Show STEAM SHIP OFF COAST CO ST OF VIRGINIA SPRINGS LEAK SINKS SI KS Lost Out of Passengers Crew v. Survivors Cling to Bits of Wreckage 22 Hours I Telegraphic reports from Eastern United States Tuesday morning reported re re- re reported ported th the loss of a steamship off t the e Virginia coast due to a leak sustained by rough seas One s survivor In describing the catastrophe catastrophe catastrophe catas catas- stated that late at night after the second day out from New York a aI storm of proportions came up I and the waves rare ran ra high bight Two big waves es hit Wt the ship simultaneously bow l I and stern stem causing the ship to quiver t like a wounded animal Next day the boat developed a leak and it Is believed f one of her plates must have be been n I sprung when the two waves struck her Soon after the leak the began to list badly The crew in an at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt to right the boat threw overboard overboard overboard over over- board the cargo but this Seemed seemed o ono of no avail Finally the captain ordered all aU on board to secure life Ufe preservers and prepare to leave the doomed ship 1 In life boats The waves were running high and it was difficult to launch the I 1 Continued on on Page Flue Five STEAMSHIP STEAl SPRINGS LEAK SINKS Continued from Page One boats and several capsized throwing the occupants Into the water About 40 men failed to get places Inthe Inthe in inthe the life Ute boats and about ten minutes after they were seen to be leaping from the sides of the into the ocean while the boat keeled over on its side and sank Many of the life Ute boats were wrecked I. and the occupants were thrown n into the water and forced to cling all night to bits of wreckage many sinking through exhaustion to a awater awater awater water grave before Tuesday morning when the Wyoming arrived on the scene and with the help of three other vessels that had also answered the S. S O. O S 8 8 call of the succeeded in saving all but of those who were on the doomed ship The suffering of those who survived and were picked up was intense It rained all night and the waves were iu running g rapidly Which ca caused sed the survivors to cling desperately to prevent pre vent rent being swept from their precarious support It is claimed that the captian of the failed to ask for help in time tune and that he delayed the abandoning of the ship It is said that he failed to warn the cre crew and passengers of the danger It is also claimed that theme the life me boat equipment was defective and that t there ere was a great deal of inefficiency Inefficiency In to handling the ship by the crew and officers The above are charges made by survivors of the ship and on the strength of these Federal investigation is to be instituted |