Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-10-16

orders TO SEM no more DOHtS away ds
| had received word from the Carmania
that she was hoping to be with us by
l1;0 q. m. Life belts were served out
and put on each passenger. The pas
scngers now became calmcr. Food was
served out to them.
AT 9:W a. IN. the bunker was found
to be ablaze. 1t being impossible to ttop
the fire in the bunker on account or
gases the watertight doors were closed
and water poured dow the No. > hatch
on to the fire. but the fire was gaining
all the time.
iI:0o a. IN. the Carmania arrived
and lowered a boat but could not reach
the ship on account of the high seas.
Asked Carmania to look for the no. .
5oat. The steamship Scydlitz arrived and
lowered boats which could not reach us.
About $500 y. m. the Carmania returned
and tried to reach the ship with life
RATS but all driftcd past our bow, too
far away.
MORE STEAMERS ARRIVE.
several steamers had arrived by dusk.
The Kroonland put away boats which
made four attempts to coinc alongside
but were swept away each time.
at $3.50 y m. the saloon and chart
house were flaming. The deck, bridge
and all before the funnel were blazing
Hcrccly. Pumps and dynamo stopped
for want of steam. Marconi operators
worked with the accumulators until II :OC
p. M, when the magazine on the bridge
blew mp. carrying the aerial away.
several boats by this time were ~
iug off the ship and induced passengers
TO jump and they were rescued by
boats. At 1900 a. M, midnight, the
weather was overcast and s~qually.
Operations were suspended, it being
too dark for boats to see. The fire
meanwhile worked through the wom-
ems steeraGe to the after end of the
ship, hut we kept knowledge of this
from the passengers who were quiet
throughout the rest of the night.
THE chief engineer, the Marconi
men and seamen and myself spent
the night making small RATS i'm case
the fire burned through the deck be-
fore daylight.
AT 5:1j a. m, the first boat arrived.
Weather and sea having moderated,
boats managed to come alongside ship
which enabled passengers to embark
quickly. All the steamers lying
around the ship sent boats. Now we
We're enabled to load three boats with
passengers at once. The passengers
left in a very orderly way and there
was no panic. women breaking down
and crying when help was alongside,
and all were off the ship by 500 a. m.
about 400 passengers. | searched the
ship myself and found no one else on
board, so decided to abandon her as the
No. 3 hatch was well alight by now,
so with the remainder Of crew en-
barked ON the kroonland.
NOTHING HEARD OF BOATS.
Nothing at all has been heard of
the two missing boats. Passing yes
sells were asked to keep a lookout for
them.
Il wish to express my heartiest
thanks and gratitude to the captains
of ships who stood by: also to the Of
hcers and crews. who came to our as
%sistancc, for their bravery and endur-
ance in their endeavor to come along
side the ship; also to the passengers
of the Kroonland for their Kindness
to the rescued passengers, engineers
and crew and myself in fitting us out
and doing everything for us. Follow
ing are the names of the steamers that
came to our assistance:
"Carmania, Grosser Kurfurst, La
Touraine, Asian, Na]rragansett, Sevd.
lltz, Minneapolis, Devonian, Gear, Rap.
pahannock, also one other steamer
without wireless. The ship was aban.
doned in latitude 1880 north. longi.
tudc 34.57 west
Captain lnch's story came bv wire.
less tonight from the KroonIand
which is bringing him and other sur.
vlNors she picked up. to this port. TIL,
~Nroonland may not reach here unit
Thursday or later, as she has had {
mishap to a shaft. she reported to-day
and is proceeding slowly. The cap.
tains message was sent to the pres.
through the Uranium steamship com.
panN's officers here, having been pre-.
pared ana sent for that purpose a
their request. The Red star line of
metals co-operated in seeing that tn,
captains story vas promptly trans
mittel,
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