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

reach three lifeboats but each denied
him entrance.
II found myself on the topside,"
he continued, "alone, save for Cap
tain Carey. He was wearing q
heavy top coat but no lifebelt. The
ship began sinking fast. You could
feel her going down beneath you.
Sinks Beneath Feet
"Then we went down. 1t seemed a
huge wave was pouring over us and
the captain and myself were both
in the water. We, we're drawn down
by the suction. I came up and
reached for a floating box. didn't
see the captain again. l don't know
how long floated, but finally was
picked up by lifeboat Number 5.
II had been swimming after the
boat for some time, but the negro
members of the crew rowed away.
"Other people were begging to get
aboard too, but the negroes didn't
seem to want any more aboard. But
Chief Engineer Adams made them
stop and we swan 20 the boat and
were taken in"
New York, Nov. 14.-(AP)-
Criticisms of Captain William Carey,
master Of the Vestris, were voiced
today by some Of the 1875 survivors
of the liner who reached port on the
American shipper.
Rescued passengers and members
Of the crew alike were rather severe
in their references to the captains
delay in sending out the first s o s
on Monday morning and in ordering
the lifeboats out.
Not q life would have been lost,
passengers said, had the boats been
safe and properly equipped, or had
they been launched before the awk-
ward listing Of the ship. The sharp
angle which she took made every de-
scent into . life craft trip Of ter
ror and confusion, it was said.
The experience they had been
through was written sharply on the
pale, drawn faces of the survivors
brought by the American Shipper.
Several passengers had had medical
attention, especially those who had
been long exposed to wind and water
% they awaited rescue in the life
boats.
Some said that the friendly gulf
stream had been responsible for the
saving Of many lives, for the water
that drenched their clothing was
warm.
Captain Frederick Sorenson, a
passenger Of the Vestris who holds
4 masters license, was particularly
bitter in his criticism Of what he
called the criminal neglect" which
he said marked the disaster.
II know about Ships" he said.
"The reason the vessel foundered is
criminal neglect. The captain did
everything wrong. He should have
had ships standing by US long before
he did. Not Z passenger should
have been sent overheard before
other vessels were standing Bly,"
New York, Nov. 14.-(P-The
rescue ship Berlin, bringing % sur
vivors Of the Vestris, locked shortly
after 8 o'clock this morning.
Regular first class passengers
were debarked first, as great crowd
watched with eager faces from the
pier, hoping to catch = glimpse Of
friends or relatives who had been
picked up by the North German
Lloyd liner.
Wearing borrowed clothes, worn
and unkempt, % Of the 22O survivors
Of the disaster came back to New
York on the Berlin ct almost the
same time that 125 others were ar
irving on the American Shipper.
Among the survivors on the Berlin
there was considerable difference. Of
opinion as to the cause Of the
disaster.
Blame Shifted Cargo
Archibald Bannister, negro bos'n's
mate, believed that sudden shifting
OF the cargo in stormy weather was