The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-24
TRANSPORT DOCKS AT HOBOKEN WITH
 271 PASSENGERS
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 day was slowly but steadily towing the Powhatan towards Halifax, advis- ed the marine agent here this morn- ing that one of the tow lines had parted and that progress had stopped
 Although they suffered from the cold while the leaking Powhatan was tossed about on a storm swept sea far off the Nova Scotian coast, the pas sengers here were rather inclined to treat their discomfort as a lark. Only one of them was i'll when the North ern Pacific reached her pier. That was Mrs. John A. Worden, of McKin- ney, Texas, wife of a lieutenant col onel who is attached to the American delegation in Paris. who is suffering from a light attack of pneumonia.
 The transfer of the passengers, who included il women and eight children, was made without accident late Thurs day. The perilous task began at ' D. m and was finished 1-2 hours later. Advantage was taken of the first cN1m sea after the vessel sprang & leak last Sunday.
 The civilians On the disabled trans port were praised for their calmness and courage by the army officers who | were their fellow passengers. The pluck of the women was praised l especially. When they went aboard 1 the Northern Pacific they were laugh l ing and singing and showed few signs 1 of the hardships they had undergone When it was found that the pumps of the Powhatan could not keep down l the water flowing into the ship, the passengers were not kept in ignor- ance. Captain Randall called them together before dawn Sunday morn
 
 gone wrong with the ash ejector which sends ashes and cinders from the engine room into the sea. He as-
 sured the men and women gathered | about him that there was no danger and they took him at his word. There was no signs of panic then or after | wards
 l When the water rose until it flood
 ed the engines, putting out the fires and leaving the ship without heat or 1 light with a tempest raging the pass 1 engers took their discomforts phili- sophically. It was impossible to | serve them even with hot food, but l the cooks did the best they could and the coffee was at least 1ukewarm. Sunday night, when a still heavier storm blew up and there were many
 cases of seasickness, Captain Ran l l their way and that there was no 1 danger of the Powhatan going down ! for days even if help did not arrive 1 and the storm did not abate. 1 Reports taken to Halifax by the | British steamer Bardic that eight lives 1 had been lost in an attempt to trans l fer the passengers were without foun- | dation. Not a life was lost and no
 one was injured. Two boat loads of seamen from the Northern Pacific had | narrow escapes, however, when they 1 tried to reach the Powhatan in a
 heavt sea. They failed in their at 1 tempt and then headed for the de- l stroyer Leary. Their. boats were sent 1 crashing against the side of the war 1 ship but all the sailors cIambered aboard unhurt.
 All the way up the bay from Quar- antine the Northern Pacific was greet l ed as a rescue ship and every craft in 1 the harbor whistled a welcome to her. The rails of the transport were lined with the Powhatan's passengers and
 they manifested their delight at being 1 near shore. The pier where they land ed was crowded with relatives and friends waiting to welcome them. l Among the women taken off the | Powhatan were Misses Dorothy M. Dunn and Edith Gardner, army nurses.