Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-31

I~Eaptain Berry had aroused his sleep ing crew. As the ineTectual rays or the searchlight failed to pierce the fog, Captain Berry ordered out his life boats They found only the struggling survivors crying franGcalIy for help
 Many of those picked up were ut teriy exhausted and unable to help themselves Several, unable to chmD 7side of the Nantucket with ropes Bridgeport Man Loses Wife. Thomas R Harrington of Bridge port. Conn., kept his wife afioat by superhuman efforts, swimming with her hair in his teeth, only to have her die few minutes after she was haul ed aboard the Nantucket
 Captain Johnson, of the Monroe, and all his officers got away from the sinking vessel and were rescued All the officers and the crew of both the Monroe and the Nantucket were held here tonight to await an investl- gaten of the catastrophe, which will be begun immediately by the federal steamboat inspection service
 Widowed at Age of 20.
 Eight of the Monroe's pas- sengerS, whom wireless reports had put in the list of the lost, walked or were borne from the steamer Nan tucket. when the latter landed the rescued at Norfolk this afternoon. These were George M. Marlow cf New York; Mrs. John M. Ray of New York; F. P. Lyons of New York, B. B. Vernon of New York; W. c. Clausen of Milwaukee; Ed German of Phila- delphia; Albert Snyder of East orange, N J., and c. W. Poole uf Gray, Va Mrs. Rays husband was lost and she. girl of 20, was tonight Tn Norfolk without friends or means. Bridgeport Woman Died After Rescue.
 Ina pany, through it's assistant general manager. B. P. Halen. took charge of the survivors, and Mrs Ray is being. cared for at local hotel until she can communicate with her friends and determine when she will proceed to Mrs Thomas E. Harrington. of Bridgeport Conn, and Lieutenant Ee- grande B. Curtis, U. s. A., died on the steamer Nantucket after their rescue. Lieutenant Curtis was taken from the water unconscious and badly injured and the only mark of identifcation found on the body was the name Cur tfs' upon a handkerchief taken by the coroner from the pocket of the army officers paJamas.
 Wireless Operator a Martyr.
 Thcmas R. Harrington, after his heroic struggle to save his wife was himself overcome when lifted aboard
 
 wife dead. With a blanket about him he remained beside her body until 1t was borne from the Nantucket MT. Harrington will tomorrow accompany his wife's body to the home or her parents, MT. and Mrs. J. Kelly. No. 56 Stevens street, NorwaIk, Conn.
 There were notable deeds of heroism by Assistant Engineer Oscar Perkins and First Wireless Operator Ferdinand J, kuehn. Perkins, when the thrush of water put out the main dynamo and left the Monroe in complete darkness, rushed below and put to work an emergency dynamo. He is among the rescued
 Wireless Operator Kuehn gave the first IS. o. S." call and after adjust ing life preserver which would doubt less have saved his own life, re- moved this from his ooGy and put it on a girl. Kuehn was lost. His as- sistant, R. l.. Etheridge, was saved and walked into the arms of his wife, who waited to greet him the Nan tucket docked with the re Sed this afternoon.
 Captain Johnson Deeply Affected.
 ". Albert Snyder of East Orange, N. J,,l who is in business in New York was one of the Monroe's injured pas sengers who had to be sent to the hospital. Snyder was too exhausted to talk. 1t was said he WAS not much hurt, but suffering greatly from iong exposure in the water. w. e. Clausen of Milwaukee, came from the Nantucket wrapped in blanket and went to the hospital with one foot slightly hurt. Clausen said the first he knew of the accident was 1 stateroona. s7e barely had time to get out and adjust a life preserver. l. Captain Johnson of the Monroe came from the Nantucket much de- aa a Ina al tn ton to talk about the disaster and would have to defer any statement that he makes until he had time to make an official sport to the officers of his company. T have been up for 1.-two days and a night" said Captain stand hardly feel like talking about this matter right now I will do so tslater. but for the present can have
 nothing to say
 In Water Three quarters of An Hour
 Ralph Flanagan of Brooklyn said he was1in the water for three quar- ters of an hour before being rescued
 James O'Connell, vice president of ! the meriean Federation of Labor, was in his pajamas and bathrebe when he came off the steamer. Tt did not take more than about ten minutes for the Monroe to sink after the Nantucket struck her. There was very little, if Sht. CoiiA iAu1Aoh. 1Hc crew anu pas seneers behaved we'll, the men allow ing the few women and children to get into the iifeboats first" said he. Addresses Saved.
 Miss Hi1da Hauilaad, leading lady of the Maracia Theatrical company
 Miss LeeRa Soule of the same com .pany, who had previously been iden- 1 tified as Miss Seville; F.. c. Davis of Brooklyn, and George Williamson of New. York. who had been reported as missing, are among the saved. Miss Havi1and has been removed to hos pftal
 The Monroe went down easily and there was but little suction. The. coroner of Norfolk will insti- ute an inquiry bearing on the death of Mrs. Harrington and Lieutenant lCurtis. The local United States steam iboat inspectors win proceed with an