New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
90 Rescued
From Liner
By Police
Continued from, page I

troll. Mrs. Thomas had been thrown
against berth during heavy storm
last Wednesday and her left eye was
severely cut. She refused medical at
tention, saying she preferred to wait
until she reached home. Captain Seay
also was patient.
The master of the vessel was trans
ferred despite his vigorous protests,
because he had been severely bruised
in the fall last Thursday morning, as
he was ascending the bridge ladder 10
take the wheel during heavy blow.
His knees were lacerated and he was
sent to his home at 275 Halsey Street,
Brooklyn, for treatment. He is thirty
two years old. The captain said he
had left Norfolk with his craft at S
p. m. last Tuesday, expecting as usual
to arrive in New York in nineteen
hours 1t was nearer ninety hours later
that the passengers stepped ashore at
Pier A, the Battery.
ut was one of the worst gales
ever encountered in all my experience"
Captain Seay said. "We missed the
entrance to the channel completely and
couldn't judge the distance on account
of the sleet. snow and heavy seas"
The captain was enthusiastic over
the behavior of his passengers and the
crew.
The passengers behaved we'll and
were cheerful" he said. at was too
bad we had to give them hardtack and
canned food, but the rolling and pitch
ing Of the ship made the preparation
of meal impossible, although we had
plenty Of provisions aboard.
II don't think the Princess Anne is in
dangerous position, and 1 shall return
to superintend the effort to boat her
as soon as I can get around"
1t was o'clock when the commander
Of the wrecked ship reached his home
His wife and two daughters were on
the steps 80 greet him.
Il knew God would send me back to
YOU" he sobbed as he embraced them
You were with me all through it,"
They put him to bed, where he soon
became delirious with a high fever.
keep up courage" he shouted, try
ing to raise himself in the bed "I'll
do all | can. Keep praying! Keep
praying!"
The Merritt Chapman Wrecking Com
pany's tugs were standing by the
grounded steamship when the passen-
gers left her yesterday together with
several other vessels, which found it
impossible to venture close enough to
try rescue. Work of salving the
wreck will begin at once. The crew
numbered seventytwo men, leaving
forty-four able sailors aboard to help
the wreckers.
Stories the passengers told on their
arrival bore out the statement made
earlier by the captain. Marshall Mil
stead, the third assistant engineer, said:
despite the storm, we were making
good headway until we struck the
shoal. While we were working in the
engine room Friday, few hours after
we struck, water started to run in. 1t
put out the fires and that shut off heat
and light. She had only small hole
aft, but the seams have opened and
flooded the hold"
Mrs. Pasternac, having forgotten
quickly the shortage of cooked food
inclined to treat her experience good
naturedly.
It's funny" she said, Smiling at
her husband. "Two years ago almost
to day we started on our honeymoon.
Now we are returning from funny
moon.'"
Miss Kaese, who was the proprietor
OF dance studio in Norfolk, was un-
stinted in her praise Of the officers, the
crew and her fellow passengers for the
attention they had paid the women
aboard the craft.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas were in the
first boatload of rescued. They had
been spending the winter in the South.
He is an architect.
eve can't make kick" Thomas said.
1--WE got just as good treatment as was
possible"
Many amusing incidents marked the
transfer of the walters and cooks of the
crew, who were counted as Surplus"
and not needed in the work of salvage.
When one of the walters clambered
aboard policeman implored him:
Got anything on the hip?"
"Nuthin' but money, boss" the res
cued man replied.
There was a tense atmosphere on
the Princess Anne Friday morning just
after she had struck, it was said by
some Of the crew, and throughout the
day during the strong northeast wind
that piled the waves high over the port