New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
PHILADELPHIA DOCKS
 WITH MANY REFUGEES
First Great CTlWI of Americans
 Arrive ROms fTlm Europe.

New York, Aug. 13.-The Ameri. can liner Philadelphia, with the first great crowd of Americans who rushed from Europe when the various nb. tions declared war, arrived in New York last night. There were 7O3 per. sons in the cabin and 309 in the steer. age Virtually all of them were with. out baggage, many of them without money, having stories of hardships te tell.
 The Philadelphia sailed from Southampton few hours after Eng. land declared war on Germany. The first day out a fleet of seven French torpedo boats and three submarines was sighted. One of the torpedo boats hurried after the American liner, the rest of the fleet following slowly. F1. nally the torpedo boat-the B-7, came up alongside and ordered the Philadelphia to stop. The war yes. sel circled the liner several times its officials looking closely at the faces of the passengers crowded on the decks. When the French naval off. cers were sure that the Philadelphia was an American vessel and that the passengers were Americans, one of them shouted in excellent English that the Philadelphia might proceed. Cheer French Ships. The passengers cheered the French ships. The cheer was returned and the tiny war vessel steamed away
 The refugees in the steerage were given the freedom of the ship. The men were separated from the women, however, and in some cases husbands were separated from their wives by this regulation. Rather than sleep m the steerage scores of these passen- gers slept in the smoking room, on the boat deck under the boats and life rafts and in steamer chairs. Four persons were in every cabin.
 The passengers were exceedingly glad to get back to the United States At Quarantine they cheered the mail boat. the health officers boat and the revenue cutter. They shouted oues- tions over the side about the where about of various vessels on which their friends were supposed to have sailed but which were requisitione6 by the European governments.
 Crowd Shouts Welcome.
 As the Philadelphia neared its pier in the North river the crowd waiting on shore shouted its welcome to the refugees. Then for a quarter of ap hour the whole river resounded with cheers. e.
 The regulation preventing a ship which arrives at Quarantine after sundown from proceeding to her dock until the next morning was waived last night. The Philadelphia did not reach Quarantine until after o'clock. The port authorities did everything in their power to have the ship and its load of passengers move. quickly, and an hour and a half after she arrived in the lower bay the last of her passengers had gone ashore.
 Weird Stories Related.
 Hundreds of the passengers on board had rushed from the interior of France and Germany. Travellers from Paris told of mobs swarming through the streets, breaking windows and footing shops of Germans. Otherr told of Germans caught in the French capital being beaten by gendarmes and the excited citizenry. The streets near the railroad stations were piled high with baggage that had been abandoned. So great was the rush of Americans from France to England that small steamers in the English channel, constructed to accommo- date from 500 to 900 persons. carried 5000 men, women and children on every trip.
 Mrs. B. Blackmore, of Cincinnati. one of the passengers, was in Gletsch, Switzerland, on July 31. She left for Paris that night. She had a first class ticket, but was forced to occupy a third class compartment with a crowd of soldiers and peasants. She sat on the floor of the car during ths whole trip.
 Informed By American.
 In Paris she was informed by an- other American that she just had time tn catch the last train for Calais, where she could get a boat across the channel
 She abandoned her baggage in the street and managed to reach 70 ' way station few minutes before the trainload. Five thousand American and English men and women were tryino to get on the train, she said. Some of them rode between the coaches rather than be left behind. There was no water on any of the trains Upon arriving at Calais Mrs. R,ackmore was faint from want of food and water An American whom che had never seen before obtained
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