Arizona republican., 1913-10-15


 | from the Carmania that she was hop
 ing to be with us by II o'clock Life 1 belts were served out to be put on
 each passenger. The passengers now i became calmer and food was served. At o'clock the bunker was found 1 to be ablaze and it being impossible I to stop the fire in the bunker on ac- ! count of the gases the water tight ! doors were closed and water poured down No 1 hatch onto the fire, but the fire was gaining all the time. At 1 1 o'clock the Carmania arrived and lowered a boat but could not reach the ship on account of high seas. l asked the Carmania to look for No. ? boat The steamship Seydlitz arrived and lowered boats which could not reach us. About 3 o'clock the Carmania re- turned and tried to reach us, but all drifted past our boat, too far away. Several steamers arrived by dusk. The Kroonland put away boats, which made four attempts to come alongside but were swept away each time. At 9: 30 o'clock the saloon and chart house were flaming. The deck. bridge and all before the funnel were blazing fierceIy, and the pumps and dynamos
 stopped for want of steam. Marconi operators worked with the accumula- tor until the magazine on the bridge blew up. carrying the aerial away.
 Several boats by this time were iy ing off the ship and I induced the pas sengers to jump and they were res cued by the boats At midnight the weather was overcast and squally- Operations were suspended, it being too dark for the boats to see. The fire in the meanwhile worked through the women's steerage to the aft end of the ship. but we kept the knowl- edge of this from the passengers, who were quiet throughout the rest of the night.
 "The chief engineer. the Marconi men, the seamen and myself spent the night in making small rafts in case the fire burned through the deck before daylight
 At 5:15 o'clock the first boat ar rived The weather and sea having moderated boats were enabled to come alongsfde the ship which enabled the passengers to embark quickly, All steamers around ship sent boats. Now we were enabled to load three boats with passengers at once. The passen- gers left in an orderly way and there was no panic. the women breaking down and crying when help was along side All were off the ship by o'clock, in all about 400 passengers I searched the ship and found no one else on board, so decided to abandon her. as No hatch was well alight by now. so with the remannder of the crew I embarked on the KroOnland.
 Nothing at all had been heard of the two missing boats. The passing vessels were asked to keep a lookout for them.
 T wish to express my heartiest thanks and gratitude to the captains of the ships who stood by, and also to the officers and crews who came to our assistance for the bravery and en- durance of their endeavor to come alongside the ship, and also to the pas sengers of the Kroonland for their kindness to the rescued passengers, the engineers. the crew and myself in fitting us out and doing everything for us Following are the names Of the steamers that came to our assistance:
 The Carmania. Crosser Kurfuerst, La Touraine, Asian. Narragansett. Seydlitz. Minneapolis, Devonian, Car Rappahanneck and also one other steamer without wireless. The ship was abandoned in latitude 48.30. north, longitude 3457 west"