Show SURVIVOR RELATES STORY OF IN MID OCEAN tells tella of the terrible scene aboard ship saip wrapped in flames cowardly crew added to panic london A graphic story by the solitary survivor aboard tho the carman la was received by wireless and pro a terrible picture of the horror herror tho the panic arid and confusion aboard the tha burning liner walter a german who tells the story however Is clearly sur from the stress of illness and awful experiences and hla his story la Is too incoherent to be accepted in every detail all went well said until 6 thursday morning when tho fire alarm sounded bounded we were aroused and told to go on deck as ore had broken out in tho the hold hald on assembling life bolts belts were handed around and much time was occupied in fastening them we were told that aaa the firo fire might soon bo be quenched but the captain thought it wise vise for all to have belts us as la precaution tho fire frightened tho the captain who cried bitterly there were many babies in arms the fire grow grew worse worm wo we saw things blazing down bolow below about 10 there was waa a cry to lower the boats tho rho captain behaved splendidly splendid ly so did the officers who were english I 1 am sorry to say that the 0 crow crew who aro are germans and belgians behaved very badly the people rushed about wildly and the crow crew seemed to think they ought to have first place instead of quieting the passengers they made the panic worse the first officer took charge of 0 the tha first boat but although ho be wanted the women and children saved first a majority of those who entered the boat were members of tho the crow crew this boat was smashed against tho the ships side just as 03 it reached the water it broke in two and all were drowned meanwhile attempts were made to losev lowe tho the second boat I 1 cannot say who was jn in charge of at this but I 1 do know that after the chief steward had thrown provisions in ho he lumped jumped in himself there were more men than women and children in this boat which was broken against tho the ship all were drowned these two boats were vere amidships three others were put aft the fourth officer diw in one of tham but I 1 cannot say which ono one all was contusion confusion the ropes broke and tho the people were thrown into tho the water and drowned or killed |