Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-23

Fraulein Buttel.
Fraulein Gabler.
Frau Schroeder.
Under the revlving influence of food the
survivors soon became comparatively
cheerful. Fraulein Buttel and Frau
Schraeder, although practically starving
and with their hands and feet terribly
frostbitten, showed remarkable cheerful
ness.
Experiences cf Fran sck=ssssT.
Relating her experiences Frau Schraeder
said:
II never can forget the terrible hours Of
anguish and despair we passed through
while watching with our hearts, 1 might
cay. the gallant efforts of the crews of the
lifeboat and tugs to snatch us from the
Jaws of death. On Thursday night our
anguish reached its height Then the gale
| seemed fiercer than ever. Mountainous,
death-cold pillows broke over the ship every
minute and the dense. binding blizzard hid
from us the comforting lights of the Hook.
At about $50 in the morning we heard the
siren OF the incoming Great Eastern
steamer Vienna, and Fraulein Buttel, in a
frenzy of despair, shouted to the bowling
winds:
"'wir sind hierr, eve are here.) &
| Whenever we saw or heard the pass
1
pie on board would think all was over I
! saw nearly all my friends carried away
| by the sea and drowned.
| I'VE watched the operations of our res
| cuers with breathless anxiety, but when
we finally understood their actions and
saw there. was chance of life we could
hardly believe our eyes. Exhaustion, ex-
posture, hunger and fear had made us 50
miserable that even the Joy of life brought
no smile to our faces and no words to our
lips"
Steward Tells of Rescue.
According to Steward Fisher, two women,
Fraulein Thiele and Frau Weinberg. were
alive when the tug came out, but died be-
fore the work of rescue was completed.
When left the wreck" he said 1.-THE
engineer was scarcely breathing. and>there
is no hope OF getting him OF alive.
1--WE had a terrible time, When the
steamer broke twenty-five of us took
refuge in a,recess behind the smoke room.
By this morning only fifteen of this num-
Der remained alive. We could get no
good sleep; we were. too busy lodging the
waves that kept flooding the smoke room.
We shouted to attract the attention of
every passing ship. We all sat cheek TO
cheek to keep ourselves warm. but we
had to cling to what We could when big
wave came aboard and flooded us. We
could see the people who put on in boats
TO view the wreck and watch the work CT
those searching for bodies in the sea-"
1t now appears certain that after the
catastrophe there were many more than
fifteen persons remaining on the wreck,
and that most of them, were washed OF
by the waves One woman was carried
away just before the rescue was affected
M.
warmth and the members of the crew
who were still alive shared their food
with the others. There was not enough
to go around. however. and for twenty
four hours not a morsel OF food passed the
lips OF these unfortunate people.
The survivors highly praise Prince
Henry who personally assisted the women
and had gloves provided for them. The
prince wrapped his fur overcoat about
one woman
! Hard Task of Rescue Party.
Captain Jansen OF the life boat and the
other rescuers praised the courage OF
Prince Henry, who went out In the smaller
boat and worked hard pulling at the oars
and in helping to hoist the survivors
aboard. This was not accomplished with
out dificulty owing to the heavy surf. but
the rescuers managed to get line aboard
the wreck and make the other end fast to
the lighthouse. The survivors 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 were transferred to the pilot boat,
Captain Jansen says he was compelled
20 leave the two women and the child on
board the wreck because they did not dare
to make the descent OF the rope owing TO
their completely exhausted condition. In
fact they appeared TO be dying. Another
determined attempt to reach the wreck
will however. be made at low tide at
o'clock tomorrow. The boatmen intend
TO try to board the wreck. wrap up che
two women and the child in waterproof
sacks and lower them into the boat.
The wind has decreased in violence. but
the cold Is intense and the fury of the
sea Is terrible.
II has been discovered that the wreck
OF the Berlin is resting on the remains Of
the British steamer Leeds. which was lost
ON the same spot in 1852
Crew Lost on JutIand.
COPENHAGEN. Feb. "A three-masted
vessel. probably Norwegian. went ashore
or Fjaltring. on the west coast OF J1tand.
today Owing to the violence OF the gale
II Was impOssibletO send out the life boats
Sky rockets were fired at the vessel with
out success. and eventually il woke IN
completely. Its crew Of eighteen men oluns