The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-06

msrs helpless than her sister ssesisa Of
what had been q fine vessel.
QGoeUe ~ LAST SURVIVORS,
,.FfHRlLliNo IN exrRgMe.
fhs fsss part Of the ship. down BY
the head and with the open end OF the
bteken null pointing toward the sky.
rathained sioAt for more than twenty
four hours until the captain and other
6RfcAft on the bridge were rescued by
the Bavaria. The afterpart with the
eksinss and boilers, down forward. and
Z with water pouring In through the
! opeh end Of the broken hull. vent to
the bottom almost before the thirty
ons men aboard the hulk could get away
in two lifcboats.
,5acob Swanson, an oiler; W. Hasn,'
q seaman: Fred Boa. storekeeper; John
Kosich, mess boy. and George Johnson.
wiper. were the five men brought INTO
port to-day. The Gregory has no wire
less and the Arst intlmation that she
carried survivors OF tho Oklahoma was
given out when she was boarded ~
Quarantine.
OF the thirty-ons men on the AFTER
noI OF tne OklhUOUi1 tWensS p''NNs "
the second llfeboat launched. This poa.
4 WAS overloaded. but the accident mao
been % unusual that the men were
panic-stricken. The remaining eleven
bearded the FIRST boat. so hnrr'ec
was their departure that they haa
no time 70 take even clothing aboard
xeslch, tho messboy. who was In ms
bunk when the ship broke In two. had
f. - emily his underwear. Boa. the store
kseosr. ,uas practically naked. yhs
oaly. man In the nrst lifebost fuliy
" clothed was Haaht. the seaman. VINO
e'was ON watch at the time OF the 'd's-
sstsr aad wore his oilskins. ,..
a ALA ON SECOND LlFEeoAI ARE
q -. .,... DROWNED.
The ,Gwo ufeboats drifted apart after
the stern end Of tho Oklahoma weh'
down into III boiling sea. judging from
The experience OF the first boat. win
only eleven men aboard, The second boat.
!, oafryias twenty. must have caps.fed
V rsSsaasdiy. !.
The second boat was picked up u :
..Seeisek yesterday afternoon ny tne
\ espsaps cutter Seneca. There we're
,sb3ss dead men In the boat The osner
suuuotesn had bsen drowned. and tho
ssssry of shat boats cruise will never 10
ased- 49, tr
yFsHow We came to get. INTO t"e
arst boat said Jacob swanson. the
siisr. on board the Gregory to-day
,~0as Tie stsunssst adventure that ever
sbeeeil .saiiors. How we we're rescued =
. e0u,sthing none of VI can understand
sWesssvsr ,sxpectsd to escape.
syas1 Turned In at m.dnisnt seturoAy ="
tbs Okiahspa. Thsrs vas . terr1nc
reA>e ecSsag and the ship .wAs HouRS".
around hks cap On tno "svs" ~"
~ ssN SHep Tor q couple. 81; "ou
ausoa Ihen was awakenso ~
ssee cram. a.s...
..p vent out On deck sna 4euno -:
II smesntaln o. wAer heu p".o W "
: <fisnW ana esoppeo 2" tne 49, -.
e(p1ps I'VE tnInk now tnat !
.,ySaHsnsc tae OHnpo"~ NV
~y 'o' NJ sAps.".S ' 40,
en- heye 70 oouSt w .pY ~ "a
s3rtss 10Y ~ cHSu ~ S,,Sss.1
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tei8My eN1A t.s FaI H.s.sno
xx9Si ~ ~ ~ .ne 49, ~
.tetSe en secH ws.sn' VIZ OS.o"' -;
,nSSSeI. H"oNe UASN ""A
..H Fl .s.nAigIgo APART. "A: So,
..capt. 0uusev and ~ the safesri
wee. n or q the bridge a. about Use
SxesSct. euuday morning saa 4shs wire
.sssss opsrstor was N h,s little house
lsswart. While We know We had been
.dasassI some us we're not alarmed In
tue slightest % 10 considered the
rUslahoum - stout vessel a. ever
.sas lsuucheA f
q .Ai, At once the sh,p divided. dom,
.sasw. just hoe IL happened. We seemed
.ss go W In the air like u balloon and
sssuaain that'wsy couple Of seconds on
- ee@parat'vsy even Keel rnsn me-
Sas . crash from ABOVE ~ sres' wave
- seadsd emsdshsps'
EAose q I'd who wsrs ossow were
~ ne SUDDEN dive OF the ship forward
~ Ssat - though her DOW was unoe'
woser and she wac going to the bottom
'raead ursG We ah'broke Tor the oecx'
Wsu. when ~ aos ~ there ~
ioool1n't zee any bow. Ws'wers on
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