The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-14

bailing went on Sunday morning
when the vessel began to list, but
no S o S was sent for nearly "a
hours.
If assistance had been summoned
q day earlier it was suggested that
ships would have been standing by
when the boats were launched with
the chances against any loss Of life.
Stories of pathos and enthusiastic
praise of the heroism Of the passen-
gers suddenly precipitated from the
comfort of a modern ocean liner to
open boats in the wide spaces of the
sea were heard on every side.
In Sea Whole Day
At least two passengers, q man
and q woman, were in the water for
almost an entire day. p. A. Dana, a
radio corporation official, and Mrs.
Clara Ball, a stewardess, were
saved after they had maintained a
precarious hold on floating debris
for nearly "a hours.
Mrs. Earl Devore saw her hus-
band, an automobile racing driver,
sink, as she vainly tried to induce
occupants Of her boat to give him
a hand.
Michael ]. O'Loughlin, chief wire
less operator, although bound by no
such tradition of the sea as that
forcing Captain Carey to stand by
his ship, died hero's death after
doing all that he could to tell the
world Of ships Of the desperate
plight of the vestris.
The radio man sent his last mess
age "help, help" a. the lifeboats
were being lowered. He was asking
help for others, but not for him
self.
The tragedy Of the disaster, If the
passengers and sailors are correct
in their summing up, was that the
calls were sent too late.
Sees Husband Sink
Mrs. Earl Dsvore saw the lifeboat
in which her husband, an automobile
racer, was sitting, 60 down. The
small crew Of negro seamen In her
own boat, she said, refused to 60 to
the aid Of those struggling in the
water after their craft had been
lost.
It would be dangerous to let 80
many additional human beings clam
Der into their boat. the negroes told
her, Mrs. Devore reported.
She called them towards, but they
were sullen.
"sit down." they yelled, and she
had to obey.
Alfredo Ramos, an Argentine stud
ent who was returning home on the
Vestris after = vacation here and in
Europe, told Of the horror Of pass
engers placed in lifeboats which
could not be lowered TO the water.
Jump For Lives
He was in one Of four such craft
he said, swung out over the waves on
tho davits and then left hanging
there. He with some Of the others
took to the water, trusting 10 their
lifebelts. He never saw the others
again and had no knowledge wheth-
or they had been saved.
e. J. Marvin Of Mountclair, N. j.,
representative Of the Standard OIL
company Of New Jersey, said the ~.
sponsibility would rest with Captain
Carey. Mr.. Marvin said the skipper
had been derelict in not summoning
aid "a hours earlier.
Marvin also declared that had the
lifeboats been sound and properly
launched there would have been nd
loss Of life, since the water, though
rough, was warm. However, no said
the sea was ct no time 90 turbulent
that the boats could not have been
navigated.
Crew Went Down
Marvin indicated that many Of the
crew, still vuAecoqnted for, might
have gone down with the ship.
George Santana Of New York
told the story Of Captain Csrey's
disappearance.
Santana asserted he tried to