Evening star., 1922-03-26
FLYER, IN DELIRIpM,
CRIES FOR MOTHER
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SttIS ! VII WV IIues
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to recover somewhat, though he ap-
peared to be entirely out of his mind.
"On his person we found three dol
lar bills in which he had torn holes
in his delirium. pair of glasses.
which had been smashed. and a wom-
ans vanity case"
Believes Woman Mother.
Mrs. Williams. who reluctantly re-
linquished him to the doctors aboard
the submarine chaser which went out
to meet the William Green, said that
Moore had been in a constant delirium
through the night and was under the
impression that she was his mother.
He told her practically the, whole
story of his experiences during the
fifty-six hours he had l. cen adrift in
the gulf stream.
1t appears that the Miss Miami had
broken her propeller when about nj
teen miles from Bimini, and that she
had descended in the gulf stream
during gale. All through that night
and the next day the flying boat
drifted helplessly northward. becom-
ing swamped after being in the
water a few hours An effort was
made to pump the water out OF the
cockpit, but the seas were running so
high that the cockpit was filled each
time a wave washed over the fragile
craft.
On Thursday morning, as related
by Moore to Mrs. Williams, the pom
toon of the boat sprung aleak and
soon afterwards turned turtle. Ihe
three men-Moore, Butte and Smith
managed to drag the exhausted wom-
en- to the top of the boat. where
Moore endeavored to hold them.
Women Die In Arms.
One by one, however, the women
died in his arms and slipped into the
sea, the fury of which seemed to in
crease with each passing hour.
First, Mrs j. S. Dickson of Memphis,
died and fell into the ocean. Then Mrs!
Butte gave up the struggle, and finally
Mrs. Smith also succumbed. Both OF
the other men. by this time were COM
pletely demented and, losing their holds
on the precarious flying boat. slipped
into the ocean. When night came on,
Moore alone remained on the boat
I'm some manner" said Mrs. Will
liams, Moore said he managed to OBJ
tain a piece of rope, fastening one end
round his waist and the other around
his neck and to the plane. This
alone saved him from being Wasneo
into the ocean with the other five
members of the party. On Friday
morning the pilot. having been two
days without food and water, was
almost at the end of his resources
Passed by Nine ships.
During his delirium he told me
that nine ships had passed him while
he was in the water, one of them
being so close that he could read
the name. Though he waved fran
tically no one apparently saw him,
leaving him to his fate.
Just before one of the men went
to his death he handed Moore large
sum of money, asking him to save it,
but Moore threw it into the ocean.
When he was rescued all he had on
him was So.
Mrs. Williams was the only per-
son on the boat the half -demented
man would allow to touch him. am
it was not until she promised to
go with him that he allowed himself
to be removed from the tanker to
the submarine chaser. He was under
the impression that Ashe was his
mother, and he told her of his heroic
efforts to save the three dying women
under the strictest admonition that
she would not say anything about it
to any one else.
Cries He Did Utmost.
He kept telling me that he had
done his utmost to save the women
said Mrs. Williams, land that he had
held them above the water'unti they
died in his arms"
The decision to bring Moore back
to Miami was reached early Satur-
day morning after word had been
received from the captain of the Will
liam Green by wireless that the
tanker had picked up lone sur
vivor off Fort Pierce The submarine
for an emergency and she left the
municipal tier at 5:45 Saturday morn
ing, heading out to sea in search of
the tanker. which it was estimated
would be somewhere off Miami about
z o'clock.
n uedNS sea was Stlll running anu
the small boat was at times COM
pletely submerged by the waves.
Every one aboard was seasick, includ
ing the two doctors. who were going
out to give the rescued man first aid.
In fact SO sick did the physicians be-
come that when the tanker was final
ly located about twenty-four miles
north of Miami and about twelve
miles out in the gulf stream, they
were almost as badly in need of at
tention as the injured pilot.
Perilous Task. 81
The task of transferring the sick
man from the tanker to the sub
marine chaser in a heavy sea, with
half gale blowing, presented almost
herculean difficulties. but, after halt
an hours work. the little chaser was
finally nayigated into the lee of the
tanker and made fast. Before this
could be done, however, the chaser
undergo considerable repairs before
/ 1t can be put to sea again. -,
Capt. Thomas James, in charge OF
the submarine chaser 154, said the
task was the most difficult he had
ever been called upon to accomplish
and, under ordinary circumstances,
he would have LAUGHED q small boat
and made the transfer in that way,
The case was so urgent, however.
that he decided to take a chance. and
by expert seamanship. managed to
bring his boat alongside. after three
attempts, and made fast.
Mrs. Williams sat by the sick mans
bedside moistening his lips with
sponge and he refused to allow the
men to lift him onto the fmprovised
Stretcher until Mrs pWi3ltamS, Whom