Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-07-24
HERO|SM Of THE
AMERICAN SEAMAN
Records of the Navy Reveal
Numerous Instances
Of Bravery

Washington. ID g. July %
Stories have been told OF The herOIsm
OF American and British passengers
and seamen al tho time OF fho wreck
81 The great steamship Titanic The
navy departments OF two countries
have records 10 show that American
and British discipline alsot always
has been maintained 10 times OF trou-
bic an sea
II h held sometimes that To- the face
OF death supposedly brave men turn
towards and that occasionally the
supposed towards turn brave men
Army officers and naval officers IN
Washington sag the records show that
vheu the supreme moment comes al.
most all men Of proper bir'h. upbring
ing and some Of them add nation
ality." prove themselves 20 be made
o. the night stun DO the archives
Of The navy there are stories OF nero
ism which infrequenily see the ight
II l. said that n the records OF me
merchant marine we're kept a. care.
fully af are the records OF me armed
sea service. tho stories Of bravery IN
tho face OF death would be- multiplied
The Haudsmen OF the Titanic went
do0n 20 death playing When the
tempest OF 1888 struck the Samoan
coast and The Rreck OF the American
man OF war Trenton Captain Farquhar
commanding aa imminent, the mem
bers of the ship band took 10 the
rigging Of Tho o.d wooden snip and
~sr. dashed there Dy me sailors The
baudsmen played The star Spangled
Banner and the music vas heard
sbore the storm. heartoning the sail
ers who Uere battling with death
Heroism Of oneioas Crew
The story Of the sinking Of the Brit.
ish tfoopship Rlth the soldiers drawn
NJ IN lines upon the deck and going
a. death UnniuChingly and IN parade
formation. IN known 20 every school
boy Of whatever land How many are
there Who know mat this act of hero.
Ism has n parable. IN the deeds Of the
officers and crew Of an American man
ofwar' In January OF the year 1870
the United states steam sloop OF war
Oneida went 10 the bottom OF the Sea
~ lcddo carrying with her twenty
tour officers and l52 men II was a
dark fOggy night Suddenly ont OF
the gloom doomed the prov OF a great
steamer BEFORE even the discipline
81 the Wnu.uf war 90 Il do anything
t. aver, q disaster tG stem OF the ap.
p-oiehug s'sruer "rurhea into the
storm Of the Oneida and carried away
G. whole quarter For a reason uueN
planned 10 this day The vessel which
struck ne Oneida. and which alter
yard aas found to be the British
steamship BOMBAY did not stand by
90 learn the results OF the collision or
"a offer uocifuI aid
large number of the oneida 3
boats we're smashed "a the collision
and made useless To- the boats that
V'.e I'f there was room tor only
'h.-t men These boats were low.
cred aud then capt r. = Williams
ordered tho eics brought mp from he
low These men we're placed IN the
uuIuiured boats completely MING
them Captain Williams then ordered
the surgeon 10 10 with the inyalids
he demurred. saying that he preferred
"a stay by the ships
Your place is there. doctor" said
Captain Williams mine n here
order YOU 10 20
The surgeon took HE place In one
OF the boats and cast on. the con
valescents acting as oarsmen Captain
and his officers went to the
bridge Below them stood the men IN
groups, calm and motionlcss The
sick stood by In their boats and saw
the last scene Of that tragedy at sea
The ships lamps threw faint light
upon the bridge and over the for
ward deck The Oneida slowly set.
tied Soon rs docks we're aWash
There Was one last throh OF The en-
siucs. a trembling 81 the whole ships
structure. and the sea claimed lib
gallant American souls
Story OF the Nurons Wreck
10 November lSl1 The new iron
American mau.ofvar Huron vas
bound south from New YORK. When