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Of the 18 European officers of the crew, not one of them could tell a connected story" of what had happened, so recent were the
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When the City of Naples was.
"We had plenty of wire on dashed up against the rocks,
board, and we first tied a buoy to Commander Ota said, and began
the end to make it float and then to go down, forward Captain
throw it dut to one of the Chefoo Connor ordered food-stuffs: events
their minds, so Maru's boats that had come with, brought to the after deck, and great
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grati in quarter of a mile of the Yokohama, June 18, through his fore-sightedness the tude to their Japanese island. Each time we threw the The entire crew of the ship-crew had enough provisions to last rescuers for saving them from buoy in, the waves washed it wrecked City of Naples, including two or three days more. But the what seemed certain death. Bit back, and while this was happen- 18 Europeans, and 55 Indiana, men were thoroughly exhausted, by bit, and from disjointeding, the lifeboat was being tossed Twenty-bye words, thres were rescued yesterday morning some of them dropping off to matches of conversation, it was about by the waves. sertions prepaid $. Every hy the warship Kasuga after 64 sleep as soon as they were taken possible to glean a little of their additional word four cents for hours of one of the most terrible on the cutters.
"It was wonderful the efforts On board the terrible experience on that storm- they made to get, near the rock; experiences that has probably Kasuga all then went below, deffed swept isle. To quote any of the but they couldn't make it. Every ever been undured by seamen, their wet clothes and dropped off seamen verbatim would be impos- moment they stood in danger of With scanty food and water, the to sleep again between warmsible, but the following is, as far being washed on a rock and sunk. 1926. crew had clung to the broken innkets after having been serv. as possible, the account given by Wo had two boats on the poop ship through all those long hours, ed hot food. Only the water one of the officers.
deck, but we didn't dare attempt every moment expecting the ship began to give out on the City of
to lower them because there were to be dashed to pieces on the coral Naples, it was said.
rocks under us. island.
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The Kasuga brought the ship- So rough were the seas that wrecked crew to Yokohama about two ships which had hastened to 6 o'clock last night.
When she the rescue eventually turned away anchored outside the breakwater. in despair, and net until the the large Customs launch, on arrival of the warship, by which which were the two British-vice time the seas had considerably consuls and the Ellerman Line abated, was it possible to link the agent, pulled up alongside, but stranded ship, by means of a long three smaller launches, packed wire, to one of the warship's life-with Japanese: pressmen and Boats. Along this wire the men others had arrived first.
When thewere able to slide down to safety. the consuls mounted the deck, 18 The Chefoo Maru for hours long-bearded and weary-eyed sea, made the most courageous at men were standing between a row tempts to get a boat near the of armed sailors. One glance at island, but so rough was the sea hem was enough to make one that it was impossible for her to realise the terrible experiences "get within a quarter of a mile of through which they had gone the atranded crew. It was dur-Few of them could be got to talk ing this terrible period that the of what they had suffered, those men suffered the acutest mental who did attempt to give an ac agony, one of them remarking count speaking incoherently and that though during the great war with emotion, Quickly the sea he had been submarined, ship-man climbed down into the wrecked, shelled and wounded, yet launch below, and as she steamed those experiences were trivial in off to the wharf, the band of the comparison with the agony of warship played "Auld Lang Syne." mind he endured on the coral The grateful seamen responded rock waiting every moment for with attempts at cheers, but their death. As the waves lashed the emotion was too grea; to allow of side of the broken vessel so the their putting much enthusiasm poop deck which had been entire into it. ly separated from the remainder.
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On arrival alongside the wharf, them, sliding lower and lower to-them, and, parked alongside the of the ship, crunched beneath the men seemed to gain new life. A large crowd, was there to meet ward the sea. All night long almost certain death faced them and even the arrival of the war- ship yesterday morning seemed of little use.
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Customs wharf, were several motors into which they eagerly sprang. "They were then convey- ed to the Seamen's Home, where they will remain unt sent back to their respective homes... To get a wire out to one of the rescue boats was at first an im-the rescued crew: Capt. R. C. The following are the names of possible task. Life-buoys were O'Connor, Chief Officer T. G tied to the end of the wire and Mathias, Second Officer A. G. flung into the water, in the hope Freeman, Third Officer R. M that the sea would drift them in Alla; Cadets. B. McLannan and the direction of the life-boats. E. H. Doberts. Each time they touched the water, Chief Engineer J. M. Hutchison, however, the waves swept them 2nd Engineer G. H. Williams, back again. The nearest the 3rd Engineer W. Frearson, 4th
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to get to the island was about agineer R. C. Koeale, Carpenter" A quarter of a mile, the angry seas rebuffing them whenever they at- tempted to get closer.
McBride; Quartermasters H. W Warren, F. Johnston and J. M. Beynon: Wireless. Operator W. G. Ellison and J. W. Marlow: Chief Steward W. Enery.
Men Tell Story of Rescue. "I don't want to talk about it. is not pleasant to remember: in fact, it was awful," was the. pathetic manner in which one of the City of Naples help-wrecked crew expressed himself to a re- presentative of the "Japan Adver tiser" on board the warship Kasuga yesterday.
As soon as the warship Kasuga arrived yesterday morning, the men made another attempt to get a wire to her. Binding pieces of wood tightly together, they hitch-It ed them to the end of the wire, and once again flung it into the water. Time and again they fail ed, the sen, though considerably calmer, still cast it back again It was hopeless for the life-boat to approach nearer on account of the jagged submerged rocks, her only prospect of success being to wait.
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Another attempt was made by the stranded time with ... success,,, After
anxious agonising wait they saw one of the blue-jackets clutch at the im- provised raft and drag it aboard. A few minutes elapsed before this was made taut at both ends, and then the work of rescue menced.
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Slide To Safely. From the poop deck of the City of. Naples to the life-boat the wire hung at an angle about 45 degrees. The crew promptly attached a clump over the wire, with ropes. dangling down, on to which they elung To slide down this wire to the life-boat was an easy mat fer, and by 9 o'clock the last of the ship-wrecked crew had been saved.
As the warship salled away for- Yokohama the waves were still beating against the wreck, and, unless a calm sets in shortly, it is expected that all sign of the City. of Naples will soon have dia- appeared
The actual account of the wreck will probably not be made public until after the marine court of enquiry is held, the British con- suls instructing the crew on arrival to make no statement re garding any incident that actually preceded the wreck. This was done he pointed out, in order not to Prejudice the evidence which I would be submitted to the court.
Dislikes To Leave Ship. Captain Connor was the last to leave his ship, Commander S. Ota, ! of the Kasuga, said: "He seemed reluctant to leave, and before ho. finally eft the. ship in the im÷ provlsed breeches budy, he was acen lowering the flag of the City of Naple dying from the stern staff: It was an impressive cero- mony," aided the Commander, who praised the British captain for his seamanship and command of his cry during the long period they waited to be rescued,
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"The consul says we must not say anything about the wreck but † I can tell you this. We went ashore about 3 o'clock on Tuesday "We then tied sticks of bam-
Make "Another Try. morning, and within about a boo together with thin pieces of couple of hours the ship broke by wire and hitched them on to the the third hatch. That left prae- end of the long wire. Again we tically only the poop deck sticking threw it into the water, but it was out of the water Fortunately no good. Last night the Checo for us there was some tinned food Maru gave up the attempt and on board and
some water but went away. neither have lasted much longer.
Despaired Of Rescue. "Well, there we were, on the back of the deck, just waiting to sink. I have been submarined and have gone through some of the worst of experiences in the war but, this was a long way the worst of any."
"Waves were breaking right over the rock, and every big one that came we thought would sweep us under. Each time we felt the boat cracking, under us, and it seemed as if it were break- ing up. It seemed to be only a matter of time before we would be drowned.
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By that means the whole of the crew were rescued. I can't say too much for what the Chefoo Maru did for us.” "Shanghai Times."
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