Survivors list

The Times 8th Oct 1918

HEAVY DEATH-ROLL IN SUNK LINER

SURVIVORS OF THE BURUTU

It is feared that the loss of life in the collision last Thursday which resulted in the sinking of the Elder Dempster steamer Burutu will be much greater than was at first reported, and that the victims will number between 170 and 200.

Only one boat was successfully launched from the Burutu which heeled over and sank in 10 minutes. Captain Potter, Chief Officer Clark, and Chief Engineer Goddard, of the Burutu, are believed to have lost their lives. as was stated in The Times yuesterday, one of the three women on board (two passengers and a stewardess) was rescued. The Burutu was homeward bound from West Africa carrying a cargo of palm oil and kernels.

Following is the list of survivors of the Burutu:-

Passengers:-

R Sidney Smith

M.T. Young

Arthur Howe

Raymond Conway

K.J. Douglas

Lieutenant H. Shaw

A.J. Goodwin

D.F.G. Underwood

F.B. Walter

T.B. Knowles

A.S. Sandall

J. Fahey (? Vabey)

J. Carlisle

E.H. Bullman

C Armstrong

W. Craig

T.E. Kewley

Miss C. Duff

Edward Rock

E. Turnet Smith

R.M. Blackwood

Y.J. Jarvis (? J Jarvey)

H.P. Raymond

J.C. Orr

D. McNaught

The Crew:-

C. Benson

W. Slingerland

B. Erikson

H. Praet

H.J. Wilson

George Snowball

F. Hughes

J.H. Jones

J. Banks

F.H. Jennings

Tom Peter

Elias Dl Reis

James Gibson

James Warburton

H. Large

James Cobble

C. Dybell

J. Cavanagh

Blamer Johnson

William Dixon.

Of the above, eight were West African natives.