The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-18
HERO TELLS
 OF RESCUE
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Second Engineer A1a1coImson, of the Vo1turno, hafling from New Zealand came to my lot. As he emerged from. a briny deIuge saw his stripes and said This is my man.. As soon as we could leave the compartment I took him shivering to my room. threw al- cohol upon him and help him rub down with a heavy towel. He want ed to assist in the rescue work but was exhausted and I gave him berth. He had saved only his ticket home, the picture of his girl and a
 .quid' 6Gold English Sovereign which
 he later insisted upon my keeping as a remembrance of our established friendship and what little could do for him on ship and later on shore
 During all that long night when up to our waists in water in the freight port, never saw men more anxious to risk their lives than were my own Rngine-room comrades. While those out on the pillows were in danger from the crested waves and the breaking of the big sweeps which sometimes left the boats at the mercy of the seas one little man will always stand out as a hero in my eyes and that man is Second Engineer Ellis of the Kroon- land. He is a small man in stature but big in courage, for refusing to be relieved he stood outermost at the port to grasp the incoming rescued and prevent their heads and bodies from coming in contact with the steel sides of the ship That he was not swept away. is due I believe to 8 merciful Providence.
 Tn the stress of the nights fatigue and labor there was one humorous in cident I shall long remember. Fasten- ed to life line in the life boats and thrown into the sea by the crew, strong men were hauled unceremoni- ousip to the ships port, while women and children were more gently. taken in A little baby, without mother or father had been brought to the side and tender1y wrapped in blankets when a sWarthy and aged foreigner with drenched clothing and long beard was hauled up. Dropping on his knees he insisted upon kissing the second engineer, who to proceed with the res- cue work had to permit it. He has since been constantly Jibed by his brother officers for his weakness in such a time of action.'
 Napoleon H. Gill has lived for some years in Bridgeport where he has a wife and one daughter He has now served one year upon the Kroonland O. the Red Star line, having formerly been upon the Philadelphia of the Red D line and other ships He has sailed the world over and has also seen ser vice in the United States navy. Many know him in this city where he spends h:s' time between voyages
 New York, Oct. 18-The arrival, to- day, of II passengers saved from the burning Vo1utrno by the freighter Rappahannock, was the signal for the widest scene of joy and thanksgiving witnessed here since the rescuing fleet l began to bring in their cargoes of sur l vivors. They were transferred at Hall flax from the Rappahannock to the l steamer Floorise1. which docked in Brooklyn. Excepting a Pole they l were all Russian Jews travelling on l the Volturno's steerage. Ten of them 1 were young girls.
 The 11th was Mrs. Peia Polack and | the scene on the dock when she met l three children and several friends she | had given up for lost brought tears to | the hardened immigration officers.
 According to one of these girls, | Esther Caplan, one woman was killed | by a rocket on the Volturno the night | the fire broke out. While the crew | were sending up rockets as signals of distress, one of the missiles she said, | struck the woman in the head. The | Volturno was still afloat and afire on | October 14, five days after flames broke out, according to officers of the | steamer St. Louis, which reached here |