Show Heroes Give Lives Liles I In Va Vain iii Effort f f ott t lo to t r Rescue Stevedores Baltimore Ballimore Md Id March larch 7 William William E Vandyke of or Baltimore captain of or the I wrecked tug Atlantic lost his life In I heroically rushing to the aid of the imperiled Imp British seamen In tho the doomed Alum Chine ChIna and his vain effort cHort carried carrl car- car rl led ried d with 1 him to death man many members of his hig creW crow When curling smoke from the tho bow bo of f the Alum Chine warned members of her crew v the stevedores engaged In loading her and tho the cr crew w of tho Atlantic Atlantic At- At lantic alongside that fire tire was raging In n the coal bunkers there was Instant realization that flames names soon would reach each the tony tons of ot dynamite stored d dIn Sn In n the Alum Chines Chine's hold and the barge roped beside her Instantly there was a rush to lo the ships ship's side r Fourteen members oC of the cr crow V and four of ot the stevedores ste leaped over the rail and tumbled pell melt mell into he the launch Jerome that a momen before before be- be fore ore had brought two firemen aboard the ill fated ship All of or the other members members' of or the crew craw and stevedores who could reach the deck leaped for forthe forthe forthe the decks of the Atlantic The tu tug and launch cutting hawsers were sped awa away from the scene of or the Impending catastrophe the Jerome picking up sp speed cd first and rushing to safety Into Jaws of Death De The Atlantic had proceeded a few hundred ft feet t when two vo frantic figures s were seen from the Alum Rhine's Rhines hold They rhey were wore sailors who had been left behind Reaching the tho sides of ot the vosse vessel they shout shouted d piteous appeals p eals for or rescue Captain Vandyke e. e despite despite- tho the knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge h he mu must t have 11 bad Imd that a hail hall of ot death soon would be bo pouring over the Harbor h heeded th the call of the Imperiled sailors The n f engines w were vero rc stopped the tho Atlantic wheeled and rushed again aln to the fire doomed vessels vessel's side She reached it in safety t The two sailors jumped aboard A Again aln the he Atlantic wheeled Too Toolate Toolate Toolate late Ca Captain Vand Vandyke Vandyko le standing in tho the I pilot house gave 11 h hurried orders which sent ent the tu tug toward safet safety Tho The Atlantic's Atlantic's At- At lantic's nose noso had scarcely carcel been hen turned toward oward open wa water ter when wi with tn a a. roar loar like Ike tho the eruption of a volcano the tho laden death vitals of or the Alum Chine Thine exploded Tile The concu concussion slon hurled all before be- be tore fore ore it A dense dens pall of or smoke enveloped en- en the waters and when it Il cleared away the tho ship and barge had harl disappeared appeared and the Atlantic a dismantled dismantled dis dis- mantled hulk hull helpless on the surface of or tho the bay bar had h. h become conic a human sham sham- bles Death Descends Descend From Sky Death In Jn Dreadful form had de descended descended de- de from the sky Tho The Alum Slum Chine had been torn into shreds and boxes of ot dynamite mingled with th the flying fragments of ot steel and timber filled the tho air These fell tell on the packed decks of the Atlantic the dynamite exploding as 08 it fell tell and sweeping them like ike a rain ram of or shrapnel from fief field guns Mens Men's fen h heads ads and limbs were wore torn from their bodies Blood was every every- where Ships and antI launches nearby watched dismembered bOdies flung and tumbled about the tho Atlantic's decks Captain Vandyke gave his hla life for Cor his gallantry His Ills body bod with one arm severed was am among ng those recovered by bythe bythe the rescuers and was one of ot the first Identified d. d With him died Joseph T. T Hood a n stevedore whom his ship first had lad rescued and Robert Diggs a a. mem- mem bore belS ers of oC his crew who had stood tood beside him ilm when tho the explosion occurred Those Thoo wh who escaped d death In the explosion ex explosion ex- ex brought vivid but disconnected accounts of ot the explosion when they reached cached this city with the tho dead and wounded Collier r Captains Captain Account Capt J. J R R. Thompson hompson captain of or tho the new collier Jason which tomorrow was to have tak taken n her trial trip ha had a narrow escape when flying boxes of ot dynamite onto the tho Jasons Jason's decks and exploded with death dealing fury UI Around me on all sides he lie said were the men who had been tossed Into nto the air and thrown back Many men were cut and Injured b by the pieces of ot Iron Some were Some were killed in In in- The dynamite ship was an Iron ron ship throughout and this made mallo the he damage to our out ship all the tho greater Tho The Chine was as about GOO COO feet away but the force torce of ot the explosion was BO so great that our ship was lifted almost out of ot the tho water Our firemen who were shoveling coal got th thi full force of ot the explosion In n their faces races Many Jan of ot them were burned I had about men of or tho the crew on board |