The daily Gate City., 1914-01-05

A wireless from the Bavaril stated
that the eight man were taken from
the Oklahoma at a, m. today, After
giving the list of rescued. the wire
lessed follows:
Rest of crew, thirty-two. apparent
ly went down with the after part OF
ship The accident happened Sunday
at o'clock. The Blva la hea led an
entire fleet of rescua ships. The
Manuel Calyo of the Spanish line re-
maineG on the scene instead of pro-
ceeding as first reported. The United
as well as the White Star freighter
! Georic and the revenue cutter SEN
eca A terrific sea was running. l. fe
boats were dlshed to pieces as they
were lowered over the sides and many
members of the rescue ships crews
were injured"
The Oklahoma was owned by the j.
NJ. Guffey Petroleum Co. She sailed
from New York Sunday for Port Ar
thur. Soon after the Bavaria made
the rescues. the captain Of the Carri-
bean, which was expected to be OF
some aid to the Oklahoma, wirelessed
that he was sixty miles south of Am
brose Light and had just heard that
AN unknown steamer had rescued
the crew of the Waska' AS Daniels
has prexkusly been unable to learn
the name of the stricken ships 1t Is
considered certain he referred to the
Oklahoma rescue.
The Complete Details.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.--Despite the
aid summoned by wireless which
reached out in the blackness of
storm rocked night and summoned
liners and revenue cutters to her aid,
the tank steamer Oklahoma, sank
early today sixty miles off Sandy
Hook, carrying thirty-two members OF
her crew to their death The captain
snd seven other members of the crew
were rescued by the liner Bavaria but
CAPTAIN Graafls reported that all 9TH
ers had apparently gone down with
the after part of the oil ship.
At first 1t appeared that the wireless
would again cheat the sea of the toll
1T was about to claim in the terrific
storm which lashed the eastern coast
throughout Saturday Sunday and Sun
day night. The liners Caribbean Of
the Royal Mail line, Manuel Calvo, OF
the Spanish line, and the Bavaria and
land wireless stations picked UP the
| first signals of distress. Then the
Oklahomas wireless went out OF
commission Blindly the Manuel
Calvo groped through the darkness on
sea running mountain high until she
finally came on the stricken vessel.
Captain Bonet flashed word to the
Georgia, the White Star freighter. and
the revenue cutters Seneca, Gresham
jand Ononodaga hurried toward the
position given by the Spanish vessel.
I There they sighted the bright lights
jof the Manuel Calyo, shining over the
black. raging waters Then the hulk
of another vessel loomed into view.
| The Oklahoma's lights were out. Her
engines had stopped and she was en-
tlrely at the mercy of the waves that
tossed and turned the other vessels
about like chips despite their facilities
for rescuing. Time after time the
Manuel Calvo endeavored to lower
| life boats. Heavy seas hit the light
craft as they struck the water, hurled
them back and crushed them against
the sides Of the rescue boat Members
of the crew who had volunteered for
the perilous work were dragged, bruis.
ed and bleeding, to the decks. The
brilliant searchlights played upon the
/ Oklahoma and eight men could be
seen huddled on the forepart of the
vessel. Orders which the vessls
sought to call cut were roar in the
wind as each great wave struck the
crippled vessel, she rolled in the
trough and it seemed that she would
surely go to the bottom with the next
assault of the waters. All night long
the fight which seemed hopeless was
kept up by the vessels standing by.
Circling the Oklahoma the fleet of
rescue ships finally formed a break
fyater about her. AS dawn came. the
sea quieted to some extent. The
eight men now more dead than alive
from cold and exposure, still clung to
the ship. Boats were lowered from
the Bavaria and a final effort was
made to dash through the waves to
the tank steamers side. Reaching
her they found that the eight men
Isighted by the blazing searchlights
during the night were the only ones
remaining on the vessel. The stern
was under water and thirty-two of the
crew had been swept overheard or
caught below decks.
1t was s a m. today when the
Bavaria made the rescue, Captain
i Graans reporting to his Office here
Since O'Clock Sunday the Oklahoma
lad been battling helplessly against
the raging sea. Captain Graafls re-
ported that 1t was at that hour that
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