The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-06
.CYMRIC IS
DOCKED
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Reaches Port With Forty
Three Survivors
FOURTEEN MEN DROWNED
The Officers Tell Of the Brave Rescue
A Terrific Battle in the Life
boats With the Sea and
Fire.

| Boston, Feb. "Details OF the disaster
which overlook the steamer st. Cuth-
bert off the coast Of Noya Scotia Mon.
day were furnished this morning by the
survivors, forty-three in number, who
were brought to this port on the White
star liner cymric, the ship which went
20 their rescue The Cymric arrived
Tuesday night and made anchorage be-
low Boston Lightship shortly before
midnight, remaining there until well
along yesterday forenoon before enter
ing the channel, owing to low tide.
Captain Lewis of the Inflated craft
was in no condition to tell the story.
Ie lay in berth on the Cymric, with
his arms swathed in bandages, bis face
and hands badly burned and his eyesight
still affected by his experience with the
flames which broke out on the steamer
early Monday morning Three Others
among the survivors were 50 burned
on injured that they were sent 70 the
hospital shortly after the Cymric dock
ed; the chief engineer also was sent
ashore for treatment, but from an old
injury
Chief Officer Hobbs Of the esteamer,
the man who took charge Of the ST.
Cuthbert when the captain became iH-
capacitated, had nothing more to say
tuan ne was thankful 30 be here alive.
But from Others Of the crew and from
Robert jackson AZ Philadelphia, 4 cattle
foreman, was heard story 81 thrilling
and pathetic interest, beginning from
the time the steamer was hove to last
Sunday night 10 enable the crew TO re-
stow part Of the cargo. until the last
man of the survivors was taken aboard
tine Cymric at 6:2s o'clock Monday
night.
On her way from Antwerp to New
York With a cargo which incinded
matches, naptholene, rags and other ex.
plosiye or inaamable material, the 81.
Cltnbert had her trials frem gales and
head seas, but nothing Of damaging
nature until she was 4 little more than
three hundred and fifty miles east Of
Boston Light, off the coast 81 Nova
Scotia Sunday night. Then, in the bat.
tering which she had received from the
heavy seas, there Was slight shifting
of cargo, according To cattle foreman
jackson.
Aware 81 the dangerous nature of his
cargo and presumably because he aid not
care to take the slightest risk Of fire
or explosion, Captain Lewis had the st,
Cuthbert hove b about eight o'clock
Sunday evening and ordered the crew
below to restow cargo. There were 400
cases Of snap matches IN one Of the
holds, forward. in the after part OF the
chip were 600 barrels Of ssaptholene. The
restowing having been accomplished to
the satisfaction Of the commander, the
order was given about 1880 o'eolck 10
resume passage. and the steamer slowly
forced her head around in the desired
direction.
AT tAis point b the Judgment Of the
cattle foreman. the damage was done,
M wear the steamer around 1t was nee
essafy for a time that sne BE- In the
trough 81 the sea. rolling heavily. The
cargo shifted again, and IN all likeh-
hood tho packages IF snap matches was
dislodged and were irnited hy the
chatting This Foreman Jackson offered
merely as a theory
His first knowledge thar the snip was
aire was about $3.50 SUNDAY morning
when he was awakened b. ali explosion.
Rushing to the deck ID seanty attire,
he found the steamer apparently in
mass Of flames. CAPTAIN Lewis. VINO had
started an investigation was caught by
the flames and badly burned. as was al
50 Joubert Herman, 3 French sailor.
who accompanied his commander. There
upon the command Of the vessel devolv
ed upon Chief Office Hobbs.