The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-12-28
STRANDED SHIPS.
PASSENGERS LANO
REVENUE CUTTER TAKES ABOARD
THOSE ON TuRRlALaA OFF
NEW JERsEY.
MANY EXPECTED DEATH.
last Hope Wren Boat Struck esna,
Ia storm-Chrtstmas Dinner
Observed on Relief
oteamor.

New York. Dec. 26.-The 81 passen-
gers and is of the crew of the United
Fruit eompany's steamship Turrialba.
ashore since Tuesday morning at Brig
antine Shoals, nine miles north Of AT,
lantic City. N. J.. arrived heSe on
board tho United States revenue cut
ter, Seneca.
Rescue All Aboard.
The cutter had stood by the strand
ed vessel all Tuesday night and at D
O'Clock in the morning passengers.
part Of the Grew and the baggage ana
mail wore safely transferred and the
steamer started on its Christmas Jour-
ney to this port. The sea was smooth
and the weather fair when the trans
Ter was made and the passengers ca.
perienced little discomfort. A Chrish-
mas dinner was provided by the ON
GERS Of the Seneca.
ut was not as bad as you thought
II was" vouchsafed an elderly man -
he stepped from q gang plank at an
East River pier I'VE had plenty to
eat and drink on board the Turrialba."
Scarcely hundred relatives and
friends Of the passengers were WAITING
ht the pier. for wireless messages duy-
Ing the day had brought word that an
on board the stranded steamer verA
safe and that the Seneca was ON heN
way with the rescued party to tho
eompany's pier.
Rudder Missing. ''
tn ko
the Turrialbn lies with propeller dam
aged. stern post cracked and ruddsc
missing. With good weather the ves-
sci will he saved. It is expected
though her cargo of bananas may have
to be tossed overheard.
The Seneca arrived at quarantine
shortly after dark and was boarded
there by United States customs off,
GERS. Passengers reported that several
hours earlier the Santa Marta. sister
ship of the wrecked Turrialba, outward
bound, met the Seneca. The Santa
Martas passengers lined the rails and
cheered the rescued men and women
ON the revenue cutter.
According to stories told by passcn-
gers. on reaching here, many of them
prepared for death by drowning after
the Turrialba. steaming through a
snow storm on her way from Jamaica,
West Indies, to New York, grounded
OH the Jersey sands in the early hours
of Tuesday.
Recall Titanic.
eve we're reconciled to our fate,s
narrated Police Inspector Edward
Hughes of this city. returning with his
wife from trip In search Of health.
"We talked about the Titanic, and
we can now appreciate something OF
, what the poor passengers on that i'll
lated ship experienced"
Everyone prayed when the storm
was at Its height and those men who
had wives, wc-well, you can think It
over yourselves. young men," he said
to reporters"
According to passengers, the life
boats were lowered and those on board
were prepared to enter them, but the
steamer was heaving so heavily that
the passengers we're unable to stand.
A while later the Seneca hove in sight
and a small boat with seven men came
alongside. After a conference, it was
decided not to attempt to transfer un-
til the water became smoother.
Tho hoped for amelioration of
weather conditions began soon after
ward. The night was passed in COM
parative comfort and early Wednes-
day the transfer began with five boats.
two from the Seneca, one from the
Turri a lha nd f1uea fam a ,aoa ul,., liR>