The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-01

but did not slacken up a bit. Again Capt
Kendall shouted through his megaphons
GO astern! Why don't you go asternr
| think the last time he yelled ne was
almost crying II was hopeless. although
the Empress then was pounding at full
speed astern with her engines Then the
StorSdad seemed to fall out OF the fog
and tear into our starooard
when We saw she was going 10 strike
/ ran forward anu shouted warning 10
the men OF the watch who were asleep.
about forty or fifty OF them. Then |
ran back to the boat deck to break out
the lfeboats according 10 my orders
When / got up to No. l Capt Kendall
was working with all his might and main
to get them broken out. to clear the
ship lines so the boats could be swuna
out.
The list. which came almost as soon
as the ship was struck. prevented free
movement OF the lifeboats. The first one
We broke away tumbled and killed q
sailor. All the time Capt. Kendall urged
the men to get the boats out quickly.
My duty sent the aft, along the line OF
boats. clearing the linea
when 1 reached the last boat on the
boat deck ran down TO the saloon deck to
clear the boats there. There were seven or
eight of the passengers. men. out on the
deck to see what was the matter They
were in their payamas. j told them to
hurry In and get their women folks out
The ship was heeling over fast all the
time, mind you--all this was happening
In fve or six minutes.
When / brought out the last boat on
that deck the ship was so far over tha1
the lifeboat swung back and forth and
nearly threw me overheard. II was No.
l5 on the starboard deck. But we got II
70 the water. cleared the sters fall. but
the forward was caught. 7 passed two
60. 90 T., - 49,
chop the lines. but he let them fall over
boSrd. Then the ship was settling and
pulled the lifeboat down under the water
until the fall broke. We all went under
the water. When We came up the boat
was upside down. Paddy the cook was
with me when the boat came up We
tried TO hold to the bottom. but saw an
other lfeboat a little distance away. and
we swan to II.
Women Trapped Below.
There were no women near US on the
decks when we broke the boat away, but
when we came up in the water they were
all around US. / did not see any on the
decks because they were all trapped below
by the stairways being upside down
When the ship heeled over the starboard
side OF the steps were all under the
water. or so far down that to 20 on them
meant to run down further. The port
sides were perpendicular and no one could
run up them or climb UP them.
THE women and the men had no way
to get to the decks. When ! reached the
other lifeboat l took charge and we rowed
around picking up all the people we could
see. Most OF the other women had been
picked UP by some OF the other boats,
but we got four into our boat and about
thirty-four men. We took any one that
was near. Most OF them were the ships
men, naturally, because they were familiar
with the boat and in case OF emergency
knew how to get TO the decks. while the
passengers being unfamiliar with the
passageways. could not get up at all. Most
OF the men were nearly exhausted from
swimming in the water.
The Storsdad did put out Iifebosts
She had hers out Just as quickly as We
had ours out. She did everything she
could after the accident. Her men 40
good work"