sengers on board and the crew were lined
up on deck Owing to the heavy sea it was
found impossible to launch the boats but
the passengers and crew got into them and
waited the sinking of the steamer hoping
that they would chance to float when she
went down.
Entire Absence of Panic
Despite the darkness and the imminent
danger of drowning there was an entire
absence of panic. The officers did their
duty calmly, while the Chinese passengers
and crew emulated the officers by their
courage in the presence of death
Meanwhile the second officer was Kissed
board.
when finally the Charterhouse settled
between the waves only the after boat got
away. The others were smashed The
ships officers were in the after boat, which
capsized. l managed to reach a raft con-
tanning seven Chinese. Afterward 1 saw
Engineers Forbes and Maurmann upon an
other raft
"They called out to me that they were
all right. 1 afterward lost sight of all
craft until Sunday, September 80. when I
met raft carrying the two firemen
1--WE kept together all day and toward
evening found vacant raft, which l dashed
to the one l was on. We were cranped
for space and found it impossible to lie
down to sleep.
I'VE drifted until Monday afternoon. Oc-
tober l, when we sighted lifeboat, which
disappeared the following morning.