The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-25

l Paid for entirely by coal in 1 POland's first transatlantic liner, sliding down the ways In its gala operate from the new Polish port, mor, Wilmington. Del; Miss c. l Oakes, New York; Julius Palmer | New York; Julian Peabody and Mrs Peabody, Westbury, N. Y.; William Dwight symmes, New | York.
 John Telfor, one of the passen- gers on the Algonquin, Is assistant chief engineer of the Mexican na- tional railways. He was travelling home with his wife and two small children. Prof Cleland was accom- panied by six of his students. They were enroutc to Mexico for a geological survey of Yucatan. officers of Liner The officers of the Mohawk in addition to Captain Wood were: Chief Officer Cort M. Federsen, Second Officer Malcolm RigOulot, Third Officer Robert Jackson, Chief Engineer Claude Martin, ships physician, Dr. William $. Voorhies.
 Sea Girt, where the collision took place, is just five miles down | the New Jersy coast from Asbury Park. Last September crowds stood on the beach at ABbury Park and watched the Ward liner Mor- row Castle turn night into day with her funeral pyre. Last night watchers stood on the shore at Sea Girt watching a new ship dis aster that could have been under other circumstances, another trag- edy.
 Saw The scarchlights
 These watchers saw the search lights of the rescue ships sweeping the sea. Now and then they fell on lifeboats. visible through bi- noculars. These lifeboats, trailed every inch of the way by the fin ger of light, rowed up to the side of the ship and their human car go taken aboard.
 The decks of the doomed Mo- hawk were ablaze with light. Through binoculars, watchers could make out dimly boats inch. ing down her sides. Then the Mo- hawk seemed to lunge forward. Then her lights went out. No one need have said what had hap pened. but an oil-skinned fisher man among the watchers did say to his companion:--
 "Tha she went, mate. Another good ship for DaVy."
 Bridge Bound Deserted
 Ernest Cole. of North Dartmouth Mass, who was the second radio operator, said the order to send an S. Q. $, came at 9:20 D. m. His dis tress call was tapped out by Chief Operator Russell l.. Mcdonald, of Seattle. Washington. Cole said he acted as messenger between the wireless room and the bridge.
 Finally. on one of his last trips to the bridge about 11:30 p, m. he found 1t deserted.
 "I went back to the wireless room and told Mcdonald there wasn't anyone on the bridge to give us m abandon order So we decided that we'd better get off be- fore the Mohawk sank. It looked like q matter of only few min utes. We left the wireless room to- gether, but became separated. tMcDonald has not yet been re- ported aafc)
 "f got off in the next to the last boat to leave the ship"
 One of Survivors Died
 Earl R. Barr. West Mountain, N. J., one of the survivors. died geons said cause of death had not been determined.
 IierOism Of Crew New York, Jan 25--(UP)--IIerO- ism, calmness and 100 per cent aFfiniannub q s,natEnd thA ,anAunk .f officers and seamen aboard the <. s. Mohawk, when the Ward liner was crushed and sank at sea, first survivors to reach shore re- ported to-day.
 more helpful" said Mrs Evelyn when she landed from the rescue vessel Algonquin. Her sentiments were echoed by Harry Sidlett of Newark, N. ].
 The Algonquin rescued 38 pes- sengers and 5S of the crew. Tt was shortly after 6 D. m. when I had listened to the cruise director making q speech and then gone on deck, that the crash oc- curred,' Mrs Levine told the United Press.
 "l was walking on the port side Suddenly there was a terrible crash. The boat seemed to keel oyer. looked up and saw the side of the big Talisman, which had rammed the Mohawk amid ships.
 MOrrO Castle Lies There New York, Jan 25.--(UP)-Less thAn ten TnIlAa ne W. J., where the Ward liner Mo nawk went down last night. lies the hulk of the Moro Castle from the same line, whine was beached on the New Jersey coast after 124 livesh ad been lost in a fire at sea last September s.
 bringing some passengers and members of the crew of the Mo- hawk into New York passed almost within sight Of the Morro Castle. blocking part of the Asbury Park, ". J., waterfront.
 Loss of the $3,000,00O Morro Castle was q staggering blow to the Ward line, which since that disaster has advertised under their parent company name of the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co.
 In addition passengers and rela. tiyes of the dead or injured have filed suits aggregating millions against the company.
 In the four months since the MorrO Castle tragedy the Ward Line has suffered further losses. On December 8, the Cauto lost hcr propeller off Jacksonville, Fla, and narrowly escaped serious trou- hlA Then nm Iaauanv khA