The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-08-28

oemo0e 70 the ceUJo o0C0W 0ootSooo
undoubtedly made bssauss he had
visit the second cabin saloon. which
or. Cleaners, painters and uphoistsf.
the Are vas out
hour and . hah later the blAss had been
sxtinsuishsd.
sHtP LISTED ONE WAY AND
THEN 1Ne orhGR.
Darly In the fire the great vessel slowly
listed Is degrees 10 port. away from
the pier. Al about the time the nre was
under control the ship straisntsned Up
and suddenly ils'c 10 degrees 70 star.
board. HUNDREDS Of members Of the
crew and nremen were thrown from
their feet BY the sudden change Of level.
Chief Thomas DAWN Of the Hoboken
Fire Department nearly lost his life
trying TO rescue Second Once 0obracht
lie was dragged out Of the fre BY two
q his men.
when the exact location Of the hrs
could not bc found. Gobracht voiun-
teercd TO 60 through the smoke with
line Of hose. lie put on an air helmet.
upper deck 10 pump air to hlm.
When oobrachts body was found II
became obvious what had happened.
Finding he WAS not getting air. Dob.
racht removed tho heavy helmet and
tried 10 hEht his way back. While he
was struggling through the smokc"nlied
lines. some one above operating tho
electric buttons 70 close the doors Of
the watertight compartments Ind
touched the button that worked the door
beside which Qobracht was cropping his
way The great door rolled 70 and
pinned Gobracht by the foot.
For half an hour In the roasting heat
and suffooatins smoke Gobracht strive
to release himself from his trap and
screamed In his terrible pain. HIS
screams could be- heard all over the yes.
se,. Several Of the ships crew tried
TO get to him. but were Obliged to re.
turn.
When Chief DAWN arrived on the I'm
perator ana heard the screams he at
once said he would 70 down. DAWN was
followed BY two Of his oldest men, to
whom he was attached by a line.
The plucky fire chief reached the
door. but BY that time Gobracht had
sunk to the deck and ceased to cry for
help. BY sropinG over him DAWN found
his situation and returned for a crow.
bar. With that he pried the door open
eusflcisaly 10 free the second officers
foot ana release him. hut as he tried TO
draS 0obracht out Of the smoke Dawn
himself was overcome and fell
lraSesd their onisf TO safety and
brought out 0obrachts body. 0obracnt
was dead then. The ships surgeons
worked over him for u time. but could
not revive him.
A. DAWN lay unconscious on the deck
two Of hts men went to one Of the bars
70 get some brandy to revive him. The
steward In charge refused to serve
them. saying no liquor was served In
port. The fireman promptly broke Into
locker and helped themselves to a
sappay with which to hurry back to
their chief.
chise Dawn declares ne found every.
thing In confusion whom he reachsd The
ship. Four Of the ships ofiicers wsrt
giving ordsrs At the same time. ne said
and no two orders agreed. The crew
vas running about and not accomplish
Ing anything.
FOUND ALL THE PORTFOLIOS
WIDE OPEN.
DAWN says one Of the Arst things h,
asked was whether all the portholsi
were closed 50 as to prevent the Ar,
being aided by drausht. lie assert,
no was told all had been closed. bu
says that on going below he was caush
by q big back drausht that lifted hin
on his feet and put him In deadly peril
He then found that ell the portfolios
were open.
Taking advantage Of the panic an,
confusion two immigrants from Hun
gary. Michael and Joseph Tronsek
brothers. thirty and thirty-aix year,
old. ON their way to Pittsburgh. slippe,
fro'r the crowd OF storage passenger
and succeeded In making their escap
from the pier. They were found b!
Patrolman Dennis Leahy and Custom
officsr Lewis Gemby In lodging hous
Ut No. 36a First street Aoboksn, an,
were taken 10 Police Headquarters 10
the immigration authorities.
100 Chu6HT IN COLLAPSE