South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-27
Passengers on Liner Rammed
by Fruit Steamer Warned
of Danger by Frenzied Bark
ING and SCreeChing.
MAN BREAKS WOODEN
LEG IN RUSH FOR BOATS
Cheers Greet Vessel as 1t Is
lowed Up HarbOr by Tug
Captain Reports That Crew
Worked Admirably.

NEW YORK, May 27.-SulI terri
fed, bedraggled and incoherent, rs
women, children and men passengers
OF the Holland-American liner Ryn-
dam at $40 a. N. today were landed
at HobOken, y. j., by the tug Robert
&. Mlllard. Awakened at 800 a. m
yesterday by the frantic barking of a
dog and the frenzied screecnes OF d
monkey, when the Ryndam was
rammed by the fruit steamer Joseph
). CGneO, the passengers were in ter
ror of their lives until taken aboard
The United States battlesnip south
Carolina. which brought them into
New ork harbOr early this morning.
Awakened BY Barking.
L was sound asleep said Miss
Georgia Each, when my dos and
monkey woke me up with tre-
mendous racket 1 hurried into the
companion way and was told we were
in collision. Already women. children
and men, awakened by my pets, were
pouring out of their cabins and |
screamed repeatedly to arouse those
who had not been awakened
We all went ON deck, but there
was little or no excitement Soon we
were taken off in boats TO the Cuneo
and shortly after we were transferred
10 the South Carolina.
Mrs. Martha DAILY Of 22O W. S7th
St, New York, a first cabin passenger
told a graphic story Of the accident,
She said.
1T was somewhere near o clock
in the morning, when ] was awakened
by humping noise on the side of the
ship. 1t sounded like we had hit
some small object. driftwood or some
thing. and | did not get up In few
minutes l heard all sorts of noises
a ~ Ean at my
door and told me l had better dress
and get out, as the ship had been hit
by another steamer.
No Panic on Deck.
Il dressed quickly and ran upon
deck. Many passengers were before
me, but there was no panic. 1t was
very clear and l could see what was
going on.
I'VE even could see the name OF the
vessel that struck US, the CuneO. She
was backing away slowly. Her bows
were stove in.
In a moment the stewards told us
to get into the boats There was no
hurry. We had plenty of time to set
our baggage.
I'VE were transferred without acci-
dent to the CuneO and later To the
South Carolina"
While the passengers of the i.yu-
dam were telling their stories early to-
day. the Joseph J. CmeO, with her
bow badly damaged, passed Sandy
Hook at 6:40 a. m, bound in for re-
pairs
An amusing experience Of the C0lii-
sion was that of Aaron Yount, an
optician Of New York, bound for Rot
terdam. In the excitement Of taking
to the boats. YOunt slipped on the
deck and broke his leg
Shall / call the surgeon, sir?' ask
ed a solicitous steward.
NO, call the carpenter laughed
Yount.
Wooden Leg Broken.
II was a wooden leg that was
broken. Yount was the first passenger
taken aboard the tug and after him
came the wooden leg, carefully wrap
ped
DR.. Crete Egerer of Baltimore was
one of the first cabin passengers. He
said:
Naturally when We were struck
everybody thought it was either a
torpedo or a mine.
The passengers were awakened
from sound sleep and as they had
been reading and hearing nothing but
war, they Immediately concluded,
without stopping to think out calcu
lation. that the Ryndam had blown up.
1T was the frightful noise and the
Z
awakened me. but before ] could dress
a steward knocked OF the door and
told me to hurry on deck, that We had
been rammed.
Nobody was injured but the man
with the wooden leg. Only one pas
senger appeared excited, d woman.
She appeared on deck with only her
night gown on. Somebody loaned
her a rain coat after we reached the
Cuneo."
1t was ghostly sight when finally
the Ryndam limped up the bay not
long before midnight.
Cheers Greet Liner.
Cheer after cheer went up from
the watchers as the liner passed quar-
antine. her name showing clearly on
her side A big hole in her side, COW
cred with tarpaulin was the only sign
Of the accident
Her passengers. quartered at the
Never hotel. Brooklyn. and elsewhere,
will resume their interrupted voyage
on the Ryndam when she is again
seawOrthy.
The upper bay was very thick early
today and the transfer of the Ryn-
cams passengers TO the Millard was
extremely difficult because of lowering
tide ans the rough choppy sea.
OrnT tn OCMNI CADhH