The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
SURVIVOR OF. WRECKED SEAPLANE
 STILL DELIRIO US
Piece by Piece Pilot Reveals Tragic Story of Clinging to Wreckage of Plane for
 Two Days
By Associated Press

Miami, Fla, March 25.-Nursed by a woman whom he believes to be his mother, and whom he refuses to permit to leave his side, Robert Moore, pilot and lone survivor of six persons on the ill-fated Miss Miami, which left this port last Wednesday, lies in hospital tonight in state of delirium, more dead than alive.
 Moore was taken off the tanker William Greene early this morning as she passed here. by submarine chaser. All during last night he was tenderly cared for by Mrs. J. Will Hams. wife of an official of the Pan- American Petroleum corporation. who was a passenger on the William Greene. This morning when the re- lief boat pulled alongside the big ship, Moore refused to go without her. When reassured that she would be there, he finally permitted himself to be transferred. to the smaller craft and brought to hospital here, where another woman took up the task of trying to pacify his wander ing mind.
 Piece by piece during the night and day. Moore has revealed the tragic story of his terrible experi- ences. clinging two days and two nights to the Mreckage of the lost flying boat.
 No Trace of Others
 No trace had been found tonight of the bodies of MT. and Mrs. August Bulte and MT. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Smith of Kansas City. and Mrs. J. S. Dickson of Memphis. Tenn, who, one by one, gave up their lives as the struggle became too much for them.
 Moore's statements while aboard the tanker were retold today by the captain. Charles A. Wachsmuth.
 T was about 41 miles off the East Indian inlet" said Captain Wach- smuth, when, just about dusk, sighted a mile to port what appeared to be a human figure feebly waving his arms a mile off the starboard bow. We drew close until we could discern a man, who appeared to be 1ashed to a strut. We hove to, launched a boat, and rowed out to the rescue. A heavy sea was run ming and it was no easy task, but, after considerable difficulty, we man aged to get him aboard. He was lashed with a piece of rope about his neck and another piece about his waist, and was totally exhausted.
 As we cut him loose, he mur- mured. Pm sorry. to put you fellows to so much trouble Then he be- came unconscious.
 We found that he had attached himself in some manner to an over aA ton in which he was picked up was latitude 27.SS north, longitude 7s.23 vest. The time was 6:30 D. m.
 Whole Body BIistered
 @We undressed him and placed him fin my cabin where he was cared for through tho night by Mrs. J. Will Hams, a passenger. We found that his entire body was biistered and burnt, and that his lips were so badly swollen he could not open his mouth. His eyes, from the salt water and blazing sun, were in such condition that at first we thought he was blinded, but after Mrs. Williams had bathed his face he seemed to re- cover somewhat, though he appeared to be entirely out of his mind.
 "On his person we found three dollar bills in which he had torn holes in his delirium, pair of EiaSS88 a woman's vanity case"
 Mrs Williams, who reluctantly re- linquished him to the doctors aboard the submarine chaser which went out to meet the William Greene, 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 experience r 1 adrift in the Gulf Stream.
 Descended in Gale It appears that che Miss Miami had broken her propeller when about 15 miles from Bimini, and that she had descended in the Gulf Stream during a gale. Al: through that night and the next day the flying boat drifted heiplessly northward, be-. coming swamped after being in the water a few hours. An effort was made to pump the water out of the cockpit, but the sea was 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 leak and soon afterwards turned turtle. The three men-Moore, Bulte and Smith managed to urdB the eAnduSteu Wou- en to the top of the boat. where Moore endeayored to hold them. One by one, however, the women died in his arms and slipped into the sea, the fury of which seemed to ] increase with each passing hour.
 First, Mrs. J. S. Dickson of Mem phis died and fell into the ocean. Then Mrs. Bulte gave up the strug- gle and finally Mrs. Smith also suc- cunlbed. Bulte and Smith by this