Show I I I I I I SHIP BATTLES HEAVY STORM WOMAN WOMA DIES DIESI d rrt Press GLASGOW G Dec 22 One 22 One woman was fatally injured and 35 other passengers pas less Jess seriously hurt when a storm struck th the thc Anchor liner Tuscania Tuscania cania in last w wc week k k pa passengers en engers gers from the ship said to today ay when they disembarked here herc The dead woman woman was Mrs Sarah Rodgers 55 an American who originally originally origin origin- originally ally came from Coleraine County Derr Derry it was learned at Belfast today Mrs Rodgers whose body was taken from the ship there ther was returning returning re re- re turning to Ireland for Christmas after 30 years in the United States She was wasa a cook employed by the head of ot the Rob Robert rt McBratney linen firm in New York The death certificate gave save the cause of ot her death as hemorrhage Passengers told a tale talc of terror The vessel was struck they said by a gigantic gi- gi gigantic gigantic gi gi- gantic wave which swept many of ot them off their feet The ship was turned around head on once on Tuesday Tues day and once again on Wednesday they said by the force of the gale On n Wednesday night they said m many ny of or the third class passengers were in the companionway companion companion- way when a tremendous sea swept over the vessel hurled men and women women wo wo- men around in the swirling waters on the deck and only the coolness of the crew pr prevented a panic We had heavy seas all the V way ay from New York said John McGuire Fife a passenger who returned home for Christmas Wednesday night it was really badI bad badI I HI was standing with several eral other passengers ers in the com companionway when we were horrified to see the water come ru rushing hins down upon us The maj majority rity o of the third class passengers standing in the alleyway alley alley- alleyway way were swept off oH at their feet feel An elderly woman was flung iron from her ber chair and fell upon her head Allover All AU Allover over the ship passengers were thrown to the decks and groups o of people who were talking before the wave struck found themselves in a heap The afterward was remarkable remarkable remarkable remark remark- able McGuire said The dining rooms cabins and lounges were flooded with nearly two feet of water and passengers passengers gers in evening e clothes lot h e s were drenched We didn't know he said what might be our fate But those who weren't hurt devoted all their attention atten atten- attention tion to those who were All the injured were able to proceed pro to their homes when they landed here An official statement from the Anchor An An- chor char line said that after two days ol of of fine tine weather the situation changed I and on three occasions the tho shin hove to On Wednesday evening evenin it said aI a heavy sea broke aboard aft act flooding I the third class quarters and causing causin the ship to lurch badly The rush of water knocked over several se third class passengers one o of whom was Mrs Rodgers who sustained head injuries in juries from tram which she died Only eight others suffered injuries which required required re reo re- re the attention at of the ships ship's surgeon sur stir geon and all aU of these have gone to their homes The statement paid tribute to the behavior of the passengers and crew after the excitement was over The ship sustained no structural damage it said |