ALL CARED FOR ON BOARD
"Were the women properly cared for after the crash?" she was asked.
"Oh, yes," came the shrill reply. "The men were brave—very brave." Here her voice broke and she turned and left the railing, to reappear a few moments later and cry:
"Please report me as saved."
"What name?" was asked. She shouted a name that could not be understood, and, apparently believing that it had been, turned away again and disappeared.
"Nearly all of us are very ill," cried another woman. Here several other tugboats appeared, and those standing at the railing were besieged with questions.
"Did the crash come without warning?" a voice on one of the smaller boats megaphoned.
"Yes," a woman answered. "Most of us had retired. We saved a few of our belongings."
"How long did it take the boat to sink?" asked the voice.