The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-08
Flan1ir1g Ship Was
 Frightful Scene
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at the Fitkin Memorial hospita l. Spring Lake, was Antonio Mata, 19, of Havana, who swam the eight miles to shore without a life pre- server.
 As the morning wore on, bodies and some living humans, saved by their life belts, were being swept ashore through the pounding surf along the New Jersey shore.
 -fA Dramatic Incident
 One of the most dramatic of such incidents came when Mrs Mary Robinson, of Richmond Hill, New York, was hurled through the breakers, semi-conscious and de- lirious after more than five hours of exposure to the waves and storm.
 Where is my daughter, where is Lucille" she cried continuously. while Red Cross officials gave her first aid. treatment in the fire sta- tion, which had been turned into a.i emergency hospital.
 lSo word of her missing daugh- ter had been received.
 Mrs Robinson leaped from the burning ship, clad in her night clothes and the hastily tied pre- server, and swan nearly all of the six miles to land, buffeted by the storm. s
 oLuciHe wore white evening gown. We must find her" she
 Among others who were brought safely ashore was Mrs Florence Roberts, of Pawtucket, R. l.
 John Messick, secretary of P. A. s. Franklin, head of the Interna- tionaI Mercantile Marine, an- nounced that the Ward line would take surviving passengers to New York today by special train, prob- ably over the Pennsylvania road.
 New York, Sept S.-UP)-The Morro Castle was one of the luxury ships running out of New York. Launched in 1880 following an out lay of $5,OGO,000, she made her maiden voyage May 23, l930.
 She was propelled by electric turbines and while her cruising speed was 21 knots an hour, she was capable of greater speed. She was sos feet long, her tonnage was 11,52O, and had modern quarters for 500 passengers. Her pubic rooms equaled any of the giant liners in the North Atlantic trade.
 On her first voyage she reached Havana in 59 hours, not a record for the run, but of the best for boats in the regular Havana New York service. The Cunarder Mau- retania, on a special cruise, estab- lished the record of less than 50 hours. The Morro Castle held the record for the Havana to New York run of 58 hours.
 She was built by the Newport News shipbuilding and dry dock company and was considered the best ship cf the Ward line.
 Swam Eight Miles
 Neptune, N. J., Sept. S--(UP)- Mrs. Howard Panino, one of the Morro Castles passengers, swam eight miles through a heavy sea 10 shore. She leaped from the flaming deck and from the sea saw her husband jump a moment later. She never saw him again.
 Both the Paninos had strapped on life preservers before they jumped.
 When she reached point some soc feet off shore, lifeguards on the Ashbury Park beach saw her. They .swam. out and aided her ashore. She was brought to Fitkm Memorial hospital here where she was treated for shock. 4
 The Paninos are from Bangor, Pa.
 Some Still Alive.
 Asbury Park, N. J., Sept S-(U P1-Some survivors apparently are still alive aboard the drifting. charred hulk of the Moro Castle. n rlane which flew over the wreck shortly after 10 a. m. reported. Tho pilot said he could see human figures on what was left of the liner, and that they appeared to be moving. ..
 The wreck was surrounded by q fleet of speed boats, launches, yachts and ocean liners doing res cue work.
 Those still aboard were under stood to be first officer E. F.. Worms, who took command after the death of the captain, several other ships officers and members of the. crew.
 Blazing Inferno
 Passengers, asieep in their state rooms, met blazing inferno when they struggled to escape. Of the 12 lifeboats carried by the holiday liner. only half were launched.
 A dozen rescue ships. called to the scene, only a few miles off the North Jersey shore. were able to pick up several score survivors, many of them members of the crew. while the great ship out of control, | lurched, swung crazily through the trough of the high seas.
 Rain squalls heavy swells. and a high wind contributed to the horror. Survivors reached shore ex- hausted. burned, and, injured. Many of them were forbidden to talk'' by officials of the Ward Line who hastened to the nearest poirt of land where, one by one. surf boats were bringing the battered passengers to shore.
 The first stories were incoherent and confused. Out of them came the general. statement that Eve wSre trapped like rats in our cab- ines-we7 had no time to get out"
 Members of the crew told of be-