Salt Lake Telegram | 1907-02-23 | Page 1 | Ship Refugees Nearly Famished

SHIP REFUGEES NEARLY FAMISHED Bat Even in Their Distress Freezing Women Exhibit Heroism; "Save Others - First" Said One. HOOK OF HOLLAND, Feb. 23-Capt. 23-Capt. Sperling, who went . out to the wrecked Berlin and rescued the last three survivors of the vessel, spoke modestly of his exploit. He. said: We took the raft alongside the beacon light and succeeded in reaching the breakwater and moored the raft. From the breakwater we climbed on board the remnant of the Berlin and found the three women huddled under the hurricane deck, surrounded by a dozen corpses. The women were in a pitiable plight, screaming and crying hysterically as they elung to us. "They were famishing and stiff with cold; their clothing was soaked with icy water and they were .unable to walk. The nurse, Fraulein Ripler, insisted in-sisted that her companions should be saved first, so I carried Fraulein Theile to the side, assisted her into a rope cradle and lowered her upon the craft, Frau Waintberger was next taken, off. She was in pitiful distress, weeping for her husband and child, who were drowned. Finally Fraulein Ripler was placed upon the raft, which was hauled alongside the "Wodan." t