Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-31

vessel was fatally stricken, shouted ah
order for the life boats.
When the crash came those aboard
the Monroe were in bed and asleep.
only Captain johnson and his crew
were up. But the shverpg of the
stricken vessel, and her listing motion
as the water poured through the cash
i'm her side, awakened the sleeping
passengers and sent them clamboring
toward the deck
Warned by the officers they hur-
riedly adjusted life preserVers ana
made for the tilted deck.
But the time was zoo brief
Those rescued agreed that from the
time the Monroe was struck until she
settled beneath the waves not more
than zen minutes elapsed
Baggage. clothing, yamables, were
Ian forgotten in the fight from the
state rooms Of Dhe sinking ship Pa
l.ssw4-gight gowns and mth robes
'1nd blankets were Inc common ape
parel az those who nude the slippery
up-ended deck before the water trap
red then below And most of them
wore that garb when they lell the
damaged Nantucket an her dock mere
this afternoon
AS the han-clad excited throng OF
uasscngers reached the deck the1
were hcrded toward the lifehoats hy
the officers ana the crew Three Of
the Hfehouts from one side of the
.ctinnlod vessel were unshippcd and
gotten away from that side froighted
with frightened humanity mostly
women shiyerns n the wet ana cold
la their flimsy nightclothes Fy inc
time these were away The Monroe was
rnuIns over on her side, and it WIS
impossible to launch the other boats
with Sudden lurch the liner
now fast filling with the water mat
rushed through The rent in her plates
rolled over. threw up her unlnlured
side then submerged cabins and sa-
Ions
with Il chorus of shrieks The unior-
tunates left ON the sinking vessel
turned. craWlcd like rats, and made
their way over the superstruelur ,
through port holes, windows and
eomplulonwass until they rested, just
out of reach Of the waves on the up
per side of the half-capslzed vessel
But even this slippery security was
not long available. With rumbling
sound the big vessel shivered ana
shook. and then plunged beneath the
waves. leaving her human freight
afloat on the icy bosom Of the ocean.
Meantime the Nantucket herself
badly damaged had stood by and
Captain Berry had aroused his sleep
ing crew As the Intellectual rays 3i
the searchHght failed TO pierce the
blanket of fog. Captain Berry ordered
cut his lifchoats, and one by one they
slipped away into the fog Go search
for the Monroe. They found only the
struggling survivors afloat in the iey
sea. crying frantically FOR help.
Many OF those picked up We're eX-
haustcd. unable to help themselves
Several had 90 bc hauled over the side
OF the Nantucket with ropes. Thomas
Il. Harrington kept his wife ailoai
by almost superhumau efforts. swim
ming with her hair i'm his teeth only
to have her die few minutes after
She was sgfe aboard Che Nantucket
Lieut.. l.. B. curtis. L. S. A.. kept him
self afloat until rescued but died at'
ter reaching the Nantucket Captain
Johnson. of the Monroe, and am OF
his officers. got away from the sink
inr vessel and were rescued.
An of the Officers and the crews oi
both the Monroe ana the Aantueke
were held tonight to await am investl
cation of the accident which viii 20.
begun Immediately hy the fedora
steamboat inspection service.
Thrilling were tho stories told pN
the rescued who We're brought - Nor
folk by tine Nantueket Revised hst.
put the loss of life 40 forty.three' 81
which number nineteen were passen.
gers and twcuty-four members Fl
the Monroe's crew. Eight of the Mon
roes passengers. whom wireless fe
ports had put in tine list of lost. Waih
ed or Ecre burnc from the steamer
Nartuckct when the latter landed On.
rescued.
These were George u. MarIo8 Sew
Yofk. Mrs John 81 RAY of ~"
York e. T. Lyons, Of Ne~ York y
h. Vernon, Ncw York 81 . tiat-'-iit
Milwaukee, Edward. Gormoni Fhilh'