CROWD RIOTS.
RETURN OF SURVIVORS. STORIES OF .HEROISM. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. Scenes of wild disorder marked the arrival of the tanker Esso Baytown here to-day with the 10 survivors of the Cavalier disaster. The crowd fought with the police, calling on the captain to “Tell your story.” A telegraph boy was crushed tinder the gangway, receiving severe injuries. The police finally gave up and 1.500 men and women swept aboard. They took possession of the tanker, ran through the passage-ways, ripped open cabin doors and invaded the hold and engine-room seeking souvenirs. The survivors paid a tribute to tho heroism of Mr Spence, one of the stewards. Injured and without a lifebelt, he swam up and down encouraging the weary, adjusting slipping lifebelts, massaging stiff muscles and wiping off frostbite. Then, exhausted, lie slipped ’nut of sight. The first officer, Mr Neil Richardson, when sharks were attracted hv blood from the injured, said: “They’re scared of their own shadows. Look!” and swam toward them, splashing and shouting.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 48, 25 January 1939, Page 9
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