Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-04-14
STRANDED LINER IN PORT
Not Life Lost ana Not q Case
of Panic Among the 1,72o
People.

People.
New York, April 8. -The steamship
Friedrich Wilhelm, bearing the rescued
passengers of the Princess Irene, swept
into upper New York bay shortly after
one O'Clock this morning. There was
cheering and merrymaking abroad as
the Prinz Friedrich cast anchor near
the Statue of Liberty to spend the
nights remaining hours before coming
to her dock.
Lone Hill Life Saving Station, Long
Island, April In Just five hours and
ten minutes, the /, 720 cabin and steer
age passengers on the stranded North
German Lloyd liner Princess Irene
were transferred this afternoon to the
deck of her sister ship, the Prinz
Friedrich Wilhelm, and one hour after
nightfall they were safely on their way
to New York.
The feat was remarkable. Not
| life was lost, not case of panic was
reported. The first passenger off was
woman and the second a baby. The
cabin passengers, masters of the sit
uation and the language, generously
gave precedence to the more timorous
steerage.
Nightfall showed the liner still hard
and fast in the grip of the sands, and
Captain Goddard of the life saving
station estimates that she will be
prisoner at least a week perhaps a
fortnight. In the SO hours since she
struck, she has been favored with
comparatively light weather, but stiff
blow from the southwest might break
her up.
Ten small boats, two tugs and the re-
lief ship took part in the rescue today
while revenue cutter and derehct
destroyer stood by. All the 1885 steerage
passengers were led down by the for
ward companionway and thence clam
bered down a rope ladder into small
boats. From these they were trans
ferred to two tugs in the lee of the
liner.
WOMAN HAD TO JUMP.
A rope ladder was lowered over the
liners side, followed by a companion
way. The first passenger off, woman
of the steerage, had considerable drop
from the ladder to the life boat and had
to be spry at leaping. She was bundled
down at Just 1890 and handed into the
Sbtlll oIleeIS. IltI DdDy was phSSeu
from hand to hand after her until she
held it safe.
By this time, the Prinz Friedrich was
standing five miles out, working slowly
shoreward. She crept in as far as she
dared and dropped anchor. Astern of
the Princess Irene were the Mohawk
and Seneca, half mile out.
At 12:45 the first lifeboat put out with
full complement, 10 women and their
babies and others followed until there
were 10 of them clustered about the
ship and tugs.
SAILED AT NINE O'CLOCK.
Two tugs alternated in receiving the
small boats loads and before dark came
on all the passengers We're Safe on the
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm. Shortly after
nine o clock she hoisted her anchor anC
headed up the coast for New York anC
home.
The Irene stood tonight apparently al
firm as a castle. She lies about 35'
yards from shore. Her stem points
northwest, directly into the wind. Per
I haps her stern post is free in clear wa
, ter, but hardly more. 1t will take
+ great deal of Juggling and hauling t,
work her out to sea.
Whether it would be necessary t.
Tighten her cargo is question that mus
be decided first by the urgency of tn
moment. The wrecking company
which has two tugs in waiting, reall
made no serious efforts to free her to
day. The first thing was to get tn
passengers to safety.