Poignant Details of Collision: Famexs Cricketer and His Father Lost Copenhagen, Dec. 20.
Between 20 and 40 passengers are missing, fellowing the sinking. of the Finnish steamer Oberon within three minutes of a collision late at night, in the Cattegat, with the Finnish steamer Arcturus (2,069 tons).
Among the missing are the former Test Match cricketer, Mr, JWT. Douglas, and his father, were returning from a business trip to Finland, where they had been as timber merchants, Dee. 21. The disaster was so swift that the survivors en board the. Arcturus scarcely were aware of what happened.
Mr. Ernest Mai viver, relates that the partys whi included Mr. J, W, H, T, Douglas, and his father were chatting in the smoke room at 9.30 en Friday night, The night was foggy and the siren was shrieking when suddenly there was a terrific crash which sent Mr. Douglas senior dashing below for a life-belt, His son, taking in the situation rushed downstairs to father on deck, ards the ship lurch.
and Mr. Martin was thrown into the sea. He never saw the Douglases again, nor his wife, who was downstairs, Other survivors recount the aps palling predicament of people struggling in the sea amid flaming oil which belched forth from the atvicken vessel.
Another steamer was compelled to stop her engines for fear her propellers should massacre the swimming passengers and crew of the Oberon, This vessel' was therefore compelled to restrict her assistance to: helping other vessels by means of] torches, There was a poignant moment on board the Arcturus when Captain Osse Tijelt helped to drag in a man clutching his frozen daughter, The man was his brother, Erik: Hjelt, captain of the Oberon.
Tributes are paid by survivors to a British passenger, Mr. Vickers, who sprang overboard to rescue his. compatriot, Mrs. Williams, Both, where drowned.—Reute certain death. he fought his way down to the Officers' Mess in an endeavour to receive others, An English girl, Miss Tipping, had a marvellous escape. She was swimming and found an empty boat and climbed into it. The dont sank and she was on the point of drowaing when she found another boat with an acetylene flare in it, She waved the flare with one hand while with the other she supported 4 Finnish stewardess until rescued, London, Dee. 21, All hope of finding those still missing, who include two children, hax been abandoned. The miss! include Mr. J. W. H. T, Dougl the famous England and Essex cricket captain, and his father Me.
HM. Douglas,' who in his early days was well-known in boxing civeles and had refereed many big fights. igh tributes are in the Press to both sportsmen, The jericketer was Fast seen when dashing below to call his father who, when the crash occurred, went to his cabin for a life belt, "The yeseed sank almost immediately and most of the missing were trapped before. they could regain the deck, Both fowsels lavolved in the disaster Altiebore' of Helsingtons belonged to the Finska Aangfas
two captains were brother—Wire-loss through Reuter,
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