Show Survivors Recount Scenes Aboard Sinking Steamer When Four Died ed By UDIt United d Press BOSTON May 28 28 Stories Stories ot of skill and courage including that of one man driven mad by his fight for life in the flooded hull of the steamer Grecian were brought here today by survivors aboard the City o of Chattanooga Chattanooga Chatta Chatta- noog l which sank the freighter Fri Fri- da day daj- Vernon Parker one of the 29 survivors survivors sur sur- landed here was trapped in inthe inthe inthe the engine room when the Grecian was rammed Water poured in on him from above blocking his only exit HEAR SHOUTS Tantalizing provoking fear shouts of struggling men on deck reached him as he hc fought for 10 minutes in inthe inthe inthe the swirling waters to climb a ladder that led to safety and life He reached the deck blinded and choked by water water- He fell exhausted Then he became delirious believing himself still fighting his battle for life For three hours fellow sailors held him until his delirium was stopped by hypodermic injections Four seamen perished in the crash off Block Island Three others were so painfully injured the they were transferred trans trims to the marine hospital on Martha's Marthas Marthas Martha's Mar Mar- thas tha's Vineyard Of the 29 other survivors survivors survivors sur sur- ei eight ht were we're suffering injuries injuries- Federal steamboat inspectors had awaited the Chattanooga to begin their inquiry OTHER SHIP Slur UNHURT None of the Chattanooga's 85 passengers pas or 28 crew members was hurt The vessel appeared to have escaped almost unscathed Sharing hero honors in the rescues were Captain C C. G. G Borum of ot the Chattanooga who with full ull steam ahead managed to keep the prow of his vessel stuffed firmly into the gaping gap gap- ing nJ hole it had torn in the Grecians Grecian's side and a negro fireman on the Grecian The Chattanooga's ns n's bow was enough of a stopper to keep the foundering craft afloat for 14 minutes During that time the Grecians Grecian's Grecian lookout Tom Nolta Nottage e a lanky rawboned rawboned raw raw- boned negro from Baltimore dared death by going below and arousing those who had slept through the I crash |