Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-04
Daijin Maru and Steamship
Linan Crash Into Each
Other During Night.
TWENTY-ONE SAVED
Only Score of Total Passen-
ger List Survive Far
East Tragedy.


The Linan, badly damaged, is re.
turning to Hong Kong. The col
Iisi0n occurred at night, at a point
so miles from SwatOw.
The Daijin Maru, 24s feet long,
was built at Kobe In 1900. She was
owned in Osaka.
The Linan is owned by the China
Navigation company Of London.
She is 800 feet long and was built
at Green Oak in 1908.
Athens, Feb. 2, (via London. Feb. 4.
sos D. m )-"There is not any way to
tell you so that you would understand
the awful horror of things that have
seen in the last month";" said Marie
Lemos of Chicago, one of the Red Cross
nurses who survived the sinking of the
Italian steamship Brindisi which re-
Gently struck nina ia7the Adriatic.
She continued:
1.-THE hideous rapidity Of the sinking
of the steamship Brindisi with her
decks covered with dead; myself shot
into the water, which was full of strug-
Cling youths trying to keep afloat but
disappearing one by one within sight
of land; the Austrian aeroplane at
tacks on San Giovanni de Medua and
Durazzo the sight Of hundreds Of
Serbs falling exhausted and dying from
hunger and cold along the road Of
their retreat through Albania-it does
not seem believable."
Miss Lemos is % years old, with
broad features, revealing her Bohe-
milan extraction. High laced boots, a
khaki blouse, jacket embroidered
with the Red Cross insignia and a
flannel waist constitute her only pos
sessions
I'VE struck a mine at $50 o'clock
in the morning and the ship began to
sink Immediately" said Miss Lemos.
I'VE tried to lower a boat but the ship
keeled over so that everybody was
thrown into the water. Miss Hampie
could not swim and never came up. /
scrambled back aboard the Brindisi
where l found some 200 Montenegrins
who were unable to swim These men
said they would not die by the enemy's
hands. They sang their national an
them and then one squad shot the 9TH
ers and finally killed themselves. The
decks were covered with dead and
awash with blood.
when the ship began to founder l
slipped back into the water and swan
to a plank on which several men were
clinging, but who dropped off one by
one Finally, after being three hours
in the water was picked up and taken
to San Giovanni de Medua
"As soon as the 143 persons
rescued were safely ashore the
remaining Montenegrins lined up
and re-sang the national anthem.
While the men were singing a.
Austrian aeroplane squadron lombard
ed the town, killing IS of those who
had just been saved.
From San Giovanni de Medua we
walked to Scutari and sought to join
the Serbian staff at Plavnica but six
days later the occupation of the town
took place.
King Nicholas of Montenegro fetch
ed us to Scutari in his boat He is a
kindly old man who seems to under
stand, but Prince Peter says he wants
to give up the struggle and again be-
gin life as private citizen. preferably
| in America
From Scutari we walked five days
through sleet and snow over detestable
| roads. along which the hunger-weak-
( ened Serbs died like flies.
Reaching Durazzo, seven pursuing
Austrian aeroplanes bombarded the
town where the remnants of the Serb
ian army were so crowded that they
were unable to escape the missiles.
Many were killed and other wounded,
and owing to the lack of medical stores