The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-15

water with cabin passengers and stew
nrdess. in charge or the chief officer, H.
l.. Miller. After this boat left tho ship
she capsizcd. throwing her occupants
into the water. She afterwards right
Ell herself and several OF the crew
got back into the boat. the. chief
officer being one OF them. No. boat
was lowered and got away safely. filled
with Storage passengers. in charge
of Fourth officer ,Langsell. Number
Z boat. on being lowered, was caught
under tho stern OF tho ship, the boat
being completely wrecked.
Hope Is Itcncwcd.
Meanwhile, the chief engineer, two
seamen and myself fought the fire and
apparently subdued the flames ] gave
orders TO send no more boats away. az
had received word from the Carmania
that she was hoping TO be with us by
III a. NJ Lifebelts were served out and
put on each passenger. Food was
served out To them.
AT y. Nj. the bunker was found
to be ablaze. 1t being impossible to
stop the fire In the bunker Oh account
OF gases. the water-tight doors were
closed and water poured down the No.
hatch onto the fire. but the fire was
gaining all tho time
Boats Of No Avail.
AT IL a. NJ. the Carmania arrived
and lowered a boat. but could not reach
the ship on account OF high sea. Asked
Carmania to look for No. . boat. Tho
steamship Scydlitz arrived and lowered
boats. which could not reach US. About
T.. NJ. the Carnania returned and tried
TO reach the ship with life RATS, but
all drifted past our bow too far away
Several steamers had arrived by
dusk. The Kroonland put away boats
which made four attempts To como
alongside. but were swept away each
time
AT e:3o p. NJ. the saloon aud chart
house were flaming. The deck. bridge
and all before the funnel were blazing
feycely. Pumps and dynamos stopped
for want of steam. Men worked with
the accumulators until IL L. NJ, when
the magazine on the bridge blew up
carrying the aerial away.
Passengers Lcnp to Safety.
Several boats by this time were
lying off the ship, and induced pas
sengers to jump. and they were res
cued by boats. At IL midnight tho
weather was overcast and squally.
Operations were suspended. it being
too dark for boats to see. The fire
meanwhile worked through the wo-
mems steerage TO the after end OF tho
ship. but we kept knowledge Of this
from the passengers, who We're quiet
throughout the rest OF the night.
The chief engineer. the Marconi men
and seamen and myself spent the night
making small RATS In case the nro
burned through the deck before day
light.
Passengers Discmbnrk.
AT $3.50 y. NJ. the first boat arrived.
Weather and sea having moderated,
boats were enabled to come alongside
ship. which enabled passengers to en-
bark quickly. All the steamers sent
boats Now we were enabled to load
three boats with passengers at once.
The passengers left In very orderly
way, and there was no panic. women
breaking down and crying when help
was alongside. and all We're off the
ship by S A. NJ, about 400 passengers.
/ searched the ship myself and found
no ono else on board. so decided TO
well alight By now. SO with rema Under
Nothing ut all has been heard of the
were asked to keep n lookout for them.
Expresses Thanks.
II wish to express my heartiest
thanks and gratitude to the captains of
ships who stood by: also to the officers
end crews who came TO our assistance.
for their bravery and endurance in
their endeavor TO come alongside the
ship: also to the passengers OF the
Kroonland for their kindness to the res
cued passengers, engineers and crew
everything for us.
Following are the names of the steamers
that came to our assistance: Carnauia.
Grosser Kurfurst La Touraine Asian. Mar
rasansett Seydlitz. Minneapolis Devonian.
Char Rappahannock. also one other steam