The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-28
THE|R EFFORTS REWARDED
Dutch Lifeboat Men Succeed in Rescuing Ten Survivors of
 Berlin Disaster.
AFTER 30 HOURS OF NECESSARY LABOR
victirss of the Wrecked Steamer Had Been Exposed to the Buifeting of Wind and Waves and the Extreme Cold for Two Days and Night Story of Eye Witnesses.

Cold for Two Days and Night
 Story of Eye Witnesses.
 Hook of Holland, Feb. 23.--After over 20 hours of almost lncessant efforts and splendid work the Dutch Lifeboat men were rewarded by reaching the wreck of the British steamer Berlin, which went ashore here Thursday morning, and ten survivors on the after part of the vessel were saved. Buffeted and driven back time after time. he sturdy Dutchmen refused to relax their attempts in behalf of the hand- full of shipwrecked people, and through Thursday, and Thursday night and Friday morning, they launched their boat repeatedly, only to be foiled by the mountainous, seas. In the early afternoon the lifeboat again went out Tho receding tide and some improvement in the weather gave better hope of success and after hard tussles the few persons still living were safely taken off at $50 D. m.
 
 the prince consort arrived here Fri- day morning and twice went out in steam pilot boat as near the wreck as it was possible to approach. Sub sequently the prince visited the building which is being used as morgue. anl passed down the lines Of white draped figures, slopping with bowed head for a few minutes be- fore the body of fair haired child.
 Captain Parkinson. of the Holt Steamship Line. who was on his way to Amsterdam on board the Berlin 10 join his vessel. the Myrmidon. and take her back to Liverpool was the first survivor of disaster to reach the shore. He said Friday morning that the catastrophe was due to the fact that the Berlin broached to in the terrific sea, as she was entering ..-e water way. and that before she was able to recover herself she was dashed upon the pier head, and immediately "crunehed up like coneertina." and parted amidships.
 The struggling little village of the Hook Of Holland is filled with anx- ious relatives of the passengers and crew of the Berlin, and heart ] rending scenes are witnessed at the improvised mortuary where 90 of | the todies which already have been washed ashore are in. Most of the.e c are battered beyond recognition and some are without heads and others without arms or legs.
 | Veteran pilots and seamen who watched the Berlin being driven to her doom say the gale was the fiercsst in many years. One of the eye wit nesses described the scene as follows: "As the vessel approached it was noticed that she was being carried out of her course by the force of the wind and the tremendous driving power of the waves, The trained eyes of the officials on the jetty who were awaiting the steamers arrival | saw she was in imminent peril and flare from the Berlin showed that | the inevitable had been realized by | those on board Before the flare died | out the crash came. It could be heard above the din of the storm. When | the Berlin struck the waves were sweeping the northern part of the
 pier. which Is little more than breakwater. from end to end. and the l tremendous seas which washed over | the Berlin from bow to stern quickly
 battered her to pieces. For short time the hapless vessel lay at the mercy of the wind and waves. Huge
 rollers struck her and carried Of deck gear and swept some of the pas | sengers into the churning waters Suddenly a great rent gapped amid ships and the boats bow and stern parted, hurling nearly all on board into the sea-
 Berlin, Feb. 23.--The wreck of the British steamer Berlin off the Hook of Holland Thursday caused sensa-
 tion in Berlin, as the Rotterdam-Har-
 wich route Is the one usually followed
 by Germans In travelling to and from
 England. There have been hundreds of inquiries at the offices of the line here. Several members of the Ger.