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Complete Story of Wreck of Prinz Joachim
(Special Service Cable)
By Direct W. I. Co., via Bermuda.
Nassau, Now Providence Island,
Bahamas, Nov. 24. The Ward line
steamer "Seguranca" arrived horo
late yesterday afternoon, bringing
the eighty-four passengers and the
mails of the stranded steamship
"Prinz Joachim," of the Hamburg
American lino.
Among the passengers are Colonel
William J. Bryan, his wife and
grandchild.
Tho transfer was made without
accident about nine o'clock Wednes
day night at Atwood Key, where tie
Prinz Joachim struck the rocks at
twenty to four on Wednesday morn
ing. Tho vessel has four fathoms of
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water under her bow, and five and
a half under her stern.
Tho "Seguranca" was the first
craft to go to tho aid of the dis
tressed vessel. Later tho steamship
"Olinda" arrived and stood by.
No details of the damage done
havo been made known here.
Tho United States gunboat
"Peoria" loft the naval station at
Guantanamo, Cuba, to render what
assistance she could as soon as she
received word of the accident.
Passengers Beach Jamaica
Learning that the passengers of
the stranded Hamburg-American
steamer Prinz Joachim would be ar
riving at Port Antonio yesterday
morning, and that arrangements had
been made to bring them over to
Kingston by special train, a represen
tative of the "Gleaner" went out by
the first train to meet the party, and
to get from them an account of the
stranding of the popular liner.
Our representative boarded the
special at Richmond station, and
the first person he met was Mr.
Thomas M. Burke, J. P., of this city,
and head of the firm of Eustace
Burke & Bros.
. Whilst greeting the pressman, a
big, clean-shaven man came up to
the doorway of the carriage.
"Let me introduce you to Mr.
William Jennings Bryan," said Mr.
Burke, and the newspaperman was
soon shaking hands with the silver
tongued orator of the west, whose
name and fame are well known here.
Mr. Bryan has been a prominent
figure in the political life of America
and has also attended gatherings of
international importance all over the
world, delivering addresses of the
greatest originality, power and at
traetiveneas. Mr. Brya. Interviewed
Mr. Bryan readily responded to
the Gleaner representative's request
for an account of the stranding, and
seating liimself in a corner in the
carriage, he told the following story:
"We left New York a weefc ago
yesterday, a very happy party. We
were wrecked on Atwood Key on
Wednesday morning last, at 3:45.
"We were all awakened by the
jolt of the vessel getting on the reef,
but it was soon seen that we were
not in immediate danger. It was im
possible for the vessel to sink, and it
was not likely for her to turn over.
We were also cheered by the fact
that the island was not far away.
"The captain lost no time In
lowering the life-boats and had a
line out to get us off if necessary,
whilst he used the wireless1 to call
for relief.
"New York responded to our ap
peal first, which surprised us, for it
was some 800 or 900 miles away.
Six other stations along the Atlantio
and Cuban coasts, responded, but we
got no answer from vessels for
several hours. The anxiety which
was felt as we waited for morning
light, and without any assurance that
there was a ship near by, impressed
on our minda the necessity there ia
for two wireless operators on vessel
instead of only one. Where there
ia only one operator ho must have
approximately a third of his time for
sleep, and that means, during that
time, his ship can not hear calls for
help. By agreement the time from
It 30 to 6 a. m. is used by the opera
tors for sleep, and it so happened
that our wreck occurred in the midst
of that period.
"Our passengers were unanimous
ly of opinion that the law should
require the employment of two
operators on each ship, and I fld
that tho ship's officers and the wire
less operators share In that opinion
"In our case the danger was not
immediate, and therefore the delay
did no harm; but it is easy to
imagine a case where a delay such
as we experienced in getting word
to another ship might mean the loss
of all on board.
Assistance Obtained -
"The first ship that answered our
call was 80 miles away; but before
it started for us we found a ship
nearer the 'Seguranca of the
Ward line, Captain Jones command
ing. Ho responded immediately on
our message reaching his vessel, and
came to our rescue at about 2
o'clock.
"The sea and the wind rose dur
ing the day, and the waves were
running quite high when we were
transferred so high that the ship
had to remain out several miles from
us, and w.o had to bo taken to her
in open boats, one of the most excit
ing bits of our experience.
"The 'Seguranca' took us to Nas
sau, where we were transferred to
the 'Vigilancia,' another Ward lino
boat, commanded by Captain Curtis,
which brought us on over here.
"We learned the next morning
that a number of the men who had
brought us over in the life boat had
not succeeded in getting back to tho
Joachim. ThiB was the most dis
tressing feature of the wreck, but we
heard on Saturday morning that ono
of the missing boats was picked up
the day after the transfer, and the
remaining members of the crew were
rescued by a Cuban vessel, so that
now all are accounted for. When
all of the narrow escapes are con
sidered, it is remarkable that no
lives were lost. Captain Curtis came
near enough to the wrecked Joachim
to secure the baggage, which came
as a glad surprise to all of us.
"On Saturday- afterncon the pas
sengers held a Thanksgiving service
in the parlor of the 'Vigilancia.' The
exercises opened with the reading of
the XXm Psalm In concert 'the
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