New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
.|RENE'S PASSENGERS
REACH QUARANTINE
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm Will
Put Them Ashore at 8
O'clock This Morning.
CABIN PASSENGERS CALM
Waived Right to Go First from
Stranded Liner and Soothed
Fears of Immigrants
in Steerage.

in Steerage.
Steamship Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm. AZ
Sea. April 3. by Wireless. via Seagate.-'
The Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm anchored
ono and half miles off the Irene at
1:1O %. m. yesterday and the first passen-
xer was brought of at 2 30 o'clock All
| tho passengers were taken off by s.oo
o'clock. The return trip oil the fr'hH
Friedrich began at 9:07 O'Clock last night
She anchored off Quarantine at l2'3o
o'clock this morning and will dock at
o'clock
The Princess Irene is lying in eighteen
| feet of water. broadsde on the beach,
| with "A heavy sea running. and IS
thought 10 he in danger Of breaking UP
amidships. The derelct destroyer SEN
eca. the revenue cutter Mohawk ana 'he
tugs Relief Rescue II. Merritt, John j.
Timmins and John Nichols are stand
ing by
The passengers say the ship struck at
i a. M Thursday. There was no ex-
citement in the first cabin. but the steer
age was bordering on panic for awhile,
though the immigrants soon Quilted
down. Most Of the passengers Thought
at first that the Irene had reached Quar-
rantine and dropped anchor. Every
thing was quiet on Thursday night.
There was no vessel near The Irene
did not roll.
Singing ard Speeehmakins.
There were singing and speechmaking
ALL the way up from Fire Island. not
wthstanding physical and mental IA
tigue. although the first cabin passen-
gers were visibly disappointed when
they learned that the Friedrich Wilhelm
would not proceed to her dock at once.
Toasts were drunk to the Irene's captain
and crew and to the lifesavers VINO
helped in the record breaking transfer.
and there were protracted exchanges or
experiences and good natured swapping
of needed personal effects
Mr.. and Mrs J. A. Freeman, of 1t.
J.ouis. with their eighteen -year-old
daughter. Helen were among the 2So
cabin passengers who told Of their sem
sations and recalled incidents of inter-
est Mr. Freeman awoke when the
Irene first struck the sand. but al ntse
did not realize the gravity Of the situa-
ton. A moment later the grinding oi
: the ship's keel oH--the bar told him thas-
something was wrong. He aWoke MS
wife and daughter and the tri" made
,heir way to the deck. A babel OF sound
|, ., arose fr,n the steerage when the first
. impact came.
Mrs G. F.. Pfaffman and her mother.
Mrs w. 3 Pearson. of No. 2o0 west
. sSth street, New York, whose staterooms
were on the deck directly above ths
steeraga. heard the medley of excited
\ female voices. and. not knowing the
, cause. dressed quickly to reach deck.
Before they left their staterooms they
heard the ships officer quiet the wom-
on They subsided quickly and tnere
was little further outward excitement
4 on board.
u Captain Petterssen's Version.
1 "The last solar observation we had
a was at noon Thursday, SAID captain
X Won Letten- Petersen Of the Prinzess
Irene yesterday. There vas log all Gay
:. Wednesday and Wednesday night We
n had heen proceeding cautiously hy dead
:. reckoning since fog enveloped us Thurs
:. dav morning The second and fourh
e officers and myself were on the pr,dse'
n There were two men in the crows nest
n ard one in the bow The weather cleared
G a, . . ~ and we went ahead full speed
d we struck the bar at 8. 55. have been
: a captain for eleven years ana tn's Ii
II my first accident"
All the passengers who would talk
= agreed that there was not the slightest
= somhlance OF panic aboard at any time.
II barring the first hysterical outbreak In
e the steerage. Brigadier General A. Z.
II Girard. L. s. a. (retired). who has been
abroad for his health. explained. as did
the others that nearly all the passen-
gers were asleep when the shock came.
"rhere was no excitement" he aAAA.
4 with military brevity.
The Rev. George Stone. OF London.
WAS aroused by the jar To the Irene ao9
dressed and went to the upper deck
!, found other passengers" he said, who.
i like myself, hardly knew what to ex-
- meet and were discussing the situation.
l. Panic was furthest from our thoughts
IS then or at any time later"
The North German Lloyd liner Prin1
J. Friedrich wilhelm. laden with the entire
" passenger complement OF the stranded
- steamship Princess Irene. left her
- anchorage off Lone Hil livesaving sta
iion at 9:OI o'clock last night and headed
It for her pier. in Hoboken. Within six
~ hours and thirty eight minutes the liV
Is messengers were transferred through
," rough surf and put without mishap on
" the Prinz Wilhelm Women and chill
N dren were cared tor first After them
10 went the allen males OF the steerage who
,t showed signs OF timidity Then there
IN followed i'm orderly fashion the men folk
OF the cabin and steerage who were
brave enough and sensible enough to
10 elect to be the last
when the Prlnx Friedrich Wilhelm ar
al rived about n mile To the southeast OF
the Irene, shortly after 1890 p. m. ysster'
day, and dropped anchor there WAS con-
mn siderable excitement IN the steerage or
r. the Irene The aliens. chieny Greeks ana
/. Italians. WI had learned that the bis