The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-10
of Those Rescued Were Hysterical on Ac- count of the Nerve Wrecking Experiences During the Night and AL most Violence Necessary to Quiet Them Steamer Still High on Sands.
Especial from United Press.)

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 Fire Island, June 10.-Three hundred and nine passengers on the Spanish liner Anton Lopez were taken from that ship in the power 1ifeboat of the life saving crew at Quogue, during the morning hours to-day and landed on the wrecking tug of the Merritt Chapman Company.
 Later they were transferred to the revenue cutters Mohawk and Seneca for transfer to New York. They were a terribly frightened. hysterica1 crowd as they gathered on the decks Of the revenue cutters and it required almost violence to quiet some of them, their nerves having been wrecked by their experiences throughout last night when the Lopez stuck on the sands off Fire Island shivering time and again as she was driven farther and farther on the sandy shore by giant seas that broke over the steam CT.
 While the passengers were in no real danger they didn't know this and all efforts of the captain and his crew to reassure the frantic men and wo- men failed utterly. In fact there were a number of times when it be- come necessary to forcibly restrain some of the women passengers from jumping into the seething water which swirled about the vessel. Finally all the passengers were driven into the main saloon and the doors locked. Then there was screaming and pray CTS while the crew on deck was en- deavoring to get into communication with tlie shore
 As the morning dawned and the life savers managed to get line across to the steamer it was found that the To- peg was resting easy on the sand but that she was very hard on the bottom and thers was every indication that most of her cargo would have to be removed before she could be foated. The New York agents of the line held a conference with the life savers and were advised. to remove the passen- gers. Most of the latter were unnerv- ed by their experience and there was also a chance that bad weather might set in which would make the position of the Lopez dangerous. The, com mander of the Mohawk was reached by wireless and he answered that he would sail at once for the scene and advised that in the meantime the passengers be removed to the wreck ing tug which was done. This liner is in no particular danger. It Is ex- pected that ref1oating her will be stupendous task. Last nights surf was one of the strongest that has swept the Long Island coast for months and the Spanish steamer struck three hours before sighted. All night she was driven higher upon the
 
 pressure from the tugs.
 If the weather quiets down this af- ternoon an attempt will be made to lighter her cargo but if the present heavy sea continues it will simply be dumped overheard in the effort to Tighten the steamer. She has swung around almost parallel to Fire Island and has a very pronounced list to starboard.
 nj of terror 444 persons on board the Spanish Passenger Liner Anton Lopez from Cadiz are in communication with the shore this morning. The big lin- CT was stranded last night on a sandy reef off Point-o-Woods on the south coast of Long Island and all efforts to send a line to her last night or even get her name were fruitless because of the high wind and sea- Ed Baker, 22 son of the keeper of Point life say morning and quieted the fears of the Later the Merritt & Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Com pany succeeded in getting a small line larger line is now being pulled to the vessel. The possibility of landing the passengers is very remote because of the dangerous character of the surf at that point. As there are no rocks near it is not thought that she is in any immediate danger.
 The vessel is a large iron one of B. 591 tons, commanded by Captain Mir. She has 67 first cabin passengers, 37 second cabin passengers and POS steer age besides her crew. She struck about o'clock last night in a driv- ing rain and heavy. fog. It is thought that Captain Mir mistook the Fire Island light for the Ambrose Channel light. The life savers on Point-o- Woods and Fire Island were appraised of her plight by the blowing of repeated blasts on her fog horns and later rocket after rocketgwas sent up as signals for help. Keeper Ba- ker of the Point-o-Woods life saving station is in Washington and his son Ed was in charge of the crew. He and his men made repeated efforts all night to land a line or to get to the stranded vessel but the surf beat back the boat as often as it was launched and the wind hurled back the life cord as often as it was shot to- ward the vessel.
 Shortly after sunrise young Baker and a crew got to the side of the yes sel and landed the small line.- Later the tugs of the wrecking company ar rived and got lines to the vessel. Some of the passengers remained on the decks all night despite the assurances of the captain and crew that they were in no danger.
 When the ship first struck the sand there was a panic among the women in the steerage and it was with difficulty that some were re- from throwing themselves into the sea. The life savers on shore could see the passengers rushing about the decks and making frantic efforts to shout to land for help. Some wanted to go on shore when Baker and his crew reached the vessel this morning