The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-11
'sTOlA-TOssED SHIFT
FINALLY TAEEsAllH
Steamship Camcroma In Deadly refii
One Member Of Grew Kf11c4
When Thrown Aaainst
Vessels SHE, t

New York, Jan 10.--Battefed b.
storm which lasted four days. cauA~
ing the death OF one OF the crew and
almost sweeping away the vessels
lifeot ats, the steamship CameronfAs 81
the Anchor Line, reached port today
The Cameronia was held up two days
at Liverpool, and her voyage from
Glasgow to New YORK. because II was
thought she would BIZ taken over BY
the government. &
Shortly after leaving Liverpool the
Cameronia encountered big storm.
which, came up so suddenly that hfe$'
boats, swung out on their davits while
the vessel was i'll the submarine zone,
to De ready for instant lowering, wer'
almost swept away. The vessel wal
lowed and pitched SO badly and was
tossed about SO violently In the giant
waves that Captain David w. Rome
refused to permit the crew to make
an effort TO make the boats fast.
Accordingly they swung on their
davits in the raging sea until the fury
Of the storm had passed. when thes
were secured once more. 1t was not
until the vessel was half way across
the ocean, however, that the com
map6er would permit the men TO risk
their lives In getting the boats fast
again.
" gllc tIIG SlOElu was aI tlH htA6AAa
Joseph Murphy, of Liverpool, a coal
passer, was thrown violently against
the side of tho vessel while working
in the engine room. His skull was
fractured and he died within few
hours. He was buried at sea- In
the storm, too, Harry Fleming. four
years old, who was in the steerage
with Lis mother, died in couvutsIunF7
Ms Fleming is the widow of sol
a tnr he fa.J ut pA. Nr-h
wounded from France to England.
A Hero of Loos Arrives.
New York, Jan. 10.--One OF thru
heroes of the famous charge of the
British line at the bate of Loos. that
cost the English such a fearful toll
in life, came home on the liner Cam
eronla today. wounded and sick. as
the result of his year In the trenches.
He went away as Private William
Il. Crombie, of the Secon Battalion
of the Canadian Field Artillery. He
came back az first lieutenant, broken
and disfigured. Over half of the
comrades who sailed with him lay on
the field of Loos as the result of a Sin
gle charge. Nine hundred and sixty
OF his battalion climbed out OF the
trenches on that morning in October
OF last year, and only hundred and
forty answered another roll call.
ION one side of us were the crack
Coldstream Guards and on the other
the Middlesex Regiment. We knew
what was coming and were eager to
start" said Lieutenant Crombie to-
day. .scfel
The word was passed along to our
commander. Colonel Walton. and he
! ordered the bugler to sound the ad-
vance. The ycungster jumped to the
! top of the trench with his bugie TO
| his lips, but he never uttered a sound
j A bullet killed him on the spot. A sec
| ond later the colonel was on his feet.
/ but he had to rush along the line ami
shout for us to start.
/ The other commands had the lea
of us, but we beat them to the Ger
man lines. The carnage was awful
One of the things that L remember
! most wildly was the sight OF Scot
( fish bagpiper running ahead OF his
regiment In the midst of the hail OF
bullets. playing his pipes"
The lieutenant said there were
many Americans in the Canadian reg
ments In one command where there
were 20, 900 recruits from Canada
1850 of them were found to be
Americans by birth.