Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-23
A PRINCE AND A MAN
Henry of Holland Goes Out
 Twice to Berlin Wreck.
TEN SAVED BY HEROIC SURFIEI.
Thousands on Shore Cheer Rescue Crew and survivors-Only Eleven Saved Out of 1SO-TwO Women
 Are Still on Board.

Crew and SurvivOrs-Only Eleven E Saved Out of 1SO-Two Women
 Are Still on Board.
 HOOK OF HOLLAND, Holland, Feb. 23.-Prince Henry of the Netherlands, husband of Queen Wilhelmina, joined the intrepid force of life savers. who. suffering great hardships, battled for thirty five hours to save the survivors of the steamship Berlin, wrecked here.
 The prince, setting fine example, braved mountainous seas and freez- ing gale. Twice he went out in pilot boat and tried to board the wreck, to which ten persons were clinging.
 The prince cOnsort after his first visit to the wreck, when he saw with his own eyes that there were still some survivors on board, declared: We won't return to The Hague before we save them. We must get them some how"
 He was beaten back many times, but the prince had the satisfaction of see ing a hardy boat load of surfmen, not to be outdone by him, drive through the seas to almost certain death, board the steamers hull and take ten people huddled there into their boat and row safely back to shore.
 After long hours of waiting on shore the people began to doubt the truth of the report that ten persons had been saved, and 1t was not until long after o'clock that the steam pilot boat heralded It's approach with piercing shrieks of triamph from her siren.
 By this time the harbor was black with thousands of people. The roofs of all houses and sheds were crowded, while along the roadway skirting the sea there raced hundreds of people keeping pace with the rescue boat.
 The small lifeboat was the first to reach the harbor, and Captain Jansen, it's skipper, received round upon round of ringing cheers. He reported that two women and child who had re- fused to jump were still aboard the wreck of the Berlin. He explained that the rescue had been effected by both boats working in conjunction. First the small boat managed with infinite difficulty to make fast rope to the breakwater, and by this means the sur. vivors were dragged through the wa ter to the pilot boat, which stood lit tie way off.
 Captain Jansen had hardly told his story when the steam pilot boat Hel- voetsluis, with the rescued on board, hove in sight. As she was moored the ringing cheer of the assembled crowd was succeeded by a painful hush as the first of the survivors was borne ashore on stretcher by six stalwart Dutchmen 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.
 A steward was brought ashore quite cheerful, shouting gayly in reply to in quiries. "My name Is Fisher.' He seems to have stood the terrible ordeal the best of all. Then came a woman, her face covered with blanket. but her long dark hair streaming over her pillow and terribly frostbitten hand hanging Imply over the side of the stretcher.
 Eventually the survivors so narrowly snatched from death. were tenderly re- moved to the Amerika hotel, and when l the prince consort came ashore his face was radiant with grateful joy. Every Dutchman present forfeited his nation al reputation for stolidity by joining in a roaring cheer.
 The names of the passengers saved follow: Mir. Young, MT. Broedersen, Fraulein Buttel. Fraulein Gabler. Frau Schraeder Gall three of these women belong to an opera company. man whose name is not known and i've members of the crew. Only two wom. en and a child are now left on the wreck. Of these the, two women are known to be Fraulein Thiele and Frau Weinberg. The, husband of the last mentioned woman lies dead in the mortuary here.
 Under the reviving influence of food the survivors soon became compara- lively cheerful. A correspondent inter- viewed Fraulein Buttel and Frau Schraeder. Fraulein Gabler was too i'll to talk. She had suffered frightfully on the wreck and was delirious when brought ashore. Fraulein Buttel and Frau Schraeder. although practically starving and with their hands and feet terribly frostbitten, showed remarka- ble cheerfulness The first words utter ed on shore by Frau Schraeder were, "Oh, we are so hungry-'
 Tn relating her experiences, Frau Schraeder said: "I never can forget the terrible hours of anguish and despair we passed through while watching with our hearts, I might say. the gal lant efforts of the crews of the life- boat and tugs to snatch us from the jaws of death. In the night our an- guish reached It's height. Then the gale seemed fiercer than ever. Noun tainous. death cold pillows broke over the ship every minute. and the dense. blinding blizzard hid from us the com | forting lights of the Hook. At about half past in the morning we heard the siren of the incoming Great West ern steamer Vienna. and Fraulein But tel In e frenzy of despair shouted to the bowling winds. We are here-
 "whenever we saw or heard the passing craft we shouted. fearing that the people on board would think all was over.