New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
27 | Rescued
From POwhatas1
s af e in Port
Steamer Northern Pacific
Here After Stormy Trip
With Passengers and Grew
She Saved From Liner

Inc 1!eet transport Northern Pacific.
which sped to the aid Of the disabled
transport Powhatan southeast of Hall
fax and snatched the helpless pas
sengers of that vessel from their haz-
ardous abode came to port yesterday
amid scrccching applause from harbor
craft
Hardly q siren or whistle along the
waterfront from Quarantine TO Hobo
ken was silent as the rescung vessel
came up the bay. 1t was not unlike
the reception accorded the first trans
ports to come home with their war
rlors from the battlefields of France.
Passengers Game Lot
As she warped into her dock at Pier
). Hoboken, a sailor leaning over the
Northern Pacific bow shouted to
friend on the stringpiece: "We've got
EN- all, and. believe me. they are
game bunch."
This little obse rvation Of the man
on the transports bow was borne out
later, when the passengers Of the yes
sci herself and those Of the Powhatan
came ashore. Everybody had a good
word to say for one another, and no
praise seemed to be adequate to ex-
press the admiration the rescued pas
scngers felt for the Powhatan's officers
that helped save them.
The Powhatan's passengers had suf-
fered from the icy weather of the At
lantic for five days on ship that was
devoid of heat. 1t was something that
neither they nor their officers could
help, and they accepted II like good
American sports.
Through out the hours Of uncertainty
there never was the slightest sign Of
fear apparent among any of the 271
passengers. The eight children aboard
thought they were having the time Of
their lives, and the eleven women
showed pluck that long will be remem-
bered by officers and men of the Pow
hatan.
End of~a Perfect Day.
Mrs. John A. Worden, of Mckinley,
Tex, wife Of Lieutenant Colonel Wor-
den. OF the American Embassy at Paris,
was the first woman aboard the trans
port TO make light of what was re-
garded as serious situation.
When the glow Of the electric lights
faded and the ship was in total dark
ness q Quartermaster procured a candle
and lighted the way to d lounge. Mrs.
Worden followed him and, lingering the
keys of The piano, played THE End of
Perfect Day
The sound OF her music rose above
the roar Of the gale and the crashing
OF the seas against the high steel sides
Of the transport and gave courage TO
the others. Presently other travellers
CROPPED their way TO the lounge. some
q h1.l n o. al oil nd
other musical instruments. and in
short while there was real concert
under way.
Every one knew something was
wrong with the Powhatan, and uncer-
tainty as to their plight had made some
OF the passengers fearful. The CON
cert. however, had tided them over for
few hours until Captain Randall
joined his passengers and told them
exactly what had happened
He concealed nothing. The passen-
gers believed in him and his ability to
pull them through He assured them
that the buikheads would keep out the
flood until help arrived. and from that
moment there was no more worry
aboard the Powhatan.
Heroine Stricken
For five days Mrs. Worden went
about the ship giving cheer and cour-
age TO her fellow travellers. but finally
was stricken with pneumonia after she
and her three children had been safely
put aboard the Northern Pacific 1t is
believed that her illness was actually
brought on through extreme exposure
while in the lifeboat with her children
on the way to the rescuing vessel
She stood by the rope ladder as her
little ones were helped down the tall
sides of the Powhatan and even in the
lifeboat parted with her cloak to pro-
vide extra covering for her infant
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