Show 4 4 4 DIE J 52 SAVED SAVE ON REEF Pneumonia Peril eril Falls Falls' j Among Survivors of Lon Long iT Battle With O Ocean ean Gale Tales of Heroic Work of U. U S. S Navy Men Told by Maroons 1 Cop Copyright 1935 United Press ABOARD THE U. U S. S S. S PEARY En Route to Manila P P. L I. Nov p- p 3 Pneumonia developing from five days' days exposure to the elements in a raging tropical storm today threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened to 0 add ii new cw w casualties to the list of four persons who wh perished in inthe inthe inthe the wre wreck k of the B British freighter Two of 52 persons saved by the United States nav navy destroyers Peary and B after 8 a desperate dash dah dashto to safety on flimsy rafts constructed of lumber and rope already dy had been stricken eri is as as the P Peary ary plowed toward toward to to- to ward Manila from the wreck scene off the rocky southern coast of the island of Luzon The Peary's physician Dr Edgar said others snatched snatch d from death death in the pounding seas after a a. five days' days isolation n on a asman small storm-beaten storm rock also might d de develop de- de velo pneumonia before the aliI arrives in Manila ManUa Ambulances were ordered to be atthe at atthe atthe the dock When the navy craft ties tics up up They will rush all pneumonia victims immediately to hospitals for forem em emergency tr treatment Pneumonia Strikes Strike First to d develop serious pneumonia pneumonia mon monia a symptoms were were R. R Pickersgill Pickersgill Pickers Pickers- gill Sunderland engine room electrician electrician elec elec- and Bin Atoy Hindu seaman After Atter spending four days dayson on tho the rock which broke the Silver- Silver Hazel in half hall and subsisting only on ondry ondry dry biscuits the Hindu was afloat for 15 hours before he was laved from the sea Nursing colds scratches and bruises but for the tho most part extreme extreme ex ex- fatigue and exhaustion other survivors were recovering rapidly from their dramatic joust with i death I Hours after the Peary's departure departure departure depar depar- ture with the the Bulmer remained in the storm area seeking l trace of Captain H. H A. A Lennard master of the and a Hindu seaman believed drowned The se search was abandoned however however however how how- ever just before dusk and the de destroyer destroyer destroyer de- de headed for Manila ManlIn Aboard the Peary were the bodi bodies of Mrs Neil Williams of ot Pasadena CaL CaL and B Bernard Brnard Charles MacPherson MacPherson Mac- Mac Pherson apprentice seaman from Gloucester England Despite the air of ot tragedy which hung over over the destroyer the survivors survivors sur sur- sought to put the horror of their experience cD from their minds Tales of Heroism x They borrowed pajamas underwear underwear under under- wear and bathrobes from members of th the Peary's crew and were entertaIned entertained enter enter- with a motion picture Moonlight and Pretzels Through it all aU conversation often turned to acclaim of the tho disasters disaster's heroes First tribute went to the navy and the he splendid seamanship which kept the death toll to a minimum de despite de de- sf spite ite the ferocity of the storm Am and the he the odds against survival The chief officer N. N H. H B. B Bloye Bloe of ot East Molesey England England En En- gland said he was on watch w when en the he ship rammed the ten foot rock and broke in half haJt Theres nothing to say ho he said Wo We simply struck a rock and stay stayed d there for f five ve days We are V t deeply grateful to the U. U S. S navy Continued on Page Palto Two A Column Five 52 CASTAWAYS CASA WAYS RESCUED 4 DIE DIEC Continued C from Page PaKI One for our rescue and also to the merchant merchant mer mer- chant ships which stood by The wrecked vessels vessel's fifth engineer engineer engineer en en- J. J Harding of ot Aberdeen Scotland and Apprentice Seaman G. G H II Matheson near collapse from exhaustion also were paid high tribute for their part In rescuing Mrs George Bissinger one of ot the four tour women passengers from the churning sea aea Matheson and Harding kept her afloat after she he had lost conscious conscious- ness nes While they struggled in the waves the Peary's boats twains twain's mate Thomas H. H Ponder of Canton Ga tied a rope around his waist and swung overboard Miraculously Miraculous Miraculous- ly escaping being battered against the ships ship's rolling side he slipped down the rope and took Mrs Bissinger Bissinger Bis Bis- singer aboard |