Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-23

sea there raced hundredS or people
keeping pace with the rescue boat.
Await Victims Arrival
In the meantime every preparation
was being made at the harbor to take
care of the individuals rescued. Six
motor cars, including that belonging
to the prince consort, were drawn up
in readiness to convey the survivors
to the Amerika hotel, where a staff
of medical men, especially summoned,
was waiting to give succor.
The small lifeboat was the first to
reach the harbor and Captain Jansen
reported that three women and a child,
who had refused to jump, were still
aboard the wreck.
He explained that the rescue had
been effected by both boats working
in conjunction. First the small boat
managed to make fast rope to the
breakwater and by this means the sur
vivors were dragged through the water
to the pilot boat, which stood a little
way off.
Captain Jansen had hardly told his
story when the steam pilot boat with
the rescued on board hove in sight.
AS she was moored the cheers were
succeeded by a painful hush as the
first of the survivors was borne ashore
on a stretcher. The man was swathed
in blankets and made no sign of life.
The eleven survivors were removed
to the Amerika hotel and when the
prince consort came ashore his face
was radiant with grateful JOY.
Every Dutchman present forfeited
his national reputation for stolidity by
joining in a roaring cheer.
Crowd Dispersed
The hotel in the meantime was so be-
sieged by the crowds to catch a glimpse
of the survivors that the police had to
resort to vigorous measures to clear the
premises and allow the doctors uninter-
rupted control. Several anxious rela-
tives succeeded in f rcing an entrance
to the hotel and there We're some scenes
of bitter disappointment when those
discovered that the members of their
families were not among the rescued.
The names of the passengers follow
Mr.. Young.
Mr.. Broederison.
| Fraulein Buttel.
| Fraulein Gabler
| Frau Schraeder
| Under the reviving influence of food
the survivors soon became compara-
! lively cheerful. Frauline Buttel and
Frau Schraeder, although practically
starving and with their hands and feet
terribly frostbitten, showed remark
|
periences, Frau Schraeder said:
Tells of Experiences
II never can forget the terrible hours
of anguish and despair we passed
through while watching with our
hearts 1 might say, the gallant efforts
of the crews of the lifeboats and tugs
to snatch us from the jaws of death.
on Thursday night our anguish reached
its height, when the gale seemed fercer
than ever. Mountainous, death cold
pillows broke over the ship every min
ute and the dense, binding blizzard hid
from us the comfortable 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 hier!' eve are here).
whenever we somewhat later heard
the passing craft. we shouted, fearing
that the people on board would think
all was over. / saw nearly all my
friends carried away by the sea and
drowned.
1--WE watched the operation of our
rescuers with breathless anxiety, but
when we finally understood their ac-
tions and saw there was a chance of life
we could hardly believe our eyes. Ex-
haustion. exposure, hunger and fear
had made us so miserable that even
the JOY of life brought no smile to our
faces and no words to our lips"
Engineer Doomed
when I left the wreck" she said
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 tool
refuge in a recess behind the smoke
room by this morning only fifteen OF
this number remained alive. We coult
get no sleep; we were too busy dodginl
the waves that kept rolling on the
smoke room. We shouted to attract tn,