The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-10-16
Gro>>cr Kurfuerst Arrives
With 1O0 Men 1t
Had Saved.
STORIES OF HEROISM
Grew on Burned Ship and Res
cucrs Risked Death tO
Save Lives.

The landing of the Grosset kuriutrss
yesterday with lo5 Volturno passengers
that stout German hearts and courage mad
delivered from fire and the sea was worth
making a holiday over
Il was an hour Of Joy and fin" good Will
Miserable men. brought to the land of
their dreams with nothing save tine charred
rags they wore found suddenly a multi
tud" Of friends all about them.
Money was thrust into their hands. For
their sake all fornalities were thrown
over They heard scores Of voices shout
.ng in their own languages tha. their
troubles were ovcr-that they were al
ready Americans with mans chance
in ..fc.
The first who came shutfi!As and STUN
bling down the glnsplank. shoulders droop
~, spirit dull. was boy of 20. Rus
siau jew from Mlnsk---Gadala Eab!nowitz.
HIS clothing was ragged and so!lcd. He
didn't even have AN oilclOth satchcl that
even the poorest Immigrant carries usually.
All at once he looked up. He realized
:ha, Amer.c, was glad he was alive and
Z Vas going to Civ" him a start in the world.
HI, face chanscd marvelIousy. His
aands fiew up in an eXcitable, half Oricn.
Ia gesture.
Paradise at Last.
"G.beuscht soil s.in Gott. h. shouted.
"Amcrika is gan eden.
'Nha, does he say" u SvN man asked
one of the interpreters OF those good
>alnaritsus. the Hebrew Immigrant Aid
-. society
He SAYS. the Interpreter piled as
excited himself as he had jus, landed.
'ihc says. God he thanked. America is
paradise "
Then they came trooping over th'
;angplank the los men who survived one
" the greatest OF sea disasters. They
we're taken in charge as children are
GUIDED. placed in automobiles and sped
through lower Manhattan. through scenes
l!at made their eyes glcam with amaze
u,ut to the rcsthouss Of the Hebrew
Sh.ltcring and Immigrant Aid Society al
.o9 East Broadway.
They were very happy. although
most of them had worries enough &c
airing their hearts--se separation fror
wives or sisters or Children--but the kind
'.rcss and generosity already shown Il
chem were tightening their burden ant
making thei., forget the aSonics OF th'
twenty fpur hours when they beloved
thcy would have to die.
Lucky la Some WaSs.
In some ways their 10, is more fortunate
than II their ship had not burned. viii
>her most priced belongings They vii
tackle lie in this country or In Canadi
!. with more capital than the poor immi
grant Is usually blessed with.
The Hebrew Immigrant Society Will fee
ind shelter them. The Red Cross orsani
sat.on Will collect money to give them
start wherever they settle. The Uranium
steamship Line will pay their railroa
fares to the American States or Canadia
provinces OF their choice.
ON the steamship and on the dock i
Hooohen one turned from the rescued i'm
migrants to listen to stories of heroisr
',ner than the fiction writer's know-storie
that III: one straight between the eye!
.',torcs that proved what big things ca
u oc done when sailors tthe nationalit
dQ. snt matter) are called upon to save If
There were heroes enough to so aroun
anpns the nations and the races. Gel
mans did big things Americans and En(
!.sAlueu and Frcnchmen gambled the
iNes against the Storm There was
negro stoker who showed that he was
man clear down to the ground.
IN the rush Of tongues on ship and doc
D.ool Of twenty languages and dialect
sgryivors of the Volturno. passengers an
men oG the crew, gave first credit to Cap
T.auels Inch who will be here tO.morrO
"a ,ao kroonland.
Fought Like Tiger.
!; WAS Capt. Inch who half olnde
'afiy burned, distracted with thousai
.t''N, fought the fire like a tiger. kc
30 crew IN hand after the first fierce fGh
ns'lled patience. fed the starving. q
SemblcG help, and was the last man
wave his ship. taking his dog with hir
More thrilling stories may have come fro
'hf seq than this story of Inch's cOural
iad determination. but not many.
inere was panic. a desperate rush
Tear crazed men for the boats. whom II
I'm hnnL he