The Washington times., 1930-12-15
APTAN LAST TO QUIT BOAT JUMPS INTO SEA WITHOUT LIFE BEL
YACHT SAVES
MANY. FROM
DROWNING

UIIUUVIVU
Baby Rescued as Its Father
Passes 1t Aboard and Then
Vanishes; Bodies Recovered
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today by Fred G.. Norman, New
York city police sergeant, who
was among the rescued passen-
gers.
Orchestra Praised
Describing the disaster, Ser
Keant Norman said:
"A three-piece orch e Stra
played like heroes to prevent
= a panic when the fire broke
out. The musicians were among
the last to leave the boat. /
was among the last but the
crew went among the first.
"Panic reigned when the
flames spread rapidly. Every
one was running around yelling
fire The captain and the
crew made no attempt to Or
ganize the situation. Two men
pulled down life preserves.
They were held in racks be.
tween decks. I did not see any
hfebOats."
Sinking Described
Arthur S. Deem, of Reading.
Pa, one of the rescued passen-
gers, said he was below decks
when a blast shook the boat.
He said one and possibly two
explosions followed the first. He
said:
''The boat began to rock
then and it seemed as though
IL was sinking. Flames were
coming out of the engine room
and saw some Of the people
had been thrown into the
water. Others jumped in. I
think q gasoline explosion
caused theI fire."
A calmer version Of the dis
aster was told today by Miss
Adele Adelburg, of Louisville, KY.
She said that Captain Styles was
calm during the fire and explo.
sion and advised the passengers
to obtain life preservers and leap
into the sea. She said the life
belts were distributed without
confusion and she denied there
was q panic among the pas
'sengers. I E.
The 131 passengers and crew
OF seven, the passengers includ
ing many women and children,
were hurled into the sea by an
explosion, the cause of which was
not determined.
Yachts Rescue Many
Passing yachts and other boats
rescued 102 of the passengers as
they struggled in the ocean.
Others may have been picked up
at some distance from the point
where the boat famed and then
sank, although a check early to-
day showed only five missing.
The yachts DOrOthea and Lois
Ann, which rescued many, ar
rived here with their decks
weighed down with passengers
and for a time it was feared they
would not reach dock safely. The
Lois Ann rescued SO.
Captain Styles said he was in
the pilot house and first heard
the alarm when women paSSen-
gers started to scream. He said
he remained on the boat after
all the others had been thrown
overheard and that his search
had revealed no one on board
just before the craft sank.
Plane Sights Fire
The captain said he jumped
into the sea after the search
without lifebelt and swan 100
feet to a floating barrel where
he clung until picked up.
The fire on the craft was first
sighted by the pilot of a Pan
American mail plane flying from
Nassau to Miami and he gave the
alarm when he landed in Miami.
D. w. Barrett, owner of the
yacht Dorothea, was about 10
miles from the Eureka II when
he noticed the smoke and flames.
He turned his yacht and rushed
to the scene, taking 35 on board.
He could carry no more with
safety, S. H. Halsey, with mis-
speed boat, rescued many others.
Mr. Barrett told of futile at
temptS made by many of the
passengers struggling in the
water to get on his yacht. He
said:
Zone man was h0Iding a
baby in his arms. He pulled
himself alongside the yacht and
begged that the child be taken
aboard. Don't save me, but
save the baby he cried to us.
We pulled the baby on bOaxd
but we did not have room for
the man."
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