The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
TEN SAVED FROM
WRECK Of SHIP
All Who CIung 10 the British
Steamer Berlin
PRINCE HENRY AIgSe,'E ,'ESCUE
Sc
S.e
Heroic Work of 80 Dutohmen off
Hook of Hopo . 3 : Women suviv-
ors Te' y of 80 Hours
fibIe Ordeal.
PRINCE HENRY A!gs''EScUE

Hook of Holland, February 22.-After
more than thirty hours of almost inces-
SAINT efforts and splendid work the Dutch
hIeboat men We're rewarded by reaching
the wreck of the British steamer Berlin
which went ashore here yesterday morn
ing, and ten survivors on the after part
OF the vessel were saved. Buffeted and
driven time after time, the sturdy Dutch
men refused to relax their attempts in
behalf of the handful of shipwrecked peo-
PIE and throughout yesterday last night.
and this morning they launched their boat
repeatedly, only to be foiled by the noun
famous seas. In the early afternoon the
Hfebot again went out. The receding fide
and some improvement in the weather
gave better hope of success and after
hard tussle with the seas the few per.
sons still living were safely taken off
at $3.50 p. m.
The stern of the Berlin is so firmly en-
beded in the sand bank on which she
went ashore, that it does not appear to
have moved during the night. At high
water this morning the top deck houses
We're the only portions of the steamer
Vlsiple and there the few survivors were
huddled. lfeboat which went out for
the wreck at midnight. accompanied by
three tugs, remained there, anchored
close to the Berlin for three hours. but
was unable to get alongside her. as the
heavy seas would have dashed her to
pieces.
captain Parkinson of the Holt Steam
snip nne, who was on his way to Amster-
dam to join his vessel, the Myrmaden.
ana take her baelc to Liverpool is the
sole survivor of the disaster who thus
lar has reached the shore. He said this
morning that the catastrophe was due
TO the fact that the Berlin broaehed to in
the terrific sea, as she was entering the
waterway, and that before she was able
to recover herself she was dashed on the
pierhead. Immediately, ''crunched UP like
eoncertna,P and parted amidship.
Anxious Relatives.
The struggling little village of Hook of
Holland is filled with anxious relatives
of the passengers and crew of the Berlin,
and heartrending scenes are witnessed at
the improvised mortuary where lie thirty
of the bodies which already have been
washed ashore. More of these are bat
tered beyond recognition and some are
without heads and others without arms
or legs.
Prince Henry of The Netherlands. the
prince consort. arrived here today and
twice went ont in a steam pilot boat as
near the wreck as it was possible to
approach. Subsequently the prince visited
the building which is being used as a
morgue and passed down the lines of
white draped figures, stopping with bowed
head for few minutes before the body
of a fair-haired child.
The prince consort after his first visit
to the wreck, when he saw with his own
eyes that there We're still some survivors
on board declared:
1--WE won't return to The Hague be-
fore VIC save them: we must get them
some how"
The news that this determination had
been fulfilled reached the waiting crowds
in the shape of a rumor shortly before
O'Clock this afternoon and a pilot later
confirmed the tdings. There was then
a wild rush to various parts of vantage
overlooking the harbor. A special force
of police and soldiers had been brought
into the Hook and these controlled the
excited crowd. Long hours of waiting fol-
lowed and the people began to doubt the
truth of the report that ten persons had
been saved. It was not until after 8
o'clock that the steam pilot boat her.
aided its approach with piercing shrieks
of triumph from her siren BY this time
the harbor was blocked with thousands
of people.
The small lfeboat was the first to reach
the harbor and Captain Janesen, its skip
per. received round upon round of cheers.
He reported that three women and and
a child who had refused to jump, were
still aboard the wreck of the Berlin. He
explained that the rescue had been eff
fected by both boats working in con-
junction. First the small boat managed
with difficulty to make fast rope TO
the breakwater and by TINS means the
survivors were dragged through the wa
ter to the pilot boat, which stood
little way off Captain Janesen had hard
ly told his story when the steam pilot
boat with the rescued on board hove in
sight As she was moored the cheers OF
the assembled crowd was succeeded by
a painful hush. the first of the sur
ViVors was borne ashore on stretcher
by six stalwart Dutchmen and slowly
carried up the steps to one of the wait
ing motor cars. The man was swathed
in blankets and gave no signs of life
The steward was the next man to be
brought ashore. He was quite cheerful
and shouted gaily in reply to inquiries:
My name is Fisher
He seems to have stood the terrible
ordeal the best of all. Then came wom-
an, her face covered with a blanket, but
her long dark hair streaming over her
pillow. and a terribly frost bitten hand
hanging Imply over the side of the
stretcher
Roaring Cheer.
Eve1tually the survivors were removed
to the Amerika hotel and when the
Prince Consort came ashore his face was
radiant with grateful joy. Every Dutch
man present forfeited his national repu-
tation for stolidlty by joining in a roar
ing cheer.
The names of the passengers saved fol-
lows:
Mr.. Young.
Mr. Breederson.
Fraulein Buttel.
Fraulen Gabler
Frau Schraeder.
These three women belong to the opera
company.
A man whose name Is not known and
five members of the crew were also res
cued. Two women and child are now
left on the wreck
The women are Fraulein Theil and
Frau weinberg. The latters husband
lies dead in the mortuary here.
Under the reyiying influence of food the