The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-25
JERSEY PRIEST
Tells STORY Of
LINER COLLISION
CONTINUED from First Page.)
were trained TO the last detail for just
such an They were all
brave men and the line deserves great
credit.

and never recovered them. In several
instances these v%aluables amounted to
two, three and four thousand dollars.
Most of the women stopped only long
enough to grab sufficient clothing to
cover their bodies, and many did not
stop for this"
Bearing out this part of the priests
narrative many women of wealthy
families could be seen landing from the
Baltic with the scantiest of attire. Most
of them wore only petticoats. Others
had shawls or other loose garments
thrown over their night clothing. Only
a very few had hats, and most of these
had been supplied from the excess
possessed by the women passengers of
the rescuing Baltic. In fact, the pass
engers of the Baltic opened their ward
robes to the rescued passengers from
the Republic, and from this Baltic
s~torehouse most of the wearing ap-
paral which the Republic survivors
wore on landing anne.
Crowded in Florida.
The transferring of the passengers
was a tedious and we'll performed
work." the priest continued. First we
were taken from the Republic to the
4 " Aacis l4io was LlIG 1otLiC
arrived. There We were frightfully
crowded and I do not think we felt any
better than on the Republic, or as
well, for the bows were stove in and
We were not sure that the Florida
would not also go down.
at was an indescribable relief when
the order came to leave the Florida
and go abroad the Baltic. This was
--&l@ +AI;a..- ~-1-I- l-,% no.
accomplished with remarkable care and
success. 1t was a scene n can never
forget. The Baltic had her search
lights flooding the water between her
and the Florida. The sea was now
higher than during the transfer from
the Republic to the Florida n there
was more danger.
women on First.
1.-THE women and children were taken
off first and hen the men. The search
lights tried to keep the path of the
small boats open, but it was hard work,
there being more than twenty boats
engaged in the work. Sometimes the
Baltic would veer n as her search
lisrts gyrated all sight of the ship was
lost and we seemed to be again lost in
the fog. Then she would suddenly
right herself and again our hopes were
revived. Although only a cables
length away the fog at times was so
dense that we would entirely lose sight
of the Baltic.
when We finally got abroad the
Baltic, all of us, there was an i'm
measurable sense of relief. We knew
for a certainty then that all were safe.
On the Baltic we We're treated mag
nificently by the passengers and off,
GERS, and all did everything possible for
us. But I var to say hat 1 was
mighty glad when the fog lifted this
morning and I saw Sandy Hook, a part
of New Jersey, ahead of us. l never
knew that and could look so good, and
/ guess hat all the rest of us felt the
same way"
Father Norris and his companions
came to Newark directly from the
White Star line pier.
III. j. Hover, of Spokane, Wash, a
passenger on the Republic, said:
1.-THE shock came when all of the
passengers of the Republic and most
of her crew were asleep said H. ].
Hover, of Spokane, Wash. Mrs. Hover
and 1, like most of the Republics pass
engers, were awakened by being vio-
lently thrown against the side of our
hunks. The impact was terrific. Out
side in the passageway 1 could hear
the sound of running feet. From the
deck above came cries and the shout
ing of orders.
II turned on the electric light, and
hastily throwing an over garment over
us, Mrs. Hover and l made our way
bareheaded and barefooted to the music
room on the promenade deck. Mean
while the alarm gongs were sounding
all over the ship, and the stewards
were going from state-room to state
room arousing the passengers.
by the time we got to the music
room the place was full of men and
women, some with nothing over them
but the clothes in which they had been
asleep, others wrapped in ships
blankets and steamer rugs, all more or
less frantic with fear and shivering with
the cold. The women huddled to-
gether, some weeping, a few hysterical.
To the L~ife-Boats.
Most of the men rushed out on deck
to ascertain what the trouble was.
There we found the crew of the Repub-
lie taking the ~tarpaullns from the life
boats and standing by ready to swing
out the davits. There was no sign of
any other ship anywhere. The fog
horn of the Republic was letting out
shrill blasts, but there was no answer
ing whistle.
"T don't know how long we were left
to wonder what had happened. Finally
the second officer informed us TINT there
WAS no danger of the vessel going I'M
der. The majority became composed at
hearing this, but some of the women
were still beside themselves and re-
fused to return to their stste-room 10
dress, and their clothes had to be
brought 10 them from their cabins.
I'm less than a half hour, however,
mostly every one had managed to get
clothed. After a little we heard an
answering whistle and the Florida
came up looming out of the fog on
our starboard quarter. There was an
exchange of questions and be-
tween the two captains, and the injury
to the Republic having been discovered
more serious than was at first sup
posed, we were told that we were to be
transferred to the Florida.
ssTbis announcement caused more ter
ror than had the shock of the collision
even, hut after a while comparative
calm was obtained, and the transship-