Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-24
Thirty Hours Of Dangerous
Work Ends in Rescue Of
Eleven Passengers CIinging
to Stranded Steamer Berlin,
WlLHELMINA'S HUSBAND
LEADS LIFE SAVERS
Terrible Experience Of Un-
fortunate People HuddIed
Together in Wave LaShed
Hulk of Doomed Vessel,

TBy Morning JoitnaI Special Leased wlrel
HOOK Of Holland Feb 22.-Large-
ly as result Of courage and deter
miuation of Prince Henry Of the
Netherlands the prince consort, that
which last night appeared to be an
impossible task has been achieved.
and the heroic and unflinching efforts
of the Dutch lfeboat men have sue
creded In rescuiHg alive eleven more
ot the survivors OF the Inflated
steamer Berlin The gallant Dutch
lifeboa, men were rewarded after
more than thirty hours Of hard ana
dangerous work. Buffeted and driven
back time after time, they refused to
relax their attempts 10 rescue the
handful Of shipwrecked people, and
finally at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon
some Improvements having made the
conditions easier, their long fight was
crowned wi:h success
Although several OF the persons res
,ued were in the last stages Of eX-
hHustion. they are on the road tO re
cOycTy and some Of them have been
able To- tell Of their awful experiences.
Two women and a child are Still on
board the wreck. but it is feared that
they are dying. Nothing daunted.
however the brave Dutchmen are
preparing To- make further desperate
efforts to- rescue there uufortunates.
According 10 Steward Fischer, two
women were alive when the tug came
out, but died before the work Of res
cue was completed.
When / left the wreck he said,
'the engineer was scarcely breathing
and there is no hope of getting him
off alive.
We had terrible time. When
the steamer broke IN two twenty-five
OF US took refuge in a recess behind
the smoking room. OF this number
only fifteen survived. We could get
no good sleep, We were too busy
lodging waves and patrOlling the
smoke room. We shouted to attract
the attention Of every passing ship.
We all sat cheek 10 cheek to keep
ourselves warm, but we had to cling
90 what We could when "a big wave
came aboard and flooded us. We
could see the people who put off I'm
boats 10 view the wreck and watch
the work Of those searching for
bodies IN the sea-"
l. now appears certain that after
the catastrophe many more than
twenty-five persons remained on the
wreck and tEat mos of them were
washed of by tine waves. one woman
was carried away before the rescue
party arrived. The women huddIed
together for warmth. There was not
enough food to 60 around, and fol
tNeHty-four hours not morsel OF
food passed the lips Of those unfor'
tunate people
The survivors highly praise Primo,
Henry, who personally assisted tive
men and had gloves provided foi
them. The prince wrapped his ful
oyercu8t about one Of the women.
Captain Jansen. of the lifeboat,. auC
the other resCuers praised the cOurag,
Ut Prince Henry who went out in tn,
smaller boat and worked hard, pulling
at the ropes, and I'm helping 10 hOis
the survivors aboard. This was no
accomplished without difficulty OWNS
90 the heavy surf but the rescuerl
managed To- get line aboard tn,
wreck and make the other end fas
10 the lighthouse. The survivor!
then climbed down and were carried
one by one through the surging water
breast high along the pier and PLACED
in the small boat, whence they wer,
transferred to the pilot boat.
Captain Jansen says he was com
PEELED to leave the two women an'
the child on board the wreck becaus,
they did not dare TO make the de
scent Of the rope owing to their com
pletely exhausted condition. In fact
they appeared to be dying Anothe
determined attempt To- reach tn
wreck viii. however. be made at low
tide gf o'clock tomorrow The boat