PANIC IN A STORM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81894, 27 November 1906, Page 4

PANIC IN A STORM.

I'ASSENGERS TRAMPLED ON BY BULLS. ' The cr« of the Fab-r liner Mas- j ia. winch reached Brooklyn on Suptember ißtn, had a Urrii.i.ig ex-] perience during a hurricane in the Atlantic. When the storm was at its height, hundred: 01 steerage pas-mgers wiio had been sent below became so terrincd that that they smashed tii* hatches and poured on deck, carrying crucifixes and other emblems of wits hip. Some of them demanded money from the officers to the Aladonna to quieten tne waves, but in tceir fright fough' among them-el* 1 like madmen. In the midst of the turmo ;i sir Italian bulls broke fr m their fasten iiigs. Infuriated by the, b'.mcUu;. spray and the rolling of the ship they charged though the crowd w fighting steerage passengers, bellow ing loudlv as tfiev went, and trani,jing many of tliem uider foot. 1 Finally a largo wave broke over the deck, striking the bulls. I.vhich dashed against the port rail. The animals were stunned, and as thsv lay on deck the crew rushed up ami fastened them with ropes.

The passengers wero then driven below deck again at the pistol point, and guarded by -■> saiors armed with revolvers until the storm ceased.