Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-17
inch TO COMMAND
. URANIUM LINES
BIGGEST VESSEL
Manager Will Upset Sea Tradi-
tiOn to Reward Hero of
VOIturn0.
TELLS STORY OF FIRE
WHICH COST l3l LIVES
Praises Officers and Crew and
Denies Report of Rioting
at Boats.


NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-He sat in a
quiet corner of the krooniands
smoking room surrounded by hun
dred news writers-a small man with
hands almost feminine, but a man,
nevertheless, who has attained the
biggest stature of manhood. He had
got as far as to say: We tied lines
around the children, and for the ba-
bies we made blanket baskets. so
they would keep warm and dry
when the general manager OF the
Uranium line, Edward Q. Thomas'
pushed through the crowd of report
ers and grasped his hand with crush
ing affection.
Captain Inch, we, are proud OF
you." said Mr.. Thomas. Wen tell
you the rest later For the present,
go ahead and tell the public every
thing that happened. The Uranium
line has nothing to conceal
What Mr.. Thompson told Captain
Inch later was this:
I'VE are going to oyerturn the ira
ditions of the sea. We are going to
give you another ship. The best we've
got isn't good enough for you.
The liner Kroonland, first to get o
boat alongside of the. burning Vol
turno and last to leave her, got into
port last night, having aboard Cap
tain Inch and eighty-eight other sur
vivors of the destroyed Uranium
liner that cost 1876 lives by fire and
water a week ago yesterday In mid
ocean.
With Inch came Jack, his dog his
no longer having been presented by
the Volturno's hero to Captain krei-
bohm as the most valuable thing he
had left to express his gratitude TO
the bravery of the Krooniand's Of
ficers and men.
And with the Kroonland came new
tales of bravery and self-sacrifice
that outweighed the stories some OF
the steerage passengers told of the
fear and roughness' shown by some
of the Voluturno's. men.
Captain Inch Modest.
No evidence In addition to that al
ready published Is required to estab-
lish the verdict that Inch is truly
representative of the best traditions
of the sea, but If it were, 1t could
be found in the story he told the
newspaper men aboard the Kroof1-
| land last night. Not In what he had
to say about himself, for his use of
the first personal singular was spar
ing indeed, but it was revealed in
what he had to say about his dog.
He could not have told the story Of
an ordinary days work with less eni-
| bellishment than he used In the his
tory of those crowded hours from
early Thursday morning, when the
fire was discovered, until the next
day when he abandoned his ship.
The mans innate modesty and
straightforwardness were barrier
against his narrative making hero
of him, but his little side references
to the dog gave strong testimony of
the possession tf those qualities that
make for bigness.
Throughout that terrible day and
night, with the safety of more than
500 people heavy upon him, he forgot
himself and his needs, but he never
forgot Jack. And Jack, although he
now owns allegiance to another, act
ed last night as If he would never
forget his master with whom he
lived through a tragedy.
When the fire showed that 1t would
not be denied the thoughtful and
considerate skipper locked him In a
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