The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-02

"a their berths could be recovered
''we don't think we will be able to
ratsc tho ship" lie said. land. OF course.
She must he destroyed. We are first
bending our energies TO recovering the
bodies and valuables of passengers.
Then we will decide what is to be donc
With the ship"
NO Ccnsure for johnson.
Mr.. Pnlcn insists that Captain john
con. OF the Monroe. should be COM
mended, rather than censured, for his
conduct at the time of the wreck He
Is i'd
Captain Johnson IL in New York.
but the report that ne sought safety in
the frs. ltfcboat to leave the Monroe
Is absolutely untrue. He was in the
second OF THO two boats that got OFF
safely, and only when there were no
other passengers on tho deck that
could be reached. He put three other
passengers in that boat before he got
IN himself. and II nc had not acted as
he did, the loss OF life would have been
greater.
Captain Johnson saw the necessity
of getting off i'll this boat, so that he
could assist in picking up other people
who were struggling in the water.
That he used good, sound Judgment was
shown by the fact that twenty-cight
more people were pulled into that boat
mainly through his efforts"
The revenue cutter OnontiaEa will de-
stroy the Monroe IL II is found neces-
sary.
L. c. Lohr, general agent OF the Mcr-
chants and Miners Transportation
Company, to-day declared the charges
made in the libel proceedings against
the Nantucket were mere poppycock."
They had to say something" he
said and they used lot of paper in
doing II. Anybody who knows Captain
Berry, OF the Nantucket, knows that
hnr &c t,n uNpY nprpntt To, CT Mo-,
master on the Atlantic coast He has
been running UP and down the coast
for years. lie has never had a serious
accident that / know OF before. and he
has always been regarded an able
and efficient master
Crew Not Incompetent.
'As for the crew being incompetent.
that is more talk---merc talk. People
should suspend Judgment in this mat
ter until the government investigation
Is concluded
we feel confident that the accident
was not due to the carelessness of the
crew OF the Nantucket. She was not
proceeding at great rate of speed.
Passengers have stated that tho YES
rel was proceeding slow She was
blowing fog signals at regular inter
walls Captain Berry was on the bridge,
and every man that should have been
on duty was at his post
1T was n horrible thing. Nobody
hIpNS UON II HdpDcicu II naS Deen
proven, however, that the Nantucket
I'D blow fog signals, and that her
captain and crew stood by the sinking
Monroe, and without thinking of their
own safety. sent lifeboats TO her as
Sistauce."
George H. Upler, inspector general OF
The Steamboat Inspection Service has
received the report of the men who in
rcstieated the causes of the wreck He
mas refused to make public the testi-
mony, but it is known TO carry the
charge that the captain of the Nan
tuckot is ut least subject to serious
criticism for permitting his ship to
proceed at ordinary speed through a
dense fog.
j. odell, Of Dorchester, Mass. a pas
senecr on the Nantucket, declared ho
WAS thrown out of his berth when the
collision occurred. lie said it was
that the ship was not proceeding very
fast.
Ship Proceeding Slowly.
WAS making TO Third officer Robinson"
said Mr.. Odell. He told me it was
fGggy. and ar the ship you'd have to
night could not sleep cor the noise
OF the whistle 7 was lying in my berth
reading when the collision occurred l
got up and looked out my stateroom
door Sailors Were running in all d.
passengers to don life preservers. and
slipped one around mo
"Some men went TO the bow to as
tanned, while others began to launch
liteboats. Then word was shouted down
the line that the ship was in no dan
ger. There We're not many passengers
on our ship, but they all went out on
deck ! was at the ladder when the
first lifcboat reached our ship with
survivors from The Monroe. | think
there was dead body in the first
boat I helped to throw blankets over
a
ovcrcoat TO woman who had on only
. nightGown.
Mrs harrington was brought on board.
II was not known that she was dead
then. Somebody SAID She had only
tainted. aid not see Mr. harrington
knock anybody down for suggesting
mat her body be thrown overheard.
H I,t,Ia sggE $500. ihat The body o.
board. lie was put on the deck with
his face downward bubbles were com.
ing out of his mouth, and som body
said he WAS breathing, They tried to
get the water out of him. and did get
some. bur lie was eNtilnc,
II think the crew of the Nantucket
behaved like real men. There was no
panic: no disorder. Tie lifeboat crew
sot the boats lowered in hurry, and
blowing her whistles of distress.
When | gnt up on deck the Monroe
Nantucket had her searchlights on the
Monroe. and was following her up.
captain Berry was shouting TO the
wireless men something about sending
out S O. S. calls, and one Of them told
him the mast was broken.
They went up the rigging and made
some repairs. and In q toW minutes 7
heard the sound OF the Instrument and
Saw the sparks on the wires
EVERY Statcroom on the Nantucket
was placed At the disposal of the sur
vivors OF the Monroe Everything pos
sible was done for them"
Mny BE John EEEiert.
II developed to-day that the ] Ed
wards mentioned In the list Of those
VINO We're drowned may be John Egg
E!trt chief master at arms on the
hatileShip Louisiana. Egglert WAS on
leave. and was supposed 10 sail for
N.w York TO visit his wife He was a,
winning instructor In The navy. and
IS said TO have saved the lives Of sew
tr4l OF his shipmates in Cuba last
Inter. re taught several hundred