The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-07
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 BEING LANDED
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 London, of Mexico City, and her two children, Elias 3, and Fannie 2, were swept out of a lifeboat by a wave. too far for rescue. With q child under each arm she swam for half an hour. When taken aboard the Oceano, Elias appeared dead. Seamen applied artificial respiration for two hours and re- vived him.
 In No Sfofe Danger
 Out at MataniIla Shoals where the Havana still was held fast, seas were reported subsiding and the ship was said to be in no further danger. Captain A. w. Peterson and all members of his crew not needed to man the lifeboats. had remained aboard. An effort to re- float her will be made today.
 Thirty of the crew were landed here.. Thirteen were aboard the Petcn. Eighty-two rem in e d aboard.
 Fourth Officer John Rich, fin charge of the five lifeboats launched by the Havana yesterday morning, was aboard the Oceano He believed faulty navigation ni- struments caused the wreck. They showed the Havana 25 miles of the shoals few minutes before the ship piled up in heavy seas. Visibility was bad.
 Will Ask Medal
 Dr Howard Fox, New York, one of the passengers, said he planned to ask Carnegie hero medal for Seaman Failslas.
 There were 22 of us passengers In Fauslas' lifeboat," Dr Fox said We were lowered from the Hnv- ana safety and got away from the ships side without trouble. The sea was heavy and the waves breaking over the shoals, sent up great sheets of spray.
 He said the wave that flooded the boat in which there were 22 passengers, tore the oars out of the sailors hands. Faislas maintained a grip on one oar and that was the only oar in the boat.
 For three hours that mar used that one oar to keep the boat headed into the waves, certainly preventing our capsizing," he said i've had four women in our boat and as it was half filled with water things looked bad. To save the women, Fauslas tied them together got a line to another lifeboat. and pushed them into the sea. They were dragged through the watei to the safety of the other boat which lessened the danger for them and lightened our boat"
 Some Were Critical
 While all the passengers praised the conduct of the seamen who manned the lifeboats, some were critical of Captain Peterson and ol the Havana's equipment. Anna Brady, New York, and her brother Frank, said the lifeboats were launched too soon and that the passengers need not have left the Havana until the seas had calmed sufficiently to assure perfect safe. ty. The boat they were in almost sank because 1t was waterlogged they said. They sat waist-deep ir water until piccked up.
 Only one person was known tc be dead. He was R. W. Rittenhouse a passenger of New York City, who died of apoplexy soon after tht boat in which he had a seat, wal launched.
 Four girls, all art students oi Bennington College, Bennington vt, said they had enjoyed every minute of their experience. They are Constance Wiggiesworth, IS Camberidge. Mass, Lucy Lee, Vel. lesley, Mass, Ernestine Cohen, New York, and Adele May, New York They are en route to Mexico City and will continue their trip.
 The Havana Is of 1000 tons and was built in 1907. She was rebuilt in 1927 at a cost of $1.000 900. She was three days out when she piled up on the reefs which are off tho northern tip of the Bahamas.