Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
EIGHT OF THE CREW SAVED
TAKEN TO NEWPORT NEWS
Others. Numbed by the Cold, Had
Dropped From Rigging.
SURVIVORS MAKE CHARGES
Assert That the Indrakuala Backed
Off After Collision and Made
No Effort to Save Any
on Board.


on Board.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va. January A.
The steamer Julia Luckenbach. from Port
Tampa To Baltimore, was sunk off Tan
sier gas buoy i'm Chesapeake bay shortly
before . o'clock yesterday morning. hav-
ins been in collision with the British
steamer Indrakuala. The Luckenbach
was struck in the bow Twenty-Five lives
We're lost. including Capt. Gilbert and
his wife
Eight men, including the second mate
of the Luckenbach. We're taken fr0pl The
rig ging of the Sunken ship after they
had clung to life for six hours in the
gale which was sweeping the bay. Others
fin the rigging with Them numbed by the
cold. dropped off, -one by one. and
drowned.
The rescue Of the eight was made by
the Danish tramp Pennsylvania, Capt
Lissner. and the men were brought into
Newport News early today.
The Survivors.
The known survivors of the Lucken-
hach's crew are:
F. r. Hunt, Baltimore, chief officer.
William Brunn. New York second Of
Gcer.
George Little, New York. first assistant
engineer.
George Doyle Philadelphia third as
SiStant engineer: sailor. quartermas-
ter. fireman and a carpenter whose
names have not been Termed. Everybody
else on board is believed to have been
lost.
The IndrakuaIa which collded with the
Julia Luckenbach, is reported to be
beached about three miles from the scene
of the collision with twisted low. What
other damage, if any. she sustained Is not
known.
The men brought here say the Indra-
kuala backed off Immediately after the
accident. going to the beach and making
no effort to aid the Luckenbachs sur
vivors When the steamer Pennsylvania.
hound from Baltimore to Newport News.
hove in sight the Indrakuala signaied
her to be on the lookout for another
vessel.
The steamer Pennsylvania, which came
- their assistance, could not reach them
"a first. even with lifeboats, because or
the heavy sea. After many unsuccessful
attempts. HfelineS were run to the StruS-
cling men and they were taken off one
at "a time. More than two hours were
required to get off the eight saved. when
taken ON board the Pennsylvania some
were unconscious. and had to be given
tirSt-aid treatment.
Mo Opportunity to Give Alarm.
according to the survivors, Capt. Gill
bert and ;he first and second officers
were standing on the bridge when the
collision occurred. There was no oppOr-
tunity 10 give alarm to those below. Capt.
Gilbert made desperate effort to reach
his wife. and when last seen was swim
ming aft OF the sinking ship.
II don't know how | escaped. said
Chief officer Hunt. After the ship
went down l found myself dangling in
the rigging and there l stayed. Not "
lifeboat was to be had so quickly did
the Luckenbach go down. | never suf-
fered such torture in my life as j did
those six hours l clung there. My clothes
were torn 10 shreads by the high winds
and the seas beat me almost into in
sensibility. Too much cannot be said in
praise of the daring bravery displayed
by the officers and crew of the Pennsyl-
Ndnid, who rescued us.
One seaman hurried up the Lucken-
bachS funnel stays she went down
Finally he reached the rim of the stack
and was safe for moment. Then as
the ship lUrched, her funnel broke loose
The Luckenbach now lies in about fifty
two feet of water.
Apache Goes to the Scene.
The revenue cutter Apache has started
from Annapolis for the scene of the
wreck about forty miles away. Tanyier
gas buoy. where the collision occurred
is close To the point where the Potomac
crnpties into Chesapeake bay, and near
Point Lookout. 1t is in the lanes of the
freghters which ply between Baltimore
and other ports Although the Lucken-
bach was sunk before yesterdays gale
broke over the coast, the eight men who
leInained in the rigging We're caught in
It's fun fury. which broke about two
hours after the accident.
Officers and Grew.
The steamer Julia Luckenbach was
commanded by Capt II. ~ Gilbert of
New York. Frederick II. Hunt of New
York was first officer and Christopher
knudsen of Brooklyn her chief engineer
Tier crew was signed in Baltimore.
with the exception of Capt. Gilbert,
FIRST Officer Hunt and one of the enSi-
necrs, the crew was composed OF foreign
ers They We're signed at Baltimore
december II, just prior to the sailing of
the steamer for Port Tampa.
According to the register of the United
States shipping commissioner the officers
and crew Were as follows: III. A. Gilbert
captain: Fred X. Hunt. first mate; Will
liam Brunn. second mate Germany:
Frank Botlk. carpenter. Austria; ]. An
dreassen. quarter. Denmark: G.. Davis.
quartermaster. Italy; F. Linde. seaman
Germany. F. l.orchner, seaman Ger
many; Christ knudson, engineer Nor
way; George \. Little. first assistant en-
cineer, ENGLAND: Louis Roth, second as
.istant engineer. Germany: George IL.
Doyle, third assistant engineer: United
states; Jose Gonzales, oiler, Spain; L.
blIhChIe!eT. OlIef, tIerfnanN, r.. ROdrl-
CUES. fireman. Brazil; Willy Hoffman, fire.
Ian, Germany konrad Torinson, Nor
way Manuel Garcia. fireman. Spain; cas-
.or Aibafara, fireman. Spain: A. Hodue-
and, fireman. Norway; W. NJ Mcdonald
coal passer, England; Jose Calbra. coal
passer, Spain; FIR Meinicke steward. Ger
many: X. kiumpc, messman. Germany
Frank Getteno. messman, Spain; Pedro
Romero, Goa passer. Spain
The Luckenbach was loaded with Dhos-
phate rock for Baltimore ~fertiizing con-
cernS She was formerly the Dutch
steamer Zaandan, and was built in Rot
terdam in 1882. She was of 3.1OO tons
gross burden and 313 feet in length. She
last arrived al Port Tampa from Balti-
more December 23. and had soon sailed
north again.
The Indrakuala. "A newly built steel
steamer of j. I23 tons burden and 43O fee,
in length was bound from Baltimore tC
New York en- route from Yokohama She
passed Sparrows point, Baltimore, at 4: Il;
pm, Thursday.