Evening star., 1934-09-09
MYSTERY CLOAKS ORIGIN
OF MORRO CASTLE BLAZE:
LIST OF MISSING NOW 225
From Those Who Liued
to Tell the Tale
tcopyright. 1884. by the Associated pressl

Copyright by Associate dPres)
NC LAKE LAX j. September aoT sFghtng M for their lives
for hours exhausted but keeping onfor ahead somewhere
Thus tonight Moro
Point 6 Mrs Abr cGhn
Hartford Conn., for six hours to reach land after jumping
9ssa s es m
hatc5Tsy husband svsksnsd 6sthTO6ss
@
one seemed excited
didn't
Jumped Over Rail.
Nfy husband and way railing
decided the thing do to Jump We did guess
Once in the water our first thought was vas to get away from
But after started while we didn't see any more
I'VE saw the lights on the shore We struck for
The water The waves seemed to help US along Best
help each other keep s0st and then lone one of us
the
Side by SIDE the co6ens rested in the hospital They said
they probably would be able to return home tonight
Second Couple Rescued.
together through They Mr and Mrs Stephen
hanging Top slid part Of the the water
n. and aOats the sad fo five
All spring Lake Summer estates the wealthy
SURVIVORS
Tonight down The sit sqrgsd high Fish
on 0 s va 0ak % asa r either those a
along shorelne watchers They too, had their
the ons a the s beach o it. e Sea e M tossed By S
wave would then carry it back
weakened condition He could hardly hang
on ags % the
the ey @ body Of ne ne an0 WIN
One fishing boats that able make in midday
space on its deck
Clung To Charred Wood.
sf s
York of than theescoe saved by the fishing
awakened about o'clock BY the smell of smoke she
%daea 5 % Sn M fssk Ha1F W 5es
how serious it
% to s See so tn san That
had the boat much longer had life preseryeE
grabbed for
old who said she couldn't hold on much
Finally she sad can't make it, Then she slipped off
be in the water all morning until the fishing Ing
boat along and picked us up never felt better in my life
Family Jumps Together.
Charles Hoffman of his wife
and daughters Together with they had been return
don't much happened" Hoffman said as he lay
smoke He awakened the rest the family deck
Soon the flames grow bigger and we all jumped over
board together.
Il picked by boat and by another, but
where wife and daughterS?"
Cullen of York told how cocktail party
suddenly broken clouds of smoke rolled into the ships
lounge of the party rushed doorway what
don't much what happened" she said II jumped
into the water and foated for few hours on log until
picked up by boat"
Recount Horrors of Fire.
Thirty and cots in the Fitkn
Hospital at Neptune City today and recouned the
horrors of the fire.
Martha Bradbury, a Presbyterian Hospital, New
inquired for of her companion Lillian
Dawson, with whom she tried to swim ashore
"I afraid Lillian was lost said Miss Bradbury.
the behaved well after the fire broke out
related There crowds the deck but seemed
excited.
Then else Said Don't sing that at time like this Say
prayers instead
Every began praying. When could not get
in a boat, Lillian and decided to Jump. -
At though had hard time getting to the rail be-
of the hrong of other people who could not make up their
minds.
FINALLY jump 1t must have been about
o'clock
I'm moment could Lillian swimming beside in the
thing We could land and when other
ships arrived, could see them.
Vas So Cold.
1--WE swan as hard could but didn't to get any
cold and didn't have anything
people swimming They
nothing their night clothes
About later heard friend say can't keep
up very much longer. didn't her any
"The rough and not until or 10 o'clock
CONTINUED Column %