Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-07 | Page 7 | Priest Reveals Valor on Dixie

liE RIEST ST REVEALS RE VE A IS VALOR ON DIXIE I NEW YORK Sept 7 UP tIP f p passengers passengers' a 3 S e n g e i s from front the liner Dixie arrived today ba a 11 a II special train from Miami Mami 1 a praising the crew and MorIan Moran Morian Mor- Mor ian an line officials for their well being Father F FA A. A of San Iego described the three days on ithe lashed hurricane reef as an ani r i awful wul ordeal He praised the pas- pas r engers for lor their calmness L J I We never know he said what L we e can do or go through until we weare u Lare are faced with some act of God like vere no hysterics no this There were no most amar- amar ign aign of any crying The Ing fortitude was displayed d b by everyone aboard That was particularly particularly par par- surprising on a vessel essel where the tho passenger list was about T two thirds women K cabin was one of oC the few in which which electric service was was not not disrupted It became a first Paid aId and a wayside shrine be e l Many Catholics asked for absolution absolution absolu- absolu tion after the ship went vent aground Protestant and Jews also asked the priest to pray for them P r e We WC were all allone one big family durIng dur- dur Ing those two days and to me that was the greatest experience of ot all V His I His greatest relief came Wednesday Wed Wed- morning when he counted 1 14 ships standing by to assist in inthe the ithe the rescue I i. On 01 tho way from Miami the passengers were in a great nervous tension the tho priest observed the aftermath i nath of ot days of rigid control over vcr nerves Many refused to read jabout About the accident and sought only to ko relax