The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-13
LONE SURVIVOR
RELATES HORROR
OF SEA ACCIDENT
German Passenger Says Captain Act,
ed Admirably But Crew We're
Just the Opposite.
SAID WOMEN STOOD BY
WHILE MEN GAINED BOATS

London, Oct. 12.-Latest accounts
| turno burned and abandoned in mid
ocean Friday morning confirm tha,
the loss of life viii be limited to
| 1856. The Carmania first of the res
| cue ships TO reach the burning
steamer arrived off Queenstown this
morning but owing 10 gale pro-
ceeded to Fisbgrard where she is
due to arrive at ia. m.
A graphic story by solitary sur
vivor aboard tho Carmania was re-
ceiyed by wireless and presents a
terrible picture of the horror, panic
| and confus' on aboard the burning
liner. Walter c. Eringephoi, Ger
man, who tells the story is suffering
| from the effects of Illness and aw-
| full experiences and his story is too
| incoherent to accept in every detail.
| The most important, if true, is his
| denial that two boats so away
from the Volturn and according to
other accounts Capt. Inch was the
last man to leave his vessel. The
story follows:
Alarm Arouses Passengers.
-., a
the fire alarm sounded. We were
aroused and told to so on deck On
ascending the life belts were hand
ed around and much time was cccu-
pied in fastening them. We were
told that the fire might soon be
quelched but the captain thought
it wise for all to have life belts as q
precaution
Tho fire frightened tho captain
who cried bitterly. There were
babies in mothers arms The firC
grew worse about 10 o'clock and
thcre was a cry to lower the boats
The captain behaved splendidly and
SO did the officers but am sorry
| to say the crew behaved very badly
People rushed about wildly and the
crew seemed to think they ought 10
have first place and instead of quiet
| ing the passengers they made the
panic worse The first officer took
charge of the first boat but although
he wanted women and children
saved first, a majority of those who
entered the boats were members OF
| the crew Each boat was smashed
against the ships side and just as
| they reached the water they broke
in two and all were drowned
Lower Life Boats,
Meanwhile attempts We're made
| to lower second boat. There
were more men than women aud
children in this boat. 1t too was
| broken against the ship and all
were drowned. Three other boats
were put out but the ropes broke
and people were thrown into the
| water and drowned. When the
captain saw what had happened he
took the tackle off the other boat SO
it could not be launched.
"Thc fremen rushed up from be
low and were told to go back. The
| captain drew his revolver and drove
them below but soon after as the
fire was spreading they were Obliged
| to abandon the engines AS soor
as the Carmania was sighted thc
captain made all the women anc
children 20 to one side of the boat
and the men to the other.
CAPTAIN Leaves Bridge,
"TIc had been compelled to leave
the bridge and go aft because it wa:
too hot. Women wept, shrieked
laughed and became hysterical
About 6 o'clock the aft deck begar
to get very warm, then hotter anC
hotter but we d'd not seem TO tee
the heat"
When shown his boots with tn,
soles half burned through, Fringe
pohl said
'T don't remember this but 1t wa
awful when The flames burst out
Some of the women and men tor
their hair but others were quit,
still. After the explosion | though
it better to jump for | am a goo,
swimmer. and an English passenge
and one of the crew said they woult
accompany me. | jumped first an,
they followed but / never saw then
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