Show BODIES ODIES WASH AGAINST r ROCKS IN rN THE ATLANTIC I Nearly Seven S even Ven Hundred People Perished B d in iri the th ther r Norge Disaster V 0 Captain Bravely Y Went Down With His Shi Ship p But Many any Lives liv es s sr Were r Lost on Account of His Getting Greatly Excited EXo ed 0 t tt tt r ti W c York Yorki 4 The offices of the Steam Steamship k f t ship ji a in m this city elty today were beo s eel by scores of people f all were acre rf Russian Jews 3 who were wen eee Becking new of r the tIM I of the Ute ft Norge There was waa no to be kM road however as the offices were w n closed for foi the day the were eased eagerly I hatched for tor any additional of the t tt t t t t tf t of j lI l England July 4 A pile pRe G of granite rising clear out of eC the tM Attain i i t c 90 50 mite meets m from the Scot Scottish tish mainland is ss now a monument to toi i i i o t i dead Bodies wat wash ash h against 81 ta th rocks rock or lie in the ocean bed at its la base Nearby completely hidden in int t th if water is the i an line Norge orge which wl was wu carrying i t i Dana Dan Norwegians lans Swedes and 1 1119 to join jin relatives or 01 friends in inV ln V i rica 01 lf these only about were Jd N X trag ly iv or if f the sea has ha had bad a more moree morea e a palling consequence On and non e a oc occurred an si i in it a t shorter time tune The ter ers H were wert su aroused arou ed from f m their f r p terrified d by the Contact of the 1 I 1 r us I s 8 of the ship with t c to e solid slid gran cran 1 followed It a grinding rasping S U i id d as ss 8 if the tile hull was wa aH being shored I t r huge rocks roc Then The n silence as the c gang bells beDs brought the engines to toa toa a Q top tamp Those of or the passengers pa who bo I T rP 11 P standing at the time the steamer st steamer mer I the rock were thrown against a t t bulkheads or on the docks d ks and had I Il l tt t recovered reco red their feet f t when a men sten stent ment I t trian nan voice gae gave the ing order I I Ul All hands banda on deck hurry or you youna ou i itna naj na sink sinko Rush Bush For Por the Deck Immediately there was w a rush for the i il l irrow and men w ot o IJ j I I I t and hi Kir en n pushed and swag swagg j g i i 1 and n made every effort elfort to reach the thed I I I d k when the boats st ung from the theca I ca if Many persons retained their I pence or f mind 3 sei seized ced IT Hd ariy i to find in some me instances that theE thess the E ss I rings were re rotten r n and they could not DOt It l 1 t quickly put tut around their bodies Th se wn wh reached th the deck eck saw sari the Ute ther I r liS se of or the Norge iorge pinned directly directs retinal 1 th the ro rocks ks It remained there therea h a ft f w minutes for Captain Gun Gon Gond L d H com mending who had Iad immedi E a etly lv Iy gone gon to II the bridge gave the order t the engineer to reverse the engines h F 1 nw mr n of n the engineer en neer force bad had hadt badr t r iati ea am ng Ong the passengers and aDd CM r eer ins them hem t safely t tv to the boats b at t thy tt r hei i n all ally returned to their sta eta stat t iv is I t Bw F life ute v vu I rely u i the ship hacked backed oft off and atHI as after trier tift t fi r i 1 nil j d headway head it was as found that wa a I ter was was pouring wring into her hold bold This announcement called out oct in Scandinavian ian vian and an presaging ors aging q death added to the supreme t fright and agony a ony The TIle pas passengers passengers I were piled in the boats I who w were fortunate t ones to escape cape while the unfortunates who saw death near eyed chattered e Jn In the vicinity seething struggling some on their knees praying surrounded BU by Ity children eth oth ethers ers ets ers supplicating aid from hots any one and anti shrieking f for tor HI to enter the boats boate eIk elbowing a ing fighting tI their way Ay to the places from which wl ch the tile boats were being bf i lowered The sound of grinding ceased Cea ed and the bow of the tile Norge yawed as the steamer returned to deep water The sea saw rushed hungrily into int the huge rents made by the rocks in the iron hull Swiftly toe the vessel e pel began to sink 0 hy n the he t bows Without waking waiting for tor or orders lees ders d n without paying attention to their proper manning the began begano o n lower the boats The Tb starboard life brat gotten began slowly to fall fail when MD to the I horror of those on board the stern stem tackle takle failed f while white the how bow tackle ran free Lifeboat Smashed Soon the tb boat was urea t perpendicular ular The Those Thole w who ho bo were in it clung des desperately desperately to the sides Hides and seats until untila a great wave came towering along Jon and nd struck truck the boat smashing it against the vide side of the ship The occupants of the boat hoat w who ho were Wel not net Wiled killed by the ue Impact were thrown into info the water The crew ere erea and a nd ad passengers pas en en en cn deck had notime no time timeto to spare to assist aMiet the few who wh bad had a chance to escape but lost it Unde Undeterred Undeterred by the tile experience of the tilt alSt 1 boat a second loaded principally with wit women and children was lowered This time the tackle ran smoothly but the hopes of escape of the passengers pa on I board were Wasted bleated The moment t It k touched the water waves picked wp up the small mall U craft as if it had been a feather and dashed it against In t the side of the ship in spite of the frantic ef forts forte of 01 the passengers paa to send it off otT The crash was heard on deck Then the sea ea swallowed more victims victim and pieces of wreckage slowly drifted to toward toward toward ward the rock pock Sl Slowly g T upper per deck k of oi the Norge at th tM the time fI oFt othe disaster to the second nd boat was only a few feet f t from the water and H It wag t everyone that thata only oti a a few taut es morel more and Ild she wow wo plunge beneath the he t e waves In the goal ansi crisis ri Ia t ho abo were able ble bleto to bee clearly iy what hat happened say that t shrieks and sobs sobe died away and that like stoles quiet lel was only broken by toe the curses canes of some men whose fear found vent eat in blasphemy Suddenly S one Re wears maa threw himself o and another ano followed his ex ett e example ample tW taI another lumped Jumped ped into the water and sees the t ship hua buu dr a of ot parson were ere struggling straggling in tike the aeMIl sea MIl having preferred death ia IK the open ope opet thee than t being s title the ship Others O Ot determined d to stand by the drip against hope that she site would wo ht remain afloat Boats launched Three ee beads boa INe It is known successful ful ly Jy readiest reach ell the sea a The passengers frantically pulled away aW from the t e doomed ship lUp passing by poor pr w wretches retches who were still sift Bt I afloat aJIo 1 and who woo vainly begged to be taken take on board while from front the tile ship Ip came long Jong despairing cries crie TAp women in the Boat which reach reached hid their eyes but the Ute me tees mea were sitting facing the Nom Norge say airy s y they saw the tale captain ain still on the bruise bridge and the passengers ers on deck de Its far attitudes of resignation re t lon While they looked the Norge plunged forward her ber stern shot up in the air and she disappeared d d The TIt swimmers swimmer mer in the vi vicinity 1 of the ship were Weft drawn into the vortex around which wh b they whirled like chips in the maelstrom But twelve minutes mutes elapsed eJ from the too time the snip ship struck until she sank A Ane Atine tine ne Scotch mist which was as falling at U atthe atthe Uthe the time shut out the other survivors from font the view lew of those who were brought to Grimsby These latter inner as soon as their boat was wu clear of the scene of the wreck devoted themselves to thoughts of their own safety safey A Jacket was as tied to 10 an a oar which was Wag in turn fastened in the tile how bow IH w of th the boat and a sailor a Dave Dane took charge of the boat bo t Men Ken and aad women were ere put to work Ork keeping the beat boat afloat as a 5 hole tole had been stove in m her bow b w when it was towered lowered front from the tile ship S Sn An n examination fit of f the water cask showed that tnt it did trait not t contain a drop of water Afloat Twenty our Sours Hours There Ther were some biscuits however and Rd these were eaten n by the Ute ship Mlp wrecked wre ked people du the hours bours from the tM time ti U e ship struck at 7 i a a m June until they were picked up by D the Ule Grimsby trawler Silvia And Aral we WP who sat eat In Ii that small boat beat a as 8 much mach as as 88 I possible the heavy ea seas because we W I were afraid afraM we would sink said Laren Lar Larra Larra ra en Christina of 0 Copenhagen en I Iwho who is on her ter way 87 to join her cousin I IJohn John Schroeder at Chicago we e were j dancing and singing o 1 Ip the tile of j guitars bUttars and ancl violins oll the night on the promenade de k of the Norge We were so happy then in that seta r boat not knowing what would be our our fate flUe with the th t memory Y of horrible scenes on the tile steamer t we K f e could do 11 nothing more than pray way miserably mi forthe for lor forthe the succor and help that came Boat Discovered I was wu on the bridge bride looking lokin at the themen themen men meet gathering in n the tile seine Mine to said Henry Glover second engineer of t th e Silvia Is 18 that a buoy out oat of place I asked the cook who was with me m on oc deck You dont see any buoy buo be he an answered answered I r went w o t below and got sot the glasses ses 1 Its a small boat and they have got gota I Ia a Jacket flying Hying at the bow bo I said mid They have baw ha e been shipwrecked k VVe We told the captain and he be imme Imm immediately immediately told as to go ahead and w I immediately picked them UP ut They j I Iere were ere in hi a teni terrible plight h Men and an J Women clothed and aM as I cramped that thy could antty come come on board hoard We Vt could not start imm j I for to we had our r nets ts flut Dut ut but j I as satin sob as is they then were sj sie dd to its W wr went directly to where tb t tha rn Norge went 1 down d wn There was no JO trace of tj ship fillip j but i it the water bade back df t the th rocks 1 were the he bodies of or mj awe ro a lam hun dred men Women and children c dren Story of Sailor it I Karl Mathieson the th sailor I who 00 assumed command cou the boat i brought Drought to Grimsby on Oft Joined Hind ned hc he Norge at Copenhagen Copen eti jaal before etore she 1 sailed for New NeWY York Q had he knew nothing about the tb s ts is isIt I in la ease case ea e of a or M Ire He Ie a fizz harf ad never been beEm instructed hi in fee mV drill and did slid not understand tf it ett tHe He was rums an desk deck d when we Ole e easel essel 1 struck I I 1 bat but he did not know no un ube u ill te be heard hed hedI j I the captain shout utU the Qed ord to to tans man the 1 i boats that the he t damage was tans w great i j said to the re otter r of ot otI the he I F Associated A PreSe PIe 1 I worked work d with Wit Ute the h A mate and andI I j followed him hunt to the dl t boats boatel boa I The first we attempted t tV r foaled fo e 5 J 1 her tackle takle keeping her l t stern stem fixed axed J while her flee er bows felland sot the 1 e occupants pants Into the water A we heavy flea s o I Iwas was pounding J the boats against t the dIP I f 1 ships side W We wet wet we t tH another Mr a crowd of shrieking romea and aid children following Too Many Order I The launching opera op rath were not I i conducted simultaneously e officers 8 j and crew ere going got g frosts front o to another r t I Had men been bean set at waat A teh bast ai I wore w would ha have e been beeR sated s f Some of I the crew rew C were worse wor e th SS seon ten gees and nd a few of the a e tra would w t I have put off oft In n the boa boK 10 themselves elves These were driven dr Iven back haek I with Uh death unless they Jed eyed orders The captain never left bridge but buthe buthe buthe I he shouted so many o 0 that the th crew cren cre did not know what ba t in do ao Therefore There Therefore fore I stuck to the third mate tf To Together i j gether ie we e Jumped into m small amaH boat t just before the vessel down bu but buwe bUwe I we did not think so tu were left behind as appeared on tb ti seater ter when the Norge Norse sank Those fining on tits onboard board were chiefly hie Jr woolen wo and sad roil cite dren I was only two other oUr boats afloat one one a big life boat email a Hv carry carrying carrying ing sixty persons and the tile other a smaller boat carrying possibly bb forty No other boats got away though gh th there were eight on 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