New-York tribune., 1918-05-02


was making futile attempts to send
out call for help. But his appara-
tus had been disabled.
For three hours the rescue work
went on. One by one survivors were
carried aboard the man O. war. Most
OF them were exhausted from exposure
and shock when picked up. They were
carried to the officers quarters aboard
the cruiser and given medical aid.
Soon after a o'clock the officers
aboard the French cruiser decided that
further search for survivors was fu-
tile. Then she headed back for an
Atlantic port.
L. w. Hildum. port agent for the
Ocean Steamship Company, of Savan-
nah, here, gave out the passenger lists.
An officer of the French cruiser sup
Piled him with the names of known
survivors. This he hastily checked up
with his own lists. Errors may ap-
pear in the list as announced. An
accurate list of those saved will not
be available until to-day.
Women Suffer From Exposure
The French cruiser reached an At
lantic port soon before O'Clock yes
terday afternoon with twenty of
OF those were able to go to New
York.
Three women, Mrs. Norman Harri-
son. of New York; Mrs. H. Boizner,
of The Bronx, and Mrs. Charles Levy,
OF Bridgeport, Conn.,. were suffering
from shock and exposure and were
not able to leave the warship. Mrs.
Levy, was accompanied by her five-year-
old daughter. They were taken ashore
at 10 o'clock last night, however, on
stretchers carried in small boats. Mrs.
nd pD:,
to New York Hospital in ambulances
1hat had been summoned from the
Red Cross headquarters earlier in the
evening. Mrs. Levy and Ler daughter
spent the night with friends.
According to Mrs. Harrison, she re-
tired about 1880 on Tuesday night.
She was awakened by the crash, which
almost threw her out of the berth.
While she was still cropping her way
along the passage toward the deck,
attired only in her nightdress, she
heard the cry, Cali on deck!"
when l finally managed to reach
the deck" said Mrs. Harrison, "I could
see that the ship had sunk way down
in the water, but it did not seem to
me that there was any great confusion
number of sailors were trying to
lower boats, and one of the boats
officers came over to me and, seeing
that l had no life preserver, went and
gps~on and fastened it on me-"
Aid by Red Cross Nurses
Before bringing the three women
ashore small boat from the warship
went to st. George about o'clock, and
the officer in charge asked the Red
Cross headquarters for clothing for the
three women, all Of whom he said had
been rescued in their night clothing.
Red Gross nurses collected clothing
and accompanied the French sailors
back to their vessel. They returned
to St. George in the boats, bringing the
women.
While none of the officers of the
cruiser would permit themselves to be
quoted, several said that the crash
came without the slightest warning.
No sirens or whistles were heard, de-
spite the fact that there was a heavy
fog.
The City of Athens was vessel of
3,648 tons gross register, built in 1911
at Camden, N. j., for the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company,
and was formerly known as the Somer-
set. With sister ship, the Suwanee,
she was purchased by the Ocean Steam
ship Company last year and placed in
the New York-Savannah service. The
vessel replaced the City of Memphis,
formerly engaged in the same service
and which was sunk by a German sub
marine March II, 1916, while on a
transatlantic voyage.