THE LINER DRESDEN

Evening Star, Issue 21753, 22 June 1934, Page 9

THE LINER DRESDEN

IN SINKING CONDITION FOUR WOMEN DROWNED Pre»« Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, June 21. Tho Dresden death roll is now reported to bo four women. All the passengers were German workers from the Saar. Tho warship Rodney was among the ships that responded to the S.O.S. The Dresden struck while the passengers were having dinner, and heeled over violently. Tables wore overturned and wild panic ensued, and the liner was put ashore as soon as tho danger of sinking was realised. Meantime the passengers started to jump overboard, and all who jumped were saved. Tho vessel carried 980 passengers and 360 crew. It is now thought that she struck a submerged wreck, not a rock. The Norwegian vessel Knog Haakon took tho greater part of the passengers, while the remainder landed on the island with little difficulty, and were motored to farms.

The captain wirelessed that he was the lust to leave the ship, which was in a sinking condition. The cruise was arranged for German workers as tho principal part of a Government scheme of holidays for workers.

THE SHIP SUBMERGED OSLO, June 21. (Received June 22, at 10 a.m.) Tho Dresden is submerged except the forepeak. SURVIVOR’S STORY STAMPEDE FOR LIFEBOATS. LONDON, Juno 21. (Received June 22, at 11 a.m.) A Stavanger message states that after a night of terror the Dresden survivors are now resting in schools, barracks, and coastal cottages. Three of the fifteen who were injured during the stampede were sent to hospital. Tho Dresden sank in the morning and it is feared that she will be a total loss. A survivor, who declared that the passengers have been ordered not to discuss the disaster, said that the inundation of three holds and the boilerroom followed a sudden shock. The lights went out and a panic-stricken rush for the lifeboats ensued. Tho first lifeboat, with twenty women, capsized. The second is also believed to have upset. ■ Tho officers worked gallantly to restore order until the rescue vessels arrived.

The German liner Stuttgart has left for Stavanger to pick up the stranded passengers.

STATEMENT BY COMPANY ALL PASSENGERS RESCUED. BERLIN, June 21. (Received June 22, at 11 a.m.) The Norddoutscher Lloyd Company officially states that the evacuation of the Dresden was completely orderly except for tho occupants of one boat who fell into the water. The stewards rescued them all, even two women who were not wearing lifebelts.