Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-30

ty-five survivors Of the Old Dominion
liner Monroe, and the death story of
forty-nine more. the Merchants and
Miners steamship Nantucket came into
port here late today. The eighty five
survivors brought story Of suffering
and sudden death at sea.
Norfolk. Va. Jan. 3o.-Forty-nine
souls were lost in the icy waters Of the
Atlantic at o'clock this morning when
the Old Dominion liner Monroe was
rammed amidships, practically cut in
two, and sunk within ten minutes,
twenty miles southeast of Hog Island.
by the Merchants and Miners liner
Nantucket.
The forty-nine lost comprised twen-
ty-nve passengers and twenty-four
members Of tho crew, according to Of
dcial wireless reports TO the Old Do
miinion line here by Captain johnson.
Of the Monroe. Thirty passengers and
ffty-nys members Of the crew were
saved, making the list rescued eighty
Ave.
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.s. o. g." Calls Too Late.
Captain johnson. Of the sunken Nom
roe. and all his officers but one were
saved. officer Galley was the only Of
ficer not rescued. Eighty-five surviv-
ora were rescued from the sea and hud-
died on the Nantucket, which was
limping along with a crumpled bow to-
ward Norfolk today. are the only ones
who know all the story Of how the big
ships, picking their way thru blanket
of fog, one bound north. the other
bound south. met with a crash near
Winter Quarter shoal lighthouse. "s.
O. S." calls reaching out to coast sta
tions started every available agency Of
rescue into action, but none was soon
enough.
Drowned Without Warning.
While the Nantucket backed of, low
.na hooon aveepinp the
misty sea with her searchlights. the
Monroe. her passengers pitched out of
berths in night clothes. sank like
plummet.
In the swirling vortex Of the sinking
ship. men shouted and women screamed
thru the mist. The Monroe went down
80 quickly that there was little time for
launching boats, and it is believed the
only refugees were those saved at once
by the Nantucket. The victims had
scarcely time to realize that death was
on them before they were in the icy
sea. The doomed passengers. fast
asleep in their cabins when the two
vessels came together. went down to
death with only time for shrek of
dispair. Only those who were awake
knew the vessels struck.
Many Rescued From Water.
The rest, thrown from their berths.
had barely time to struggle to the deck
OF the vessel before they were plunged
into the water. Not ten minutes inter-
vened between the time the bow Of the
Nantucket crashed its way into the
side of the Dominion liner and the time
the latter slid under the waves. Eighty
ave passengers and sailors rescued
were lifted from the icy waters after
their vessel had gone down.
List Of Passengers Lost.
The following is list Of passengers
who perished on the Monroe:
BOLTON. MRS. w. L., Newark. N. J.
CLAUSEN, W. O. Milwaukee, Wis.
CURTIS, LIEUT.. LEGRAND. Second
Coast Artillery. U. s. A.
DAVID, F. c., Brooklyn, N. Y.
EDWARDS. J.. U. 8. navy.
0ORMAN. Ed. Philadelphia.
GIBSON. MRS. D., New York.
,HAaKELL, J., Courtland, N. Y.
HAVILAAND, MISS. Macaria Theatri-
oai Company. ~ - =
INGRAM. w H, Sumpter. 8. G.
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