The state herald., 1914-02-06


ark. n. j.: list Lieut. Legrand B. Cur
tbs, I'd Coast Artillery. Watervliet Ar
senal, y. y. tdied after rescued; Mrs. d.
Gibson. New York; ]. Haskell. Cort-
land, y. Y: W. II. Ingram. Sumter. S.
c.; Charles NJ. Jolleff, Macaria Theatri-
cal Co.: Mrs. Thomas r. Harrington,
Nantucket; George Lewis Macaria The
Mrs. c. W: Boole and child. Cray, Sus-
] Edward. Z. s. Navy; .. wasnsr' &.
New York; l. Wilson, New York; an un-
identified Italian.
Crew-Boatswain y. Nelson; Quar-
termaster Guiles; A. Soydin. bow look
out: T. Juvich, deck watchman; l..
huehn. first wireless operator. Brax-
ton Haskins, third assistant engineer:
Mrs. Courtney, white stewardess; Patsy
wallace. negro stewardess; l. White,
second cook. Joe Bradrolf. third cook .
p. Davis, head waiter. Walters J. Delk
j, Martin. A. Praddri. d. Proverbs, w.
A. Gardner.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. 3l.-Forty-one per-
sons went down to death when the
Merchants and Miners liner Nan
tucket sank the Old Dominion liner
Monroe in tho icy waters of the At
lantic at 2 O'Clock Friday morning.
Wireless lists forwarded by Captain
Johnson of the Monroe, returning with
the survivors on the Nantucket. show;
Lost-Passengers. 10; crew 22; to-
tai, IL.
Saved-Passengers, 80; crew, 60;
total, SO.
Captain Johnson of the sunken Mon
roe and all OF his officers but one were
among the saved. The lost officer
was Second Engineer Dataley.
Eighty-fivc survivors rescued from
the sea and huddled on the Nantucket.
which was limplng along with a
crumpled bow toward Norfolk. are the
only ones who know all the story OF
how the two big ships. picking their
way through 4 blanket OF fog-one
Bound north. the other south-met
with crash near the Winter Quarter
shoal lightship. IS. o. s" calls reach.
ing out to the coast stations started
every available agency of rescue into
action. but not soon enough.
While the Nantucket backed off.
lowered boats and began sweeping the
misty sea with her searchlights. the
Monroe. her passengers pitched out of
berths In night clothes. sank like
plummets.
In the swirllng vortex of the sinking
ship men shouted and women
screamed through the mist. The Mon.
roe went down SO quickly that there
was little time for launching boats.
The lost had scarcely a chance to
realize that death IVES on them before
they were struggling In the sea. The
doomed passengers OF the Monroe.
fas, asleep In their cabins when the two
vessels came together. went down TO
death with only time for a shrek OF
despair. Only those KEEP, awake by
the snorting sirens that walled their
useless warning through the fog knew
when tho vessels struck.
Nantucket Brings In Elsh,y.Five.
Norfolk. Va-The official story OF
how forty-one persona went 10 death
In the chill waters OF the Atlantic
when the liner Nantucket rammed
and sank the steamer Monroe. was
brought to port by the oIghty.fiye sur.
viyors OF the sunken ship. brought In
by the Nantucket
The stricken Monroe. with her side
eored deep by the knifolikc steel prov
OF the Nantucket. filled rapidly. rolled
over on her side and In few min.
utcs turned over and plunged to the
bottom carrying with her the pas.
sengors and members OF the crew who
had failed TO get clear OF the wreck.