New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27

| the George B Starr on to the pier of the Panama
| Company she led by the hand her little son, who
was limping along in his stocking feet. Her
hands were covered with diamonds but she had
no hat and she wore shabby jacket with collar
turned up and an old cloth skirt, garments pro-
vided for her board the Georgia.
The little boy was so tired out with the ex-
! element of his day of desperate experiences
| and narrow escapes that he could hardly stumble
| along. They had been taken away from the
| Finance in the first OF the Georges boats to
reach the sinking liner Isador T. Remas. him
self survivor, carried little John to the street
end of the long pier in his arms. There a cab
was called for mother and son, and they started
on a shopping tour to get stock of necessary
clothing
Mrs. Strethotti was so tired and faint that
she did not care to go into details regarding her
rescue, but when asked IL she would continue
her journey to South America In spite of her
accident she said mo-" with some heat She
was going back to ST Louis, she said; that city
good enough for her; she wanted no more
sea voyages
Miss Ray G. Blanchard. a nurse attached to
the Presbyterian Hospital, Of Chicago. occupied
cabin with Mrs. william McCulloch, another
passenger The two women were dressing
when the crash came
I'VE both ran from the cabin and reached
the deck with difficulty" said Miss Blanchard
Everybody was trying to get up at once The
water began to over the side in so short a
time that hardly had realized what had
happened before 1t poured down through the
hatchways. 1t required some resolution to jump
into the water, although the vessel was going
down, but ha wing been between decks when
It happened, there time to be lost, the
boats having already been lowered. We jumped
and man to
children by their dresses, each OF us grasping
one Of them. before the lifeboat reached us.
The children saved with ourselves"
CLIMBED THROUGH PORTFOLIO
Herman o. Jackrel, a ship filter, of No. 252
5Sth street. Brooklyn, said he In his berth
when aroused by the shock OF collision and
succeeded in climbing through large portfolio,
but not until the ship had settled so far that
the water in his cabin was up to his waist. He
swallowed much water before he was picked up
by one of the Finances boats.
"I do not believe that it would have been pos
sible for me to have kept afoat much longer
said Jackrel None of us had received any
warning and even the best swimmer is not in
trim when he is taken unawares. 1 was swal-
lowing water, quarts OF it. IT seemed, and I
thought that It all over with me-.
Mrs. Herman HoImquist and her one-year-old
the Finance the Georgia. Mrs. Holmquist
had left the home OF relatives at No. 81 Har-
rison street. Brooklyn, last Monday. bound for
Colon. where her husband has preceded her.
Robert A Conrad, of Washington. who was
going to the Canal Zone to take job told OF
jumping from the Finance with about eight
other men, and said they were all picked up by
the crews of the lifeboats from the Georgia be-
fore they were in the water more than few
seconds
The Finance was built by J. Roach & Son. Of
Chester, Penn. and was launched in 1888. She
is 800 feet long and of 1920 tons. She was
once part of the navy of Brazil but fifteen
years ago was placed in service between New
York and Panama by the Colombian Steamship
Company, later passing into the hands Of the
Panama Railroad Steamship Company fire
at sea and one while in drydock, the loss Of d
rudder and the breaking down Of her machinery
are some OF the mshaps which she experienced
before this last accident.
The Georgia was built by Harland Wolff, Of
Belfast and launched in 1895. She is 05s.7 feet
long and Of $50 tons.