Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-26
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seas and that there was a fair chance
she would be hauled off the shoal be
fore morning. The steamship, with be-
engines crippled. her rudder gone and
her propeller broken and twisted, lies
on Brigantine shoal. about nine miles
north of Atlantic City, her bow point
Ing northwest. Captain johnson ha6
an idea that Captain Lindsay and his
ships company might get here fl time
for a belated Christmas dinner, per-
haps tonight.
But hurried as they were and chock-
full of excitement most of the passen-
gers found time to tell the story Of the
storm and stranding and Of the splen-
did and cool headed assistance given
by Captain Johnson, Lieutenant Lau.
riatt and the rest of the Seneca's peo-
pie. There was Mrs. Max Mutzner Of
Riverton. N. j., and her two little
MISUNDERSTANDING, aged three, and
Dorothy, whose months are six. Mrs.
Mutzner's husband. DR.. Max Mutzner,
Is the surgeon for the Guayaquil and
Quito railroad.
When the Turrialba struck, ACCORDING
to Mrs. Mutzner, at a little before 4
O'Clock on Tuesday morning. the shock
awakened her. She heard cries of
alarm. The s~hrieking of the wind and
the grooming of the ship and the pound
Of the giant ave frightened her ter.
rible. She was certain that the ship
was going to pieces. She caught I'D
Baby Dorothy, wrapped the child In Its
thickest and dewniest coats, dressed
herself warmly and prepared to take
Ter chance. To old Tom, DR.. Mutzner's
servant and a native OF Ecuador, the
mother handed three-year-old Maxine.
telling the man to keep close to her
and save the child II he could. But
Maxine wasn't a bit scared. She
laughed and insisted on taking with
her a precious doll. And in the wors;
Of the hours hat followed the little
girls laugh and cheerfulness made a
lot Of people feel better. Tom helped
the mother with the two children when
tie passengers were transhipned.
Brave Eleven-year-oId Boy.
Quite the most self possessed and
matter Of fact of all the passenger
waT young Mr.. Herman Parker. whose
home in in Ardmore. Pa. with his
grandmother. Mrs Elizabeth Parker OF
that city. With Herman. who Is eleven
! ears old. was a sharp eyed. alert Ecua
horeaD Of twelve years. Senior Pedro
Hazuerizo of Guayaquil. the bosor,
lend of Herman. Several months aga
while Herman was introducing the
Yankee game Of marbles to the little
Spaniards of his acquaintance. he met
Pedro and made up his mind that be-
would bring the boy back to America
with him. So he got permission from
his grandmother. and tie plan was
made for both boys to start in the pre-
paratory school OF Swarthmore college
They made the trip in charge Of Rafael
Guerrero Of Guayaquil, and Mr.. Guer-
zero had his hands full keeping tab on
them during the voyage north. But. as
he said. they were courageous little
men when the storm came. Herman
said constantly to Pedro:
Nov, everything is all right. There
isn't any real danger. I'm an American
who has Travelled around some, and !
know all about these things. Just keep
your nerve up and stay with nae, and
you will be safe"
WHAT'S mor Herman gave that ad-
vice to some Of the grown up passen
gers who badly scared land for
eause) at sone stages Of the storm.
Police Inspector Edward p. Hughes.
possibly the best known In New York
Of the Seneca's Christmas cargo. was
warmly greeted by a dozen friends.
Inspector Hushss' Story.
In relating his experience he made 1t
plain that most Of the passengers had
on Tuesday expected the ship to foun
der. and he told of the prayer meeting
that was held in the music room on
Tuesday morning. when men and WON
kissed each other goodby. Said he:
l didn't sleep well on Monday night,
and so | was wide awake when at s55
o'clock on Tuesday morning ] felt a lar
The ship shiyered, seemed to stand still.
q Gu deNHi sNti again dIb ltldliy
tarred harder than ever | guessed at
once that we had grounded. SO l dressed
hurriedly and ran above. II was snowins
heavily and there was a fierce win from
the northeast. At that time the sea was
not heavy, but the wind was getting Wild
er all the time
Captain Lindsay reversed his engines
and worked for some time to back the
ship from the grip of the shoal. Towards
dawn he saw thai he was oaugh fast.
and so he sent the first wireless report of
the accident.
The passengers were all up and dressed
and on deck by 4:30 or 5 O'Clock. They
were nervous. and l include myself. but
their behavior WAS sensible. They were
told by Captain Lindsay and Chief Officer
Barratt that there was no immediate dan
ger, that the ship was tanch and that re
lief boats would soon be on the way from
New York. The officers and crew OF the
Turrialba then and throughout the trou-
BILE were as cool and helpful az they
could be.
Breakfast was served at ESQ O'Clock.
but it was rather a dismal meal. BY that
time the sea had become very heavy and
the wind was roaring. Every time that a
big one hit the ship she heeaed over to
starhoard and renbled like q frightened
horse. The tolling Of the fog bells. the
blowing of the siren and the creaking
and greaning OF the ship as she staggered
under the blows Of the sea were hardly
calculated to make anybody feel cheerful
They weren't very Christina ssy sounds.
All Began to Pray.
The list to starbcard was SO sharp that
nobody but the officers and seainen could
stagger along the con1panionways without
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