The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-31
REVISED LIST
SHOWS Al DEAD
Ninety-nine Survivors Were
Brought Ashore by
the Nantucket

tragic summary written, showing Al lives
lost and 90 saved as the result of yes
terday's disaster at sea, interest to-day
centered toward ascertaining the causes
that led up to the accident The Yer.
sions of the officers of the steamers, Nan
tucket, which crashed into and sank the
liner Monroe, OF the Old Dominion
Steamship company and the survivors
have been told 1t now remains for the
federal government officially to deter
mine the cause and other facts connected
with the collision.
The officers of the Nantucket, which
brought the rescued to port, finally last
night checked up the list of victims and
survivors The revised list shows that
OF the Al who were lost 10 were passen-
gers and 22 were members of the crew.
Of the 90 who were saved 80 were pas
sengers and 60 were members OF the
crew.
Preliminary steps for an investigation
were taken to-day as the result OF IN
structions from the department of COM
lnerce at Washington. Robert Tapley,
inspector of hulls, and Edward w. Brey,
inspector OF boilers, will conduct the in
curry, which will be directed along three
distinct lines, as follows: To determine
whether the masters of both vessels used
every possible precaution to prevent the
tragedy, including low speed and con-
tinual use of the fog horn; whether the
terrible death rate among the passen-
gers was due to lack of discipline among
the crew; whether the two vessels were
in their proper position prior to the col
lision. The survivors declare there was
little, if any, confusion following the col
lision and all praise the crew for their
bravery.
f. P. Lyon said:
"The Monroe's crew behaved splendid
". The women were allowed to get into
the boats first. There was no effort on
the part OF the men to crowd@
There were notable deeds of heroism
by Assistant Engineer Oscar Perkins and
First Wireless Operator Ferdinand J.
Kuehn. Perkins, when the inrush of
water put out the main dynamo and left
the Monroe in complete darkness, rushed
below and started an emergency dyna-
mo. He is among the rescued.
Wireless Operator Kuehn gave the
first IS. o.. s. call and after adjusting
life preserver, which would doubtless
have saved his own life, removed it and
put it ON a girl passenger. Kuehn was
lost.
His assistant, r. L. Etheredge, was
saved and his wife greeted him as the
Nantucket docked Yesterday afternoon.
Ed. German of New York told of girl
whom he begged to jump with him into
the sea. The girl refused and perished.
J. Gately, second officer of the Monroe,
gave his life preserver to a woman, who
had none, and after being washed into
the water saved himself by seizing a
floating ladder.
But there was q reverse side to the
badge of courage. Miss Sally McCombs,
member of the Macaria Theatrical
company, was in a lifeboat with West
Indian negro, who became panic-stricken
and seized Miss McComb's hair. He had
to be beaten almost into insensibility
before he would free her.
O. H. Davids told how frenzied negro
on the Monroe asked another negro for
pocket knife, then cut his own throat
and fell into the sea.
Revised List of Dead.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. 3l.-The following
is the revised list of the victims of the
Monroe steamer disaster:
Passengers:
Mrs. W. L. Bolton, Newark, n. j.
First. Lieut. Legrand B. Curtis, Second
coast artillery, Watervliet arsenal, n.
Y. (died after rescuel.
Mrs. d. Gibson, New York.
j. Haskell, Cortlandt, N. Y.
w. H. Ingram, Sumter, S. c.
Charles M. Jelliff, Marcaria theatrical
company, Baltimore.
Mrs. Thomas r. Harrington, Bridge
port, Conn. (died on steamer Nantuck
et).
George Lewis, Marearia theatrical
company, New York.
j. Okakamato, japanese.
Mrs. C. w. Poole and child of Gray,
Sussex county, Va.
j. F. Ray, New York.
j. Edward, U. S. navy.
O. Wagner, U. S. marine corps.
Steerage passengers:
j. Gilbert.
NJ. Bolen, New York.
c. Roper, New York.
i. Wilson, New York.
An unknown Italian.
Crew;
n. Nelson, boatswain.
Guiles, quartermaster.
A. Soydin, bow lookout.
T. Juvich, deck watchman.
l.. Ward, saloon watchman.
Ferdinand j. Kuehn, first wireless op-
orator.
Braxton Haskins, third assistant
engineer.
Mrs. Courtney, white, stewardess.
Patsy Wallace, colored, stewardess.
/. White, second cook.
Joe Bradroff, third cook.
P. Davis, head waiter.
j. Delk, J. Martin, A. Praddri, d.
Proverbs, w. A. Gardner, walters.
Names of several deckhands and coal
passers have not yet been checked up.
SHIPS MEN PRAISED
In Statement Issued by Old Dominion