Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — IMPERATOR ARRIVES ON SIDE [ARTICLE]

IMPERATOR ARRIVES ON SIDE

Great Liner Virtually Helpless at Sea < for Three Days. London, March 19.—The former German, later American, now British liner Imperator, has Just completed the most sensational Journey of her career. For three days the giant vessel was virtually helpless, with a list of 45 degrees. A number of first-class staterooms were flooded. Some menbers of the erew Were killed. The Imperator left New York on March 8. AU went well until last Sunday evening, when In the course of a concert in the first-class saloon, 600 passengers were thrown from their seatk * the big ship dropped to a sharp list which increased steadily. The passengers say there was no panic, however. The cause of the trouble is not quite clear as yet, though it is known there was a considerable ash discharge in the stokehold.