Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-29

gaping hole in the ships side
His wife had vanished.
Nos. 52-54-This space, like
Cabin 46. took the full impact Of
r the Stockholm's bow. Mr.. Clan.
farra and his daughter Joan. 8
apparently were crushed to death
instantly. Mrs. Cianfarra waS
TANNED between the bulkheac
and spring Of her bed. Linda
her daughter by a previous mar
riage. was missing.
Nos. 56-58-Dr. Thure Peter
son. 81, a chiropractor, was
hurled out Of bed. clear across
the room. and slammed against
,, the wall Of the adjoining room
He was knocked unconscious.
When he came to, he hearc
screaming and cries for help
He found his wife pinned
, against the bulkhead. Her bach
and both legs were broken. Ht
gave her morphine and with the
, help of another man, tried tt
free her but failed.
Meanwhile, he heard Mrs
Cianfarra's cries for help. The
doctor and the other man cut
her free, returned to the Peter.
son cabin to try to extricate
Mrs. Peterson. She was dead.
No. 6S-Kenneth Merlin Of
Darien. Conn. was just getting
ready for bed. He was knocked
of his feet, and part of the CELL
ing crashed down on him with
out causing serious injury.
No. 80-RichardSon Dilworth
handsome mayor Of Philadel-
phia, and Mrs. Dilworth hao
been asleep several hours before
the crash. Both were thrown
to the floor. Mr.. Dilworth said
he smelled smoke. They got
up to an upper deck as rapidly
as possible.
Nos 82-84-Ruth Romans
three-and-a-half year old son
Dickie, was asleep there. Her
friend. Mrs. Grace Ellis, was
with him. She, too, smelled
smoke. Miss Roman raced down
fighting her way through crowds
coming up the steps. to her
sons room. He had not even
awakened. Were going on q
picnic" she said.
5 Die on Stockholm
At least five sailors died. most
of them probably instantly, on
the Stockholm. Like Seaman
Arne Smedberg. who had just
gone to bed, their hunks were
in the forward part of the ship
Seaman Smedberg survived. He
said
1 THE first thing I knew, every
thing seemed to cave in. Things
were falling all over us. 1t was
like lightning striking"
Beginning at 1922, maritime
listening posts heard this chill
ling exchange of messages:
~11:22 (from the Stockholm
I'VE have collided with another
ship. Please. Ship in collision. "
1925 (from the Coast Guard
Andrea Doria and Stockholm
collided. Latitude 40-30 north,
longitude 1888 west"
11:30 Stockholm to Andrea
Doria) IF you can lower life
boats, we can pick you up"
1885 (Andrea Doria to Stock
holm I'VE are bending 1isting)
impossible put lifeboats
at sea send immediate as
SiStance lifeboatS"
Then, a few moments later
the dreaded SOS" = extreme
emergency signal = came from
the Andrea Doria
Instantly. although the people
on the damaged ships could moi
see it. literally scores of craft
big and small-pointed theii
bows to the point where the
Coast Guard said the crash hac
occurred.
There were nearly $500 poten.
tial victims-l,134 passenger.
and SIS crewmen on the Andrea
Doria, $50 passengers, 200 crew
on the Stockholm.
i The 7,000-ton United Fruit Co
freighter. Cape Ann, heard the
distress call when she was only
Is miles away. She nosec
, through the fog and began send
ing her lifeboats to the stricken
Italian liner Immediately.
Liner Speeds to Scene
Naval craft, other freights
even some pleasure ships at
tempted to reach the scene.
Most important, the giant
French liner, lie de France, was
about SO miles away. Her cap
tain. Raoul de Beaudean. swung
the big ship around as soon as
he got the distress call.
At a full % knots, the lie de
France roared through the log
and arrived in just under two
! hours.
II prayed for a miracle" said
Capt. de Beaudean. 1t was
granted. On the way to the
scene, the fog lifted.
The French ship came in with
her lifeboats already swung out
from the davits. ready for lover
ing. She put 10 in the water
from both sides. in less than
minutes. Capt. Beaudean stopped
her in a position where the life
boats would be sheltered from
any wind or waves.
4 Passengers on the Andrea
Doria. who could see her arrival
now that the fog had thinned
burst into cheers and tears.
On that doomed ship, the
whole human drama was being
played out. the full range OF
emotions and motivations - Of