In Angry Seas.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 7, 8 January 1914, Page 5

In Angry Seas.

TALES OF SHIPWRECKS. OFFICERS’ HEROIC EFFORTS. [By Electric 'Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] Now York, January 7. Thrilling tales are related by the survivors of the Oklahoma. Of the crew of thirty-eight, eleven manned a boat and reached and boarded the steamer Gregory, which was en route to New York after a remarkable two-thousand mile voyage up the Amazon river. Nineteen others manned a second boat which disappeared and was never seen again. Eight stayed aboard the Oklahoma until the Bavaria rescued them. The Gregory sighted the boat with a sail hoisted. The shipwrecked men, however,were number and were unable to keep up the sail. The boat broached, filled and upset. Three English chief oflicers aboard the Gregory, named Buck, Williams, and Roberts, thereupon plunged, half unclothed, into the boiling seas. One of the officers was tied to a lino, but the others had no assistance. Each seized a struggling sailor, dragged him alongside the steamer, and returned thro ugh the waves for the others. 'The first survivor aboard dic’d instantly. The others lived, through the devoted work of the doctors. When a I man was seen swimming near the Gregory Captain Aspinall threw him a lifeline. The drowning man grasped it, hut a huge wave overwhelmed him and he disappeared. The capsized boat meantime righted itself and floated past the Gregory with a man who was apparently dead, inside it. No further rescues were possible, tlie others having disappeared. First Officer Buck had previously galjlantly rescued a man in the Bay of Biscay, for which he was awarded a medal. All three officers have been recommended for promotion by the New York agents of the Booth Shipping Line. (The Oklahoma was a steel vessel of 5553 tons gross, and owned by the Gulf Refining Company, and was built in 1908.)

BROKE SUDDENLY IN TWO.

SPANISH SKIPPER’S INACTION.

(Received 8.45 a.m.)

New York, January 7

The Bavaria, bringing Captain Gunter, seven) officers and men from the Oklahoma, arrived at Boston.

, There was no explosion, says Captain Gunter, who was standing on the bridge when he heard a rending sound, and the two parts drifted apart. Later, the Spanish steamer Cairo arrived, but the Spanish skipper just fooled round and lowered a boat. The move was a foolish one, and he picked up the boat and went off. Captain Gunter commanded the skipper to stand by while the Bavaria took off the men.

THE DALCONAR’S FATE.

BOATS DASHED TO PIECES.

CARPENTER’S SPLENDID WORK

London, January 7

The survivors of the British steel ship Dalgonar (26G5 tons), who were picked up by the barque Loire on October 9, have arrived. They include Carston, a Now Zealander, and Jackson, a South Australian.

The Dalgonar was thrown on her beam-ends on October 9, in a gale. The ship’s decks were perpendicular, and the boats which were launched were dashed to pieces against the hull. Captain Isbistcr and three of the men were drowned.

Dunker, the ship’s carpenter, did splendid work. He cut out the masts in three hours, and the vessel partially righted herself. The Loire stood by for four hours and then rescued the : arvivors.