New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-26
All the TurriaIba's Passengers
and Is Stewards Brought
Into Port by the 0ereliCt
DESTROYER Seneca.
CREW STAYS ON BOARD
Big Ship Fast-Cargo OF Ba-
nanas Thrown Into Sea-Res-
cued Ones All Cool-One
Man Fished Off Stern
Others Prayed.


sixteen stewards from the stranded
United Fruit liner Turrialba were
landed safely in this city yesterday at
$50 F. NJ. The crew of seamen, num-
bering sixty-four, was left on board.
The derelct destroyer Seneca, which
put out of this port in a snowstorm
on Tuesday morning and got within
working distance OF the wreck that
evening at o'clock, was the Good
Samaritan of the sea that~ brought
them home. There had been some
alarm on board, but it was not APP
parent when the shipwrecked passen-
gers arrived yesterday. The ship Is
lying in "A comparatively smooth sea
and there is hope of pulling her off
the reef.
There was more fuss and noise on
this pier tonight" said one Of the
travellers, than there was during the
entire time we were aboard" This
seemed to be the opinion OF others, and
everybody was in cheerful mood last
Knight on arrival.
The grounding of the Turrialba
looked serious at one time. She had
list of fifteen degrees to starboard
and she was numerically pounded by
violent surf This happened before :
the lifesavers and the men from the
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the fifty-seven passengers.
Many prayed. A few played poker, I
and one man who had hooks and lines
in his baggage fished from the dis
mantled stern.
The loss of the Titanic was discussed I
freely, and according to Edward T. /
Hughes. the police inspector, who was
a passenger on the Turrialba the hor
rors attending the loss Of the great
White Star liner, being fresh I'm the
minds Of the travellers, intensified their
apprehension.
Breaks Up Poker Game.
According to the ships time the
Turrialba went aground at 300 a. m.
Tuesday. There had been a blow and
a fair swell on at the time, but not
enough TO keep passengers awake. a
poker game that had been in progress
almost continuously since the vessel
left Kingston was on at the time, and
when the engine stopped 1t caused the
PLAYERS TO quit and walk about. They
tried to rouse the smokeroom steward,
and the noise woke up a few passen-
gers. Soon every one knew that the
Turrialba was aground.
BY degrees the southeaster kicked up
a terrific sea, and then from daylight
until 1 p. m, when the lifesavers came
aboard, the Turrialbas passengers were
alarmed. Although the combers that
swept over the fruiter's decks did not
abate with the coming Of the lifesavers.
the presence Of those husky sea fighters
from Barnegat seemed to dispel fear.
Later a boatload Of sailormen from the
Seneca climbed aboard from the turbu-
lent surf, and the stranded passengers
were doubly assured Of safety.
Inspector Hughes said last night az
he came up the bay from Quarantine
on the Seneca that the situation for
at least eight hours looked grave.
His eyes grew moist as he told OF
the fight the lifesavers had made TO
get aboard, and there were passengers
all around him who interrupted with
Yes, was one Of them" when he told
how many at the Turrialbas rail had
turned away in horror when the life
savers boat was thrown on its beam
ends.
Feared Fate Of Titanic.
. The inspector said he thought some
Of those on board would share the fate
Of the Titanic victims. Throughout it
all, however, he made mental notes
of all that happened and repeated it
last night as if he were reading from
log book.
1--WE went aground at 3:55 a. m. on
Tuesday" he said. THE wind was
from the southeast and snow was fall
ing. 1t was a moderate blow and the
breakers were not high. The sudden
stopping of the engines aroused me.
When l got up l found that Captain
Lindsay was trying to reverse his en- =
gines but they would not answer. The
Turrialba was too far wedged into the
sand. An hour later the tide went out
and rolling with an increasing high
surf she shook from stem to stern
Every one went to breakfast, but no
one had a desire to eat Coffee and a
few biscuits were about the only things
eaten, and wher the meal was over the
started back to their rooms.
"It was a job getting through the
alleyways to the rooms" he continued.
THE women on the Turrialba were an
brave lot, and tell you they
proved their elf-possession. 1t is not
easy for a woman to keep her nerve
and crawl along to her room with a
vessel tilted over 10 degrees. I marvel
that they held up so we'll following the
terrific pounding the seas gave that
ship. The combers broke furiously
over the boat deck. The women saw
Il, but there was not a murmur from
one Of them.
Although the seas had increased by