Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-26
Those Aboard Thought of Titan
ic'S Fate and All Believed for
Time That Death in Storm
Was Inevitable,
| REVENUE CUTTER WAS
CALLED By WIRELESS
Vessel Runs on Sand During
Binding Snow Storm and All
Efforts to Back Off Proved
of No Avail,
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New York. Dec. 25.-The fifty
seven passengers and eighteen OF the
crew Of the United Fruit steamship
Turralba, ashore since yesterday
morning at Brigantine shoals, nine
miles north of Atlantic city. \. j..
arrived here tonight on board the
United States revenue cutter Seneca.
The cutter had stood by the standcd
| vessel all last night and at . o'clock
| this morning. passengers. part OF the
crew and the baggage and mail were
safely transferred and the steamer
started on its Christmas journey to
this port
The sea was smooth and the wealth
| er fair when the transfer was made
| and the passengers experienced little
discomfort. 4 Christmas dinner was
| provided by the Officers of the SEN
cca.
1T was not as bad as you thought
| 1t was vouchsafed an elderly man
as he stepped, first among rescued
! passengers. from Il gang plank at an
East river pier tonight.
1--WE had plenty TO DAT and drink
| on board the Turrlalba.
|
Scarcely one hundred relatives and
friends of the passengers were wait
| ing at the pier, for wireless messages
| during the day had brought word that
all on board the stranded steamer
| were safe and that the Sem
eca was on her way with the rescued
party to the company's pier.
According to reports brought here,
the Turrialba lies with propeller
| damaged. stern-post cracked and rud-
der missing. She may be saved. though
the cargo of bananas may have to
4 be iett'soned.
The Seneca arrived at quarantine
shortly after dark and was boarded
there by United States customs Of
| Gcers. Passengers reported that seve-
raj hours earlier. the Santa Marta.
sister ship of the wrecked Turria lbd.
outward bound met the Seneca. The
| Santa Marta's passengers lined the
rallied and chcered the rescued men
and women on the revenue cutter.
According TO stories told by pas
sengcrs upon reaching here tonight
many of them prepared for death
by drowning after the Turrialba
stcaming through snow storm on
| her way from Jamaica. West Indies.
to New York. grounded on the Jer-
| sey sands In the early hours of YES
| tcrday
| We were rcconcilcd to our fate"
narrated Police Inspector Edward
Hughes, of this city, returning with
| his wife from Il trip i'm search Of
! health.
We talked about the Titanic, and
| we can tell something of what the
| passengers on that ll-fatcd. ship OK
| perienccd. Everyone prayed when the
storm was at its height ana those who
had wivcs--wc, well, you can think ii
over for yourselves. young mem" he
said to reporters.
We struck the sand bar at .
O'Clock in the morning. |. among 9TH
crs, came out on deck to see what
was the cause of the peculiar situation
the ship apparently uuivcring rs IL
she were going to break. The weather
was thick. 1t was showing and the
wind from the northeast.
Then the engines were shut down
and all that could be heard was the
noise of breakers stri,; 'ng against the
ship. Later the engines w,i reversed
| and efforts made to bnck hen osf the
bur. but the ship did not tespu.. H.
Wireless messages for help were
-, sp's ~
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