The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-31
DRAMATIC SEA.
STORY IS TOLD
Presence of Mind of Officers
Responsible For so
Many Rescues.
INVESTIGATION
BY GOVERNMENT
Practically Complete and Report VIII
be Made soon-Wrccking Steamer
ut Scene of Disaster Has Not Found
Any More Bodies.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. S1.-The Of.
ficially revised death list shows forty.
one perished when the Monroe went,
down in fifteen fathoms of water off
the Virginia coast after collision in
the fog with the steamer Nantucket
yesterday.
or those perished. nineteen were
passengers and twenty-five were of
the crew. There was aboard the liner
Monroe 139 passengers.
steamer at the scene of the disaster
say no more bodies have been recov.
cred.
United States steamboat inspectors
have PRACTICABLE completed their in
vestigation and will report before
next Wednesday.
Presence of Mind Saves Many,
The presence of mind Of crew and
passengers alike was responsible for
Ing to = statement issued by HI. B.
Walper. president and general man.
ager Of the Old Dominion steamship
line. through James Leyland, super.
intendent Of the main line division.
Captain Saves Thirty-Five.
In his statement Walper said that
Captain e. e. johnson, master of The
Monroe, launched 'lifeboat No. with
the aid Of eight volunteers and then
had jumped into the water just be-
fore the liner went under. making the
total saved by this boat thirty-five.
Equally good work was done by
First Omcer Guy Horsley who, after
launching boat No. 8 with ten passet.
gers. rescued twenty four personsawha
had jumped from the deck of the
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Fourteen persons were saved by~two
boats from the Nantucket One Of the
life RATS Of the Monroe proved the
means Of saving the lives of six, while
another saved four persons.
Second Officer J. e. Gately went
below Immediately after the collision
to ascertain the extent of the dam
are done. He found most Of the pas
tried to get them on the boat deck,
but did not succeed. When the Mon.
roe went down,,he foated off on a
ladder, and was later picked up.
Gives Life for Woman.
The law Of the sea. that women and
children must be saved first, cost the
chief wireless operator of the Monroe
Il0 uAC. 11c Wdb Slduu1nE Oy boat
No. when he saw woman without
q life belt. and promptly gave her
his. Mr.. Walper's statement counts
him among the dead. The woman
was saved. One Of the passengers, a
mining engineer. followed the exam
pie OF the chief wireless oprator. What
became of him has not vet been
learned. ~. 5 =
Nineteen passengers from the Mon
roe have SO far not been accounted
for. the statement says.
To the list Of those saved have been
added. the statement says, the names
OF Mrs. j. M. Ray, e. p. Lyons and
3. B. Vernon. Due to the fact that
they We're unconscious from shock
passengers could not be learned
earlier. w.
The members Of the crew known to
have been drowned are: Third assist
ant Engineer. Chief Wireless Opera
tor, quartermastey. two deck watch.
men and two bow lookouts
Knew of Prescnce.
When the presence Of another vessel
was suspected by the officers of the
was Immediately stopped and the
whistle was blown once. This signal
was answered by the Nantucket with
two whistles. In reply to this the
Monroe whistled twice. being answer
ed in the same manner by the Nan.
tucket The Monroe kept her whistle
going but received no further signals,
it is declared. A few seconds later
the vessel was rammed by the Nam
tncket ahaf' and in ono port on the
Starboard side. b. ,.s d.
a dramatlc incident in. connection
with the sinking of the Monroe or-
Cured late yesterday at the office OF
Captain James Leyland. superintend-
ent. Of the Old Dominion lines. Mrs.
j: r. Gately, wife of the second offi-
Ger OF the Monroe, 23. and mother Of
three children. accompanied by the
I1eyiand's desk with blanched face,
unable to utter a word. She turned
appealing eyes to her companion, who
was on the verge of b eaking down.
but found no comfort.
Don't tell me he's gone" shs final.
~ ~. managed IAN to gasp. IT'S more than
your Office for several hours. but have
been afraid to .nquiri what became Of
Good News Comes.
Captain Leyland could do no more
than say that he hoped that her hus-N
ban band 1nn had been e. IN. saved BY some passing
turned away. They had hardly board.
WAS received in the once that the
name Of Gately should be placed.
among the saved. TY9 clerks were
Immediately sent after the women to
tell the good news. ,s5;S q
MAY SELL SITE no CLUB.
Mandan. n. D.. Jan. According
TO letters received by. Chairman Cary
Of the Town and County club from
w. "a. Peterson stats that ne hos no
authority to transfar any nf tn lamH