The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-23
HOOK OF HOLLAND. HOLLAND,

HOOK OF HOLLAND. HOLLAND,3S ,3S
February 22.--After over thirty hours OF
almost incessant efforts and splendid
work. the Dutch lfeboat men were re-;
warded by reaching the wreck Of the
British steamer Berlin, which went ashore
here yesterday morning, and eleven sur-a
vivors on the afterpart of tho vessel
were saved. Two women and a child are
I still OIL tho wrecked vessel. Buffete and y
driven back time after time, the sturdy
EDutchmen refused to relax their attempts
in behalf of the handful of shipwreckedg
people. and throughout yesterday, last
might and this morning they launched Il
their boat repeatedly, only to be foileds a
by the mountainous seas. In the early
afternoon the lifeboat again went out. sgSS &
The receding tide and some mprove.
mont In the weather gave better hopa
OF success, and after hard tussle with B
the seas eleven persons, still living, wers@s
safely taken off at $3.50 "A. NJ. lsS ss
Prince Henry Helps.
Prince Henry OF the Netherlands, tbs
prince consort, arrived here this morn
Ing, and twice went out in q S team,
pilot-boat as near the wreck as It was 4
possible to approach. The prince scoll-ss
sort. after his first visit to the wreck,
when he. saw With his & own Il eyes that
there were still SOME survivors on board
t.declared: I'VE won t return to The
! Hague before we save them; we must
get them somehow.
The news that this determinatio lon had
been fulfilled reached the waiting crowds
in the shape OF u rumor shortly before5
8 o'clock this afternoon, and a pilot later
confirmed the tidings. There was then then
wild rush Of people to the various;
points Of vantage overlooking the harbor.i
1t was we'll that special force OF.
police and soldiers had been brought ln3o to
The Hook for duty, as the excited crpoWyae3 carnoWye3
at one time threatened to become uncon77s "
trollable Long hours OF waiting folloWed,i
and the people began to doubt the truth
| OF the report that eleven persons had been
saved, and II was not until long aftersbs
| o'clock that the steam pilot-boat heraldeds
| its approach with piercing shrieks OF tri-ss
umph from her siren SAs3
Thousands Cheer Rescued.
| BY this time the harbor was black with
! thousands of people. The roofs OF oil
| houses and sheds were crowded, whllo{
along the roadway skirting the sea there
| raced hundreds OF people, keeping pace
with the rescue boat.
In the meantime every preparatio lon was;
| being made at the harbor to take care
/ Of tho individuals rescued.
The small lifeboat was the first to reach
harbor, and Captain Jansen, It's skipper
received round upon round Of ringing
cheers. He reported that two women
| and child who had refused to jump
! wcro still aboard the wreck Of the Ber-3
1, lin. . .st3
Captain Jansen had hardly told his:
story when the steam plot-boat, the Hell
voetsuis, with the rescued on board, hove
i In sight AS she was moOred the ringing
! cheer OF the assembled crowd Was Sue
ceeded by painful hush as the first;
of the survivors was borne ashore on
A stretcher by six stalwart Dutchmen5
and slowly carried up the steps to one.
OF the waiting motor cars The man was
swathed In blankets and made no sign
Of life, E
"My Name Is Fisher .3i
A steward was the next man to be
brought ashore. He was quite cheerful.
and shouted In reply to Inquiries: "Aiy
name Is Fisher 8
Then calnc q woman, her face covered
with blanket, but her long, dark hair
streaming over her pillow, and n FROST
bitten hand hanging Imply over the side
Of tho stretcher
Eventually the eleven survivors, so mar
ruwly snatched from death were removed
to the Amerikn Hotel, and when the
Prince Consort came ashore his face was
radiant with grateful JOY. Several anx-
ious relatives succeeded in forcing aa
entrance the hotel and there were SONS
scenes OF bitter disappointment when they
discovered that the members OF their
families were not among the rescued.
| Names of Saved.
The names OF the passengc.s saved fol-
low:
4 Mr.. Young, Mr., Broedersen. FRAU
a lein Bnttel, Fraulcin Cabler, Fraa
4 schraeder-all three OF these WON on
\ belong to the opera company; man
/. whose name is not known. and Ave
members of tho crew,
The two women still on deck OF the
steamer are Fraulein Thiele and Frau
I Wernsberg. The husband OF the last
mentioned woman lies dead h, the
mortuury here.
The correspondent of the Associated
4 Press interviewed Frau Schraeder,
Frau Schraeder although practically
starving. and With her hands and feet
!, terribly FROST bitten, showed remark.
able cheeriulness.
Relating her experiences, she said;
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