Evening star., 1928-11-15

ia Presumably Dead. as.lz4 =
r,e tragedy in figures today stood AZ
ga reeclIed' ia presumably oeao.
sr,,-s,,tv-tvro bodies had been recovered,
r-,se rne Kissing included 27 women and Is
o.;I5ren An the children VINO Were
aboard perished, apparently. 80 aSn
S,,o,ne,, were saved. Besides those iano-
~ =, New York. eight survivors were
et,oard the battlesfip Wyoming, Wnlcn
MAS ordered to put into HampVon
Soans' 9T'os cause m Of the sudden disaster TO
Che supposedly seaworthy VeSsei re-
raained in doubt. s -,
several theories were advanced @ ~
survivors, One was that tne calsu
patches were not securely tasteneo; on. !
other that the bow was stove IN pS 9 :
mountainous wave, ana anoIl't. a Snret r,,sseS
coal hole was left open que W i10''O
hinges.
Thinks Cargo Shifted.
Dav;d Cook. vice president OF san.
Sereor g. IONS. Inc, agents 1or Iils
nu,1ers the Lamport & Holt Line, -
sued a statement expressing the peAle.
thaf the cargo of Grated automopneS
the l1old had shifted, breaking open
.,Ithead and starting leak WHICH per
rnitted the seas to rush In; 49,,
He said this possible shifting OF mIns m
carCo could have been caused py Cns
heayv seas the ship encountered. He
rsoorted the surviving officers as say
inc that never in their experience max
fhev seen such gigantic seas.
THE captain of the Vestris, Willlam :, =
Carev. who might have explained IL an
is dead. Several survivors told OF SeenIs
him at the rail of the snip as sne 1ol
her fatal plunge and then, WITHOUT
life belt. he either jumped or was SWep
into the water. "Good-by all" were MI
nartine words as he went overheard.
charge that the ship was llstlnt
when she left port was made by Cario
Ouiros, chancellor of the Argentln'
Consulate. one of the rescued pas
sengers, who said the list became NOR
and more pronounced as she continued
her voyage south.
Cites inspection Ruling.
This. however, was denied by MI
Cook, who pointed out that the Snll
had been inspected three days befor'
she sailed by Federal inspectors ant
pronounced absolutely seaWorthy.
Most of the passengers were plGCer II
their denunciations of the captains ac
tions and those of his crew. Inc;
charged the captain was overconf1dent
citing his failure to send out an 3 y
until Monday morning, hours after tn
dangerous condition had become appar
enG to those experienced in sea traVel
There were charges that the GREY
stampeded for the lifeboats, that IN
lifeboats themselves were unseaWorIn
and poorly handled; that partly nlle'
boats were rowed cold bloodedly pas
Ir1ak
water.
First Boats Smashed.
Most heartbreaking of the stories o
the sinking told was that of two life
boat loads of women and children
which were smashed against the SIDE
of the ship as they were being lowered
The tragedy was that those two boats
the first away by rule of the sea, wer
the only ones lowered which did not &c
safely away from the ship. Anothe
beat sprang leak and turned over, bu
several of the occupants were able {
save themselves by clinging to wreck
age.
Along with the tales of horror wer
those Of heroisn1. of little negro quar-
terrnaster, Lionel Licorish, who guide
one of the lifeboats safely through tn
terrible night before help came, divln
into the water again and again to res
cue persons floating in lifebelts or hang
ing to wreckage.
Still cruising over the scene of tF
disaster today were two Coast Guar
destroyers and two salvage tugs, bl
theirs was believed to be a hopele'
quest. Only stray bit of wreckag
perhaps an occasional body bobbing Q
the wabes, was all they had seen fl
hours. -
All except nine of the known su
Action Pictures of