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Show PASSENGERSTELL I HARROWING TALE I Vivid Descriptions of Hard- H ships Suffered in Five Weeks H Aboard the Disabled H Thessaloniki. H SHIP SPRINGS LEAK H Terrible Hurricane Rages For H Hours and Attempts to Aid H Steamer Fail. H New York, Jan. 7. The 177 passeng- H ers who were forced to abandon the M sinking Greek steamship Thessaloniki M ac sea arrived here today on the H steamship Patris of the same line and t H gave vivid descriptions of the hard- IH ships they suffered during the five lH weeks that the Thessaloniki was bat- IH tored by a series of terrific gales. M On Christmas Day, passengers said, M the supply of meat on the Thessalonl- H kl was entirely exhausted, only a few gallons of water were left and the M ship's officers began to portion out M short rations of the meager supply of M food which remained. M Sprung Leak In Hurricane. H The Thessaloniki first sprung a leak M when she encountered a hurricane Inch raged for 12 hours on December IH 31. The boiler and engine rooms IH were partly flooded and the steamer M sent out calls for assistance. After H the hurricane subsided, however, the M flooded portions of the 'ship were H pumped out and she proceeded on her H voyage. H Rough seas and gales were encount- H ered 'from December 22 to December H 2G when the Thessaloniki ran into a H 90 mile hurricane which lasted for H 2'l hours. Many of the passengers IH and crew Teared the steamer was sink- ing, as fresh leaks opened up, the IH boiler and engine rooms and coal M bunkers rapidly filled with water and M the ship was badly tossed about. M It was then that the Thessaloniki H sent out numerous S. O. S. calls which H were heard by the Patris, United H States. Florizel and other steamers. H The Florizel was the first to reach H the disabled vessel and offered to take M off the passengers and crew and car- H ry them to Bermuda. Captain Gou- H landis who was making his first voy- H age as a master, declined this offer H The Florizel stood by until the Pat- c H ris came in, sight, H ;" The 'ThessalonikiVpassengers were H transferred to the Patris with consid- H , erable difficulty and were forced to H leave all of their baggage and personal H belongings on the disabled vessel. H After the transfer the Patris shot a H Une to the Thessaloniki and took her H sister ship in tow on January. The H wind Increased greatly during the H night and early the following morning H the tow line parted. That afternoon H the Patris succeeded In getting an- H other line to the Thessaloniki, but the H cable parted for a second time earlj- H on the morning of Monday January 3 H and the Thessaloniki was driven rap- H idly to the southeast before a terrific H hurricane accompanied by a blinding H snowstorm. BH Owing to the Thessaloniki's engines H being stopped by the water in her H hold she was only able to send out H infrequent wireless calls which cov- H ered a small area. The Patris took M up the search and was joined by the H Scandinavian steamer United SLites, M which had turned out of her course. H Captain Goulandis said he had been H unablo to make solar observations by H reasons of the almost continuous H storms and it was for this reason, he H added that he sent out six erroneous H messages regarding the position of In M |