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Holland Hook, Feb. 23.-Up to noon
Friday it was impossible to approach
the wreck of the Berlin, where ten per
sons could be seen. Furious seas and
a heavy snowstorm prevailed all
Thursday night and the cold is in
tense The waves dashed so frightful-
ly that lifeboats could not approach the
wreck. The Berlin's portion not sunk
is firmly imbedded in sand.
At high water Friday morning the
tops of the deck houses were the only
portions of the steamer visible and the
few survivors were huddled there. A
lifeboat which went out to the wreck
accompanied by three tugs remained
there anchored close to the Berlin for
three hours, but was unable to get
alongside of her as the heavy seas
would have dashed her to pieces.
Captain Parkinson Holt of the steam
ship line. who was on his way to Am
sterdam to join his vessel, the Myrmid-
ion, to take her back to Liverpool. is
the sole survivor of the disaster who
has thus far reached shore. He said
the catastrophe was due to the fact
that the Berlin preached to in the ter
rife sea as she was entering the wa
terway, and that before she was able
to recover herself she was dashed on
the pier head, Immediately "crunched
up like concertina," and parted amid
ships
This little village is filled with anx-
fous relatives of passengers and crew
of the Berlin, and heartrending scenes
are witnessed at the improvised mortl-
airy where lie thirty bodies which have
already been washed ashore Most OF
these are battered beyond recognition,
and some are without heads and 9th
ers without arms or legs
The Great Eastern railroad STEAMER
Clacton made strenuous efforts to Save
the Berlin'S survivors. An officer gives
the following graphic account of the
scene: On our arrival at Holland
Hook we found the Berlin broadsided
on the north pier end and we at once
set to work in an endeavor to succor
the stranded steamer Tremendous
seas were running. The waves were
forty feet high and fierce gale was
blowing in on the shore. We got close
to the rocks, but nearly went on them
ourselves, and had to put about in or
der to escape the fate of the Berlin. II
was impossible for US to get out the
lifeboat, as it would have been smash
ed to pieces in the. raging water We
| could see people in groups on boare
the Berlin-some ON decks and some
in the smokeroom ON the forepart Of
| the vessel. AS we approached in ar
| attempt to rescue them persons OF
| board raised cheer Apparently the
best discipline prevailed. All the pas
| sengers had been furnished with life
| belts and gathered on the lee side, en-
| deayoring to shelter themselves from
| the awful sas which were breaking
over the vessel. submerging decks
tunnels and almost masts. at time:
| hiding her entirely from view. Wher
| within 100 yards of the Berlin We
| threw out all our belts with lines at
tached, but they failed to reach her
| It was impossible to take the line OF
board the stranded steamer. as moth
| ing could have lived in the terrible
waves"