The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-30
FORTY NINE PERSONS DROWN
Survivor of Collision Bringing
IS Rescued to Port.
Lost Vessel Bound to New
York From Norfolk, Va.

Merchants and Miners i
The 40 lost comprised 25 passengers
ana "a members of the crew. accoru,
ing to official wireless reports 70 tI.1
Old Dominion line here. inlay
passengers and 55 OF the crew wee os
saved making the list OF rescued o.
Canrain Johnson Of the sunken Mon
roe. and all of his officers put one
were among the saved. The lost Oh
ficer was Second Engineer Gatiey.
Passenger Death List
Tho following is list Of passengers
who perished on the Monroe:
Roiton. Mrs w. L., Newark
Clausen. w. c., Milwaukee.
LeGrand B. Curtis, first lieutenant
Second Coast Artillery, Watervhet
arsenal, New York.
Davis, F. c., Brooklyn.
Edwards, j., U. S. N.
German, Ed, Philadelphia
Gibson, Mrs. D., New York:
Haskell, J., Cortlandt, N. x.
HaviIand. Miss, Marcaria Theatrical
company. . r
Jeileff, Mr., Marcaria inea'rica'
cG@p Lewis. Mr. Macaria Theatrical COM
LYONS. E. p, New York.
Mario. Mr Macaria Theatrical COM
pany.
OkdkamOtO, y. JdPdhCoc.
Poole, O. W. and wife, Gray va
Rav 7. r. and wife, New York.
seville. Miss, Macaria Theatrical
Snuyder Miss, New York.
Vernon, Mr.. Macaria Theatrlcai
Wagner. O., United States marine
corps.
Mrs Thomas r. Harrington died a1t-
er rescue. o,s
There is a possibility that the Old
Dominion liner Hamilton, bound Gown
from New York and which mas 1een
near the collision, may have picked up
more survivors and others may nave
been found by the revenue cutter Onon-
daga, which was hurried out TO the res
cue. The Nantucket will arrive In NOR
folk about noon. according to her latest
reports.
Wireless operators along the coast,
cropping out through the fog for some
definite news Of the lost and the saved.
could only learn that the Monroe, bound
for New York on a regular trip from
about 2 O'Clock. When the two ships
separated the Monroe went down and
the Nantucket, with damaged bow,
stood by and began the work of rescue
The Nantucket's boats secured the
waters and are said to have picked up
Sc survivors
First News by Wireless.
The wireless reports do not say what
members of the crew or first or second
class passengers were among the num-
ber. First news of the collision trick
led in here through the wireless opera
tor at Virginia beach. The Monroe. q
passenger liner. which also carried
freight, put out OF here at o'clock
last night on a regular trip to New
York. The lane of the coastal steam
ers between those two ports Is compar-
atively close to shore and on clear
The Nantucket. from Boston to Nor
folk, with freight would ordinarily
have been running to seaward of the
Monroe, but no early reports indicated
the positions Of the ships. A dense fog
enveloped the entire coast and mariners
here do not doubt that tho two liners
met in a headon collision.
The position Of the ships which was
reported about As miles southwest OF
the Winter Quarter light, would place
report, which said Captain johnson OF
the Monroe was among the rescued
leads to the belief that the Monroe
sank very rapidly and her passengers
aroused in the dead of night by the
shock of collision. had little time to
prepare for leaving a ship, rapidly
sinking in icy waters.
Asleep in Cabins.
The lost had scarcely a chance to
realize that death was upon them he
fore they were struggling in the sea-
The doomed passengers Of the Monroe
fast asleep in their cabins. when the
two vessels came together, went down
to death with only time for a Shrek
OF despair. o ly those kept awake by
the snorting sirens that waited thei1
useless warnings through fog knew
when the vessels struck. The rest
thrown from their berths by the force
of the collision had barely time tc
struggle to the deck OF the sinking YES.
sci before they were plunged into the
water. Not ten minutes interyene6
between the time the blunt bow of the
numbering Nantucket crashed its wa,
into the side of the Dominion liner an1
the time the latter slid under the
waves The S6 rescued were lifted fron
the icy water after their vessel hat
gone down. Both vessels had ouietet
down for the night hours before th,
collision. Captain Berry on the bridr
of the Nantucket, and the slowly pac
ing lookout had the deck to them
selves as the vessel proceeded througl
the fog. Captain johnson kent tn
bridge Of the Monroe. Thus, with th,
dense. fog enfolding the heaving Sc,
each other in the murk
Lifeboats Ordered Ont
AS the Nantucket staggered hoc, 80
ter the shock, Captain Berry swnn,
out his searchlight and dimly the hniI
OF the settling Monroe doomed ~
through the drifting fog. UncertaiJ
as to the safely OF his own vessel h
ordered out the lifeboats. Lost fror
view m the log they began the worl