Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-26
CAPTAIN SEALBY
AND HIS OFFICERS
Given Remarkable 0emOnstra-
ton When They Landed from
Revenue Cutter Gresham.
ESCAPE FROM THE REPUBLIC
Give, Graphic Account of How lie and
Second Officer Williams saved
ThcmsclNcs-WOuld Not Talk.

New York. Jan 26.-Capt Scalby
and his officers and most of the crew
of the wrecked steamship Republic
were given a remarkable demonstra-
tion today when they landed at the pier
uf The white Star lipe from the revenue
cutter Gresham. a great throng OF Of
fcers and seamen from the steamships
OF the White star line I'm dock to-
gcthcr with three or four hundred
spectators were on the dock when
Capt Sealby and his shipwrcclled crew
stepped down the gangpiank. Officers
and seamen alike made rush for
Capt Sealby and lifted him to their
shoulders carrying him the whole
length of the dock to the street while
the crowd yelled itself hoarso and
trumpets. Behind the captain the
crowd carried aloft the brave Binns,
the wireless telegraph operator. Capt.
ScdlhN was carried from the street 20
the office of the steamship company on
Che second floor of the pier, where only
on his earnest protest would the crowd
cease its demonstration.
Few marine stories in recent years
Of marvellous escapes from the sea,
equal ia dramatic intensity that told
on Capt Sealby today of the escape
OF Second officer Williams and him
SELF from the Republic.
THE CAPTAINS STORY.
The captain would not talk Of the
collision with tho steamer Florida.
capt. Sealby said:
1T was about o'clock sunday
mght when the Republic was sinking
and only myself and Williams were
flHI hHffInra FThaHI On "a
ana cracking az the after end OF the
boat The stern was settling very
rapidly and the sea was pretty bad.
Then ] said 60 Williams: We'll. well.
what do YOU think about IL, Williams "
aud Williams answered, ] don't think
10 will Doc "a long Q ce. Let us sprint
for IT, When You are ready let her
go' Hooked att again and saw how
fast she was going and ] told Williams
20 burn "a blue light Then / fired my
revolver five times 10 let the boats
around me know that we were going
Off Turning 90 Williams ] said,
let us take 20 the forward rigging.
and we ran from the bridge 70 the
saloon deck BURNING our blue lights ss
we went and carrying am ordinary
lantern.
when we got 40 the saloon decks
the water was coming in a little aft OF
where we stood. As we ran forNvar
the stern was sinking SO rapidly that
the incline was so steep that when
we got TO the fore rigging we started
10 slip back and could hardly keep on
deck The last ] saw OF Williams he
had crossed the port rail and was
hanging over the side. / took 20 the
rigging and went up as high as the
mast head lights. a distance Of many
feet 7 rested there and took out "a
blue light. Ii was wet and would not
go of and / then fred the last shot
from my revolver The water had now
caught up 10 me. coming up under
my great coat and / hOated. The re-
Volyer and my binocle held my coat
down, acting as a sort OF ballast. At
this time the water was a roaring
seething mass an about me. / was
caught iu q whirlpool for some time
aud I was chumed around until I came
20 the surface. / tried to pull on my
coat, but could not There was con-
siderable debris about me and ] man
aged 10 catch hold OF some broken
spars. Then 1 caught a large haicn
covering and / pulled myself out on 20
and lay ON it sptead-eagle fashion.
THE searchlights had been playing
on the ship and were now playing on
the spot whore She went down. {
seemed an intormiuable time until they
did see me. but I managed % load my
NENNlhNN hHAAM nAAN flANN hhN AAAl aAAA CIV 10
attention Tho bullets had been greas-
ed and they kept dry
WEAK. COLD AND NUMB.
81 was getting weak. cold and numb.
I Just lay on the hatch and saved my
self until the last shouting az inter-
walls Then the lights played ON me aud
I waved a towel which / had found
floating near me and shortly after the
boats from the revenue cutter Gresham
picked me mp and carried me aboard
j found Williams 300 that little ufe-boat.
j thought ] had seen the last OF him"
Capty Sealby praised In unmeasured
Germs the courage and pluck ~ the
Republics passengers. Officers and crew
and operator lie viii make his re-
port of the accident 10 the officers ~
the white star company some limo
today
Second Onicer Williams said when
De found himself in the sea he seizei
two pieces OF floating grating and held
himself up between them until picked
up hy the revenue cutters boat
OFFICER williams said,
"Thoy found me before tney picked
up capt sealby and when the CAPTAIN
was taken aboard the l.fs-b1at be lay
sim for a time. then ho turned and
throw hfn arms around mo aud .IIH.