The sun., 1913-10-15
DEv0NIAN LANDS SO RESCUED.
Dramatic stories Of Wreck Told by
Liners PasscnScrs.
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LIVERPOOL. oct. la.--Tne arrival Of tn.
De>onian brought s!xty-ihr"" Of III. SUI
vivors OF the Nolturno TO this port. I.
correspondent of THE 81 y VISITED the ret
ugees Tonight in III" rest houses whsr.
they have been quartcred by the Cunarc
Line until the Carmania sails with them
for America next SATURDAY
In these rest houses the Survivors were
on their knees, praying. They wcr,
grouped according to th.ir nationalit's --
Jews with Jews, Lithuaniaus ith Lthu-
anians. Poles with Poles. The, we've
thanking Cod In their own languages fo.
the preservation o: their lives.
II was Il wonderful and a pathetic
sight.
Some OF them have been so tcrriti.d
ny their experience that they ar. de-
America They will make their uav
back to their homes. The majority. how
ever. viii make the trip once more hone.
'uI that America promises something bet
ter for the IN than they h"v" ever had at
homo.
In one group was the Zablowcski fam
Wy OF children. The father was mi.sinC.
ne Is on on" ot the other steamships.
The oldest child. Il girl Of II. cNpIained
father found big ship too hot hc nut us
IN Ittl" boat and said he would soon
come In another. w, soon f,nd him" tho
chihl added confidently.
The officers ~ fh, bevoujan say that
the father. Iadosisinas Xablow.ski, ,arc.
fu'ly put his children IN tn" Devoui,,'s
'ifehoat, did not attempt to get II, him.
SER ana quietly scrambled back to thu
burning ship, Tho officer in command of
n IttelDOAt h,,r ~.
by such fortitude, called to Xabloweski
ana TOOK him into the boat a. once
Nmong the rescued on the Deyoniau
was baby which had been flung into
the ocean by its half crazed mother.
Arthur Hazlewood. "A seaman OF the DE.
vonian spranS overheard. and aftcr u
hard night with the sea rescued the child
and got II aboard.
There are dark stories among the Ue-
woman people OF cruelty and cowardic,
shown by men passengers and crew of th.
Nolturno. survivors on the Devonian say
there were terrible scenes on the Volturnu
Thomas Ash. AN American cattlcman Oh
the DeVonian. was positive about the mu.
tiny and panic,
we were quite close to the volturno"
said Ash, We saw officers Telling men
right and left The officers used anything
they could get their hands on to quell the
troupIe' u was then that frightened
men knocked women down and jumped
overheard themselves. too fear crnzed to
know what they were doing.
"One OF our seamen rescued a baby
that had been thrown into the sea. The
life boats OF the Devonian had trouble on
Friday morning. The crew had to hit
men on the hands with oars to keep them
back while women and children were he.
INK lowered into the boats"
Capt. Trant OF the Devonian said that
there was an attempt by the men passen.
gers OF the Volturno to rush tho small
boats on Friday morning. The captain
and officers Of the Volturns did splendid
work. said Capt. Trant, In keeping crew
and passengers under control.
Rear Admiral Foster made this con.
ment tonight on the work of rescue:
In nifty years AT sea ] never saw such
brave work or such wonderful manru-
wiring as were shown BY the rescuing
dseA"