Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-03-12
EXCITING VOYAGE
FOR DR.. PANCOAST
Camden Physician Who Has
Joined Austrian Hospital
Corps Sends Letter
HELD UP BY ALLIED NARSHIPS
From Camden Courier

From Camden Courier
After an exciting trip DIR. Charles S.
Pancoast, OF 205 Cooper street, has ar
rived at Vienna and has entered the
Austrian hospital corps for service
among the wounded in the war. He
called from New York on December 8
on the steamer Europa. After being held
up four times by warships Of the Allies,
the steamer arrived at Genoa Italy.
H emade the trip from Genoa to Wen
IA by rail. The following letter was
written on board the steamer before ar
irving at Genoa, and received by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Pam
coast.
On Board the Steamer Europa.-"I
did not count on any Excitement on this
ocean trip, but there has been enough
to last me for awhile. To begin with.
we started out from New York In q
fearful storm. Our boat, the Europa,
is about 400 feet in length and only 80
feet wide, which Is much too narrow
for the length. This makes our boat q
bad roller or tosser.
I'VE had no sooner gotten out ofNew
York harbor when the Europa pitched
and rolled at a great rate. This got
worse and worse every day for three
days and it was one of the worst wind
storms with bad head seas the first two
days and a fearful broadside sea the
third day. During this spell our 100
steerage passengers were kept below the
decks. Toward supper time OF the Sec
ond day out l felt about all In (got bad
ly seasick). But the next morning l
was all right again and had my sea legs
on the rest OF the trip.
1--WE were given plenty to eat aboard,
two principal meals each day, Cola
gesne or dinner served at noon, aud
Pranzo or supper served at 6 p. m. In
reality there were four meals . day,
counting Diogne or morning coffee at
8 q. N. aud Pecia or evening tea served
at 8 .. m. At each of the two prin-
cipal meals were al ways served fourdif-
ferent kinds of meats, always tn
solata' or salad with oil and vinegar
dressing and some kind of delicious
wine cake and wine.
"The first nine days were passed
quickly and without the sight Of a pass
Ing steamer for a little diversion. How
ever, what we lacked in that respect
soon manifested itself toward the even
ing of the ninth day, when we noticed
the wireless operator seemed overwork-
ed, for the wireless apparatus could be
heard all over the boat necessarily.
Then we were told that the sister ship
that sailed previous to ours had been
held up at Gibraltar for examination of
her cargo and passengers by the British.
We we're to reach Gibraltar the next
day aud we felt it would be our lot to be
similarly interfered with. We were
told that a number of passengers had
peer taken off and put IN the detention
camp at Gibraltar, suspected as spies.
Our high tension thought vas then
what was to become of us-our destina-
ton being Vienna. 1t was the most
exciting time of my life-the suspense.
"When we reached Gibraltar at 10 q.
M, 1t was a beautiful sight, the African
coast looming up. high, desolate rocky
mountains lashed by the sea, but Glib
raltar Itself, high and mountainous, was
indeed most beautiful as the morning
sun was shining directly upon it.