Evening journal., 1914-05-06
IS KNOWN SAVED SAVED
FROM ship THAT
BURNS OFF RACE
19 Other Passengers and
Captain OF Columbian Be-
lieye TO be Adrift at Sea
Chief steward dies
OF EXPOSURE IN BOAT
ey The United Press.

BY The United Press
BOSTON, May 6.-steaming toward
this port on the big Cunard liner
Franconia today are thirteen suryiv-
ors Of the crew Of the Leyland liner
Columbian, bound from Antwerp to
New York, which burned at sea off
Cape Race. The survivors, with the
body Of fourteenth, that of Chief
Steward Mathews, who died of ex-
posure, we're picked up off Sable Is
land by the Franconia late yesterday
afternoon. after having been in an
open boat for forty-eight hours. The
men were exhausted from exposure
and weak from lack Of food and wa
Ter.
Another boat with nineteen persons
still adrift to the southwark Of
Sable Island and it is thought third
BOAT. possibly in charge of Captain
Mcdonald, may also have put off from
the burning Columbian. Captain Nc
Donald is not known to be in the
second boat to have left the burning
vessel and faint hope is held out thai
be may have escaped in still another
boat
The Columbians survivors we're
TOO weak when rescued to help them
selves and one Of the Franconia's
boats went over the side to their aid.
The Ffanconia's men rowed desper-
ately toward the drifting boat, eager
81 watched by hundreds of the Cum
lrder's passengers who lined the ran
o witness the rescue.
After picking up the men, the Fran
sonia spent the remainder of the
day searching for drifting survivors,
out at nightfall abandoned the hunt
and resumed her course for Boston,
The thirteen men rescued by the
Franconia are the only known sur
fivors Of the Columbian's crew Of be-
ween 60 and 10, as estimated by the
lficials OF the Leyland line.
The identity Of the burning shiI
remained a mystery from the time
lie North German Lloyd steamship
seydlitz reported having sighted hei
On Monday until the Franconia pick
ed up the survivors The Seydiit2
remained in the vicinity OF the blaz-
ing hulk an day yesterday in yair
search for members of the crew. Inc
aastbound liners Manhattan and Hav-
arford, which the Franc0nia's wire
ess picked np sent back word they
rad changed their course and were
leaded toward the burning Colum-
lian.
REPORT CAPTAIN SAVED.
By The United Press.
SABLE ISLAND, May "a wire
less message received today from the
steamship Manhattan declared that
Captain Mcdonald and Is members
OF the crew of the British steamer
Columbian had been picked up by thc
Manhattan and that the vessel was
searching for others who may DC
adrift in small boats.
The Columbian was first sighted OF
fire from stem to stern by the Nortf
German Lloyd liner Seydlitz. The
Manhattan. New York to Antwerp
headed toward the position given BY
the Seydlitz and searched for surviv
prs.
The liner Franconia picked up 1;
men yesterday. One boat containing
the first and second officers and sew
enteen men is still missing. The
Manhattan is searching for them. Th'
Manhattan wireless stated:
Manhattan picked up one boat o
Columbian, captain and thirteen 9th
ers. One engineer killed in explo
sion and one man drowned leaving
ship. Manhattan still searching foi
other boat"
The rescue was made early today
the message added, in 61.19 north lat
itude and 59.35 west longitude.